Long Week

This is so far the longes week of the summer, and its only been 2 days so far. Much of the summer has passed, and now we are at MidAtlantic District Teen Camp. Its a pretty good time, but very exhausting. No time to write anything else though...I'm leeching wireless in the same room that all the teens are about to come into for their nightly activity.

Summer Min Week 1

This week has been crazy. It hasn't been to busy in terms of what we're doing, but the travel is crazy. We had a great Sunday morning service in Fitchburg MA, and then on Monday we headed down to New Jersey. After spending the day in Philly on Tuesday (including a brief visit to the Liberty Bell and Betsy Ross House) we headed up a youth group service that night with games and such. Wednesday we left bright and early for New Hampshire and a youth service up there. Intersestingly enough, the pastor, youth pastor, and our team thought we were doing a service for the youth, while the congregation thought we were doing a two hour concert. Anyway, we faced that like a warrior...we made it through, doing an hour long event for the whole church and then an hour with the youth. We then spent the night at Windsor Hills and all day today cleaning cabins...that was the most unique experience of the week. And now I'm back here at ENC. Oh, so much travel in so little time. Speaking of travel, time for a Wendy's Run!

Summer "Vacation"

I'm at home until Sunday...its a pretty boring time, but I've gotten to hang out a bit with some old friends. So far the highlight of these past days at home is wing night at Quaker Steak and Lube. It was a good time. And good wings. I'm full. Only a few more days, and I'm off to do Summer Ministry for ENC>

It is Finished

Congratulations to Joe Donahue, who yesterday became Mr. Joe Donahue upon marrying Julie Quinlan, now Julie Donahue. It was a great wedding for a pair of great people who will live a great life together. They're moving, so I'm not sure when I'll see them again, and I miss them already.

Everything I probably forget to tell my parents on the phone

The title should be self explanatory, and since they're probably 98% of the people who visit my blog, its fairly important. Lets start at the beginning (that's a very good place to start).

A couple weeks ago was SGA chapel, and during that chapel SGA passes out several awards. One of them is a servant award for helping SGA a lot behind the scenes. I received one of these silent servant awards. Joe Donahue affectionately named it the "Silent Giant" award.

This past Friday was the Junior/Senior Banquet, to which I was invited by none other than Shavonne Brumfield, my summer ministry teammate. Don't get any ideas, I was hanging out with Mike, Owen, and Joe the whole time. But the food was good, the company was great, and then we went out for some late night food at Bickford's.

And now, finals week, one of the most frustrating times of life, is almost over. I spent the first half working on two very large papers, culminating a semester's work of knowledge into these papers. It took from Saturday until Tuesday, semi-nonstop. Well, maybe I had a lot of breaks. But I hate writing papers and I'm so happy they're done. One final tomorrow, one on Friday, and then I get to watch my friends graduate on Saturday. Congratulations guys!

Restored 001

Today was our first public appearance. We led worship at Hingham COTN. All in all, it was a good time. We got there with plenty of time to practice for worship and a special, and it all went off flawlessly. Except the special made the service run a little wrong, but that was good. Our boss was there, and he seemed to like our job. Hopefully this is a sign of good things to come throughout the summer.

Almost Done!

School is almost over! Only two more (large) papers, and three finals. This, interspersed with work, and a brief hiatus to Maine for Joe Donahue's wedding, and I'll be on my way back to Pennsylvania before starting up Summer Ministry training in June. It's going to be a challenging few weeks leading up to a challenging summer, but it will be so much fun, and so amazing. I can hardly wait!