the long train wait
1 Comments Published by Steven Anderson on Saturday, December 22, 2007 at 4:52 PM.
I'm standing in lakes park waiting for the Christmas train. We've been here for at least an hour and I think that we have another hour to wait... We didn't expect to wait this long. In fact I was only expecting to wait wen to fifteen minutes. I'll update this to let you know if the wait was worth it.
Update: If you have a son who has waited patiently for a train for over an hour, it turns out to be worth it... if you weigh in the fact that he would have thrown a huge fit if we had left. all in all we had a great time.
Update: If you have a son who has waited patiently for a train for over an hour, it turns out to be worth it... if you weigh in the fact that he would have thrown a huge fit if we had left. all in all we had a great time.
learning spanish
2 Comments Published by Steven Anderson on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at 11:18 AM.
the boys meet santa
1 Comments Published by Steven Anderson on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 at 8:09 PM.
We went to the Calusa Nature Preserve the last night with some friends and had a great time. The boys got to meet santa where Jonathan changed his mind about what he wanted for Christmas another time. Hopefully by the time Christmas comes around I can convince him he really wants what we got him (a plasma tv to go in mommy and daddy's room)... just kidding. We had a really good time, although we didn't know that the trail was that long. As you can see by Tyler's face, he was mesmerized by Santa's beard.
I really can't wait for our middle school leadership party tomorrow night, we have some new people coming and almost everyone will be there!
latest video... a bit late
1 Comments Published by Steven Anderson on Monday, December 17, 2007 at 6:33 AM.
We had an amazingly fun night to close out the new year. We gave away an i-pod touch. A kid named "fuzzy" won it. This is one of the video's we did that night.
effectual fervent prayer
1 Comments Published by Steven Anderson on Sunday, December 16, 2007 at 12:12 PM.
Today I got to do the last devotional leading into our last series of pageant performances. Rob asked us if to theme it with Christmas memories, so I picked one of my favorite Christmas memories from when I was growing up.
When I was 3 (the first Christmas I can remember), we were in Baton Rouge and the whole family got together (my dad's side) and it was a memorable becuase of what happened. I remember the fun, but for years my family has talked about, caroling and getting doors slammed in our faces, but I remember we made the whole block.
Now that I think of it, that story has really nothing to do with James 5:16 but the pageant does. We pray for each pageant, that God will use it, and amplify the gospel message throughout... but we can't stop at this, we must fervently petition God to continue move in the hearts of those that have come and heard the message.
So anyway... that was what I talked about.
It has been a great day today.. I'm looking forward to what this week has in store.
When I was 3 (the first Christmas I can remember), we were in Baton Rouge and the whole family got together (my dad's side) and it was a memorable becuase of what happened. I remember the fun, but for years my family has talked about, caroling and getting doors slammed in our faces, but I remember we made the whole block.
Now that I think of it, that story has really nothing to do with James 5:16 but the pageant does. We pray for each pageant, that God will use it, and amplify the gospel message throughout... but we can't stop at this, we must fervently petition God to continue move in the hearts of those that have come and heard the message.
So anyway... that was what I talked about.
It has been a great day today.. I'm looking forward to what this week has in store.
one more night of pageant...
0 Comments Published by Steven Anderson on Saturday, December 15, 2007 at 8:23 PM.
The pageant this year has been a lot more fun than last year... maybe because I was a newbie last year or whatever. I have enjoyed joking around on the stage and acting surprised to see the same thing happen (as of tonight) for the eleventh time.
Tonight I was talking with Chelsea Kackley (who just got in town from her first semester at college) and she was talking about how different this Christmas will be for her because of how she had been in the pageant since she was in second grade. I think that is really cool. Whether it is reminding people of the meaning of Christmas or introducing them to Christ for the first time... to think that Chelsea and so many others, either over many years, or maybe for the first time this year, have played such a part in something this huge.
So, we have one more night left. Interesting stuff happens on these last nights, we'll see.
Tonight I was talking with Chelsea Kackley (who just got in town from her first semester at college) and she was talking about how different this Christmas will be for her because of how she had been in the pageant since she was in second grade. I think that is really cool. Whether it is reminding people of the meaning of Christmas or introducing them to Christ for the first time... to think that Chelsea and so many others, either over many years, or maybe for the first time this year, have played such a part in something this huge.
So, we have one more night left. Interesting stuff happens on these last nights, we'll see.
I had to stop at panda because I don't know how to spell pandemonium. (I did spell check for that one)
It is always fun to go to the stores this time of year. It seems that everyone who works at the big stores are all excited by the business that is generated from this time of year. We had three guys at Best Buy explaining to us why there might not be a chance to get the most popular wii game of the season Guitar Hero III. I'm not giving anybody any hints am i? This time of year excites the masses.
Tonight starts another round of performances of the Southwest Florida Christmas Pageant. Last weekend was great, I'm sure this weekend won't be any different. Kristi and I are going to grab some Pizza before the fun starts tonight...
It is always fun to go to the stores this time of year. It seems that everyone who works at the big stores are all excited by the business that is generated from this time of year. We had three guys at Best Buy explaining to us why there might not be a chance to get the most popular wii game of the season Guitar Hero III. I'm not giving anybody any hints am i? This time of year excites the masses.
Tonight starts another round of performances of the Southwest Florida Christmas Pageant. Last weekend was great, I'm sure this weekend won't be any different. Kristi and I are going to grab some Pizza before the fun starts tonight...
Last night was a great time to be on staff at McGregor Baptist Church. Not just because I stuffed myself with food that I didn't have to pay for... which was good, but we just had a great time (all the staff couples minus one) hangin' out. I was reminded about how blessed I am to be a part of this church at this time to do what God has called me to do and has given me more than enough resources to do it.
all in all, it has been a really great week... we have really gotten a lot accomplished.
- planning for wednesday nights through June.
- camp theming
- team relationships strengthened in several areas
then after six pageant performances we will be done with another week...
all in all, it has been a really great week... we have really gotten a lot accomplished.
- planning for wednesday nights through June.
- camp theming
- team relationships strengthened in several areas
then after six pageant performances we will be done with another week...
