This morning, Jess and I headed to Fairmount for our annual Youth Conference. We took Phil Stuller with us – to keep him out of trouble.
We also had a chance to stop and see “Aunt” Pam & Richard at their home in Marion. We had a great visit with them and it was good to see the changes they have been making to their home together!
Conference was typical – a bunch of crazy youth pastor’s trying to be “professional”. Jeff Leudtke is our District Youth President again this year – THANK THE LORD! And Rob Tippey is the District Youth Treasurer – so nothing big changed for us! It was a great time to see a bunch of my youth pastor friends again and to spend some time with them all. This year, we, as the youth cabinet, agreed to give each youth pastor on the district a complete set of the Rob Bell NOOMA DVDs – a $129.99 retail value (I got us a deal on the videos thanks to the helpful NOOMA customer service ladies). The youth pastors were VERY excited to receive such a gift – a 10 DVD set that they can use in their ministries. It was fun to watch their eyes get big as we made the announcement!
After conference, we headed back towards Warsaw for supper with Phil and we spotted a crop-dusting airplane. I had to stop and take some photos of course.
More photos from conference are here.
We finally came home and ate supper at the King’s Buffet chinese buffet. We had planned on stopping at the nearby Wal-Mart to pick up some much needed “Works” toilet bowl cleaner for tonight’s explosive entertainment. At $.94/bottle, we picked up 5!
I’ve uploaded a couple new “explosive” videos for your enjoyment. Tonight a neighbor came out to find out just how we were blowing up these water bottles. She can’t wait to try it with her grandchildren!
After we came back inside tonight, I had a “why haven’t you called in FOREVER” e-mail from my sister Sherilyn in Bosnia. After my shower, I decided to check and see what time it was in Bosnia/Herzegovina and when I found out it was only 4:05AM there, I gave her a call!
After a few minutes of her waking up and stumbling over words and things in her apartment, we had a great hour-or-so conversation with her!
She’s doing very well in Bosnia these days with new stories to tell us everytime we talk with her. I can’t wait to have her back here in person to learn about more of her amazing adventures.
Please continue to pray for my kid-sister as she serves over in Bosnia for these next few months before coming home!
And of course visit her website and her flickr photo galleries!
Big day tomorrow. I’ll preach in both morning services and then crash all afternoon and evening, hopefully. I am hoping to get a GREAT night of rest tonight to try and be in good health tomorrow morning. I’m still fighting off this nasty summer cold and my voice is not 100%, but I know the Lord will give me strength!
