It Sure Has Been A While
Well what exactly do you say after neglecting to say anything for over a month. How do you speak your mind after not speaking it for weeks. Well, I guess I can start with recent happenings. I have been doing camps camps and more camps since school has been out.
Soccer camp was a hit. It was the easiest camp and the camp that people were most excited about. We learned many new things and the week of soccer culminated into a game against the coaches and the parents. A good time was had by all and then it was on to baseball camp.
Baseball camp was interesting. How do you teach kids who have never caught or hit before how to…catch and hit. It didn’t matter the nationality, even the Americans kids struggled, those who haven’t been back to the states much that is. Baseball camp was brought to an end with a slip-n-slide. I thought that the best way to teach them how to slide was to have a slip-n-slide. The kids loved it and we coaches even got into a little bit.
Basketball camp was probably the least successful. The kids were tired of having camp and maybe even the coaches were tired of it as well. We never really did get the game of basketball. Maybe we can work on our skills and practice a little bit more before basketball camp next year.
We are currently in Bible camp this week. It is only the middle three days of this week so today was day one. We had a good time and learned lots of new songs and games. Hopefully we learned something about the Bible as well. The theme is Heroes so we are learning about different heroes of the Bible like Moses-today, Esther- Wednesday, and Jesus-Thursday. Hopefully the rest of Bible camp goes as well as it did today.
From there my summer takes off in a hurry. Below is a ruff outline of the rest of my summer:
- Next week off to Mbale for our field retreat with all of the missionaries
- 10 Days in Kenya: traveling around seeing people and also going to a 7 Habits of Highly Affective People Conference
- Going up to Arua for a week and from there traveling into Sudan for 4 days to do pastors trainings with the missionaries.
- Then school starts.
Please pray for safety in travel and also for a good break from the regular routine while I am galavanting around the countryside. I am weary and tired. I need rest but more than that I need a new and fresh filling of the Holy Spirit. Thank you for your prayers during this time.
July 1st, 2008 at 11:17 pm
hey nicko!
sounds like you are having a great time, as well as a great challenge. i will be praying for you! congrats on being an uncle!;)
August 1st, 2008 at 6:45 pm
Intentness:
I could say intentness means determination; I could say it means persistance; I could say it means tenacity or perserverence.
I will say it is the ability resisit temptation and stay the course, to concentrate on your objective with determination and reslove. Impatience is wanting too much too soon. Intentness doesn’t involve wanting something. It involves doing something often for a very long time.
The road to real achievement is usually bumpy and long, but you do not give up. You may have setbacks. You may have to start over. You may have to change your method. You may have to go around, or over, or under. You may have to back up and get another start. But you do not quit. You stay the course. To do that, you must have intentness.
Be persistant. Be determined. Be tenacious. Be completely determined to meet your goal. That’s intentness. If you stay intent and your ability warrents it, you will eventually reach the top of the mountain.
September 8th, 2008 at 6:12 am
Nick, we think that it is so cool to see what your doing with your life and how God is working through you in so many different ways. You are such an inspiration to the both of us. You should be so proud of how you keep reacting to Gods will. It was so great to hear from you. We have had you in our thoughts and prayers. Can’t wait till you come home so we all can go out for pizza or something. Here’s my E-mail address that you can communicate with Jody and me.
John and Jody
p.s. DON’T FORGET TO KEEP YOUR ROOM CLEAN!!!!
September 8th, 2008 at 6:14 am
Didnt know if you got the E-mail address or not so here it is: johnnydfarmer2@aol.com
September 8th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Nick,
Our prayers for you continue. How exciting to hear of your victories, insecurities and trials. “He who has begun a good work in you will be faithful to complete it.” We have all gone through the “seeking a teaching style” adventure. Here is a lesson this old man learned years ago. Use Christ as an example. He shared his passion and filled tool boxes with the tools. He demonstrated in both word and deed the proper use of those tools. Then he sent the out to build on the kingdom. There will always be someone thinking that they can hammer a nail with a wrench and end up with a smashed thumb. Our role is the equiping of the saints.
Don’t get to caught up in style or format….Be passionate and share the deeper truths that make the word applicable to each individule…He will do the rest…
Lord Bless,
Richard
P.S. Just a heads up- room inspection today…
September 8th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Do all for the Glory of God!