The Unvealing

Man, it's July! What in the.. what?!

This is absolutely crazy, the fact that summer is suddenly in full fledge. I'm currently sitting in my room after spending a day being roasted by the sun - my face hurts. Our church is doing our soccer camps this week, and I've loved every minute of it. I miss working with AIA so much, so this really brings back the joy that I find when I get to play soccer with a bunch of kids all while telling them about God. In all honesty, if my summer and fall time wasn't so unstable and unpredictable, I probably would've wanted to coach again this summer. However, with the plans already set in place for this summer, I'm glad that I chose the path that I did. I probably won't ever get a chance to coach for AIA again, but I would push very hard, wherever I'm working, to get AIA to come to the church.

We also had our bi-annual summer camp this past weekend. To put it plainly, summer camp is just so great for us. I've never ever seen our group of people be so engaged in anything else than I have at summer camp. Add to the fact that I was on the worship team again (not actually leading - the first time in close to 10 years), I was front and center in seeing the response of everyone there. I absolutely loved this weekend. This camp was also probably the first time where there were more people I didn't know than ones I did. Ps. Neil is a fantastic speaker; he is so good at painting pictures for us to relate to. The way he spoke was simple and straight forward; everything had a purpose in the way he said it. I definitely took some notes and will be borrowing from the way he delivers.

So here's the two big news items that I've been keeping to myself for the past couple weeks.

I'm in talks with two churches to potentially become their English pastor. There are pros and cons to both. Both of the congregations are really small, but I'd rather work in a small church. The one I really want to go to, the downside, is that they're only looking for a part-time pastor. So when I go down to speak at Westwood Alliance's summer camp, I will be visiting the church to get a sense of where they're going. The other church is slightly bigger, and I'm also open to looking at potentially working there. I really hope I'm able to begin my career at one of these churches because I've been searching for almost half a year, and this was the first time where I found the job and thought to myself that I really want to do this. And, if it does end up being the part-time one, I don't think it's the biggest deal. Sure, living in Vancouver is way too expensive, and I probably wouldn't be able to afford to live there on my own with a part time job, but if God wills, he provides.

The other exciting thing that I mentioned last post banked on me getting a job by September. Circumstances lead to the opportunity for me to officiate my first wedding. Yep, so far I am tentatively going to be the officiator for Olivia and Chris' wedding in September. Crazy, right?! I can't even believe it. From what I've gathered so far, this wedding will be pretty stinkin' awesome, and for them to ask me to be a part of it in such a big role probably means as much to me as getting married does for them (okay, it doesn't, but it's close!). To be quite honest, I don't really know how I'm going to do the message part other than to look at what the Bible says because I'm freakin' single, dude. But that's not going to stop me from going all out on this; they deserve the best I that I have to offer.

That's about it! This was probably the most insight-packed, progress-made blog post I've had in a long while, so I hope that you, who are reading this, is as excited about life as I am. My life is about to change drastically in a matter of months, potentially weeks. It would be an honor if you joined me on this journey, even if only by reading my blog!

Anyways, time to hit the sack and get roasted by the sun some more tomorrow!