Everything around me is screaming the end of summer.  School is starting.  A new year in youth ministry is beginning.  My seniors are leaving for college.  And I'm not ready.  It has been the busiest summer.  As some of you know, I was gone for nearly four weeks in a row with back to back … Continue reading Summer in Review

I returned home from Lithuania Thursday morning aroudn 5:30 am.  It was a long and tiresome journey back to the US with flight delays due to weather.  We were up for about 34 hours but I'm mostly recovered now.  Which is good because I leave in the morning on the youth mission trip to Chicago. … Continue reading Home from Lithuania

I'm actually able to post from a computer today from a computer lab in the dorm we are staying in the next few days.  Our host is LCC - Lithuania Christian College. This morning we attend City Church here in Klaipeda, Lithuania.  It was a great worship service for a new generation of Lithuanian Christians.  … Continue reading Klaipeda Day Two

  We are traveling on a bus from Kaunas to Klaipeda after a wonderful two days in Kaunas. we spent some time with about 14 youth from two Baptist churches in town.  Yesterday we drove out to the woods to camp. It was a gorgeous place with a beautiful river. we ate a delicous supper … Continue reading On to Klaipeda

Our internet is down this afternoon and evening due to storm. We had some major rain and some light hail and the power went out in some of the church. . VBS went very well. We had 31 kids which was great! They were high energy. Tonight we went to a concert at another Baptist … Continue reading Lithuania update

We are now getting ready to take off from Chicago. Our flight was for 8 PM however we didn't get loaded until 9 PM. Then we were on the path to take off and had to stop because someone from the flight control sent another plane in front of us. It is now 10 PM … Continue reading Airports continued

We have had several flight delays today and are killing time at the food court in Chicago before our 8 PM flight to Warsaw. Otherwise things have been going smoothly. Continue your prayers.

i'm off to Lithuania today for two weeks of ministry. I don't know how much access I'll have to internet to update the site but will if I have the opportunity. We will be traveling throughout the country working with various churches and their ministries. We are humbled and thankful that they are allowing us … Continue reading Lithuania Bound

Typepad has a mobile blogging application for blackberry phones and I've added it to my own so I can keep up with some posting while on the trip. I leave with a team of 9 on Friday for two weeks in Lithuania. We will be doing a variety of things and working with three different … Continue reading Going Mobile