...Hammer and Nails...

24 year old male... Northern Irish born and bred...law with politics graduate...working as Church Youth Director in Allen Park Presbyterian,Michigan...

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Question for YOU

So I was reading an article today and in this article it was talking about making small talk at a christmas party or gathering. It said that the number one question to ask is this:

-What's the best thing that's happened to you since last Christmas?

This at first seemed a difficult question to answer, then I considered it and it became a little easier...and now its just real simple. Over the last year I have had many wonderful experiences and opportunities. Here are just a few thoughts:

-Getting to spend a couple of weeks in Oklahoma with my buddies there!

-Getting to experience my first and second winter retreats...and the bus getting trapped in the middle of the ice storm whilst leaving!

-Having my house "decorated" for my birthday by some of my wonderful high school seniors!

-An Easter all niter driving all over the city reliving the scripture of the Easter Story!

-Having Joe come visit and just being given the opportunity to share our stories with over 2000 young people!

- Experiencing a Michigan Winter!

-Traveling to Pennsylvania for our inter-generational Mission Trip with 35 others!

-Spending 3 weeks at camp...meeting a couple hundred people, getting eaten alive, getting burnt, getting exhausted, getting A/C, getting a smashed windscreen...and loving every minute of it!

-Having my family come visit and visiting the many places with them!

-Montreat 2008! Week VI

-Having 28 at our first SHYC Soapbox

-NOT ALMA Youth Mix 2008

-Being granted the opportunity and the privilege to stay and work with some wonderful young people for another year!

So alot has happened over the last year and I have barely scratched the surface through it all. I can however easily answer the question about the best thing that has happened to me since last Christmas?

... Being given the opportunity, through God's will and with God's strength, to experience each and every moment Ive mentioned and the hundreds that I haven't mentioned!

So I ask YOU, what is the best thing that has happened to you since last Christmas?

Love and Party Rings! SP x

Stevie P, 15:34