"As late as you want…"

9 05 2008

Today is Jonah’s birthday. He’s 7. WOW! Time flies. We had a party for him tonight at the skate rink with him and some of his friends. He had a BLAST! He’s a stinkin’ daredevil man. No fear of the wall, the floor or anything. Anyway, he asked how late he got to stay up on his birthday and I said “As late as you want!” I think he’s most excited about that than anything. He normally goes to bed at 7 – 7:30 PM typically, it is 9:59 PM right now and he’s watching a movie. Sabrina went to a girlfriends house to watch some movies. Jonah may outlast me. That will be funny. His goal is 1 AM. I’m pretty sure I can’t last that long. We’ve always wanted to just let him go and see where and when he crashes. His energy level seems to NEVER run out. So, the wait is on. How late can he go?

Staying up,

Jeff


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Categories : Family, Personal

IFT

9 05 2008

Hey Element Church! What is IFT? Well, it’s a new practice I hope to incorporate into office life and the life of our pastors. IFT stands for Impromptu Fun Time. Church life and office life has been CRAZY lately. I need to model for our team better the ability to just get away from work and have fun. THAT’S OK! We are not going to be a church staff or office that is ALWAYS just WORKING WORKING WORKING! There are seasons we go through that is CRAZY intense. For us, that season has been since October 7th, 2007. Seems like EVERY week is another major decision that could change Element forever. SO, yesterday I took Adam and Andy (new youth pastor) out for a movie. We went and saw Iron Man. By the way STINKIN‘ AWESOME movie! It was very cool just to get out of the regular grind of things and hang with the boys. Anyway, every so often we’ll need an IFT. You need an IFT too! Don’t be afraid in your family. Your life. Your day, just to get an IFT. It may not be a movie out but it can be 5 minutes of calling a friend. Calling your wife. Looking at pictures of your fam on the computer or in your wallet. Just a break from your day. It works! IFT, new vocabulary for Element Church.

Having Fun,

Jeff


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