A hobbit among giants

Well, one giant anyway, who ironically was like 4 feet tall.

What on earth am I talking about? Yesterday was the Diocese of Prince Albert Youth Rally. Warren (the Diocesan Coordinator) brought me to be one of the keynotes at the rally. It was an amazingly supportive thing for him to do. All the big shots in Canada do a lot of talking about fostering the gifts and callings of ministers in Canada, but he actually put his money where his mouth is and gave me my first real break. It was the first rally I was ever billed at, and my first sort of very large group keynote type thing. It went really well. We did a family night on friday, and I was really nervous for that one, but by saturday I was feeling really good and peaceful and stuff. When my session came up I was pretty relaxed, and it just flowed. It was one of those times when it felt like the Holy Spirit was doing all the work, and I kinda just provided the body. An amazing feeling to say the least. There's still lots of things I know I need to work on and improve, but the session still went really well. For my closing I did this little light of mine, and got the DYC band to join me unrehearsed. It was funny, they kept throwing me off in spots, but I think having their energy on stage got the crowd even more into it so it was better for it. I can't express what a blessing it was to be able to be there.

So what about this giant hobbit thing? The theme was Lord of all Things (like Lord of the Rings... get it?), and the other keynote, and really the main guy, was Greg Thompson. He's a youth minister and speaker type from Alabama. He's also about 4 or 4.5 feet tall or so. Anyway, he was an amazing facilitator. He was so spirit filled and transparent and inspiring. It was such a great honor and blessing to work along side him. He was very supportive of me too. He was positive and encouraging and affirming. AND at the end of it all he gave me his spirit and song 2 book (I was drooling over it a bit). I hope to find a way to bring him into Calgary soon, I'd love to see him doing his thing again.

Of course it was also tiring, but hey, I survived, and managed to work pretty good today too. Only a couple more days at the mine and we'll be done... 2 maybe 3. I can't wait to get home, I miss my bed, and my friends, and Karen, and dancing.

Okay, time to go snooze.