I mispell things!
i have now taken pam and both the boys smallmouth bass fishing and they have all caught their first smallie. a lot of people around here hate smallmouth bass fishing but this wisconsin transplant loves it. they are so much fun. of course, the place i go for smallie fishing also brings out the occassional walleye and catfish which make for good eating.
anyhow, here is everyone’s first smallie.
an interesting video that i will definitely end up using eventually. it’s all about what would happen if the stop sign had to be invented by a modern marketing strategy. it makes me laugh.
i’m working on a “rave card” (basically a 4”x6” card) to start handing out to people as a reminder of the tapestry launch that is coming up soon (september 14th). once the “rave card” is finished it will probably also turned into some door hangers and perhaps a billboard for a month.
this is just the first mock up of the front of the card. the back will be full of information. the model for the picture is the daughter of one of our friends/neighbors. as you can tell from the look on her face, she’s fun.
i’m just posting this up here to get a few people’s opinion. any thoughts?
we got to reconnect with some old friends yesterday. the leiningers are friends who are missionaries in siberia through the imb. they are in the states on a two month furlough. andy and i were on staff together at the first baptist church of carthage. he and elisabeth are the type of friends that we reconnect with instantly no matter how long it has been since our last conversation. they are simply great people and pam and i love it whenever we get to spend a little time with them. andy was a very good minister at carthage but he is an incredible missionary. some of the stuff that he and elisabeth (because she is just as much a part of what is going on) are doing is simply incredible. their kids are pretty cool also. the imb missionaries that i know are some of the coolest people in the world.
yesterday sergio went fishing for the first time. this morning he wanted to catch something and eat it. the above picture was sergio’s lunch. we went to what is known as the “lagoon” and caught a decent number of catfish. this was the smallest of the bunch.
sooner or later i will stop posting about fishing but the point area is simply some of the best fishing i have ever experienced. i’ve lived in 6 states and fished in many more and i have to say that known of them have compared to what i am experiencing in the stevens point area. i might not always catch the biggest fish but there are always plenty of fish to catch.
today’s disc
course – mead
holes – 18
score – +2
i’ll tell more later but for all those who were worried about our venezuelan guest’s first time experience with fishing i thought i would give you a quick report. well, it turned out that sergio had not only never been fishing before but he had also never canoed before. so the first 15 minutes we a little excited. i am glad to report that we did not flip the canoe. i do however need to say that i seriously thought we would flip it. we took on a little water before his body adjusted to the idea of a canoe. after that it was time for fishing. it was a bit of an off day actually. we were out on the river for 1 hour and 45 minutes. serg only caught 9 smallmouth bass and 1 walleye. we had plenty of other misses. in fact, sergio’s very first cast resulted in a fish that he fought all the way to the boat but unfortunately it shook itself free before we were able to get him in the boat. it’s was a pretty good way to introduce someone to fishing.
of course, sergio wants to go back out tomorrow.
the photo on the left was sergio’s first fish (i laughed the whole time he reeled it in and he didn’t understand why – he thought this was a decent fish – by the end of the day he no longer wanted to count the small ones). the fish on the right was sergio’s largest fish (15” – not bad for a nubie).
a former youth ministry student, sergio, has come up to stevens point for the weekend. it’s great, i get to introduce him to the wonders of point and to fishing. yep, you see sergio is 21 years old and he has never been fishing. when adam and noah heard this they stared at sergio in stunned disbelief. how can someone go through 20 years of life and never have fished? it doesn’t make sense. surely this lack of fishing has effected sergio’s development. he’s probably spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and physically stunted because of this lack of fishing within his life. after we go fishing tomorrow sergio will probably experience miraculous growth. he’ll probably be 8 feet tall tomorrow after we’ve gone fishing.
monday through thrusday i have to pick up adam and two of his friends from the fitness camp they are a part of. yesterday we had a decent intense hail storm (lots and lots of grape sized hail). it was bad enough that i finally had to stop the car and find a tree. that’s when the three teens tried to talk each other into running outside, touching a table, and running back. the video above is what happened.
it’s probably not funny for everyone else but it was a blast in the car.
stuff likes this makes me miss youth ministry
i’m bouncing ideas around in my head at the moment for a launch team (the group that is helping me start tapestry) discussion of the mission of tapestry. the one i like the most right now is that “tapestry exists to show off the grace of GOD.” i just love the idea of us “showing off” what GOD has done and can do.