Back Home in Indiana

This weekend Lynnette and I traveled to our old home in Indiana. We spent Friday and Saturday catching up with old friends in Marion. I can't say that Marion has changed a whole lot although the area around campus continues to evolve, the home I used to live in has been removed to make way for the new sanctuary. I don't know if that's ironic or not, but I'm glad to see College Church finally getting started on a build that has been a long time coming. Hopefully this can help College church be a bridge between the campus and the community.

On Sunday we drove to Indianapolis where we hooked up with our good friends "The Zigs" David's uncle Carl blessed us with the opportunity to attend the 90th running of the Indianapolis 500 with him and David's Father also called David (yes that is David, David, David, and Carl). We had a great time at the race, on the second lap there was an accident right in front of us. There was some good passing and it was the second closest finish in 500 history. Our seats were high on turn 2 which gave us an excellent view of the track. I'm very grateful to Dave's uncle for allowing this to happen.

Sunday night Zig's church known simply as Trinity was having an outdoor concert and cookout. It was great, but the best part was getting to see the wonderful and always entertaining Brandon Schenck. This may be the last time I get to see Brandon before he becomes a Navy Seal. So I made sure to wrestle him now, because when he's done his training he will most likely have the ability to kill at will. (not that I put up much of a fight now) It was great to see the Brandon again. Brandon's is one of many Indiana faces I will miss as we move miles, and miles, and miles away.

After another cookout on Monday and a valiant effort to find a water source in Indianapolis with the great graphic creator Kory Pence, we headed up to the Campbell's lake house on Lake Tippy. We spent the day with Darren, Nancy, Kevin and Tucker Campbell. We skied and knee boarded and road jet skis. I even got to try out their new trampoline with Kevin. Let me just tell you that if you've never been on a water trampoline, you have not had fun on water, they're the best. Darren and Nancy and their family have meant so much to me over the years. Darren was the first person to give me an opportunity to work with teen when he allowed me to sponsor at JC Bodyshop after I was denied a spot on an IWU ministry team. They've been there for my ups and downs and everything in between. They even let me move in with them when I graduated from college with no place to live. What a great family.

In all it was a fabulous weekend, and I got to see other people but don't have the room to write about all of them or you'd be reading this post till sometime next week. Let me say this. I know God has called me away from Indiana but the friends that I have made over my time there will be with me everywhere I go. I'll miss you Indiana. Good luck and Good Bye. I go on without you.