I still absolutely love this job. It is fantastic. I still get asked a lot if I miss teaching at all, and the answer is still no. I know that I am 100% absolutely sure that this is where I am supposed to be, and I love it so much! It is the best job in the entire world. I also still get ask a lot "Well what do you do all day." But like I answered previously (Youth Ministry), it is still a lot of just whatever needs to be done.
Here is what I've been up to lately with the BUMS!
Since returning from our Team Survival Challenge (which you can see a recap of here (BUMS TSC 2014,) we have had a lot of local events going on.
We did some local work at our church by helping paint the bumpers in our church parking lot! They were very yellow!
We had a fundraising night at Chick-Fil-A to begin to raise money for our 2015 Summer Mission Trip (which will be announced on December 7th, so check back then to see where we are headed.)
Thanks to everyone who came out to support us at Chick-Fil-A.
Our church hosts a Trunk or Treat every year. Well, this year, I had the great idea of having a Dunk Tank. Little did I know, that I would be the one who would end up sitting in it! But it was fun!
We also had a fantastic Halloween Party. You can see all the pics here (BUMS Halloween Party) . Below are a few of them!
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| Everyone in their costumes! |
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| Best Individual |
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Two of my youth decided to dress up like me and
Alex (who is a youth helper). They won most creative!
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| Best Group |
I also got the BUMS to help me paint my office! It is VERY GREEN now! But I like it! It's bright and sticks out, unlike the color it used to be!
And finally, just last week, we went and helped sort food at Total Ministries!
So as you can see, we have had a LOT going on. But it has been great. As I wrote earlier in one of my blog posts (see here One Year) I wrote about doing Local Missions. Well, we have been living that out! It has been awesome! It is a requirement for all of my youth to do 5 local mission projects for them to be able to attend the 2015 Summer Mission Project. It has been fun to be able to reach out into the community and help serve Spartanburg.
So that is where I am at now. It has been a fun 4 months of Youth Ministry so far. They have flown by! I can't believe only 4 more Sundays till Christmas! Crazy! But I love my job, I love my youth group, I love my co-workers, and I love my church family! It has been a awesome experience so far, and I am looking forward to so many more experiences through the years!
Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit Comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
In Christ,
Todd Handell
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