Pictures and Words

A picture is worth a thousand words, goes the not-so-old adage. This month has been quite busy.

A trip to Louisville. At the beginning of the month, I took abrief trip to Louisville where we will be moving in the fall. I had hoped to get some things figured out for jobs, housing, and a church. There is still work to do, but the trip went very well.

South Field burning. Each year, we try to burn the dead grass at Youthfront Camp South in the early spring. Our hope is that burning will help control the tick population, in addition to eliminatingthe possibility of uncontrolled grass fires. It’s always a quite enjoyable, adrenaline producing event. This year Topher (my brother and co-worker) brought my nephew Cameron along for the adventure.

Head-quarters projects. To help resolve my support shortfall, I’ve been taking on about 10 hours/week of Youthfront Headquarters maintenance responsibilities. I wish I could show you the list of projects completed since I started taking on these responsibilities. Everything from replacing furnace filters, to oiling the boiler pump every month, to organizing tool rooms, to re-wiring a kitchen grease pit pump (what a mess!), to setting up phone lines, to clearing unused offices, to finding a lost vehicle...

Summer Staff preparation. This month, I’ve been working on putting together curriculum for the cabin leaders for the summer. Also, we’ve continued to do interviews in our search for summer staff. This past week, we had two guys decide not to come, which means we are in need of a couple guy cabin leaders for this summer. If you know anyone, point them towards the website (youthfront.com).

Engage Parent Event. This past weekend, was the Engage parent event featuring Marv Penner, who is an internationally known speaker for youth ministry. It was a wonderful event. I don’t think we could have been more pleased. We had at least a couple hundred parents come, and many of them stayed long after the event was over asking questions and talking to Dr. Penner.

A seminary course. I’m currently taking a seminary course from Southern Seminary where I will be attending in the fall. The name of the course is “Personal Evangelism.” It has provided a lot of opportunity for me to wrestle with the nature of the gospel and the practical implications for evangelism. I’ve especially enjoyed discussing the topic with some of the people on staff here at Youthfront.

Baby Coming! We are only a couple of weeks (or days) away from our new baby arriving! At a recent sonogram, we discovered that she is in the perfect position for birth; head-down and facing toward the back. We also have discovered that she likes to stick her bottom toward the sky, and curl her knees under her.

In Youthfront News. This month, I was in the Youthfront News to commemorate five years working for Youthfront (actually 6 years).

Cabin 16 painting. Yesterday, I spent most of the day painting the inside of the new Cabin 16 at Youthfront Camp West. The new cabin will be ready for this summer. It looks really good.