I left here Thursday and headed down to Lexington, SC to visit with my brother, Kevin and his family. It was a good time. I love getting to play with my niece and nephew. It is amazing how fast they are growing up. It is awesome to get to play with them. It is also really cool to have people just so excited to see you when you come to visit. So that was a lot of fun!
Friday morning I got up bright and early and headed down to Lake Wales, Florida to celebrate the wedding of two of my great friends, Joseph Spate and Neely Nelson. Joseph was my roommate in college for the last two years at Erskine. Neely was a special education major with me at Erskine, so I was very close to both of them. It was a fun time to celebrate with them as well as getting to see some of my classmates from Erskine as well. It was a great time!
On Sunday Morning, I got up to drive to Jacksonville, FL to see a good friend of mine Chad Deetz. He is currently at a church down there doing Youth Ministry. As I have mentioned in some of my previous blogs, Chad is one of the biggest influences in my life and one of the biggest reasons why I am in youth ministry today. It was great to hang out with him and see what all he has going on at his church. It was a lot of fun to get to see him and his family. It was also cool to get to meet a lot of the kids at his youth group as well.
Then I got up early on on Monday morning and I am back at work today. It was a really fun trip. I think in total I drove somewhere around 1200 miles. Spent 4 of the past 5 nights in 4 different cities. So it was kind of crazy and hectic. But it was a lot of fun. It was also nice to be able to get away from work for a while and just relax. Now, I know what you are thinking. How is driving 1200 miles across 4 days relaxing? Well, to be honest, it isn't. But, it was in a sense where I knew I didn't have to worry about anything for work or anything for that. So that aspect was nice. But, it is also nice to be back here at work and get back into the swing of things. We are gearing up for a busy time right now. But I am looking forward to it. I am especially looking forward to the summer when I will get more and more time to just hang out and chill with all the kids.
Anyways, just a quick update this time! Until next time!
In Christ,
Todd Handell
