Busy, busy, busy

OK, it's been a while since I posted last. I've been crazy busy. I had to hurry and get everything ready for our Wednesday night children's ministry for the next year, get arrangements ready for taking some ministry workers to a local conference, prepare curriculum for Children's church, and take the kids to the circus because we got free tickets to Ringling Brothers, and on top of that, my two year old had his elbow pulled out of joint, so we had to take him to the ER to get it reset. Whew! I think I'll breathe now! Which would you like to hear about first? Please don't ask for details about the children's ministries! OK, thank you. Now moving on to more interesting subjects.
The circus was awesome. Not awesome like God is awesome, but awesome like I would never dream of doing the crazy things those people did. There were some things that they did that made me just about as stiff as a board watching them. Even the kids got a little bit tense. It was all a bunch of fun though, that we won't forget soon. There was this magician guy there that still makes me laugh to think about his show. It was so unrealistic that it was hilarious. The best parts though were when he took people from the audience. Those were indeed the funniest moments. He had this thing where he was supposedly hypnotizing people. He had a person from the audince in front of him, and he gestured to him that he should look him in the eyes. The guy from the audience did it for a little while, then started looking around. The magician shook his head, held his head and then started to mock him a bit. Then, it was time to start over. It didn't work, so he gave up and just told the guy to get in the cage. If only you could have seen it, you would know why I still chuckle now. The guy was good at being a lame but funny magician.
Alright, then there was the trip to the ER. My two year old boy needed to listen to his mom and get ready for bed. He didn't want to, so he pulled away from his mom trying to get away. Well, mom instinctively just held on to him. He did need to go to bed after all. Well, he pulled so hard, that he hurt himself and started to cry. We couldn't figure out what he did to himself, but he like it when we put ice on his arm. We thought that maybe he had pulled a muscle or something, so we helped soothe him to sleep, thinking, hoping, that it might be better in the morning. Nope. He cried harder in the morning! We figured that we better take him to the ER. We now thought that maybe he had sprained it or something like that. Well, anyway, the ER doctor realized that his elbow was pulled out of joint. Somehow, it had reset itself when he was getting his Xrays. Interesting isn't it? After all that trouble, it reset itself or got jiggled just right or something. Just like that, the kid feels like new. Who woulda thunk it?

Full Blown Christian?

OK, now my sister is saying it too. The funny thing about this, is that I don't even really know what that means. The guy who first told me that I am a "full blown christian" wouldn't explain. I asked him, "OK, what is a 'full blown christian?' " His response although simple was very vague. He looked at me and replied, "You. You are a full blown christian." Now you may note my annoyance with that answer. Someone should have told him that repeating himself doesn't define anything. So, with that in mind, I'm going to take a little poll to see what you all think. If you think someone else might like to answer, send them my way so I can hear their answer. Ready? What is a "full blown christian?"

Funny Bunnies

I have a couple of stories to tell you just to prove that even "full blown Christians" like myself as I have been called recently, can have a good time. I'm going to tell you two stories about some bunnies that made me laugh. These are true stories by the way. I totally did not make these up. Are you ready? Too bad, I'm getting started anyway.

Funny Bunny #1
OK, so I'm a deacon at my church, and we have a "Deacon's Meeting" every month. Well, last spring, we were in a meeting in the downstairs floor of our church, in the room that we usually meet in. The floor of that room is below ground level, and the windows are right at ground level. You could literally crawl out the windows onto the ground if you tried hard enough. Anyway, we were sitting there having our meeting, and we were discussing some big and deep church topic. I really don't remember what it was were talking about, because the next thing that happened was so funny. While we were talking, and really getting into it, we suddenly heard a THUMP. Those of us facing the window knew immediately what it was. A wild bunny had been hopping along in the church lawn, and hopped right into the window. It came to a sudden stop when it hit the glass. It fell down onto the ground and then quickly got back up. It looked in through the window to the right and to the left, with a confused look, as if wondering why it could not just hop right through. It then turned quickly to the left and hopped away. It all happened so fast, that those facing away from the window didn't get to see the bunny. They were sitting there confused, wondering why the rest of us were laughing so hard.

Funny Bunny #2
OK, so I drive a local transit bus for my main source of income. One day, just a week or two ago, one of my co-workers picked up the microphone for the bus radio so she could call in to base for something. As she was just about to speak, she saw something very funny, and she told us all on the radio exactly what she saw, forgetting what she wanted to say. She said, "HAHA. A bunny just hopped across the parking lot and went right in through the door at Wal-Mart. Oh wait, what was I going to say? Oh yeah..." What she said then doesn't matter. However, I wasn't sure that I heard her right, so I asked her if that was what she said. She said that was indeed what she had said. I responded, "Oh, well, he must have heard that they were having carrots on sale."

8 Years!

It's official. My wife has put up with me for 8 years as of today. Let's all now give her a great round of applause. This could certainly not have been an easy accomplishment.
(Commentator: "And the crowd goes wild!")

Anniversaries

Today, we went to a surprise party for a couple in our church. They are celebrating 50 years of marriage. That is really cool. I hope that my wife and I make it that long and still going strong. I really love her. Oh by the way, this Wednesday will be OUR anniversary. We will have been married for 8 years. I know that it pales in comparison to 50, but I will gladly take any occasion to celebrate what I have with my wife. Praise God! Marriage doesn't always feel great, but it is. God had a great idea when He came up with that one.