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Christmas At My House

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This is the first year that my family has had Christmas at my place. It is also the first time I’ve had Christmas at my place, since moving here to work at 3ABN in 1999. It was a little bit stressful, since Christmas fell immediately on the heels of the GYC convention. Getting home from GYC was a challenge in itself. You can read all about it at the end of my post about GYC on my Xanga blog.

I had hoped to have a Christmas tree, but a full week before Christmas all the local suppliers (including Wal-Mart, Menards, Home Depot, Lowe’s) were completely sold out. I don’t really care for artificial trees … they just seem so fake … so this year we went without a tree. Well, not completely. My rubber plant and ficus did extra duty as stand-ins.

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GYC Retrospective

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I spent December 19-23 at the Generation of Youth for Christ (GYC) convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I have attended each year since the first one, and as usual GYC was very good.

I arranged my own hotel through Priceline this year, and that saved me a little money (it was $60/night). The hotel I got was the Hyatt, right next to the convention center, and one of the main hotels other GYC attendees were using. My room was nice, with a king size bed, and a nice 15th-story view of downtown Minneapolis. For some reason the thermostat was a little flaky, and the wireless internet ($10 extra per night) was very poor — worse than dial-up. But I had a comfortable place to rest, and everything else worked well. Nothing I couldn’t live with.

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Thanksgiving Vacation

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As stated in my previous post, November 21-25 I spent with my family at my brother Eugene and his wife Heidi’s place in Arkansas, which is on the campus of Ouachita Hills Academy and College.

The ride there was somewhat stressful. Somewhere near the Arkansas border I ran into torrential rains. While listening to the radio I learned that quarter-size hail was falling somewhere in my general area, a severe storm warning was in effect, and a tornado watch had been issued. Between steady strobe flashes of red lightning I did my best to keep my eyes on the road. Most of this occurred after sunset.

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Holiday Travel Plans

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For Thanksgiving I will be joining my mom at Eugene and Heidi’s home in Arkansas (at OHA/OHC). I’ll be there November 22-25. It’s always nice to be with family during the holidays, and there is a chance I may see some other friends there as well.

In December I am planning to attend the GYC conference, December 19-23. Just yesterday I finalized by airfare and hotel reservations. Glad to have all of that out of the way. I’m still not sure where I will actually spend Christmas, but there is a good chance it will be here at my home unless I have a new car before then. The same holds true for New Year’s Day. It will be the first time I’ve been here at my home for those holidays in a number of years, maybe five years or more.

ASI Retrospective

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I had a really great time at ASI, held this year in Louisville, Kentucky, August 1-4. From a work assignment standpoint, my primary objectives were photography and meeting people, but of course I was blessed with far more than those accomplishments.

As could be expected, I saw many friends at ASI, as well as some family, including my brother and his wife, and my cousin James and his family. I met some new friends. I volunteered a little at 3ABN‘s booth, which is always fun (at least when one doesn’t have to do it!). And I volunteered a little at the Health Expo booth that was put together by my friends at LifeStyleTV.

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