Good Weekend!

Israel Reunion
Originally uploaded by dandeelines.

We had a good weekend. Saturday we spent cleaning the apartment, trying to get the office organized for another crazy nine months of seminary. In the evening, we met up with some good friends from the Israel tour, and then had a full-fledged reunion at Fadi’s Mediterranean Grill. Good food, Great friends. Followed up with some Marble Slab and lots of laughs. Sunday was packed. I arrived early at the church to do some last minute rehearsals with Johnny B. for our duet. Then, I taught Sunday School. We are working our way through Genesis, and having a wonderful time. I taught ch. 14, and thoroughly enjoyed myself. Johnny and I sang our song And Can it Be (Glad’s arrangement modified by Johnny and me). Seemed to go okay, no one ran out of the room with their hands on their ears or anything. Actually, we received a lot of positive feedback. After church we grabbed some lunch (Diedra’s famous eggs) and a quick nap. In the evening, I had the privilege of speaking for Ray Green’s youth group. That too was a blast. We talked about how the Bible fits together, emphasizing the continuity of the stories, central plot line, etc. Basically, we talked about the Good News! My favorite thing to talk about! ☺

Shameless Commercials: You may notice a couple of additions to the “Friends” links. Todd Bolen led our tour in Israel, and his blog is great. If you’re interested in Biblical archeology, or even the current situation in Israel, read through his blog. Also BiblePlaces.com is Todd’s baby, and contains a lot of very valuable resources. Todd has a huge library of high-resolution digital images of Israel, Egypt, Turkey, Greece, etc. He has his pictures for sale, and they are cheap! I highly recommend this to anyone who is planning to be involved in teaching the Bible, or for anyone who wants to be able to picture the places he/she is studying about! Gunner is a good friend I met while on the Israel tour. He is a student at Master’s Seminary in CA. Very wise, and worth reading as well.