Finally picked this book up and read it! I got it at a conference in February and have been putting it off forever! I’ve been on staff with our youth now for just about 8 months. It’s been a great journey, and I am actually glad I read it at this point.

Obviously I wouldn’t recommend this book to somebody who is not in youth ministry. However, if you’re currently a youth pastor, leader, or volunteer and you’re looking for wisdom when it comes to youth min… I would definitely recommend this book. Jeanne Mayo has had tremendous fruit in every youth ministry she has run and she has been in youth min for over 30 years!!! Final Grade: A (For Youth Ministry People haha)

Buy The Book Here.

Check out Jeanne’s Website.

I just returned from my 5 day vacation at Rock Lack in Canada with the Walczak family. What an amazing experience! I had an absolute blast.

It was so nice to get away from everything and surprisingly it was easy for me to unwind from work and everything else going on in my life. I think that was in part because I had no cell phone, lap top, and Ryan even made me take off my watch on the first day! I got to do a lot of reflecting and getting refreshed.

I’ll just put a list of some of my favorite highlights:

1. Road Trip w/Vogan
2. My new addiction to Red Bull and Energy Drinks (Coffee has now become my morning only addiction)
   
3. Fishing – catching Cory as well as a tree (I thought it was a monster fish…)
4. Bonfire and a movie (National Treasure 2 and Bucket List)
5. Gazing at the Stars, Seeing Jupiter!
6. Dinner with the Walczaks (Mr. Walczak is an unbelievable cook)
7. Water Sports – Knee Boarding, Tubing, etc (Wipe outs), diving, Cliff Jumping
   
8. Pictionary – Civil War, Turtle, The Missing Link…
9. Spending time with a family as amazing as the Walczaks
10. Hanging out with Dan, Stacey, Cor, Ry, and Cassandra
11. Thinking I was getting pulled over by a cop (who was really a middle-eastern man with a disco-ball in his rear-view mirror)
12. Toronto and Fire Works at Niagara Falls on the way home
    

Once again, I am so humbled to have friends that love me unconditionally enough to allow me to come into their lives and get to experience what is so special to them. There are truly no words or actions that I could ever say or do that could repay these unbelievable people. They have made an enormously huge impact on my life, and it is my hope that I’ll be able to provide experiences like this to people when I grow up and have a family of my own!

I love you Walczaks!!! Thanks for an unforgettable experience!