Woodleaf 2009
WyldLife for 09-10
Young Life for 09-10
Leaders (current and new)
How happy I am that I got new glasses/sunglasses (prescription for both!!)
Donors
Money
Our house
Kids?!
High Schoolers hearts
Jonesing for some Yogizmo (frozen yogurt!!)
Fund raisers for camp
Committee
Dishes
Laundry
Mabel-vet
Car- oil changed/maintenance required light
Carol
Sleep
Yoga
Vacation
Family
Friends
Living so far away...
Balance
PRAYER.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Some things that are on my mind......
Monday, March 30, 2009
Eye of the Danger
Matt got some saw dust in his eye on Saturday around 4pm while we were building the new SLV snack shed. He tried irrigating it for a while but hours later it was still bright red and watering. So, we went for a Saturday night "date" to the ER. They put some special drops in his eye that helped the PA to see with UV light any foreign bodies... but no such luck. They didn't find anything. *sigh*
So, after 48+ hours of pain we went for an Ophthalmologist consult this morning (Monday) where the talented Dr. Cheng found a piece of wood embedded in Matt's eyelid. The kind Doctor removed it and Matt instantly felt better! Tonight his eye is still red but not watering and feels much much better. Thankfully no real damage was done and all he has to do is put antibiotic eye drops in every 2 hours. We have a followup appointment on Thursday to make sure no infection has set in.
Here are some pictures of our "date" at the ER on Saturday night....
UV light test...
wife
after the special drops
Eye of the Danger
Matt waiting
SLV snack shed
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
long time no see......
Sorry it's been so long! Our computer crashed for a little bit and well... I've just had other things to do!
Here are a few picture to show you what we've been up to since I last posted...
Pictures from the top down:
1. Snow at Young Life's Woodleaf camp over the WyldLife weekend that we served at as "Head Leaders"
2. New 29th birthday haircut
3. Young Life Club shenanigans
4. Me taking a "stab" at knife throwing
5. Young Life's Winter weekend (Young Life Camp)
6. Matt got a new work truck! (Ford F250 Diesel)
7. Mabel at the dog beach in Santa Cruz
8. Amazing clouds over the pool deck during Swim practice
9. Candles from the lent service at our church
10. Photo of the Pacific Ocean while on a walk with Trinity
11. Puppy Sleepover! (Mabel had a friend, Mr. Darcy, stay over one night!)
12. Walks with Mabel
13. Friends of ours trying to raft down the creek behind our house... silly boys!
14. R.A.W. ("Real Authentic Worship")
15. My chili entry from the Chili Cook off at our Church!
16. Carlyn trying to pack up Mabel and take her to Italy with her!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Baby Car-Car
This picture was when we went to sing Christmas carols as a "family" lead by our friend Wendy Estorga at Finn's Coffee in Santa Cruz. (Matt's company, KI Custom Construction Inc. built Finn's!)
I can't believe over the last 7 months I've never blogged about this wonderful girl..........
So, we had a former Young Life kid (and friend) Carlyn Kay Whitaker, living with us from May - Jan. 16th. She was an amazing "housemate" and we enjoyed her company so much this year! Carlyn (or baby Car-Car as we often call her) is amazing woman! She is currently off adventuring in "Italia" at the Apicius International School of Hospitality in Florence, Italy. We're praying that she has a wonderful time abroad and learns lots at culinary school!
WE MISS YOU MANY TINES BABY CAR-CAR!!!!!!!!!!!! And yes, to everyone reading, I meant to write tines and not times! ;)
is Facebook contact work?
The Young Life website says the following about "contact work"...
Contact work is a simple principle modeled by Christ and "rediscovered" more than 60 years ago when a handful of men and women who were developing Young Life's methods began showing up at games, practices and local hangouts so they could get to know kids. Contact work is about building relationships and earning the trust and friendship of teenagers.
Contact work is also lifestyle, not just a technique. "You are there to care for people for the sake of Christ," says one veteran Young Life staff person. "These relationships are not accidental or coincidental. They are ordained by God."
Jesus spent His earthly ministry looking for and connecting with the lost and hurting. His life set the standard for how we should reach teenagers through the ministry of Young Life — up close and personal. Every leader will have their own techniques for doing contact work based on who they are and what their kids enjoy.
So my question is: if I just spent about a hour on facebook "talking" to 3 different kids, is that contact work?! :)
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
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