Wednesday, May 20, 2009

the life of Jared (5/18)

The week that was:

Packing, packing and more packing mixed in with a little bit of lazy unmotivated time.  My office at the church is about 95% finished and we are making progress at home.

We also attended 2 cookouts last weekend.  The first was with our former pastor and another family that used to be on our staff.  It was a great time eating and hanging out together and catching up.  I think we all lament that fact that we are spread out now, but we (or at least I) treasure the time that we spent together on staff.

The other cookout was with our small group.  3 of the 4 couples in the small group are moving away this summer and so this was our last time to be together.  One of the couples moving away is trying to use up the meat in their freezer so we had pork and beef ribs that night.  Now let me tell you about these ribs.  They were not the wimpy ribs that you might get at your local chain restaurant.  No, these were ribs on steroids and they were amazing.  Thanks Gregg and Lisa.

The week that is:

Packing, packing and more packing.  I hope that we are pretty much finished with packing by the end of this week.  Our following week is going to be nuts, but I'll let you know about that in my next update post.  I am taking my 9th grade small group to shady maple on Saturday morning.  That will definitely be good.

What I'm listening to:

Nothing specific right now, mostly genius playlists.

What I'm reading:

I'm slowly working through the book, "The Hole in our Gospel."  I hope to have a review of it after we get settled in Chatty.  I definitely recommend this book, especially for those who are older and might be turned off by a Shane Claiborne or someone like that.

What I'm looking forward to:

Settling down.  I'm sad to leave this place, but I hate seeing boxes everywhere.  Also there is a new DMB album releasing on the day that I leave PA.  Hopefully I'll be able to download it and listen to it as I make the trek to TN.

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