Wow So much to talk about!

Hello Supporters!

So much has happened since my last update. I hope your Christmas was Merry. It sure was at the McGregor household.

I was able to attend some football games this Fall with some guys and sat in the bleachers quite a bit. And even introduced some kids to the shaky face.
It was a great year in 2009, but 2010 has set the bar high with New Staff Training in Colorado! We were in Fraser, CO (nicknamed the icebox of America because of it's low temperatures). It was SOOOO beautiful. We had such a blast! We took two classes while we were out there: Intro to Youth Ministry taught by Chap Clark, and Communicating the gospel to adolescents by Darrell Bock. We were in class most of the time, but they were so informative and interesting it didn't seem like class.

The Lord really used my time out there to teach me a lot! I'm excited to see the things I've learned start to intersect with my ministry.

On our free day we got to go snowboarding at Winter Park. Me and another staff associate Stafford, hit some SERIOUS jumps in the terrain park and my adrenaline is still pumping, took me straight back to 9th grade. We made it to the peak that sits about 12,000 feet. It was breathtaking. Literallyl we couldn't breathe out there at all, especially when we played basketball.




Me, Josh Goodman and Will Cox were asked to do a little program bit, which was a blast, especially when we interviewed the President of Young Life, Denny Rydberg. We got to ask him what skills translated from the late night breakfast restaurant business.

Eventually for the finale we got to do a little dancing which is always a blast!


It truly was a blast, but most importantly I am excited to get back and now apply what I've learned to my ministry and work with kids. If you hear nothing else from this blog please hear this: I am so thankful for you allowing me the opportunity to have this training and for making an investment in my life like this. It's SO awesome to be partnered with you in Carroll County. As far as some of you might be from me in Carroll County, you are still impacting kids in this area. Billy, Brady, Aaron, Taylor, Miles, Terry, Alex, CJ, Luke, Dalton, Chris, Andy, Evan, Ryan, Mitch, Mark, Kevin and James are just some of their names. Thank you so much!