Catching Up

Hey everyone!

I am happy to report that the KickOff went smashingly! Everyone enjoyed the video that we created and it got a few good laughs from the crowd. We had a great meal and enjoyed our fellowship together. I think everyone is very excited about what we have going on this summer. After the KickOff on Wednesday, we had the 6th grade Kidnap.

For this event we gathered the youth group early Thursday morning and went to the 6th grader's houses to grab them from their beds. We had a total of six 6th graders that were kidnapped. We brought them back to the church and had a big pancake breakfast waiting for them. It was a good time and I think the 6th graders felt welcomed into the WSYG. Once everyone was full from pancakes we played a few mixer games like Fruit Basket TurnOver and Red Rover (which is quite a dangerous game, we had a kid got hurt but he's doing better).

I had Friday off so I spent most of that day sleeping and recovering from the week. I passed out on my bed Thursday afternoon around 5pm and woke up late that night. Needless to say I got a lot of well needed rest! On Friday I met up with one of the 9th grade girls named Jesse who I've already made a quick connection with. She's an artsy kid so we have a lot in common. We went to a great Chinese food place and to Wal-Mart which isn't far from my house.

That night Nick, the Pettie's (Hunter, his sister Taylor, and their parents) went to see one of the guy's basketball games. His name is Marlyn and he's a basketball MACHINE. He's a lot of fun and it was good to see him play. When the game ended we went back to the Pettie's and had a delicious dinner. I mean...wow, she can cook! Nick and I ended up staying for a while and talking with the family. They're so much fun and just a sweet group to be around. Taylor is their daughter and she's in 8th grade. I really had a good time getting to know her. We watched some of the camp DVD from last year and it got me really pumped about Jr. High Camp. Apparently camp is the end all be all of the summer activities so I'm overly excited to experience that.

Today I slept till about 9am. I woke up and went to the Atlanta Bread Co. to work on my lesson for Sunday school. I am eager to teach the class because I haven't had that opportunity at home. I just get so hyper about talking in front of the kids. I hope that they understand that it's more than a story that we read out of the Bible from long ago but it applies to US; it's God's story for US and to US in hopes to draw us closer to Him and in turn He craves to be closer to US. Love it. See I'm already excited.

Excuse the digression....I met Nick up at the church as well as Hunter and Taylor. We went to Harding High School and watched several of the girls play basketball (Lindsey, Alley, and Chelsea). Sadly they lost, but the girls played hard and had some good hussle throughout the game. We got to say hi afterwards and I think they were glad to see us there. We ate lunch at Bennigans (like an AppleBee's). It was soooo good!

I came back home and worked through the rest of the afternoon preparing my lesson and writing some thank-you notes. We ate dinner and I've been doing laundry for the past few hours. Hooray for clean clothes! Well I'm going to try to finish up that chore and work on the camp tshirt. Hopefully I can finish that soon. Thanks for reading and keep up the prayers!