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Em and I are finally back after a whirlwind of last few weeks. She had the last few weeks of school to teach and her big, end of the year event. Then we left for Westpoint, NY for a week to see Devon (Em's brother) graduate from the United States Military Academy (Westpoint - think Army). It was awesome and I will upload some pics in the very near future!

Projector Bulbs...

Do you have any idea how difficult it is to find replacement bulbs for projectors?

Our projector at church started to get a fuzzy picture so I pulled it down last night and had a look at the bulb. Unfortunately, it has started to melt and balloon out around the filament. This wasn't a good scenario considering we have church on Sunday and everyone uses the screen for the words to all of our worship music (not the end of the world, but we'd like to prevent it). So right now I am on hold with a place to rush delivery of the $300+ dollar light bulb! Oh happy day!

Other than that not much is happening right now. Emily and I are enjoying our pooch, Bingley. Youth is going well. We just split Jr. High and Sr. Highers into 2 groups over the summer. We have a packed schedule full of days at the beach, fun in the sun, and a back to college series on Christianity 101. It should be awesome!

Cheers.

Fishing, Lemons, and Dog

This past Friday I had the wonderful chance to go out fishing with my good prayer buddy Ken and another Youth Pastor down here named Adam. It was quite the experience...


We almost died.

We went out into the intra-coastal waterway in search of some good fishing grounds. We were in about 16 foot craft with an open bow where I happened to be sitting. Beautiful weather, calm seas, no problem.

Try as we might, no fish. Well, none for Ian anyway. But then we decided to head back along the jetty where we encountered our first obstacle. It would seem that at the end of the rocks used to make the inlet calm, the water (no matter how calm) forms into a massive build of pounding water that likes to eat little boats like ours for breakfast. Ken (the "Captain") drove us into the only place within a mile that had waves - waves mind you in the 10ft category. They broke continually over our bow (where I was still sitting) and for some reason we couldn't break free. Again and again water came crashing down on top of us all, only to be replace by another, bigger wave. Adam and I are both yelling, "Turn Left!" knowing it will free us from the constant barrage. At one point right before we broke out I can remember envisioning how to dive off the bow into the water once we capsized.

Oh the joy of fishing! And still I didn't catch a single thing!



On a separate note we (the youth group) had a great time at our local Relay for Life! Even though the event got rained out that night, we were still able to raise a good amount of money making "Lemon-Shake-Ups," basically a homeshaked lemonaid, only better. We also had massages for sale! After all was said and done we sold over 250 of the cool, refreshing beverages.
It was a hot day. As you can see I was hard at work "supervising" the action. Gladly someone was kind enough to cool me down with an ice cube on my head. Thanks!
Finally, here's me and the pooch - Bingley. Who do you think is gonna win this match up?



(and for your own knowledge, no, dog spit does not taste good)

Cheers!

Shamless(ful) Plug

So here's a cool new thing my brother Paul showed me! It's Goodsearch.com

For every search you make the NPO of your choice gets $.01. It may not seem like much, but how many searches do you make a day? Anyway I thought I would let you in on it and suggest a charity that is worthwhile - HDSA - the Huntinton's Disease Society of America. Many of you may remember that my mother died of the disease. This is a wonderful, easy way to help put a stop to it's further progression!

Give it a try!

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