all nighter... what am I thinking

being a youth pastor is something I LOVE! However, spending the entire night awake with a bunch of 13-18 year olds might just do me in. I like to think of myself as an energetic person. Someone who isn't an old fart yet. So why am I dreading being up all night tonight? Well, I think that there are a couple reasons for that. Here are the highlights.
1. I like to sleep.
2. There will be one kid there that is just weird on Mountain Dew and will drive me crazy. I don't know who it will be yet, but it will happen.
3. The hours of 4-7 are going to go SO SLOW it isn't even funny.
4. I don't get to spend new years with my wife and son :(
5. I get to spend my day off sleeping. Not the way I would envision it!

Don't get me wrong. Tonight is going to be a BLAST! I am looking forward to the broomball and dodgeball the most. It just takes me longer to recover from the night is all. At least I am not as old as my good old friend Doug Fields who says "My idea of an all nighter is making it through the night without having to get up to pee." I am not that old yet!

I'll keep you posted

100th post

Yeah... my 100th post is on my new laptop from my new house, sitting on my couch after finally getting the wireless network going. Life is good.

Hope everyone had a great Christmas and have a great new year!

Chris

Merry Christmas Everyone

For the couple of you who actually check this from time to time, I am sorry for the lack of posts the last.. like... forever. I may get back into it after the first of the year. It is going to be one of the new years resolutions... Something I don't like to do, but am going to do this year.

This week I have been super busy getting ready for Christmas. We had our Christmas party for our student ministry. Complete with Egg nog bobbing for Candy canes. The rest of my time has been spent getting ready for preaching on Sunday. Its by no means my first time preaching, but it is my first time preaching here in St. Croix Falls during a Sunday Service. Now if I can just keep from getting the sickness that Kate and everyone else has, I'll be in good shape.

I am actually excited to preach. I'm talking about the unwanted gift of Christmas. Can you believe that people (King Harod) actually rejected the gift of God in Jesus? unfortunately its still happening today.

Thats all I got for now. Can I suggest that instead of waisting time checking blogs every day, you subscribe and get a blog reader so you can check all your blogs at once? Saves tons of time for sure!

On My Mind Right Now

• I have a cold
• I don't want to shovel again
• I made some tasty cookies last night
• we need to get the house ready by Sunday
• I am excited for Wednesday Night's Challenge
• I got three new Books to read
• I may or may not read them soon
• I need to get to work