Wow – lots of mixed emotions today.
It has been an awesome weekend. I finished up my speaking engagement with a final message entitled “There’s No Place Like Home.” It was fun of the last two day to be fought over at mealtimes as to which table I would sit at. It is very encouraging and flattering. In addition, I had a lot of the students wanting my email and wanting to give me theirs as well.
I gave all of the youth leaders here this week a DVD full of all of my funny videos that I have been collecting. They were very appreciative of this too.
Just before leaving I was told by the director of this weekend’s retreat that they had looked at the evaluations for the weekend and the responses about me were all very positive. I have LOVED speaking this weekend and would love to do more of this. I am hoping to not only be invited back by this group to speak at something in the future, but I am hoping other people would consider bringing me in to speak to their group, camp, retreat, parents, leaders, etc. I love to teach, I love to speak, and I would love to do more of this.
While this has been a great weekend, I am very anxious and excited to get home too. I am excited to be back with her and her family – to see them and spend time with them. I feel like I have missed out on so much already being away. But, I think it has been good all the way around.
Finally, I feel robbed today. Basically every day of my life I feel like I am continually complaining that I do not have enough hours in the day. I feel like I never have enough time to get everything done that I need to get done. And, that there is not enough time to sleep as much as I want. Well, now today it is even worse – because I am losing THREE hours today. I only get to live a 21- hour day today. It’s really not fair. How could this be, you might ask? Well, of course this morning was daylight savings time, and it is “spring forward” – so I lost one hour this morning already. Also, I am boarding the plane to return home to Boerne, TX in just a few minutes – and in the flight from San Jose to Boerne, I lose another 2 hours due to the time change. Thus, I lose 3 hours today. It’s just not fair.
Well, I am about to board my first flight to return home – so I will wrap this up. It’s been a GREAT weekend. I had a wonderful time. I am excited to return home. So, all around this has been wonderful.
welcome home - when you sleep up those 3 missing hours, let's do lunch, or breakfast - I haven't done one of those yet! Peace!
Posted by: adam | March 13, 2008 at 12:54 PM
Hello Ryan,
Glad you had a good speaking engagement. I am coming up on my 100th blog and thought I'd invite you and all our other pastor2youth friends who'd like to help me celebrate.
Simply Youth Ministry has said they would help me promote by giving away a free Simply All Access (worth $300). All Youth Pastors have to do is show up on Thursday March 27th, leave a message of what they might be doing in youth ministry if they stayed in it until they were 100 and they are registered to win.
Any help you can offer to promote it (web, email. etc) would be appreciated. I have a code for an ad if you are interested. They can click on the ad and it would take them to my blog. Your thoughts are welcome and hope you'll attend my Blogday Party!
Paul Turner
The Disciple Project
www.thediscipleproject.net
www.squidoo.com/thecureforyouthministry.com
PS I am also looking for guest bloggers to blog that day. Would you be interested in writing a paragraph on the blessings of longevity in youth ministry?
Paul
Posted by: Paul Turner | March 17, 2008 at 05:16 PM
Nice to find a TX youth minister representing !
Posted by: Brandon Best | March 18, 2008 at 08:40 PM
I am so glad for u becouse u are able to do what you like to do. Here in Romania I teach youth in my free time. you are so blessed. We have summer camps and it's so hard to me to prepare sermons and pray and so on..
Posted by: y_daddy | July 21, 2008 at 12:01 PM