You Would Think... (part 2)

You would think that if you failed to post for several weeks/months you would try really hard to post some more. Once again I don't fit that mold. I have to say though that since the end of August things have been going non stop, or at least that's how it feels.

So, since my last post we at TEP went to California to train the guys with the Discipleship Intern Program (DITP) in San Jose. Dad did a one week class of Eschatology (end times) and the next week we did a seminar on open air evangelism. Plus all the traveling involved. There's a whole lot more to our trip but it's hard to put it all into one paragraph. To summarize we were gone about a month and got back early/mid October.

Since getting back I've been teaching a lot! On Mondays I teach Church History and Thursday nights I'm teaching Hermeneutics (studying and interpreting the Bible). All other time is spent grading homework, preparing for the next class or something else that has to be done. I love teaching, but I think I've underestimated the amount of time it takes to prepare properly.

That's pretty much what's been going on lately. I'm also leading the College & Career study on Tuesdays and I preached yesterday at Calvary, my home church. I will post pictures up soon, especially from the California trip because there were some amazing sights. Hope you all are doing well.

You would think...

You would think that if you have three weeks "off" that you would be posting to your blog all the time. But apparently I don't fit that train of thought. I guess part of that is being busy and just plain laziness.

So here's a little update of some of the things that have gone on the past few weeks. We got home the first of August and we got to just spend some time off at home; which is a nice break from a long summer. While on break I preached at my home chapel and in Ohio which meant I had some studying to do. The Lord was really great in helping me prepare. The weekend after I spoke in Ohio my dad spoke at the same chapel and we got to spend time with some of my family. Praise the Lord that during this quick trip my Grandpa accepted Christ as his Savior! After all of that, Christina who worked with us at TEP got married at our house. It was really great and was a fun time but the house was a little hectic. That same weekend we had a baptism and picnic with the chapel at our house as well and started TEPSE that Monday.

With TEPSE I'm teaching three courses this year: Hermeneutics, Church History, and Cults & World Religions. I've had two sessions of Hermeneutics, Church History will start in October and CWR starts next semester. All of my courses are one a week.
Right now we are on the road once again. We left Sunday afternoon after my dad and I spoke, for California. We plan to be gone about a month and would greatly appreciate your prayers. Once we get to San Jose my dad will teach course on Eschatology (end times) to the DITP with Jim McCarthy. The week after that we will do a seminar on open air evangelism with them.

If this seems lacking a train of thought, I apologize for the dumping information. As always I would greatly appreciate your prayers especially with us being on the road. Hope all is well with everyone!

Back to the Bush!

Well I guess I haven't updated everyone on what's been going on lately. It's been a while so I'm not really sure where to begin. I guess I'll start with the schedule, since the beginning of May I've been home three weeks, not consecutive. So, needless to say we've been all over the place and have been a little busy, thus the lack of posts. We've been in Atlanta, Chicago, back to Atlanta, Kansas City, and New York. This most recent trip to New York started off with my dad and I working at Pine Bush Bible Camp. My dad spoke and I counseled during their suburban week.

Chapel

Some of cabin listening to the rules of the game

My CIT (counselor-in-training), Nick

Archery

It was a great time to be back at my old stomping grounds of The Bush. I think I spent the first 14 summers of my life at Pine Bush, but because of scheduling problems I haven't been back in 5 years. I had a good group of kids in the cabin and a great CIT to work with. One of my boys I know for sure accepted the Lord that week. Praise the Lord! Please pray for growth in his Christian walk. I hope to go back next year, but that's a long way a way and I haven't layed out my schedule for next year yet. So, we'll leave it up to the Lord for now. Right now we're doing the seminar in New York but I'll post about that later, seeing how it's getting close to my bedtime.

The last few months...in pictures

Well I guess I haven't updated my blog in over a month and haven't posted any pictures that I've taken in an even longer time. So, because things are a little busy I don't have anything earth shattering to report I'll just upload some pictures for now until I get some more time to do an actual report of the summer so far. Hope you enjoy the pictures. :]

The Trip So Far

Well from my last post we were just leaving for our three week trip to Atlanta and Chicago. Now we are almost done with the first leg of our busy summer. Tomorrow or Saturday we will be coming home for a few days. I've tried to take some pictures but for some reason the the rechargeable batteries I bought don't like to keep a charge for very long in my camera. It seems like I use my camera then turn it on later and the batteries are dead AGAIN! Anyways had to get that out of me. :] But I have taken some pictures but not as many as I would like but here are a few of them.Putting it all in

Leaving nice and early

Students of the Advanced Seminar and DLP

Mauldin family, dad, and me
The Mauldin family took the DLP

Today we are planning on going out in the open air to do evangelism with our seminar students in Chicago. Please pray for us that we would have good meetings and that the Lord would keep us safe. Also please pray for good weather tomorrow as it is supposed to rain.

My batteries are charging right now so hopefully I can take some pictures today. :]

Today It Begins

Today our summer traveling officially begins. We head down to Georgia for two seminars and a DLP, along with another seminar in Chicago. Please pray for us as we travel about.

I'll upload some pictures when we get a hard line.

College & Career Group

For the past 6 months or so we of college and career age have been meeting at a local Tim Hortons, which is a coffee/donut chain, every Tuesday night. We fellowship with one another for a while and talk about things in our lives and sometime just about nothing. Then we talk about my favorite book, the Bible! I call it a free-for-all where anybody can share something that they've been thinking about from the Word. I usually try to get it off to a good start and we go from there. There are about six of us that come every week with several others that come when they can. This group has been such a blessing and encouragement to me. Please pray that we would encourage each other in our walks with Christ and also to be good witnesses to the employees that we see every week.
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