This entry definitely deserves this title more than the other one did. While I thought I was at that point 10 days ago, I can now say I’ve gone beyond it. To begin with, I’ve gone the 5.5 hours of sleep for the last 40 hours. Surprisingly, I’m not nearly as tired as I probably should be. We had the work-in last night at the new church facility. The physical activity somehow gives me energy; that’s all I can come up with. I got 3.5 hours of sleep after we finished working and before we left. When I woke up, I was feeling good and took some of the kids home. Then I came back to the Seiberts’ house and showered and then Kathy made me french toast. I then went right back in and worked until 12:20 when I took a break for lunch.
What’s best is that I had some of my most productive moments of the summer during those four hours. We’ve been looking for some other stuff for me to do while I’m here, so I started some new things. One was to finish a website of some of the better pictures I took at the Servant Leadership Network event; you can see it at: http://aristotle.rel.tcu.edu/AdamFrieberg/Galleries/ServantLeadershipNetwork/index.aspx. Beyond the site uploading (talking someone with a high-speed connection through it), I also worked on a summary piece highlighting the event. I’m going to hopefully finish that tomorrow and get it sent out. One of the most exciting things looking back on that event is how good my picture-taking skills are becoming. I’m not only enjoying taking the pictures, but others are enjoying them as well! (Italy here I come!)
So I worked the rest of the afternoon on some branding stuff for the new church. I’m specifically thinking an incredibly user-friendly website aimed specifically at visitors. I’ve already designed some of the graphics and like the look. It’s basic, but looks professional. Hopefully there’ll be more to come from that later in the summer. Tomorrow I’m planning on reading through and learning the camp curriculum for the middle school church camp I’m counseling next week.
Well after dinner, I went back into the new church and worked for two hours with one of the high school youth group volunteers and a couple of the youth. We worked on painting the high school room (repainting some sections) and also laying the ceiling grid. It’s going to look good in the end!
Probably the best news of the night is my brother’s soccer results. The team he’s playing on this summer, the Des Moines Menace, played in the third round of a cup tonight. I’ve posted on the other games before, but tonight, they played in Atlanta. I got the phone call when I finished with the painting and my dad told me they were winning against the Atlanta team 5-1. They ended up winning it with that score and so on August 3rd they get to play the Kansas City Wizards. Yes, those Kansas City Wizards — the Major League Soccer team!!! The Atlanta round was already the furthest the Menace have made it, so this is just plain huge. I’m already planning on going. Who would have thought that a year after my brother finished high school he’d be playing against a professional team. This is just plain fun! OK, now it’s time for sleep (or a little reading beforehand).
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