Tricia and I spent a day away from baby to be with our “new kids”. 40 Freshmen on an hour bus ride to a teambuilding camp in the middle of nowhere. The girls were talking at about 150 lph¹ and the boys were throwing everything from food at each other to walnuts at trees. All in all it was fun. I can’t wait til they come over next weekend with their parents. Then we might have to start talking about God Stuff. Eeeewwww.

¹ Likes Per Hour. Example: “It’s like Jennifer and I are like going to the bathroom, and she was like eewww your hair is gross, and I was like, Jen we’re in the woods, duh…”

Tricia and I are starting a new undertaking over the next couple of years. Every other Sunday during the school year, we’re going to have High School kids over to our place to learn about getting closer to Jesus, getting closer to Confirmation, and getting closer to eating us out of house and home. We start off this adventure (called “Quest”) with Freshmen. The class of 2006 will never be the same without the coolest Quest leaders in their lives.

Step 1 of becoming someone who can actually teach kids about church stuff is actually learning a thing or two about our religion. I’ve got all of the enthusiasm but none of the book smarts to really help these kids learn something. Thus, my latest reading listed in my ultra-cool new sidebar.