Hooray Weekend!

What a weekend!

So many things to talk about regarding this past weekend; where should I start???

Most important, at least in my humble opinion, our church rallied behind our Senior Pastor this Sunday and with a significant majority voted to retain him as our Pastor. I am thrilled about this outcome for several reasons, of which I will name just a few.

Tullian is first and foremost a man on a mission. He takes God and His Word seriously and makes no buts about it. He has a specific purpose and vision for our church and how we are to reach both our community and this world for the Glory of Christ!

Tullian is also a dear friend and wonderful leader. I have no reserve following him. He is a man I believe is following Christ with all his might and that is something I need to see. As the Apostle Paul said "Be imitators of me as I am of Christ" (1 Cor. 11:1), so I shall seek to imitate Pastor Tullian as he imitates Christ before our church!

Lastly, Tullian has 3 children that are all either in the Student Ministries or are going to be. Thus, he is a huge proponent of the S.M. and sees what we do as valuable and important. For that I am most grateful!

This being the event of utmost importance this weekend I thought it should receive first mention in this post. However, we did have another fantastic event this past Friday night Saturday.

Dylan, Brooke, Amy, Ali and myself along with 43 middle school students all experience a sort of preparation for what a Florida Winter may feel like. We met up here at the church on Friday night for some wild Winter themed games, such as "freeze tag," "carpet skiing," "toilet paper snowball fighting" and "icy toes." It was a most exciting and hilarious sight! Then, before catching some much need ZZZZ's before our early Saturday morning departure, we watched the movie "Ice Age 2" - Sid the Sloth, need I say more! Next stop, dream land...

Saturday morning came all too early as we awoke at a very brisk 6:00am. I woke the boys up and then proceeded to most gently and graciously wake the girls up with a bullhorn and whistle - I love my job! We packed up our stuff, had a hearty cereal breakfast and loaded up for our 3 hour trip to Orlando and the Winter themed water park "Blizzard Beach." We arrived around 10:30am and the rest is history. We had complete run of the place till it closed at 5:00pm. We went on some crazy rides, such as "Summit Plummet" which was basically straight down and the largest water slide in the U.S. We also rode some toboggan sled rides and tube rides that held 6 people - it was great! At the end of the day, we were all spent. Around 5:30pm we loaded the bus once again to begin our journey back home.

I love our church, our students and the time I get to spend with each and every one of them. This trip was meant to get to know some students better and just have some fun together. So, with that - mission accomplished!

Until the next crazy event...

For His Kingdom...