I hope that life is going well for you and yours. Today was the end of the beginning for our youth Fall schedule. Today we had Youth Sunday at our contemporary service. It has been what I have been gearing up for the past two weeks (and actually closer to a month of brainstorming and preping). I preached (we are working on getting the audio available for download...no am I not kidding) and felt really good about it. We had 25 first time possesions of faith, 12 exorcisms, we unbaptized 8 people, had four people leave the Methodist church, and I became Jewish. So, all in all it was a positive in the membership column! Seriously, I thought it went well. Anytime "the youth" are in charge it is always exciting but not always good.
I am back to my NCAA 07 franchise. I am currently into my first season with GSU and working my way throught the SEC West. I have a big game with Arkansas tonight and I hope to finish up the year sometime tomorrow night. I have landed a top flight recruit (#3 ranked MLB) and am working on a Right Tackle. We will see. {Update 8/29/06} I completed my season with a three game winning streak and a Music City Bowl win to end the season 8-4. I am playing on Varsity (2nd skill level of 4) and I think that effects recruiting, as I ended up with a top 12 recruiting class. My overall team rating went from a D to a C which is a huge jump. I got enough players at some key positions (you didn't ask...but MLB, CB, & Satefy) so that I could red-shirt some younger guys and begin building my dynasty. Things seem to be looking up. I also landed three transfers (all were Jr. who had already been red-shirted and thus lost a year of eligability which is stange to me) which will help the team next year (2008 season) but are glued to my bench this season. I won my first game (Hawaii they threw the ball EVERY possession...urr...) handily 37-3 and am working on re-inforcing my O-Line with the in season recruiting.
I also finished my second and final Fantasy Football Draft of the year with excellent results. Unbeknownst to me at the beginning of the draft no one in the league has ever particapated in a fan. football before. My awareness of my leagues unawareness of how Fantasy Football is played became more and more clear throughout the draft. Many of them had been in a baseball league, but it was an auction based league. By the end of the day I was explaining how we keep score, why Bye weeks matter, and why you need bench players. Just to give you an idea...here are some of the more "suprising" draft picks:
The Manning Combo: #5 Peyton Manning not unheard of...but #6 Eli Manning
DEF Run in the first 16 picks: #9 Chicago DEF followed by #16 Carolina DEF
Getting stuck with a So-So backup QB: I managed to get Marc Bulger (arguebly one of the top 3 QB's) in the 9th Round (#81) after top flight QB's like Vick (#43),Green (#61), Clupepper (#71), & Bledsoe (#78) where off the board.
So, back to work stuff. Yeah, we have implimented some changes in the youth ministry (some big some small) and we are almost done with our first month of them. So far I would give us a A- which is really quite good. Now we are going to be going downhill for a bit and I am going to get to take a breathe. One of the adjustments is going to hopefully give me less teaching responibilities on a weekly basis. While I will miss it, I am hoping it will help me provide time to get little things done (like planning trips or cleaning my office) and prepare great teachings instead of just another teaching.
Robin begins school this coming week (28th of Aug) which she is looking forward to. This Labor Weekend my family is coming to help us put up a fence around our house/shack which is going to be a good and long weekend.
kirkout
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