A trip down memory lane...and then some!

Full day today...on the run!

Started out this morning running a couple of miles with Mark, my running partner. My knee has been bothering me...not as much pain today. I hope to be at full strength so I can race on Labor Day. It's been frustrating to be held back! I just want to let lose and GO...

After running I helped get the kids up for school and then drove to Goshen for our staff meeting. We meet every Tuesday in Goshen with the staffs of both campuses...I can't express to you how encouraging it is to work with those guys...it goes way beyond work...it's more than just doing ministry together...there are real friendships...real people...AWESOME GUYS!

I left the staff meeting and headed to Warsaw (actually Winona Lake, IN) for a meeting at CE National. I'm teaching a class this fall at Grace College for their youth ministry program. Grace and CE partner together for the program. The trip down memory lane was that I got to Winona a little early, so I stopped by the music building at Grace. I went to Grace and graduated with my Music Ed. degree in Dec. '96...I prayed through the building and had the chance to talk with Dr. Gano...one of the best, most challenging prof's I ever had...

Then had the meeting at CE and met my teacher assistant Nick...he is a passionate guy and I can't wait to work with him! When we finished lunch I ran into Prof. Faber...my choral and music ed professor...SHE IS THE BEST OF THE BEST! She believed in me when I was a raw, immature, WAY INTENSE, college student...she gave me opportunities that were HUGE in shaping my life.

Couldn't talk long though 'cause I had to get to LaSalle Academy in South Bend and coach soccer...Got there 10 minutes early...(not sure how that happened...I kept getting behind the SLOWEST DRIVERS EVER!) I enjoy coaching...great chance to help to shape kids lives.

Had to run from there to home because Kesley teaches piano lessons...Had an AWESOME dinner and then played some soccer with the neighbor kids. (Which by the way, Jaden and I won the game 6-2...there were 2 of us and 6 of them...Jaden scored two goals and he was the youngest player out there!)

Alright...I know this may sound crazy, but I really enjoy crazy days like this sometimes...Just doing several different things...having to switch gears and put on different "hats." FUN! Guess that's why I enjoy being a campus pastor so much...I get to wear A LOT of hats...

Hey...I'm watching the Olympics now...