I don’t know what it is about this time of year, but things just seem to take off at a ridiculous rate of speed. Sometime within the next 48 hours, I have to …

• Clean a corner of the spouting so the rain that’s predicted doesn’t run into the house.
• Watch a nephew play basketball.
• Go to a graduation party
• Read library books that are due soon.
• Put some plants into the currently empty garden.
• Prepare materials for the mission trip meeting on Sunday.

Of course, I absolutely don’t consider any of these activities a burden. I love each one. It’s just that they all crowd together.

I’m especially excited about the mission trip, which is only 21 days (give or take) away. We’re taking 21 people from the church — youth and adults — to Lakeshore, Mississippi to help with the work at Lakeshore Baptist Church. Thanks to the wonder that is Twitter, I have discovered not only what we are doing but also the name of the person (family?) for whom we are doing it.

But it wouldn’t be fair to say it here before the team finds out, would it?