God is too good!

I just got back from a great weekend with the teenagers. We spent
good time at NorthCentral University. On Friday I took them on the
one day tour of the twin cities and got them some of the best coffee
ever Coppelas coffee shop. After spending a good night with everyone
at my sisters we headed to the Mall of America. Maybe i am old but it
is way to big for me. seems like it has everything every other mall
has plus some other little stuff. Not a big draw for me, other than
the Apple store, which we spent some quality computer, iphone, macbook
air time in. fun.

then Home to my family, oh did those boys look great sleeping. My
sons are two of the most wonderful gifts God has given me. And seeing
my wonderful Cristi again was a sight for sore eyes.
Sunday morning was great, but after service God blew me away. One of
my teenagers said he needed to talk to me after service. So we went
to my office and he said, "I really feel like God wants me to give
something big. I talked with my parents and I feel God wants me to
give you an Ipod touch."

College Days

We will be leaving tomorrow with a number of our Juniors and Seniors.
We will be headed up to Mpls, MN to Northcentral University. This is
my Alma-mater and I am excited to visit again and give some teenagers
a chance to see if this is where God is leading them to school. More
to come,
God bless you

Twitter, Facebook, Vimeo, Virb, Myspace, Blog

anyone who reads this may be interested that i am trying to
consolidate everything or at least most of my stuff to facebook. this
blog will still be updagte and be a lot of stuff about church and life
but most of my social network stuff can be found on facebook.
God bless you and thanks for your interest!

Winter is coming to an end

Last weekend was Winter Blitz. That is our winter trip with the
teenagers. God did awesome stuff in the lives of the kids. They were
so committed to going that even sickness could not keep them away. On the way up we had to stop 2 times for a couple of our students who
were sick and had too...well you know... get ride of the sickness.
But they felt better as the weekend went on. We all grew closer to
each other and closer to Jesus. Great trip, great to be back.

God bless you!

Well..I am sick

Well I have what ever is going around. some people have strep throat,
others have a cold or some crazy virus. I feel achy and stuffy and a
really bad throat. I have youth group tonight and am excited to see
the kids and share with them but man I am wiped out. I hope you all
stay healthy in the February month of cold and colds. God bless you!
p. Nathan

The more it stays the same, the more it changes

I was thinking about the temporary state of everything lately. How so
many times I want things to stay the same but nothing in this life
does stay the same. We are always changing, and the world around us
is always changing. It made me think of the artist, Andy Goldworthy
who does amazing pieces. His whole idea is to embrace the temporary.
To realize that it is totally fine that things change and can even be
beautiful.

Vacation at Home

Well I have been on vacation all week long. We thought about going
on some big trip, even heading out to New York City. As Cristi and I
talked about it we decided to not go any where. We decided to
vacation at home. It has been a great week! some relaxing on
Monday, cleaning the house on Tuesday, going out of town on
Wednesday, cleaning the basement on thursday and just being with the
family on friday. now this might not seems as exciting as NYC, but
it was so relaxing. Also I had some great time with my wife and
boys. I think these kind of vacations will happen more often in the
future. i will be back at it all this Sunday but have realized, i
need to build in more time with my family than I have. Anyway,
vacation has been simple and good.

God bless you
Nathan