Today was a very full day! During the morning session at the PDYM Conference Doug taught on the purpose of fellowship, and my friend Ben and I were invited to share how we implement that purpose in our respective ministries. (Note: They spelled my last name wrong on the screen … MahaffEy … lol) Both of us shared on the importance of small groups and how we introduced and run them in our settings. During lunch we were able to connect with a lot more friends, both old and new, and after lunch I spent a good hour talking with my friend Chris Reed who is a pastor here at Saddleback. After returning to the hotel in the afternoon for some swimming with the girls and a quick nap, our family went out for dinner with Chris, his wife Tina, and their family. It was a wonderful time, and we are so excited about our new friendship which was initiated back in October when we were here for The Gathering of PDYM state mentors. Then, to cap off our day, we went over to Doug and Cathy Fields’ house to watch two episodes of The Office. It was a really great day! Tomorrow we are off to The San Diego Wild Animal Park for our last full day of vacation. Looking forward to that!
Hey everybody! Thought you guys might enjoy this tour of Saddleback’s new student Center “The Refinery” by my friend Jake, where we have been attending the Purpose-Driven Youth Ministry Conference!
Today we had a lot of fun as a family visiting the San Diego Zoo! Their most famous attraction is their Giant Panda exhibit which all of us thoroughly enjoyed. Seeing these endangered creatures was a great treat! Claudia really liked the reptile exhibit and was thinking about Pappy. Perhaps the most scarry moment of the day came when we were leaving the park and the zoo people accused us of stealing a monkey. After showing them some identification and giving some DNA samples they finally realized Natalia was indeed my daughter and let her go home with us. lol! Before driving back to Orange County we stopped by La Jolla which is just north of San Diego, and visited the La Jolla cove which is where about 200 sea lions come ashore to rest for the night. We always love going there in the late afternoon. I’ll post pics of that tomorrow.
Well, it’s 3:27 am according to my body’s clock, but it’s only 12:37 am California time. The girls just fell asleep in our hotel room. We had a very good trip here and are looking forward to a great week together!
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