I feel like I’m finally back in the swing of things. Nina and I got back from taking a short vacation to San Diego and Pismo Beach last month. Afterward we went on our second annual Big Bear Getaway with City Light. Finally I spoke at a youth retreat in Idyllwild.
The vacation was all together sweet and way too short. I felt like I slept half of this last vacation away! Once my body got a feel for rest, I felt like it shut down on me. But we did manage to eat at some wonderful restaurants and see some outstanding sights. There really isn’t a need to travel thousands of miles away on vacation when Southern California has so much to offer on its own.
Our Big Bear Retreat was also a wonderful respite. Our speaker, Jason Mather, was a perfect fit for where our church was. He spoke to us about the running the race of faith. We had some really powerful times in small group as people really opened up about where they were spiritually. It was a great chance to catch up with a lot of newer people. This was a real answer to prayer.
Finally the youth retreat I thought went well. I’m real rusty when it comes to speaking to youth. I felt I came full circle speaking to a youth group where close to ten years ago I first got my start in ministry.
As the summer comes to a close there are a lot of new things going on with me and the ministry. God willing my wife will be having our first child in November! She’s slowly growing in mom’s womb and we’re really anxious to meet her! We’re also starting new small group ministries and are starting a lot of new outreach projects with our new outreach coordinator. We’re hoping that this Fall brings many wonderful new things. It’s good that I got to catch my breath these last few months!
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