feeling a little overwhelmed

Life is full right now.

Summer has moved into Penn State, which means that PSU students are thinning out. That translates into less of a crush at the 11:00 service, but we're still using Fellowship Hall for overflow. We had an off-site strategy retreat/planning session last week to pray and talk through our options for the Fall. Lots of ideas, little time to implement something to help us in our mission to see people from our community find a place to plug into a worship service.

It's that time of year--many of the people who have been part of our student ministry team are headed off, either for the summer, or for good. God is our Provider, and he always brings us great people to be part of the team. Kim and I are continually blessed and blown away at the quality people who choose to be part of our team and life. But I get a little bummed when our friends--these folks we've come to love, who have built good relationships with students and families--head to other parts. It's hard to reload and rebuild each year. We lose momentum and have to re-convince students to trust, open up, and let their new leaders into their lives.

Baseball continues, as the high school team I help coach has made the state playoffs. We were supposed to play Bethel Park today, but it rained for about 13 hours yesterday, and our game got moved to tomorrow. There are only 16 AAAA team playing in Pennsylvania right now. We've got a shot to win it! You can follow the games here.

Sadie turned 6 last week. She got a kitty, which she named Sunny. That brings the Sublett family animal count to one dog, 3 cats, and 3 kids. Our kids also got a trampoline last week. See the post below for an update. My neighbor Justin helped me pull off the bent poles today, and we got the legs back on the jumpy-thing. Turns out that the microburst must have thrown the trampoline into the swingset on its way to the trees. 3 of the wolmanized 4x4s were split, and have to be replaced. Oh well...another project for another day.

Life is indeed good. Full, but good.