Good friend of BackSpace Productions Morgan Pitchford took some photos to promote our upcoming full-length film Three Minutes to Midnight, and they turned out great. Check out the album, like our page, and get pumped to see Three Minutes to Midnight, which will be released this December!
My brothers, dad, and I spent the past few days vacationing in Branson, Missouri, and we had a lot of fun. We spent a lot of time at Silver Dollar City riding roller coasters. We also saw a couple of shows, Joseph and The Dixie Stampede. And we spent way too much time riding go-karts. It was an awesome trip, but I’m glad to be on my way home. I almost always come home from vacations more tired than when I left, and this one wasn’t any different. Besides, I’ve missed my nephew Aiden and my job. I had a great time in Branson, but there’s no place like home. Hey, isn’t that from a movie or something?
I’m working at Cavanaugh Church, my home church, again this summer. Today was my second day back at work, and I’m absolutely loving it. Yesterday was the Cavanaugh Classic, my church’s annual golf tournament we put on to raise money for our mission trip. I helped set it up and rode around in a golf cart all day giving the players snacks and cold drinks. Today, I met with some of the staff members to discuss the upcoming mission trip and started creating a scavenger hunt for the teens tomorrow night. Sounds like a pretty good job, right?
But I don’t just love my job because I get paid to ride golf carts and make up games. I love my job because I get to minister for a living. And to me, that is absolutely crazy. You see, God created me with a servant’s heart. I live to help others and do God’s work. I was created to minister to my fellow children of God. And that’s exactly what this job lets me do. In a very direct way, I participate in the church’s ministry to our community and others around the world. It gives me a joy I cannot describe.
Not only do I get to minister to others, but I get to train under five of the greatest guys I know, my pastors. I get to see how they interact and what it is about them that makes them so good at what they do. This job allows me to refine my skills and explore my interests in a church ministry setting, and I’m so thankful that I get to do that all summer long.
The past two days have just been a preview. Throughout the summer, I will learn, grow, and (most importantly) serve. And I am so very, very excited. I’ll keep you guys posted.
For the past semester, I’ve been working two days a week at Camp Beaverfork, and it has been wonderful. I’ve had the privilege of improving the camp through maintenance and helping rebuild the camp website. I’ve been going to Beaverfork since I was seven years old, and I love being able to give back to the camp that has meant so much to me throughout my life. I’ve learned a lot about all the work that goes on behind-the-scenes when no one else is at the camp. And I’ve loved it. Today was my last day working at camp this semester, but I’ll be back for camp this summer and hopefully to work again next semester. I can’t wait!
This morning, I woke up to an email from Thomas Nelson (a very popular Bible publishing company) thanking me for using their Bible translations on YouVersion. They offered me two free PDFs of their new Bible translations, The Voice and the Expanded Bible. I was so excited that I couldn’t wait to check them out. I tweeted about my excitement, and Thomas Nelson replied.
You might think I’m weird, but I find it absolutely cool that I got tweeted by one of the biggest Bible publishers in the world. I guess it’s my version of a celebrity Twitter mention. It just added to my excitement about getting the free Bible translations in the first place.
Anyways, thanks to Thomas Nelson for the free Bible e-books and the tweet. You have made me very proud to be a Bible nerd today.