Well I haven’t been on here in forever but it has been an amazing start to 2009. We had 9 kids give their lives to Christ at our first dodgeball tournament. We held our first ever tournament for elementary kids, with great success. We’ve seen people get behind our new fundraising campaign called the “5 Loaves Campaign”. We are asking for $5 from 500 people for 5 months. We are already up to 108 people. The Steelers won the Super Bowl!!! Wahoo!!! During that time we sold and gave away nearly 200 Steelers Coloring Books. This also drove a record number of people to our website, nearly 1,500 visits. And finally we were recognized publically as someone who cares about kids by the Big Knob PTA. Thank you Lord!! It just shows that while the economy goes down the tubes. God has bigger plans for Skybacher Ministries. And His ways are not ours!! So glad for that!!
I haven’t been on here in a while but I went trick-or-treating with the kids tonight around the ol’ Miller Rd. neighborhood. The scariest thing I saw all night was how quickly time flies by, and how cheap people become over the years. (What happened to the big candy bars we used to get??) It’s so much fun though seeing the kids get so excited about some candy that their Dad ends up eating anyway. Ha. Everything is going well. I’ve had a lot more time to be creative since my soccer team didn’t make the playoffs, and I have to say I really, really enjoyed it. Basketball will be starting up soon, and the ministry has it’s flag football tournament this weekend.
Well the soccer season is nearly over, but we still have 2 really huge games. The crazy thing is at this point we could still tie for the section championship. That would be awesome! But, our first priority is making it into the playoffs. Yesterday we pulled out a tough 5-1 victory in the rain at Riverside. Now that sets up a match-up with Neshannock at 11 am on Saturday. Basically the winner will move onto the playoffs. I feel really stressed because it looks like our starting goal keeper won’t be there. Oh well I guess the show must go on. Everything else is going fine, but I must admit soccer has taken up a lot of my time and energy.
Tomorrow I leave again for the “mission field”. At least that is what my pastor has called it. I didn’t think I would be back this soon, but a 5th grade teacher will be out for at least the first 2 days. I’ll have to put a bunch of 5th graders minds at ease while trying to deal with my own stresses of the first day of school as a substitute teacher.
Tyler will be heading to 1st grade. I’ve already cried twice. Jalen got his first haircut today. Summer just flew by. It’s all too much. Oh well life goes on!! Happy First Day of School!!
This has been one of the greatest years for sports that I can remember. The year started with an amazing upset of the undefeated (and hated by me) Patriots. An unbelievable basketball National Championship that Memphis should have won if only they could shoot foul shots. What Tiger Woods did in the U.S. Open was unbelievable. Then there was the final of Wimbeldon with Nadal and Federer. It was maybe the greatest tennis match ever played. The Pens and the Redwings battled it out to some great games. The final game was amazing even though it didn’t turn out the way I wanted it too. And now what Michael Phelps has done is ridiculous. Somehow I’ve watched all of this and I don’t even have cable, or watch a lot of t.v., but it has been a great year for a sports fan, even if the Pirates still stink.
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