Burlington Rodeo

Colby, Trey, and Quinten Rodeod in Burlington this weekend here's the video.

Restore: Hope

Today was a very good day.  We started it off at morning wake up, with underwear races.  The kids were significantly better at it than the sponsors; but we held our own.  The band once again was awesome and did a great job of leading worship.  During d-group each student was told to write down some pressure, stressful thing in their life, or a sin on a piece of tile.  They were told to carry the tile around with them all day.  At night in closing his message, Cody challenged them to bring foreword their tile and lay it at the front of the stage, like they are giving it over to Jesus.  Cody once again did an excellent job of challenging them from Nehemiah 4.  We ended the night by beating each other up on the hanging log.

Restore: Vision

We are in the middle of our first full day of camp here at Horn Creek.  We arrived yesterday at 11.30.  The kids are having a blast.  So far this has been a great camp.  The worship last night was phenomenal.  The kids are doing awesome and I think that they are having a lot of fun.  Our group is growing very tight so far, this is a great thing.  

The first nights theme was Restore: Vision.  They were challenged to see the world around themselves and to open up their eyes to the suffering in the world around them.  It was very powerful.  Ben, Storm, and the band led some rocking worship to start the night off.  Cody came in and really challenged them from Nehemiah 1 and 2.  Then we hiked up to the tubing hill where we looked up at the stars.  It was a great night. 

RESTORE: Jr. High Camp 2009

I am ready to go.  I finished the book today.  Finished my sign and mosaic last week.  Now Jr. High Camp is a short 12 hour bus trip away.  WOO HOO!!!

Do you ever get that feeling...

Its not really of discontentment or regret; dissatisfaction or of worthlessness; but more a curiosity about life.  The last couple weeks seem almost like an out of body experience for me.  It is almost as if I have been watching my own life unfold like a television show.  You can watch the highs and the lows, hearing the music subtly rise and fall with the change in energy level.  

I have been able to take a vacation and fight bulls; seen a lot of kids activities; taught some lessons; and even get ready for the summer; over the last couple weeks.  Still there is a question of unfulfillment surrounding everything that I do.  I reading the other day and one thought kept running through my mind: "I don't even know who I am anymore."  So many things have been happening that are out of my element, it seems as though my personality and who I truly am have been swept aside in the currents and rip-tides that life seems to hold.  

Hear me on this; this is not a crisis of confidence or a question of belonging or worth; but simply a look into the depth of soul.  Charlie Brown is the only other person I have heard voice these thoughts.  It cant be just me and big headed charles brown!