Comes from some other beginning's end.

Pictures from the beginning of the end of my first year of ministry.

Saturday04.05.2009

Friends come home.




No country for old men.


Friends come home.


"Send Help" SB dunk mids (a/k/a the Skate or Die's)


I was with Ray when he bought these shoes. Right after he got back
from a year abroad.



Sunday04.26.2009




The Incredible Hulk Joe.




The young ladies of UCW Sunday School.




The young men & women of UCW Frosh Praise.


G-Fid got the best angle on the proceedings.








Rapt attention.




New leadership team.


Old men; and older men.


Security team.




GT-R!! FOR ULTIMATE DOWNHILL!!


Sometimes a corner of this campus will remind me how gorgeous
it can be.


Breath taking.


View from my old roof.


Decay of a town.


Ants.

Thursday04.30.2009

UCW town hall meeting.



Charting a course today for the future tomorrow!


Yes, the course looks like this.

Saturday05.02.2009


Waiting for a meeting, came upon this picture in a Yale
student publication. Hi Janice.

Thursday05.07.2009


A light wind, and slight drizzle couldn't stop me from availing myself
(and dragging Josh and Stephen along) of the super-60-degree
climate that revealed itself in the latter days of our semester.






Chacey was roped in for a few minutes. Emily joined in
as well, but photographic evidence is not forthcoming.

Monday05.11.2009

Reading week dawning, another semester drawing
rapidly to a close, and I was on a plane again out to a
conference in Colorado.


Nate. Perpetual travel buddy for this past year.


Welcome to CO. It's Flat Out Here.


Roger welcomes us.


Andy.


Joel; Nate fiddling with his phone. Again.

Wednesday05.13.2009

For a rest day, we headed up the highway to Denver,
a scant hour's drive from the Springs.


Niketown. Got to see the local flavor.


Denver has some of the cleanest lines (and air) that I
have ever seen.


I'll take your word for it, Denver!


Textures.


It's like Disneyland, but in a city (Denver, you can use that as your new
motto. I don't mind.)


Synonyms: Stark. Clean. Spare. Minimalist.

Thursday05.13.2009

My main man G-Fid dropped by Glen Eyrie for an
afternoon of hiking, catching up, and then a spectacular
home-cooked dinner at his folks' place down the road.
















Epic man; epic view.




1980s horror movie set.


1980s horror movie antagonist. (anti-hero?)


I hope so too, Kenn.




Bighorn sheep.


Bighorn sheep terminator.


Bighorn sheep rider.


Wildlife abounded in the (not-just-foot)hills.

While darting after a lizard much like this one, Garrett came within
inches of a baby rattler.

After that, we steered clearer of such crevices.






There is a deer there. Where's Waldo?

Friday05.15.2009


Horrifically (mis)guided by me, a group of us headed out into the night
for what was supposed to be a light time doing some karaoke at a local
bar.

After an hour or two at an egregiously seedy dive bar with a healthily
buzzing hookup scene (Landon, my smirking friend to the right, was
approached by heralds of a bachelorette party within 15 minutes of our
arrival), we bounced.

Sorry, guys. My bad.

Saturday05.16.2009

Bonding time, during which we discover the titular Springs of
Colorado... Springs.


But first, Wizards.


Sign reads:
NO SOLICITING
or any
other
religious
nuts.
(Sitting, L-R: Jason and Nate, religious nuts.)





Afterwards: departure, return to New Haven, and the commencement (and completion) of Finals Week.

More to come.