Well, February has been a busy month around the Watkins household. I've been working feverishly on my thesis, which is still a ways away from being done. Meghan has been putting out fires at work and trying to lead the kids into concert season. Meanwhile life has gone on, and we've enjoyed other experiences. One such pleasure was our pseudo-Valentines Day that we had on February 15th. Technically, it was Meghan's very belated birthday celebration, but nevertheless we had fun. I took Meghan to Orlando where we saw a performance of Cirque du Soleil's La Nouba. It was really cool, and we had very good seats. I wish I could say that
I had pictures from it, but unfortunately we failed to take any. I apologize; I guess you'll just have to go and see it for yourself.
Just this past weekend, Meghan and I both put together a rummage sale for the youth group at our church. As I'm the youth minister at the church, it was natural for me to work at this, but Meghan's voluntary efforts were especially appreciated. We were doing this fund raiser in order to get money for workcamp this summer; the kids and I will be going to Birmingham, Alabama where none other than Andrew Jones will be the director (yes, it's going to be a blast). The rummage sale was an outstanding success, and we ended up raising over half of the amount that we need to go to workcamp! Pretty impressive. Here are some pics from the event:
Here's a photo of the room with all the stuff in it. Honestly, it doesn't do it justice because this is only part of the room and the ENTIRE room was full. The rummage sale was held at our church; this is room where we have our service each Sunday.
Here are two of the members of the youth group, Jake and Tiebout. They had to get to the church at 6:30am, so we brought them juice and donuts.
Here's Meghan and I. Yea, we're pretty awesome.
Here's Betty and baby, Riley. Betty was a huge part in making this whole thing happen. She's the organized one; I'm the one who makes things hard and is flakey. We're a good team. Riley's job is just to be adorable.
We made the guys take all the stuff people bought to their cars. It kept them moving and meant that I didn't have to lift too much stuff. Hey, they're young and filled with energy.
I made them do these pictures. Yea, I'm ridiculous.Overall the rummage sale was a good experience. Now, however, I must get back to finishing some homework for tomorrow. It's going to be a long week of catching up on school!
5 comments:
sweet! I got a shout out on the blog! Hope yall are doing well. Its good to be able to hear about whats going on in the world of watkins. Dan, see you in a few short months!
Yea, man! I'm excited too. It's going to be great. Jones, I have to tell you: one of my kids (Jake) is a HUGE Georgia fan too. I told him that you and he would get along quite well. He named his pickup truck, "Knowshon Moreno."
Great pictures - those garage sales are a lot of work, but the end result is always worth it.
Going into "count down" mode - Yeah!
Take care of each other (and it definitely sounds like you do.)
Love, G/G
Yeah, Workcamp! Nothing finer.
After your thesis is done, I have a new book for you... Kara Powell's "Deep Justice". (Do you know her from Fuller?) We presented our respective research on student transitions last month in Phx conference for the Youth Transition Network. Anyway, tell me when. I'll send a copy.
best, b.r.
G/G, the rummage sale was definitely a lot of work, but it was all worth it in the end. We really did a good job in raising a large portion of the funds needed to make the mission trip happen. That's a great thing.
Brian, I can't wait to read the new book. I seriously respect your opinions, so I know it will be good. I didn't know Powell from my time at Fuller, but knowing the environment, I'm confident she's probably a swell thinker. I'll let you know when all this school work starts to fade into the distance of the past.
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