Guys Day Out...

Today was a good and simple day. Spent the day at Easton with Tim and Aaron. We watched a couple movies that I had already seen, ate at the normal places (CPK & Johnny Rockets). It was upsetting that the Virgin Records store has been replaced by Crate & Barrell. Tim said that it all financial, but now your choice of where to sample music and movies is SO limited. The only things that's really left is the Barnes & Noble, so we spent some time in there too. Good day hangin' with the fellas though.

Suit Day...

As I got ready to go to bed last night, my roommate asked why I was getting my suit ready. My reply was simple, "Working at a church, a suit means one of two things. Either there's an important meeting, or a funeral." Today was the latter. I have been through more than my fair share of funerals in my 23 years of life and none of them, even my grandparents' were as hard as today. A pastor at our church had a beautiful baby boy 14 months ago. His parents named him Noah referring to the miracle that God worked in the Old Testament. This was his name because he was diagnosed pre-birth with spinal bifida. His parents were ready to fight the battle and it seemed he was too. He had great big blue eyes and a very contageous smile. From what I understand, he endured the hospital visits alright, even as an infant.

Several months ago, Noah was diagnosed with brain cancer. Yeah, major blow to everything. Since then, the family basically relocated to the Philly Children's Hospital and the Ronald McDonald house there. They had many ups and downs, but maintained a hope throughout the process. Tuesday evening, God rescued Noah from this cruel, fallen world and brought him home. Today was the formal ceremony and it was hard to watch many cry, especially hard when your pastor's voice begins to falter.

There are no easy answers to the questions, especially when the questions are "Why?" and "Didn't God hear us pray for healing?" In all of this, we must be ok with saying "I don't know, but I can trust that God does." Trust is such a key.


Well, that was my morning. It was hard to change gears, but life did go on. The rest of the day at work went fast and I looked forward to catching with a high school friend this evening. We spent sometime at Starbucks (I'm growing closer and closer to drinking coffee, but for now mochas are good). Then, caught up with Clark and went to see Stealth. GREAT MOVIE. Phenomenal acting and screenplay. It was finally a movie that the writer didn't get to the last 5 pages of the script and consider his time done and just end the movie - thank you Mr. Richter. Other than that, not much more to today.

Tomorrow, I'm going to Easton to visit Tim and Aaron. Always a good time. Maybe I'll even get to catch up with the Gumms.

Traveling Frustrations...

I never thought that at the age of 23 I would wish that I could be older. I mean, it's easy for me to see the high schoolers I work with now and remember wishing then that I could be at least 21. Don't know why I wanted to be considered a full adult, but 21 always seems like the mystical age of arrival. Today, I realized that the age of arrival is 25. Why 25? Let me tell you...

So, my friends are getting married in just over a month (congrats Jen & Jamie). So, being a good friend, I've decided to go to the wedding. Here's the problem – it's in South Carolina. Oh yeah, the day after the back-to-school concert at my church. So, I need to fly. No problem. Tickets aren't too bad right now. The airport is only an hour from the wedding, so I'll just rent a car. Here's where the problems start. I went to AAA knowing that the age thing was an issue, maybe because I'm a member with them, that will help the situation right? Couldn't be further from the truth. The AAA lady gave me numbers of people to call. Yeah, sucks.

So, I start calling the rental companies she gave me. They both are going to charge me somewhere between $20-25 extra a day just because I'm not 25. That like doubles my bill. And, now I'm worried about getting to 25. Is my life gonna change that drastically that 17 months from now I'll be able to just rent a car and be considered safe? If that's the case, there should be like a "too old" clause. Those people are just as dangerous as I am apparently. Oh well. Looks like I'm just gonna have to give into the man on this one.

Bank One Plaza. This is one reason I chose Blogger.com, I'm posting this message from my cell phone!

My first post

Hey!

Welcome to my blog. This is my first attempt. Hopefully, I can keep this up to date.

Well, I start short and sweet.

Today I worked and then had the joy of going bowling with High School Students. I love the kids in our youth group they are such an ecletic group and are so much fun just to hang with. We bowled two real games in my lane and then just goofed off doing all different styles of bowling. it was great.

I also found out today that I get to stage manage the offbeat concert this fall. What does that mean? It means that I get to yell at the crew to get equipment on and off stage for Phamily Force 5, Jeff Anderson, The Elms and even TobyMac. Yeah, on stage with them all day long. It's a rough job, but someone's gotta do it. BTW, you totally need to be in Green, OH for the show. It's September 16 and $10. How much more can you ask for? I don't know.

Wow, my first post. Well, enjoy.