On Saturday, I had the rad opportunity of going to a conference in LA on love, sex, and relationships. Pastor Mark Driscoll led it, and man it was captivating, funny, and inspirational. 1200 people showed up. Singles, and couples of all ages. I walked out with some rad tools and biblical knowledge on the Song of Song's. Have you ever read it? Its a very sensual story with such beauty and grace. This is the conference if you want to check it out.Song of Songs Conference
On a different note.... I wanted to send a shout out prayer request. Its actually for a complete stranger. As many of you know, Channel Islands Surfboards is owned by Al Merrick, the Christian surfboard shaper who works with world class surfers such as Kelly Slater. His son, Britt Merrick was at the conference we were at and is one of the pastor's at the Reality Church Carpinteria. Britt has an awesome story, starting out as a surfer kid not knowing the awesomeness of Christ. He eventually helped out leading bible studies at his parents house for the surf kids. From there alongside his dad dad, he continued to shape surfboards while also shaping his life into something far greater than a sweet surf set. He has now written a book BIG GOD that I look forward to reading.
Well, back to the prayer request. Through learning about Britt I realize he is an awesome roll model for those Christian surfers out there. My first thought was "Man, this guy has the life" And then I came across something tragic.. his daughter Daisy Love has cancer. She has something called Wilm's tumor. They got it out, but she has ongoing chemo. She is just a little girl and can use all the prayer she can get. Its crazy that such a beautiful family could suffer so much. But this family keeps their spirits high and praises God even through the storm. I ask that even though we don't know this little girl, we pray for her and her healing.
Here is the video in which Britt talks about Psalm 61: 1-4 and the story of Daisy.
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AW poor baby! That is so sad :-(
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