Admin 'Appenings

Where has the time gone? The year's almost over! I was talking to a friend the other day and told him about last Christmas that happened 'a few months ago'... before realizing that Christmas was more than just a few months ago and this coming Christmas is only a few months out. 😅 Personal Updates: An update on my MRI results! Everything came back.. normal! Thank you all again for your prayers, for your care and concern, texts and well wishes. It truly means the world to me! With that chapter closing, I can get back to trying to be as healthy as I can be. But this also means that anytime I do something dumb or forget.. that's just me.. no excuses (like when I thought Christmas was only a few months ago.) Right on time, I've finished the entire Old Testament! What a journey it has been. Far from being an Old Testament scholar, nonetheless, I feel infinitely more equipped in tackling harder questions regarding the goodness of God as represented in the Old Testament. M...

Quickly! Go outside and spend some time in the nice weather before Texas realizes it needs to change from a burning desert climate to the freezing tundra. Personal Updates: Well, I went to go see a neurologist about my incident over Labor Day Weekend and he told me that he suspected a combination of dehydration and extreme motion sickness. Which, if that's all that there is to it, then that would be great! The good news is that I'm starting to feel normal again - less headaches and tiredness (though I'm not sure if those are from that fateful day or just something that I experience from time to time). And I went to get an MRI done this past Monday. I'll get the results back in 2 weeks and discuss it with the doctor. Thank you all for the prayers! But let me tell you what, the MRI machine was so  much louder than I thought it would be.. if you ever need to get an MRI, I highly recommend requesting the earplugs instead of the headphones. I'm also finishing up my Old T...

 It feels like it's been forever since I last had the chance to update y'all! I meant to get this blog post out sooner.. Personal Updates: ...but some things got in the way. The craziest thing that has happened to me in recent memory was that I had to go to the emergency room on the Saturday of Labor Day Weekend. Before I keep going, I'll let y'all know that I feel fine! I have a number of people checking up on me and making sure that I'm recovering without issue. Thank you for all the prayers! They're not exactly sure what happened, so I'm trying to visit a neurologist this coming week just to make sure that I get a thorough second opinion. Ministry Updates: The school year is underway! All of our ministers have had to think of creative ways to engage with the student body, given that some campuses are only online, some schools are not allowing physical gatherings of any kind on campus, while others are doing their best to accommodate for student life in th...

Schools are getting ready to start back up and we must be ready to meet the students wherever they are - online or on their campuses! Personal Updates: As some of you may already know after tuning in to watch the licensing ceremony, I'm officially a licensed minister for FOCUS now! I was surprised (the day of) to be included in the ceremony, as I'm primarily doing administrative tasks, but I was honored to be there beside all of the faithful servants who are (re)committing the next year, or years, of their lives to changing our campuses. It was during that ceremony that my spirit was struck by excitement for the year to come and thankfulness that y'all have partnered with me in ministry this year. If you're interested in what this ceremony looks like, you can find it here . A minor note, I have an expander in my mouth now! For those of you who aren't familiar, it's an 'appliance' that rests in the top of your mouth which expands your palate. This is in p...

Straight off the bat, I just want to thank all of you who are supporting me and/or are taking the time to read my updates! I'm not sure exactly how I want to format this blog, so if you have any feedback or ideas, please feel free to let me know. Personal Updates: My first month is in the books! So far there's been a lot of training and meetings to attend as I learn all of the backend systems that FOCUS uses to support the logistics of running a nonprofit ministry. It's still exciting to me to think that I'm working for an organization that I truly believe in and I'm so happy that y'all are taking part in this with me. I also had the privilege of going on a trip to Colorado with some of the other guys on staff to get to know them better before the next school year starts, two of which were incoming apprentices. And can I tell you, how reassuring it is to know that these guys will be "out" on the campuses reaching out to the students. (I put quotes arou...