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We are here in friday harbor. the boat is unreal cool. woohoo!

Well… we made it here to seattle. I have never flown this far in my life and not left the country. this is the same flight time as going to dublin from detroit…

Well… step one of our adventure has gone pretty smooth. the kids are safely tucked away with grandma and they seem pretty much fine with our trip so far.

next stop is Hotlanta. we are scheduled to get to SeaTac about 11 EST.

this is our first flight out of flint. the shuttle service from the parking lot was unreal. the little bus was there by the time we got out of the car. and with parking at just $30 and about half as far as DTW I think we will have todo this again.

more later from ATL. peace out. A-town

Paul still isn’t fully into it. but he did go on the field today… with mom in tow. there are lots of other pictures in the mobile pics area.

Anyone know anything about this?

If he scores during the game… he gets chocolate!

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Keynote Thursday Night Brian Atkinson

Brian started by sharing a personal story of how he reunited with his birth family and was actually re-adopted and culminated in changing his name.

This was painting a picture of how gci describes online ministry and online ministry success.

More than content Context is everything… Are you doing something indespensible. Is it changing the minds of people before they have established a worldview apart from christ? It should point users where they need to go. Is the goal clear? The site should be clear in goals measurable goals and are you having positive effect. Does it form a community? It should. Are you doing online ministry together with others or are you alone? Brian introduced the new impact reports area for alliance members. They are going to kind of force this issue. The general idea is thed alliance members need to help one another.

We got a great mention by brian as a new member. I was actually thrilled how well he communicated who we are. The guy sitting next to me asked if I paid for that plug… Pretty funny.

well I am here. so far all I’ve done is get fed.

weird food too… but I didn’t know meals were included so that’s a bonus.

there is an interesting little discussion going on in the ymx forums that centers around the general thought… would students come to youth group more diligently if they paid for it the way that parents pay for other things like dance, club sports, or even school sports.

my initial reaction is… parents do pay for the churches youth ministry. not sending their kids is really poor stewardship of Gods resources.

but here is a more interesting thought:

what if youth pastors got paid on commission?

maybe then youth pastors would be motivated to focus on reaching more than keeping?

after all, if it fair to ask parents to pay… wouldn’t it seem logical to make their pay dependent on the results?

of course, this is all hypothetical now isn’t it?