The great state of Tex-afornia

Spent all afternoon yesterday with some firefighters on their way from the west coast to New Orleans. They've been hold up in a hotel for three days waiting for deployment. You can see the anxiousness and restlessness. They want to get out there and do their job. It was nice to be part of effort by keeping the rescue workers refreshed.

I have two uncles who are a part of the relief effort and I am immensly proud of them. I believe that this is a great time for all believers to come out of the woodwork and show how deep, wide and long the love of God really is.

The funny thing was that in that same hotel there was an Anime (Japanimation) convention. So here were all these trained and dedicated rescue workers chomping at the bit to save lives and then there were thousands of teenagers dressed up like cartoon ninjas worried about getting to the next session on Hitsuhiro Matsiogi. It revealed a real disconnect in this generation. Now, there is nothing wrong with liking Anime, but these guys saw such a small view of existence (books and movies) that they failed to miss the momentous occasion of how huge a disaster this really is. It struck me as an indicator of how our society can be at times. So focused on the trivial and missing the grand, momentous, lifechanging world around us.

posted by Kevin @ 9:12 AM