Yesterday was my daughters’ last day of school. I am super proud of them for finishing school well and for growing not only mentally, but also spiritually, emotionally, and relationally. I love you girls!
Full Day of Youth Ministry
This morning at 8:30 a.m. the adult leaders for our Costa Rica trip came over to my house, and I made home-made waffles … the BIG ones! After breakfast we drank coffee together and talked through our ministry strategy for our various engagement. They came up with some really great ideas! This afternoon we went to the hospital to visit one of our students, Anthony, who got a crazy staff infection in his face and had to have an incision inside his lip to drain it. They are going in through the incision with gauze to clean it out which is, as it sounds, very painful. He was understandably very sore, but I know it meant a lot to him that we visited. After chatting for a bit and praying with him we drove out east to a graduation party for Thomas. It was a great time, and we are really proud of him and all of our graduating seniors for their great accomplishment! May the Lord help them to remain faithful as the venture out into the world of college and career.
It’s Worth It!
Just got a message from a former student that reminds me that what I’m doing in youth ministry does indeed make a difference!
“I’m doing pretty good. Getting ready for camp next week. haha you would be suprised at how much I’ve changed. I’m actually about to start at [Bible] college. I want to be a pastor. I never really got to thank you for making church fun for me. Before you were our youth pastor everything was kind of boring. Then you came and flipped everything. So thanks for that.”
Ankle Update
I sprained my ankle badly 6 weeks ago during a collision in softball. I spent two full weeks on crutches followed by a few more weeks in a [splint] boot, but it has remained very weak and sore. Tuesday I went for an MRI and on Wednesday I received the report. I have a torn ligament. The ligament is the syndesmosis which is the one that basically connects the ankle to the foot, so it’s quite an important one. Today I went to the doctor who wanted to cast it and put me back on crutches for at least three weeks. We are leaving for Costa Rica in two weeks and straight off to Virginia after that, so I begged her not to put me in a cast. Reluctantly she put me in an air cast inside of my boot. However, I will admit there is still some movement in there, and I am worried they will need to put me into the cast after all. Worse than the cast is the crutches. That’s the rough part. The good news in all of this is that it is only a partial tear and should heal so long as I keep off of it. If it was a full tear I would definitely need surgery. Praise the Lord for that!
The Youth Ministry Draft
So a few weeks ago was the big NFL draft. With the first pick, the 0-16 Detroit Lions selected quarterback Matthew Stafford and gave him a 6-year deal that includes $41.7 million guaranteed—a record amount of guaranteed money for any player—rookie or veteran—in NFL history. The last pick in the draft—selection #256 was South Carolina kicker Ryan Succop. And hundreds of [other] guys [were] sitting around their TVs at 7:30 p.m. [that evening] wanting to hear their names get called, but the call never came.
Every year there’s a lot of hype about the players in the draft. Many of the top picks live up to their hype, but a lot of top picks also end up as busts. A lot of average players end up great. A lot of undrafted guys get into the NFL as free-agents and go on to have solid to outstanding careers. As they say, don’t judge a book by its cover.
It all got me thinking… Click here to read the full article.
Text Version of the Ten Commandments
BY JAMIE QUATRO
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1. no1 b4 me. srsly.
2. dnt wrshp pix/idols
3. no omg’s
4. no wrk on w/end (sat 4 now; sun l8r)
5. pos ok – ur m&d r cool
6. dnt kill ppl
7. :-X only w/ m8
8. dnt steal
9. dnt lie re: bf
10. dnt ogle ur bf’s m8. or ox. or dnkey. myob.
M, pls rite on tabs & giv 2 ppl.
ttyl, JHWH.
ps. wwjd?
Jones Beach for Greg Laurie Harvest Crusade
Had a really fun day at Jones Beach for the Greg Laurie Harvest Crusade today. We took over 20 students with us in our car pool and met up with about another 20 at the beach. We attended the Rock The Block Tailgate Party from 1-5 p.m. and entered the amphitheater for the main event just before 6 p.m. We sat right down near the front and rocked out with Kutless, and my favorite band, P.O.D. Got some great pics, and my girls both got high fives and hand shakes from P.O.D. frontman Sonny during one of their songs. They have now seen them in concert 3 times. The first time we saw them the girls got to go on stage with them and Sonny gave them high fives as well. It was really cool! I also bought Ady and the girls P.O.D. t-shirts. We got home at 10 p.m. and after a quick run to the store and Taco Bell I went over to my friend’s house to watch the UFC card. I got home just after 1 a.m. and started baking two batches of brownies for our Costa Rica fundraiser tomorrow. It’s now 2 a.m. and I can’t wait for them to be done so I can go to bed and get a few hours of sleep before church bright and early. Pics will be posted tomorrow – or more accurately, later today. Goodnight to all, and to all a good night. (I am sure you all are already sleeping and no one will read this until normal people business hours.)
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