Where’s Tim?

I blogged a total of 6 times in June. That has to be a (low) record for me. So, where have I been and what’s on my mind?

• June was all about family. Ten days on our family vacation near Branson. Then my family visited for an extended weekend. Then Faith’s family for a week.
• If every person staying one night at our house equals a “visitor night” — then we had 84 visitor nights in June.
• This week three of our kids are at Camp Adventure, and the other one is attending day camp. You’d think that would mean extended “lunches” at home. It’s only Thursday–I guess there is still time.
• We’ve decided life isn’t complicated enough, so we will be keeping a foreign exchange student in our home beginning next month. She is a 16-yr old from Croatia.
• Our senior team spent 11 hours last week working on the next 5-years. I couldn’t be more excited. I’m chomping at the bit to talk about it, but need to hold off a little while longer.
• We are all gearing up for Mark Beeson’s first-ever sabbatical. He’ll be gone 3 months this fall.
• I have a kid going to college in a year. She’d like to go to a college that also happens to be very expensive. We are spending the summer learning about how to apply for scholarships. I also learned last week (via Facebook) that she has a job with Chick-fil-A. Maybe the admissions department will accept coupons for chicken as payment?
• Last month I stayed the night on a sidewalk in Chicago. I’d like to say I was “in front of” the Apple Store–but in reality, I was a couple blocks away. It was an excuse to be with a good friend and a grand social experiment watching the insanity of consumerism. And yes, I walked away with two new iPhones. But in the bizarre world in which we live–I was able to sell my “old” iPhones on Ebay for more than the new ones cost.
• We just finalized our plans to be in Des Moines on September 11th at Cornerstone Family Church teaching Simply Strategic Volunteers.

That’s all I got. More soon.