survived Ichthus

So, i've slipped into posting every month. sorry it's not more frequent. alot of stuff has happened since I last wrote.

The youth group went to Ichthus. It's a large christian music festival. We camped out in a farmers field with about 15,000 other people. There were dozens of concerts, some by big name bands like toby mac, newsboys, and skillet. The concerts were like all other rock concerts: loud, too much bass, and indistinguishable lyrics. It was also extremely hot. One day was about 100 degrees with no clouds. But I knew going into it that I wasn't going for the music, I went for the fellowship and it was good. I got to hobknob with other youth pastors and got some good resources that I will use for later.

I also decided I am goign to reduce my number of ferrets. see, I now have 5 of em, and the short story is that they stink. the long story is that I don't smell them, but all my guests do and I'm going to try cutting down to two of em, and possibly none of them if the smell isn't removable. I really love them and they keep me company. I hate to see em go.

We also have a fourth church joining our co-op! It's cool, because we didn't push for them to join, it just came together. Their youth haven't joined our youth group, but it should be happening within a week or two. Their pastor has done youth ministry before and I can tell he has a lot of good ideas.

I also bought a new laptop. My old one was failing. I think it's sad, really. It's only 5 years old, but it keeps getting worse and worse. I tried to install linux on this lappy, but there was some hardware incompatibility. So I begrudgingly returned to windows 7. It's pretty slick though, it's got a fingerprint scanner. But the coolest part is that the screen is humongous. It's 18.7 inches wide. It's a monster.

well, I'm watching a tv show at the moment and the season finale/climax is about to happen. So, I'll update you guys later