When I was twelve years old I felt a pulling on the inside of me, a drawling toward faith and service to God, a Calling. Since that time, the Calling has pulled and pushed me in one direction – ministry. I went to Bible College straight out of high school – over 400 miles away from home. I met my wife at Bible College, although we did not date until after graduation. After I graduated Bible College (a two year school), I stayed at the local church associated with the school as a volunteer drama minister leading a team of 20-30 young adults and youth. One of the youth on my team was the daughter of the man that gave me my first job working with computers.
Tag: Zander
We drove two hours past countless shopping malls, strip malls, and outlet stores to get to beautiful Sedona so we could…. shop at an outlet store. I took the day off because we were going to head north to see some of Arizona’s most amazing views – Bell Rock, Snoopy Rock, Courthouse Rock, The Chaple on a Hill, just to name a few. At least I thought that was why I took the day off.
Actually, I was taking the day off as a baby sitter so my wife could spend the day shopping with her mom. I don’t mind, really – but we could have stayed in town to shop. I’m glad we didn’t because of all the pictures I was able to get as Zander and I were off sightseeing during the Mother-Daughter shopping extravaganza.
Check out the pictures I took on the gallery site – I hope you enjoy them.
Family Time
Stephanie and I went on a bike ride a couple of Saturdays ago. We left the house around 11 am with Zander in tow and hit the cannals.  We biked a total of 15 miles but we had several stops along the way including a playground for Zander, a basketball court where we realized we aren’t going to be drafted by the NBA anytime soon. We had a great time – I really enjoyed spending the day with my family.
We were going to do the same last Saturday, but after being out late at the drive-in movies Friday night, we both over slept. We could have still gone out, but we both wanted an excuse to be lazy. Anyway, our goal is to be more and more active – one Saturday of staying in is Ok, but with Zander coping everything we do, being active is the example we want to set.