The Older I Get...
The older I get, the more I think I am appreciating people who have invested in me through the years. Certainly this is true of mentors and youth leaders and teachers and the like. But it is also true of people who are my friends.
I was just thinking how much Ed Lewis has helped me professionally and personally. Way back in the 80's (okay, '87 and '88) I got to be on Ed's Operation Barnabas team. Those first two teams I helped lead, Ed was the Senior Leader. I learned so much about ministry during that time that it helped influence our family's decision to move back Indiana to work at CE National years later. And I am still learning a ton from him.
In a different vain, but no less appreciated, are other friends I get to rub shoulders with in ministry. I don't want to mention names (I did that in my first blog and Trevor Deck called me on it. Trevor--the list only included the names of people I had e-mailed and/or talked on the phone with that week... Do you now feel the love?)
I just wrote a thank you e-mail to one of those people. Here is a part of it:
"Most of all, I appreciate you. I appreciate your heart for God, your love for the church, and for your family. While I am thankful for the way that you ministry to Operation Barnabas adult leaders and teens, and to TNI students, my life is blessed personally because of you.
I was just thinking how much Ed Lewis has helped me professionally and personally. Way back in the 80's (okay, '87 and '88) I got to be on Ed's Operation Barnabas team. Those first two teams I helped lead, Ed was the Senior Leader. I learned so much about ministry during that time that it helped influence our family's decision to move back Indiana to work at CE National years later. And I am still learning a ton from him.
In a different vain, but no less appreciated, are other friends I get to rub shoulders with in ministry. I don't want to mention names (I did that in my first blog and Trevor Deck called me on it. Trevor--the list only included the names of people I had e-mailed and/or talked on the phone with that week... Do you now feel the love?)
I just wrote a thank you e-mail to one of those people. Here is a part of it:
"Most of all, I appreciate you. I appreciate your heart for God, your love for the church, and for your family. While I am thankful for the way that you ministry to Operation Barnabas adult leaders and teens, and to TNI students, my life is blessed personally because of you.
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