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It’s been a full week since I last posted. Things have been a bit crazy around here. Yesterday I performed the wedding ceremony for my sister-in-law, Janna. Weddings are wonderful events, but they definitely take a lot out of you.

In addition to this, Kent has been sick. Nasty sick. But I won’t give you the details.

About two and a half weeks ago, I got my first Macbook. I say first, because after just a few days of using it, I love it. Setting up my email was ridiculously easy. On my PC, I have to go into a settings menu and figure POP and SMTP settings as well as encryption info. Not on the mac. It already knew my email address because of the Apple ID I have through iTunes. I simply put in my gmail password and voila. It did the rest for me.

Things I love about my Macbook so far:

• Ease of setup
• Runs fast (we’ll see how it keeps up over time)
• Built in webcam
• iLife software (made Janna’s wedding video w/iMovie)
• “Wakes” from Sleep Mode in seconds
• iTunes actually opens
• Magnetic power adapter
• Built in Bluetooth (I can easily transfer files from my cell)

Of course, I wouldn’t be a Mac user if I didn’t make use of Photobooth. So here are some of my favorites pics from our first time couple times playing with it.

Okay, this is a long video so for those of you that don’t have the patience for these things, I apologize, but this brought back some great memories.

It’s a segment from Inside Edition about the NES in 1988.

Oh, and by the way, I never needed to call a Nintendo Game Counselor.

You need to do yourself a favor and download a preview track off of Phil Wickham’s upcoming album called “Singalong”.

The album will be available for free from his website on 08.08.08.

You can hear the single here.

I spent the last five days running around a campground in Carlinville, IL.

5am Monday to 5pm on Friday.

I’m exhausted.

But it’s all worth it: I love camp.

Tomorrow morning (or today, by the time most of you will read this), I will be leaving at 5am to get to camp. It’s going to be a long first day. I’m in charge of Support Staff this year, I guess that means I’ll be running around making sure everyone is supported.

Anyway, my posts will probably be sparse, though that’s hardly abnormal for me as I haven’t been posting as often the last several weeks. I’ve just found myself extremely busy with summer stuff. In fact, I find the summer to be the most crazy time of year for me. I think most people see the summer as relaxing or a chance to take some vacation. For students it’s a time to “veg out”, stay up late and then sleep in. Not for me. Summer is the one time a year when students are most available, most bored and most under challenged. I try to capitalize on this time by scheduling as much time as I can with students. I want to make the most of their free time and try to utilize it for some relationship building, encouragement and fun.

So that’s the long version of why I haven’t been as regular with my posts. I just haven’t had the time to sit down and come up with something everyday. In a few weeks when the summer starts to slow down, I expect things will go back to normal.

But before that, I’ve got to make it through this next week of camp.