My A-Team has been better than this A-Team.
There’s a bit of convergence in two things going on for me today. First, I’m in this process where I’m cleaning out my office, so I’ve got a lot of memories rolling through my head today. That’s intensified by all the gracious comments and notes I’ve gotten from people who’ve been connected with our youth ministry over the last decade. It’s pretty cool, partly because it’s really helping me look back and remember times when I’ve seen God at work among us.
The second thing, of course, is that it’s secretary appreciation day! I have been incredibly blessed by having the support of an awesome secretarial staff! I look back and think about all the people that have been blessed here, all the faces and names in my stashes of pictures, notes, and journals, and I know that none of that would have been possible without the support of a remarkable staff. People give ministers a lot of the credit for stuff that our secretaries really take care of. They don’t want the spotlight, don’t do it for credit, and deflect praise and compliments towards others all the time. They protect us, free us to work in relationships, and actively troubleshoot for us. I can’t tell you how many times wise counsel from our secretarial staff has helped me avoid a crazy misstep in ministry. And God only knows (literally) how many times their help has prevented some of the missteps I did take from becoming major disasters. They were an incredible asset for me as I started out in ministry.
I have a lot of thank you’s in my heart right now. Any ministry that’s been really effective comes from a team, and we’ve had a great one. A critical part of that has been one of the best secretarial staffs on the planet. Thanks, my dear friends!
hey, we tried phone tag last night unsuccessfully, i thought I might try good ole electronics. hope the moving is going well. One reason I was trying to get you last night was to see if you might want me to bring up a body or two today to help with some of the physical moving stuff. If you still could use some, call tonight and tomorrow (Thursday) might still be a possiblity. Anyway, I’m waiting on your little brother to get out of Wednesday night class and was messing around on the computer. I have quit trying to attend the Wednesday night classes due to hearing problems. We are looking forward to seeing all of you this weekend and maybe helping by taking the girls and just having fun ourselves. Did I tell you I actually bought a fishing license a few weeks ago when Michael was home? Jeremi gets out of school tomorrow and hopefully we will get some time to use it. How’s that for feeling better!!!? It’s the only fishing license I have ever bought!! I’m still getting better and had thought I was already topped out. It’s been way too long. Instead of looking forward to sleep, I’m looking forward to waking up every day. Well, i’ll let you go for now and again, we’re looking forward to the weekend and hope to be of some help. love you all.