Weekly Recap

It has been a while since I’ve had a week like I just did; and I definitely am not used to the schedule I kept.  It was a week full of work and ministry.  I figured I played my guitar/music everyday from Sunday through Sunday.

The first 3 days of the week was spent coming to work earlier in the mornings so I could leave earlier to make it to a youth camp I was participating in with worship.  It was fun to see old friends and worship with them.

Then on Thursday night, I had a rehearsal with Jarron for a worship night we were a part of on Friday night.  I was glad when Friday rolled around though I knew I was not done with the week yet.  Worked all day at the office and then headed out after to the worship night at Cedar Park Northshore.  Jarron and I were excited to be a part of this event and help lead people in worship.  It was a good night and we had fun.  Here are some pictures of us:

Getting ready to play and was reading some scripture

Jarron and I during our set

Saturday rolled around and it was supposed to be a relaxing one except I forgot that I had some drivers working, so I woke up and got started with my communication with them.  After getting things squared away, I head out for Andy and Sarah’s birthday party.  I was looking forward to seeing friends and hanging out, celebrating life and friendships.

Birthday kids – Sarah and Andy

With the fellas (me, Jordan, Jarron, Andy, Aaron & Eric)

After the party, I finally had a few hours of alone time and I was excited.  I need to chill a little and get prepared for Sunday.  I went home, watched a little Seahawks football action, practiced a little on my guitar and then worked on some Sunday stuff.  It was a good way to end my Saturday.

Somehow Sunday comes quicker than most days; I think partly because I wake up the earlier than most days.  It was an exciting Sunday at LATR.  We were going to have baptisms after the gathering and I was going to assist in my first baptisms.  It was a busy day for me – I lead worship, watched some kids in the nursery, did an interview for the kids about my baptism experience and then I got to assist Josh in baptizing a couple of people.  One of the guys getting baptized was one of my worship team member so it was special for me to be a part of this day.

Jarron and I figuring out his “new” iPhone

Posing for a picture

Not sure what I was looking for…

Assisting Josh in baptizing Gregory -  a kid from Kids At The Ridge

 

There he goes!

So proud of Gregory and for his testimony and choosing to take a step of faith in baptism to show his commitment to follow Jesus!

Here with Josh and Kenny.  Kenny’s story is cool too.  He gave his heart to Jesus as a child but never took the next step in water baptism.  So when the opportunity came up at church, he decided it was time to make a stand and his family came and got to witness his faith.  Awesome!

 

 

 

Showing a little love here; managed to stay dry until the hug…

It was truly a great ending to a busy week.  Seeing transformation in the lives of people and hearing their stories and celebrating with them is so fulfilling.  Thank you Jesus!

Have to finish off this recap with the cutest thing ever – Abby and Andrew…

 

 

 

Ah…kids :)

Cheers!

Recapping

The last few weeks have been a whirlwind, especially over the weekends.  It has been fun and the beautiful weather has contributed to the fun quotient.  I have been learning a bunch and making new discoveries.

For my international readers I know you guys like pictures more than text so here’s some picture recaps:

 

 

 

My friend Kami got married.

 

That same weekend, Kami’s brother, Jarron, had a graduation party.  I am very proud of Jarron and for him sticking it out and completing college.

 

 

Here’s Jarron reading his cards and taking note of the “loot” he received – cha ching!

 

This last weekend, I got to spend time with some special little people.  Josh asked me to join him at a training thing he was speaking at; and Josh brought Abby along.  I love this kid, she is fun to be around and I am glad I got to spend quite a bit of the day with her.

 

 

 

I asked Abby to smile for the camera

 

 

 

 

Abby and Josh, playing a game on his iPhone

 

So we’re at this training thing and all the speakers have taken their turns to share, they then had this Q&A time.  My friend Del, the facilitator of this session, invites the speakers up and turns to me and asks me to join them in taking questions.  I was not really prepared for this but it was a fun experience to share since I got quite a fair bit of questions.  I also got to encourage a guy after the session which was cool.  I had mentioned that I was a pastor’s kid and he wanted to talk a little about that.  Fun times.

After we got then with the training session, I headed to the next event which was a birthday party for the 2 (of the 4) of my favorite blondes (Jazlyn and Olivia).  I love these kids and was honored to be invited.

 

 

 

 

Here comes the cakes

 

 

 

 

Singing “Happy Birthday”

 

 

 

 

Blow out those candles!

 

 

 

 

Birthday girls opening their prezzies

 

It was a quite a couple of weekends.  Now I am off to my next adventures, being called out to help people discover who Jesus is and what it means to follow Him.  Life is good because of Him.

A Weekend of Birthdays

Tis' the season for birthdays and birthday celebrations!  I was privileged to be invited to 2 birthday parties this past weekend - one for a 30 year old and the other for a 2 year old.

Here are some highlights from Aaron's lakeside celebrations on Saturday:

 

 

 

 

 

Lake Goodwin

 

 

 

 

 

 

Birthday boy, Aaron, (in orange) playing a little volleyball

 

 

 

 

 

 

Miss Bella Welk (Aaron's daughter) enjoying her "carrots" (Cheetos)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A little camp fire action

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aaron with his birthday strawberry shortcake

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opening up the group present - an 80GB iPod

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mister Ethan Blue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ethan - the most smiley kid I know

 

 

 

Good times, great friends...

(L to R - Bryan, me, Jolie & Heather; Monica with her back)

 

 

It was great to get together with good friends to celebrate a milestone birthday with Aaron.

On Sunday evening, we celebrated Abby Hebert's 2nd birthday.  It has been amazing watching her grow up.  I love this kid and I am glad that I can share in her life.  Here are some highlights:

 

 

 

 

 

Abby's learning to use the camera

 

 

 

 

 

 

Josh giving Abby some pointers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elmo cupcake for the birthday girl

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now what? I've blown out the candles...

 

 

 

 

 

 

We'll peel off Elmo's face...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let's give the frosting a little lick

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maybe a little nibble...

 

 

 

 

 

 

The jury's still out on this frosting and cupcake...

 

 

 

 

 

 

And yes,  we have decided!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Awaiting presents in her pink chair

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let's get this party started...

 

 

 

 

 

Opening one of my gifts, her very own pink Hello Kitty watch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Checking out the top I got her

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abby & me

 

 

After the indoor festivities, we all proceeded to the park behind the Heberts' apartment.  Sarah, Tanya's co-worker/manager at Starbucks, is a professional, championship winning, freestyle Frisbee artist.  She brought along some frisbee and was going to "educate" us on how to throw and catch a frisbee.

Here's Sarah showing us how it's done:

  

Sarah showed us some nifty throwing and catching techniques.

Here is Josh and Robby trying it out:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Josh looks like he is fighting the frisbee shadow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Back hand throw

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sarah giving Robby some tips

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robby practicing his "stance"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Catching and spinning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More tricks from Robby

 

 

 

 

 

 

Getting ready for a little Skeet Shooting, Frisbee style

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And off it goes...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Birthday girl Abby with her friend Brayden

 

 

 

 

 

My artistic moment (at least I tried to have one)

 

 

It was fun filled weekend of birthdays and hanging out with friends.  I am blessed.