While much of the Southeast is being clobbered by a huricane, it seems like here in Indiana the humidity decided to move North and rest with us for a bit. Ugh.

I just took a trip to Lowes and Walmart for theBOX-related items and came back nearly drowned in my own sweat. (isn’t that a pretty mental picture?)

Anyways, it’s a good Tuesday. Got a lot done here in the office again today. Finalized a postcard that is off to the printer and will be back in a week’s time (had to rush this one) advertising our Fall Kick Off for theBOX coming up September 21st. Our kickoff is a bit later this year due to many reasons, but mostly because I am a bit overwhelmed. (Honesty is STILL the best policy, right?)

I had lunch with Thomas Hall and Bethany Kinney this afternoon at Courthouse Coffee. They really do have the best chicken salad sandwich in the county! Thomas treated us both to lunch out of the kindness of his heart. If you’re keeping tabs, that’s TWO free lunches in TWO days! Amazing. Thomas and Bethany have been dating now for a bunch of years and Thomas is now on staff here at Warsaw Wesleyan as the part-time music director. He is heading back to IWU as a commuter this year for his Junior year. It’s been great to have him around in the office these last couple of weeks.

Picked up a printer for theBOX tonight, along with some monitor extension cables and a 3″ hole-saw to bore the holes in the famous countertop upstairs. I also figured out a way to lock up the fridge, too! Biased opinion: theBOX is the coolest room in the church!

Tonight, Jess and I FINALLY get a meal together for dinner. I’ve been looking forward to that all day!

Have I mentioned lately that my wife is my best friend and that I would be much less of the Stevan I am without being married to her?

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Although talking to customer service twice in the same day could be labeled as “ridiculous”, I still call today (thus far) a productive day.

Today I started (and finished) the final draft of two banners that will be hanging in theBOX (our youth room) for the next year! They’re going to be sweet, and when they arrive and I hang them, I will be sure to take pictures of these beautiful banners.

I also enjoyed a great lunch with fellow Youth Pastor, Scott Greene today! He even treated me to the Pizza Hut buffet today! THANK YOU, SCOTT! What a guy!

We’ve got a co-operative youth worship night scheduled for September 25th. Our youth group will join numerous others for a night of Praise & Worship over at Warsaw Community. It will be a great showing of a unified gathering of teens and young adults who all worship the same God! I’m REALLY looking forward to it! We’ve chosen September 25th because it’s the Sunday after “See You At The Pole” – a nationwide rally of young people for prayer. Both events will be incredible this year!

Tonight – accountability @ Hacienda and before sleep, hopefully finishing “The Silver Chair”, book #7 in the Chronicles of Narnia! Oh, and Jess found the old BBC-versions of the Chronicles of Narnia movies on DVD on eBay! We currently have the highest bid on a brand-new set for under $30!

Headed to lunch this afternoon with buddy, Glen Robinson. We ate at the Boathouse and then headed to Racoon Run for 9-holes of fun.

After we had our golfing fun, we headed home for some Works Bomb chemistry-lessons and then realized that Glen left his phone at the golf course.

He went back and drove the whole course looking for his phone but couldn’t find it.

He finally came back here to the apartment and I went back with him with MY phone and we called his phone about 12-times until someone answered on hole #1. They had found his phone and we picked it up right at the green at hole #1! It happened to be Mr. Polston’s golfing group there at the green. Mr. Polston is Jess’ principal! I don’t think he recognized me, though.

It was a great day and many great pictures were taken, along with some great golfing commentary videos and some works-bomb explosions!

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Finished “Prince Caspian” this morning before heading to the office. During lunch today I made it through chapter 4 of “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader”.

C.S. Lewis’ words have definitely found a way of drawing me into each book in the Chronicles of Narnia series!

The new RELEVANT magazine arrived today. Jon Foreman (Switchfoot) is on the cover. It’s a great issue so far (just glanced through it).

The new 17″ flat-panel LCD monitors arrived this afternoon. These are going up in theBOX in the next couple of weeks.

I’m whisking Jess away this evening to a “destination unknown” date-night.

Tomorrow I have lunch with buddy Glen Robinson and then the second golf-outing in two-weeks! We’re going to play 9-holes at Raccoon Run, again!

Can’t wait!