March Madness is truly maddness!!!

This year I made several attempts to predict the outcomes of both the men's and women's college basketball tournament games. Most of my picks were based on previous years outcomes, with a few chosen based on personal preference. I wish I could say that I have done a great job of predicting, but with how some games turned out, I guess I was wrong. I thought that the Big 10 would have a better chance than they did, or atleast that Illinois would make the sweet sixteen at the least. Oh well, I guess it just goes to show how unpredictable NCAA basketball has become. I think I ought to stick to the NFL. My favorite NFL team (New England Patriots) always has a chance to win there, whereas my favorite College team (Michigan) didn't even make the round of 65 on the men's side. Oh well, I guess there is always next year!!!

What's New!

Well, for starters, back on January 24th I broke my left ankle. It started with a gun injury back on the 14th where I cut my thumb with the slide of my gun and needed 4 stitches. On the 24th I was getting the stitches removed when I passed out and fell off the exam table breaking my ankle. I broke the tibia in 2 places and the fibula in 1. On the 26th I had surgury to fix the breaks and I now have a plate and 8 screws in my ankle. I have been out of work, although, on workman's comp leave since then. Hopefully I will be returning to work in the beginning of April so that I can finally start making some real money. I have been enjoying my time away from work, minus the pain in my ankle, but look forward to returning and getting paid overtime once again. It has been a time that I needed both physically and Spiritually. Physically I needed some time to just relax and renew my strength from the 50+ hours I was working a week. Spiritually, God has used this time to get me back on track with my relationship with Him and to prepare myself more for future ministry. I am now beginning the process to become ordained. It starts with being licensed and then there will be a proving time for the church to see God's call upon my life and will conclude down the road with an ordination cerimony. Keep me in prayer as I take these steps that are necessary for God to continue to use me in Youth Ministry. I love the role I have here at Berean Baptist, but I know that God has called me into full-time Youth Ministry and would love nothing more than to find a full-time position to serve the Lord. Please also pray for me as I continue to seek out full-time positions, or should I say, begin looking again for such positions. Also pray for Jewell, my fiance, since she is trying to finish her thesis by April 1st so that she can graduate this May. It has been a really stressful semester for her, especially since for part of it she had to help take care of me when I couldn't drive because of the pain killers I was on. I can drive again now, and have been trying to do all that I can to help her get her thesis done as well as get the rest of her homework done. Well, I guess that is enough rambling for now. There should be another update soon, so keep checking back here for more about The life of a Future Youth Pastor!!!