Left for Marion, Indiana at about 8:15AM this morning.
I returned at approximately 5:03PM this evening.
What a day it has been.
The highlights:
– Sr. High Youth Camp Committee Meeting at Bodyshop – good stuff, made some decisions. Got lots of work to do now…
– had lunch with other youth pastors @ Fazoli’s – I ate about 5 breadsticks AND a full plate of spaghetti
– headed to Tree of Life bookstore with Glen Robinson for some “window shopping” – picked up a 50%-OFF copy of the “Word on the Street” paraphrase for Jess
– had a good convo with buddy Darren Campbell about “similar” ministry situations, and he gave Glen and me some free stuff (including an album – “Look to You” by United LIVE!!!)
– headed back to campus to check on some professors..
– had a great conversation with Dr. Keith “Coach” Drury – and I explained my “hurt feelings” for being on the bottom of his “blogs I read” list at his “Drury Writing” website.
– met up with Dr. Steve Lennox and talked about him coming in the next few weeks up to Warsaw to fill in as our Sunday morning speaker. Looking forward to that for sure.
– visited with Aunt Pam Sempel (formerly “Morton”) for a good long while and got the updates on “cousins” Josh and Jenna.
– on my way back to get my car, got a returned phone call from buddy Nate Thompson and spent an hour-or-so “catching up” with him over a Jones Soda.
– during my Nate-convo, Nate Quick showed up, two of the guys from Master’s Praise (who were with us last night at church giving a concert), a guy that was still in High School my Senior Year (I can’t remember his name), and Josh Berry!
– drove back towards Warsaw and passed former-teen-turned-college-student Bethany Kinney as she drove towards Marion.
I feel like it has been a “social” day! It was great to get re-connected to so many.
Accountability group tonight at 7PM. I need to get to bed early tonight – another FULL day tomorrow – including our first church league softball game of the season tomorrow night @ 8!
