Daniel Farrell

There are two kittens that still need homes. I’d like to introduce them to you:

This is Niqi. She is a very fun and friendly little girl who likes to run around a lot. She is very good with other cats. She is all black except for 4 little white spots.

This is Grey(real original name, I know). He was the last kitten that we were able to catch and ended up spending a lot more time on the street than the others. Because of this he’s a little behind the others in terms of being social. He does really well with other cats but is still pretty timid around people. He’s coming around though and I have no doubts that he’ll make someone a great and loving cat.

They both need homes and deserve more attention than they are getting from us at the moment. If you are interested in adopting one of them please email me and let me know. Thanks

I’ve been kind of quiet lately. Last Monday was my 30th. It was a nice day. Alicia took me out to Sticky Rice for Sushi. My presents were mostly bike related. I’m now well equipped to ride in cold weather! Go me!

We went down to Blacksburg/Narrows Wednesday night for Thanksgiving. We came back yesterday afternoon. It was a nice time with Alicia’s family. I got to play on the new Nintendo Wii some at Jarrett’s apartment. That was fun. I also, like most people, ate WAY too much food. We got to spend some good time with the little nieces and nephew. They are very cute and a lot of fun. I may have to turn in my man card though as I turned down a ticket to the Tech vs UVA game because I wanted to beat the game traffic out of town.

This afternoon Alicia threw me a little birthday party. Not very many people came out for it, but we had a good time with those who did show. Thanks Eric, Pam, Ej, Joe and Carol Anne!

Tomorrow is my 30th birthday. I hear it’s an important one or something. We just got back in town from spending the weekend in Maryland with my family. It is always good to see them. And my grandparents were in town as well and we don’t see them very often, so that was nice. We also got to see our good friends Scott, Leslie and Joy on Friday night. We didn’t really do much while there, which was nice. My parent’s hooked me up with some cold weather biking gear for my birthday. I now have a mask, gloves, a hat and shoe covers. That hopefully will keep me biking through the winter.

Alicia and I, as followers of Jesus, have felt a real draw to cities. It’s why we live in Richmond. We want to be a part of bringing God’s dreams for this city to reality. We want to be sources of reconciliation, justice and peace in places normally lacking in them.

I’m learning more and more that this will involve me changing my way of life. I need to change if I’m going to be a part of a larger change. As a part of that I’ve started feeling lately like we need to be a part of a faith community here that focuses on these things. David Fitch has a worthwhile blog post that serves as an introduction to other christians to the type of thing we are interested in. There is also a worthwhile followup on Subversive Influence. If you are interested in being a part of something like that let me know.

Finally, here are a couple of links that I found worthwhile recently. First, Tim Keller talks about being urban christians and second Gordon Cosby on a similar topic.

My little brother Mike and our friend(and my co-worker) Brad were in town for the weekend. We had a blast! They got here a little late on Friday but we were still able to go to Rosie Connolly’s pub in The Bottom for a couple drinks. Saturday included coffee at Captain Buzzy’s, lunch at The Hill Cafe and celebrating our friend Carol Anne’s birthday at Bandito’s and Mars Bar. Mike and Brad kept the dance floor busy and were the life of the party. Alicia and I haven’t really done much dancing since we’ve been married, but we had a good time getting our groove on as well. This morning held breakfast/brunch at Jumpin’ J’s before our beloved house guests headed home. You guys rock, thanks for coming down!