Wednesday’s are busy days and my most recent Wednesday was crazy.  In the middle of the night Ella got sick and it was the kind of sick where you have to wash your kid off and rip sheets off the bed and immediately wash them.  After that there was just too little time to go back to sleep before I needed to take my in-laws to the airport.  After that it was 6am prayer and then I stayed home with my family to help take care of Ella all day.  

I had wanted to go to the Northwood Academy middle school lunch to remind the guys about my small group relaunch at 5:30 but I couldn’t so I was preparing for a small group that could very possibly consist of zero people.

And then things got better.  9 guys showed up for my first small group since November.  It was a great start!

After group I met a young man named Darius.  He was just up at the church to play basketball on our court.  He lives in the neighborhood.  I talked with him a while and played some basketball and invited him to stay for the Element.  When I went in the game room to check things out, Zach Clements, a high school student and SHIFT small group co-leader, came and talked with Darius and encouraged him to come to the Element as well.  And he did.

Phillip McCart gave a great talk and I was so happy Darius was there.  It was a great night.

There was also a little matter of me dominating in ping pong afterward but that wasn’t as special as Darius.