A Month in the Life

I really should be doing some home work but my motivation level at 11:40 p.m. is not that high. So instead I’ll procrastinate (which I’m really good at) and give you some general impressions of GC so far. I still haven’t taken any pics but I’ll try and get some Friday afternoon. The fashions look about the same to me, but hey, what do I know? I’m one of the least fashion conscious people you’ll ever meet. I had a suit on today and I asked a fashion-conscious friend what he thought and his reply is, “It works for you.” I told him it was a diplomatic way of saying I looked kind of frumpy. Oh well, what do you expect from a guy who gets his suits at J.C. Penny on sale?

The display area looks good and was pretty crowded this afternoon; being right above the minister’s business meeting helped too. Our dear editor of 90 & 9 informed me it was so busy he didn’t even get to take a break today!

There are four elevators at the Embassy Suites where I am staying and you can grow old and die waiting for them during the busy times. I would take the stairs, but being on the 15th floor makes it more daunting than being on the fourth floor.

Bro. Haney preached a wonderful message which I would encourage everyone to view. If you’re expecting deep theological insight you’ll be disappointed. I’m sure Bro. Haney is capable of that but a GC message from the General Superintendent is going to be about who we are as apostolics. I’m not sure he ever gave his message a title but he preached on “Getting Beside Yourself.” In other words, just get a little bit (or a whole lot) crazy for Jesus. I know I have said to our church when people come in I want them to have one of two reactions: “These people are nuts!” or, “This is the greatest thing I have ever found in my life.” I have learned you’ll never please everyone and you can go crazy trying. Anyway, it’s a worthwhile message for anyone to hear and it will help you to reaffirm why you are an apostolic.

I spoke with an employee of the arena and he said there were between 8-9 thousand people in there tonight. He said the arena will hold 19,000 people. I asked him what he thought of all of this. He said they were some of the nicest people he has ever met and he was very impressed. He made an interesting comment after one man walked by us without a suit jacket on. He mentioned this was the first man he had seen without a suit jacket, and he had actually been noticing all the men wearing them.

Well since this post has gone on long enough (I’m famous for those long posts), I’ll sign-off for now.