Its been more than a month since I last wrote anything here. After Aaron's death, I just couldn't bring myself to write anything for awhile, just wanted to leave up the last two posts about him. Since that time, I've had the privilege of speaking at his funeral, and assisting his family in sorting through his effects. At the funeral, I determined to tell his salvation story again, our years of friendship and memories, and I challenged the attenders to confess their own need for Christ, and surrender their lives to Him. There are family members and dear friends of Aaron that I pray were impacted that day, and will come to Christ as he did. Aaron wanted that, more than anything else.

We completed another year of Vacation Bible Camp last week, "Boot Camp 2012" we called it. It was a military theme, and we saw over 1800 attend every day. 81 kids made decisions for Jesus Christ, that we know of, and we will be visiting families and baptizing new believers out of this extraordinary event for weeks and even months to come. I had the opportunity to do something super-fun, and it made a big hit with kids both times I did it- I rappelled out of the ceiling in full camo and gear, like an Army Ranger! I'm crazy, I know...
So now as we work through the rest of a busy summer, I'm reflecting on the loss of a friend, on gaining many new, young converts to Christ, and the impact our lives have on each other, and on God's Kingdom. I'm thankful to be able to do what I do, here at Hebron, at this stage in my life.
Pointing people to Jesus, nudging them closer to a relationship with Him. Worth it all.