What I did on my summer blogging vacation

…in sev­eral short sentences:

• We spent the fourth of July with friends and fam­ily (includ­ing my favorite niece, Eva.) This also meant meet­ing my mother-in-law’s new boyfriend, which was awk­ward to say the least…
• Our church sent a crew of peo­ple on a short-term mis­sion trip to Cuba, includ­ing our pas­tor. Being the chair of the dia­conate, I became second-in-command along with Paul, our youth pas­tor. The thought of the two of us, part of the “inde­ci­sive trio” that includes my wife Carla, in charge of any­thing while the pastor’s away still fright­ens me, espe­cially con­sid­er­ing that Vaca­tion Bible School was hap­pen­ing dur­ing the trip. Thank­fully, although there were some “bad seeds” among the kids, every­thing else went pretty smoothly.
• Paul, Carla and I also drove to Boston to pick up our return­ing mis­sions team. It was incred­i­ble to hear all their sto­ries first-hand. Hav­ing just recently read John Piper’s Don’t Waste Your Life (espe­cially the chap­ter about mis­sions), it really gave me a desire to go out and serve, wher­ever it may take me.
• Work has been incred­i­bly hec­tic, since we lost a team mem­ber recently and have been train­ing a per­son to take their spot.
• We hosted a con­cert with Brant Christo­pher, Pamela Clark, and Danny Mel­lado. More on this soon.

It doesn’t look like much when you write it out, but trust me, it’s enough…

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