I think that I’m starting to understand a little more why I can’t find good blogs from young, gospel-minded men…it’s hard.  And it’s a little time consuming if you are a bit of a word smith like myself.  See, because you don’t want to just put up anything, you want it to have impact and true meaning.  You want it to carry weight and strike hearts.  And if like me, that’s really your desire, then you have to give it more than just a few minutes.  But often, it’s not the things that we put the most effort and energy into that make the biggest impact, it’s the little things that simply flow out of what is in our hearts that challenge and change people.  So maybe I don’t need to wait until I have something profoundly insightful to share on my blog to put up a new post.  Maybe I just need to share what He is doing in and around me within the context of CTM.  Maybe in doing so, that will draw out what is really important to my heart.

Anyhow, that said, I haven’t put up any new posts since Easter because I’ve been so busy with summer camps at MWSB/C Bar N Camp.  But it has still been an enjoyable and productive summer.  All of our new camps went off well.  I learned a lot about the importance of organization and administrative skill in the context of leading an organization.  I learned quite a bit even in my first week of camp about how to deal with people whose expectations aren’t met and end up losing their cool because of it.  And most importantly, I learned more about how to love and rely on Jesus more within the context of ministry (which is something I have been learning for several years now).  So it’s been a great summer, although I haven’t taken time to sit down and write about it all.

CTM is continuing to take shape as well.  At the beginning of the summer, we became incorporated as an organization by the state of Montana, and a little while later received our non-profit status from the state.  And as the summer progressed we’ve been working on filling out the 26-page application for federal non-profit status, and as expected it is rather time-consuming, especially as we’ve been going about our other duties within MWSB, which, for now, is our primary ministry.  As soon as that is filed and we know more about what to expect from that process I will share our capabilities and limitations.  Continue to keep it in your prayers when you think of it!