Talking about a Revolution

First off, I fell I must apologize my my lack of blogging. It's not that I did not have a lot to talk about it really come down to having the time to put those experiences in words. First things first, last weekend me about about 10 other people gathered at Camp Bountiful to help install the new playground. That was quite a learning experience for all of us.
Some of the people came early to drill necessary holes in the ground so the work, when everyone else was the went smooth. When we arrived at 8 a.m. we was greeted by a project supervisor, provided by the company the playground was purchased from.
We all worked together throughout the day to put the structure together quickly. There was a while we were working in the poring rain dumping bags concrete into holes so the rain could help it set properly.
The end result was that we got the structure up and stabilized. There is still some work that will need to be done before it can be properly use. A 12 inch bed of mulch will be placed around the structure.
After a day of working at Camp Bountiful I drove to Beavercreek, Ohio for a youth weekend. It was a good time. We were able to spend some quality time together, even thought I missed a majority of Saturday's activities. As a park of the Youth Weekend the youth lead the branch in a Sunday morning worship. Many members of the branch were pleased the youth were willing to participate in such a manor. Oh, and the staff did a rockin job as well. I think the next one is being scheduled for the fall, because of the upcoming camping season.
Beavercreek is about 2 and a half hours from the town I live in. The forecast called for that Sunday afternoon to be wonderful. So, the drive home was spent with the windows down, listening to whatever radio station was available.

Last week it was announced that a "Scioto Slimdown" was being formed. It's the same concept as the show biggest looser but with more participants. I was able to call on some people and we formed a team called Thin it-to-win-it, we are quite clever. As a part of the challenge we all had to weigh in to know our starting point. Boy, was that a scary reality. I will not bore you with more details, let's just say i have a long way to go to be in my ideal weight range.
The last time this competition was held I was able to drop 60 pounds in 10 weeks. It was a lot of hard work and was done through a lot of determination. The challenge started today and will last for the next six weeks.
It's my hope/goal to enter this challenge with the same mentality as last time and with any luck I can drop some pounds along the way.
Also, last week I was asked to help serve communion during Maundy Thursday services that will be held this week. That should be exciting to see how that turns out.
I have been away from my home branch (Pleasant Valley) for about two months traveling throughout the Western Ohio and Bountiful Mission Center's and attending retreats at Camp Bountiful, and today was the first day I was able to return. It was a good service. Someone did not show up that was supposed to so I was asked to offer the prayers during the service. It was a bit challenging but end the end was cool.
This morning I was also informed the registration for my ordination was sent in to be recorded last week. Once recorded the church will be able to issue me a priesthood card so it can be used for officials purposes. I was pleased to here that had been taken care of, I was getting worried.
A couple of other items of note include, I have my first preaching date in two weeks at the West Portsmouth Branch, and it's communion Sunday. I have been rolling some ideas around in my head, so hopefully I can bring them together in the near future. I have also agreed to preach at the Jackson Branch the first Sunday in June...
I am really excited for this one I also got approval form my work to talk off for the camps I will be staffing this summer, that's exciting. Now that that's in place the planning process has begun.


That's a of of things I just tried to describe to you. I hope you did not get to board, even though I think I might have fallen a sleep a couple of time, composing it.

Thanks for taking the time,

-Wayne