Happy Father's Day from Indiana

My day started off great with a little gift from my kids. They got me a 4-pack of Starbucks frapucchino to start my day off. I like that a lot! What concerns me as I type this is that blogger doesn't recognize the word "Starbucks" or frappuccino. This 4-pack is yet another contributor to the demise of my six pack...along with an 18 oz. steak, blackberry cobbler, good ice cream, and my favorite candy.

I guess when I get back home I'll have to keep riding the new Father's Day bike to the office to make up for it! I hate the 24 miles (roundtrip)...but I love the money I'm saving on gas and the workout that I get! I've had some great conversations with the Father. I've also enjoyed some time with Mark Driscoll, Rob Bell and John Piper. Thank you iPod!

Last week here in Indiana was pretty amazing. It was humbling to see the Holy Spirit at work. I can't wait to see how the Spirit works this week. I think the hardest part is the silence after everyone leaves. I enjoy the break and the nap...but I hate not getting to see life change play out in students. I miss not getting to see the stories unpack. That will always be the hardest part. I love the local church and it will always be hard to not be engaged with the students as they grow.

We will start registration here in a couple of hours for the next week. It's pretty quiet here right now...but it won't be for long. We have a huge group coming in this week. I wonder if they will go as nuts for the video of the Indian/Punjabi guy as the last group. We did find the lyrics to the song. It was nuts. I saw this stupid video roll and I almost told the tech guys to pull it...by the end of the week entire youth groups had a full blown choreography to the song. High School students crack me up.

I get to hang out with Chad Brown this week. I'm sure that he will try and get me up on stage to do the dance or some sort of stupid impersonation. Chad basically has a great time at my expense...he knows that I tend to stink at any sort of impersonation...so he is always trying to get me going. All of my impersonations sound like Apu Nahasapeemapetilon off the Simpsons. It doesn't matter if I'm trying to be Irish, English or German...I always sound like Apu.

Hey...if you get a chance you've got to check out the Youth Group 101...they are SO, SO true. Yet another time to poke fun at the entire culture of Youth Ministry...I love this job. You can check them out on our website, on YouTube or through iTunes on the CIY Summer Conference Podcast. Enjoy!