Since the last update I received some big news. I go accepted to the PhD program. So it looks like I will be in Pasadena for a while longer. My mentor for the PhD will be Bryant Myers. That was very exciting news for me as I had been waiting to hear about the acceptance for since the application was submitted in January. When I was told, it was compared to finishing a short run in order to be able to turn around and run a marathon. So it is excitement mixed with a healthy dose of fear. I never thought I would work on a PhD. That'll teach me to say I won't do something.

In other news, it is the weekend after Spring Break at Fuller and we will begin the Spring Quarter (thus making the Spring Break a break before Spring, and not a break from it) on Monday. I will be taking my last two classes of my MA degree and graduate in June. The last two classes will be Thinking Missiologically with Dr. Doug McConnell and Intercultural Attachment with Dr. Evelyne Reisacher.

Finally, I would just like to say that this is the best time of the year. While I have not had much time off over the break, I seem to be keeping myself busy in spite of not having any schoolwork, I have watched a lot of basketball. March Madness is fantastic. I went with my Brian (brother), John (cousin), and Tony (friend of Brian) to Anaheim last weekend where we saw a total of six games in two days including the second round games of Stanford and UCLA which were both in the top 10 games I have seen in person. It was awesome.