Great night of ministry

As it's 1:00 am, I should be sleeping, but instead I'm updating. We had a great night of Crew. We had between 20 and 25 high school students. Especially exciting cause we had 2 new students and 2 we haven't seen in a long time. It was one of those nights I was dreading, there was a difficult meeting before hand, and we also announced that some youth leaders were leaving. I thought it was going to be a struggle and a tough night, but it was a blast. Everything went well. We played hockey (yes there's peoplethat love it just as much as Joe). WOrship really felt like worship and not just music, and my message went well. It was one of those times where I had a totally different message planned, and during worship God said you need to speak from this passage. We talked about examples in our lives, and how we can't let the little things keep us from God. THe passage was Hebrews 12:1-2. It was a great passage for me, because it seems like I let the litle things stress me out and keep me from a closer relationship with God. I'm really encouraged how things are going. Yes we have struggles, and yes there's still tough stuff, but there's a great sense of support and a great sense that God's in control. What an amazing feeling.
This week is shaping up to be a busy one, we have a father daughter dance on friday night as a fundraising. Yes we're dancing at the church! and a retreat for high school in 2 weeks. There's a ton going on but should be a fun week, lots of time carved out to hang out with students and leaders. It's awesome to be excited about what's going on, and I pray that this attitude will continue!
Thanks for praying

Brad