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Anticipation and Friendships

February 7, 2012 in Family, Missions with 0 Comments

We had some friends over on Sunday to watch the Superbowl on our Slingbox. Our boys were so excited. After church they waited. And waited. And waited some more. Finally, around 5 o’clock our time, they were bursting with anticipation. They started looking out the front window, so I went outside and snapped this picture.

Right when I took the picture our friends were pulling up. I’m so thankful for the friendships that we have here in Mexico. It is especially great for our kids to have some good friends.

January is Gone

February 1, 2012 in Leadership, Personal Growth with 0 Comments

At the end of 2011 I chose 3 words for 2012. They were: Focus, Discipline, and Document. Instead of making traditional resolutions, I thought I would let these 3 words guide me throughout this year. January is gone, and I think I did okay as far as my three words go.
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Documenting Life with Photos

January 27, 2012 in Photos with 0 Comments

It’s already almost the end of January! Remember that one of my three words for 2012 was “document”? I’m trying to get in the habit of documenting a lot of things. I’ve been using Nike+ to document my attempts to get regular exercise. I’ve been using a Youversion Bible reading plan to document my Bible reading.

I’ve also been taking tons of pictures to document what’s happening with our adventures here in Mexico. I try to post a picture everyday to a Flickr set that I’m calling my “Daily Summary.” It’s usually a collage of a few pictures that will remind me someday when I can’t remember much anymore about what happened in 2012.

I’m going to try to get those pictures out of the digital only world and put them in a photo book. Janell has written on Savingyoudinero.com about an incredible deal on photo books that is about to be up. You can get a free one and just pay shipping. Here’s the link if you’re interested in checking it out. We’ve printed them before and they turn out great.

How are you doing with your resolutions? Or your three words? I’d love to hear. Post an update in the comments.

Vision

January 25, 2012 in Leadership with 0 Comments

“The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but no vision.”
- Helen Keller

What’s an LP?

January 19, 2012 in Culture, Youth Ministry with 0 Comments

This video is of a 13 year old girl being introduced to an LP record for the first time, and it’s a reminder that youth ministry is really cross-cultural.

We must work hard each day to figure out how to be relevant to their culture, so the gospel isn’t something we put on an LP and expect them to listen to on their iPods.

What’s innovative today will be old in no time.

If you can’t see the video here, check it out on YouTube

(Via: Kottke)

Go! What are you waiting for?

January 19, 2012 in Center for YM, Global Youth Ministry, Missions with 0 Comments

Maybe it’s because I’m teaching “Contemporary Youth Missions” this term. Maybe it’s because my class is reading part of “Let the Nations be Glad: the Supremacy of God in Missions” by John Piper (affiliate link). Or maybe it’s just because God has been impressing this on my heart. I’m not sure, but I do know that the Great Commission has been on my mind a lot lately.

You Have to Start Somewhere

January 17, 2012 in Leadership, Personal Growth with 0 Comments

As part of “discipline,” one of my three words for 2012, I dusted off the treadmill today and hesitantly jumped on it for about 20 minutes for the first time in about 6 months.

I was a little embarrassed by the fact that I could only do about 1.2 miles in 20 minutes. When Nike+ automatically shared my synced run, I cringed at the fact that I could only post a 20 minute run on the treadmill.

But then I realized that we all have to start somewhere.

No matter what you’re trying to do, whether it’s save money, lose weight, get healthy, learn another language, read the Bible, or any other goal you might have, you have to start somewhere.