Tall ships made of snow invading the sun.

That's a Destroyer lyric.

I'm back from surgery and such. Still a little swollen and bruised, but I'm fine. There was no drug-induced coma, unfortunately. The pain-killers were really not that strong, and they only used conscious sedation for the surgery. That was one of the most bizarre experiences of my life.

I did learn a valuable lesson: valium is not my friend. I had to take one before the surgery and I really didn't enjoy it. I don't really understand why people use it as a recreational drug.

So I don't have anything very profound for you. I have been doing a lot of thinking over the past few days, and maybe I will post some of those thoughts soon. At the moment I am going nuts trying to get ready to leave on the 19th. Lots of things to do and people to see.

I did, however, listen to Piper's biography of William Wilberforce the other day. It was excellent and inspiring. I leave you with this quote:

"No man has a right to be idle...Where is it that in such a world as this, [that] health, and leisure, and affluence may not find some ignorance to instruct, some wrong to redress, some want to supply, some misery to alleviate?" - William Wilberforce

I think I need to read his book: A Practical View of Christianity.

Peace,
Sam