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Wheew!

Summers sure are tiring for a youth minister. That's why I haven't posted in a while. It seems like there has just been no end to activities this summer (which I planned of course). Plus I am working on my graduate class (in which I am way behind). Tonight I have a Bible study and a men's business meeting. Of course I had to prepare for both of those today plus we had men's breakfast this morning at 6:30 a.m. Rediculously early especially after a long night of playing basketball and winding down from my biggest work day of the week (Sunday).
There is also an added stress to the whole summer. One of the kids in my youth group decided to make some really bad decisions at home and probably will not be back for the rest of the summer if at all. DHS is involved and it's just a huge mess. I don't want to put any names out there, but if you read this, please pray for this family I have mentioned (God knows who they are). This kid's life is a string of bad choices that are now going to have to be paid for.
On a lighter note, our Cordell Christian Camp went well and I have just sent out letters to all of the campers' parents informing them of our dates for next year and encouraging them to come and visit our church. The picture in this post is a picture of us playing a game outside.
Also, some great news, a week and a half ago, we had a teen service week (we did all kinds of odd jobs around town from yard work to running a concession stand). We got about $1200 in donations from it and the kids no longer have to pay for our Six Flags trip coming up in August.
Well that's about all I have time for.

Josh