...And it happened during winter camp at my house! Read Jasen and Amanda's blogs to learn more info about that moment. I'm very happy for them both and "welcome to the 'family', J".
We (Amanda and I) are off to BBC tomorrow at the butt crack of dawn to do our annual Pondo Pines summer camp recruiting trip. Pray that God will guide us as we interview potential summer staff. It is kind of stressful.
When I get back I'll post some pictures of our recruiting trips (Darin and Joshua, BBC former staff) and from this weekend(Jasen, Amanda, Nikki and my Fam). I'm sure you guys don't really care, but I'll post them anyway! :)
Sunday, January 30, 2005
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
Some Privilege
Ok, here is my RANT, Ticketmaster sucks!! I'm a U2 fanclub member (paid for privilege) and it took me nearly two hours to get two tickets to their L.A. show because Ticketmaster's incapable website and server! Talk about frustrating, when I kept submitting my ticket request and seeing the same message over and over again..'Internal server error please try again later'. What!!?! I did this for two freakin' hours until I finally get through and get two tickets (that are in the rafters, I might add), go through the whole purchase process, click submit or checkout or whatever it was, and then it says it lost my order!!
None of you have ever seen me truly pissed off and be glad you haven't. I was about ready to throw my computer moniter through the bedroom window. Not only did this happen once, but three times!!! Finally with my wife's attempts to calm me down, I got through and was able to make a ticket purchase with a confirmation. So, good luck to the rest of you guys out there who want tickets. Bottom line Ticketmaster is arcaic and sucks when it comes to big venues. This happened to us last time with the Elevation tour and we weren't able to get tickets for any of the shows because of their system! I thought I'd be able to remedy that by joining the fanclub, now having DSL and be able to buy presale, but it is still a royal pain in the you-know-what.
Anyway, I guess my RAVE is that I WILL be going to the April 5th show at the Staples center to see the greatest band in the world with my wife, who is an even bigger fan than me! And we will have an awesome time despite not getting the seats we had hoped for. Just to hear their music live will be reward in itself. I hope to see some of your faces there as well!
But if your buying tickets either wait in line or have some other reliable source because my luck with Ticketmaster has been very poor!
Thanks for reading my Rant and Rave.
None of you have ever seen me truly pissed off and be glad you haven't. I was about ready to throw my computer moniter through the bedroom window. Not only did this happen once, but three times!!! Finally with my wife's attempts to calm me down, I got through and was able to make a ticket purchase with a confirmation. So, good luck to the rest of you guys out there who want tickets. Bottom line Ticketmaster is arcaic and sucks when it comes to big venues. This happened to us last time with the Elevation tour and we weren't able to get tickets for any of the shows because of their system! I thought I'd be able to remedy that by joining the fanclub, now having DSL and be able to buy presale, but it is still a royal pain in the you-know-what.
Anyway, I guess my RAVE is that I WILL be going to the April 5th show at the Staples center to see the greatest band in the world with my wife, who is an even bigger fan than me! And we will have an awesome time despite not getting the seats we had hoped for. Just to hear their music live will be reward in itself. I hope to see some of your faces there as well!
But if your buying tickets either wait in line or have some other reliable source because my luck with Ticketmaster has been very poor!
Thanks for reading my Rant and Rave.
Sunday, January 23, 2005
First Winter Camp Come And Gone...
Well, we're done with the 1st one and it went very well! Great response to worship with Everday Collision and to Jerry Huson's teaching. Everything was on schedule (can't figure that one out) and there were no injuries. Got to see some familiar faces I haven't seen in along time. Alyssa(sorry about your day, girl), Sara Slavich, Josh Coffey, Darin McWatters and his fam, Jerry Huson, my brotha's Ben and Ashdizzle, and of course my great winter staff... Amanda, Nikki, Mandy, Bobby, & A.K.
Now it's off to fight traffic and head to Hume for more recruiting. I'll probably be on the road longer than I'll actually be at Hume.... but it will be worth it if I find some good summer staff. And plus I hope to see E-roc, Cliff, Johnny, and spend maybe alittle more time with Darin. We'll see.
Now it's off to fight traffic and head to Hume for more recruiting. I'll probably be on the road longer than I'll actually be at Hume.... but it will be worth it if I find some good summer staff. And plus I hope to see E-roc, Cliff, Johnny, and spend maybe alittle more time with Darin. We'll see.
Saturday, January 15, 2005
Stress Reliever... Big Time!
I know that some of the more 'sophisticated' people out there think that video games is a waste of time and energy, but what if that energy is draining you? Like stress and anxiety? Halo 2 has been a great realease of this 'bad karma' :) for me over the last couple of days (am I right, jda?).
So on a lighter note from my last posts.... here is a little Master Chief art for all the Halo 2 homies out there...and if you aren't on Xbox Live yet, get there soon! And if you want to play with 'moi, ask for my gamertag. Peace to all of you... except those in the Halo universe.
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What's up innesfree and bensjammin21? Sorry, I 'm not that good, yet. I need a little more time. Just riding the coattails of you guys! ;)
So on a lighter note from my last posts.... here is a little Master Chief art for all the Halo 2 homies out there...and if you aren't on Xbox Live yet, get there soon! And if you want to play with 'moi, ask for my gamertag. Peace to all of you... except those in the Halo universe.
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What's up innesfree and bensjammin21? Sorry, I 'm not that good, yet. I need a little more time. Just riding the coattails of you guys! ;)
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
What Was, No Longer Is...
..The same. Meaning that the camp's topography has changed due to our 'lovely' recent weather. The 'creek' that ran by the volleyball courts and firepit is now two rivers. One flowing down the road to the lower cabins and one flowing throught the lower volleyball court. The bridge that used to cross that pre-existing creek is now washed down to the concrete roadway by the lower cabins. The road going up the ridge by the basketball courts has been almost obliterated by the force of water flowing over it. The whole bottom floor of the infirmiry flooded and Cabin 1 had, count 'em, 8 inches of water in it!
Everything is in the drying process now and thank God we now have sunshine...but until the snow melts we really won't know the extent of how much the landscape has changed.
I'm the most tired I think I've ever been, physically and emotionally. And I have camp in less than 2 weeks!
But , you know what, despite my worrying and stress and all the stuff I can't change... bottom line, God is in control. And he always is and will be. Remember that, J.
So sorry to those of you, if I haven't returned phone calls or emails, I've just been too exhausted. But I still love ya'.
Everything is in the drying process now and thank God we now have sunshine...but until the snow melts we really won't know the extent of how much the landscape has changed.
I'm the most tired I think I've ever been, physically and emotionally. And I have camp in less than 2 weeks!
But , you know what, despite my worrying and stress and all the stuff I can't change... bottom line, God is in control. And he always is and will be. Remember that, J.
So sorry to those of you, if I haven't returned phone calls or emails, I've just been too exhausted. But I still love ya'.
Wednesday, January 05, 2005
Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder...
Sorry, that I've been away for awhile... I've had two days off since Christmas and that is including today!
Most of it is due impart to the weather we have been getting up here! So far we've probably got 2 ft. of snow on the ground with more on the way. I'm getting sick of snow real fast! I'm soooo tired. Moving snow is alot of work and we are starting to run out of places to put it.
Here are some pics from today... the sun is out finally!
Winter Wonderland Infirmiry
Lodge from across the field
Zipline
Looking through icicle to zipline
Melting in motion...just not fast enough.
Please pray that we don't get too much more... I need to get behind my desk and get organized for winter camps and summer recruiting . It's hard too do that when you're having to keep the camp accessible to the outside world. Don't get me wrong, snow is good, we need it... but as they say, sometimes you can have too much of a good thing...in this case, way too much. Plus I do want to be able to enjoy my days off and not worry if my roof is going to collapse under the weight of snow if I dont get up there and shovel it.
Anyway, I guess this is a little bit of a rant.
Hope everyone had a good holiday time!
Ben and Wes, I will call you guys back, I promise! I'm just not sure when! ;) Love you guys.
Most of it is due impart to the weather we have been getting up here! So far we've probably got 2 ft. of snow on the ground with more on the way. I'm getting sick of snow real fast! I'm soooo tired. Moving snow is alot of work and we are starting to run out of places to put it.
Here are some pics from today... the sun is out finally!
Winter Wonderland Infirmiry
Lodge from across the field
Zipline
Looking through icicle to zipline
Melting in motion...just not fast enough.
Please pray that we don't get too much more... I need to get behind my desk and get organized for winter camps and summer recruiting . It's hard too do that when you're having to keep the camp accessible to the outside world. Don't get me wrong, snow is good, we need it... but as they say, sometimes you can have too much of a good thing...in this case, way too much. Plus I do want to be able to enjoy my days off and not worry if my roof is going to collapse under the weight of snow if I dont get up there and shovel it.
Anyway, I guess this is a little bit of a rant.
Hope everyone had a good holiday time!
Ben and Wes, I will call you guys back, I promise! I'm just not sure when! ;) Love you guys.
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