Well.. We Survived!

Well things went pretty well with our Camping trip in Michigan. We got there with little to no traffic and made it there far before it got dark. In a matter of an hour we had a roaring fire, were eating dinner, had our tent up, and we enjoying nature.. I would have to say the scariest part was the dark.. It was too quiet and so dark. Luckily the campsite was semi close to a highway so we were still able to sleep. Our tent was pretty big but it did fit on our campsite. The only thing that we would have changed is we would have brought more blankets, we were freezing!

Also another highlight was our breakfast - We were able to cook eggs over the fire! Ohh they were delicious! Cooked sausage and a skillet of sorts with peppers and onions... Also so far so good - no salmonella poisoning from the eggs here!

ACCESS begins in 3 days! Pretty Crazy! Our first week the topic is going to be "With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility" We will be exploring the power we have as believers and the call and responsibility that comes along with that power and that privilege. We will also be looking at the balance between the responsibility of that power and what that means for our relationships with our friends! Should be a good experience!

Stay Tuned!

Going Camping Tonight

Ohh Boy...

Tonight is going to be an interesting night.. Looks like we will be getting a late start on our journey. Hannah and I have never been camping on our own. We are heading out to Michigan to spend the night somewhere in the middle of nowhere - kind of by St Josephs Michigan.. So yeah the middle of nowhere.

We are bringing a tent that my parent gave us.. This tent comfortably sleeps 8 people and has more square footage than our bedroom at home! I have only put it up once and when we set it up tonight for sure it will be in the dark!

Tonight on the menu we have Fillet Mignon, Grilled Corn, and Veggies! Tomorrow we are gonna be cooking eggs in bacon grease... hopefully they are not the salmonella eggs everyone has been talking about - we'll see! And yes I do plan on cooking the eggs in bacon grease, sorry Hannah, I will be starting my diet on Sunday.

I am excited to see a couple of things:

1. How Hannah and I do without electricity

2. If we will get our tent set up or if we will end up dropping 100 bucks on a hotel room.

3. If we don't get eaten alive by bears, bugs, or big foot.

4. If Michigan is truly as beautiful as Tim Allen makes it sound on the radio - Pure Michigan!

5. If our tent will fit on our campsite.

6. If we die from Salmonella - Good thing I have my ServeSafe Sanitation Certification.

7. If we will make it there before dark.

8. And a bunch of other things that could potentially go wrong...

Stay Tuned!

Communicating For Change

I have begun planning for ACCESS. I am currently the Student Ministries Intern at SouthField Community Church in Channahon, IL. ACCESS begins a week from today! ACCESS is a chance for Junior High students to get together, hang out, play games, listen to loud music, and most importantly learn more about the Lord.

Our focus this fall will be "The 2010 Christian" We will be looking at what it means to live as a Christian in their schools. I have begun lesson planning for the Semester and I have to say.. it isn't easy. There is so much out there, so many truths I want to convey, so many warnings i want to give. How do you narrow it down, how do you present it in a way that is relevant and interesting.

What it comes down to is we want to see our students able to live as Christians in their schools. Teach them how to read the Bible and learn how to make the big life decisions. We want to show that the Bible is relevant for today and is their ultimate guide on how to live.

I just finished a book by Andy Stanley called "Communicating for Change". It was a good read and something that has proved very useful for my lesson planning. Communicating for Change focuses on narrowing down your lesson to one key point and having everything revolving around that one point. Sounds simple, and it really is but it is quite the task. I am very prone to cramming as much in as I can. I am looking forward to the rest of the process.

Stay Tuned...

Why should I start to blog?

I have been asking myself this same question. Why does one blog? Should I blog? I am I cool enough that people will actually read this? Probably not.. but hey why not. This demotivational poster says it the best...

So I may be saying this to no one at all but life is too full of fun, exciting, sad, funny, awkward experiences to keep them to yourself. So stay tuned... There are more to come in the near future...

And I am hoping that this is not going to be like my 5th grade joural post. "Dear Journal, I am going to write in you every day.... .... ... See you tomorrow." Only to find the rest of the pages in my journal blank.. :)

Stay tuned..