Gilbert Thurston

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Other Weekend Thoughts

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  • Literally if I don’t start managing my weekends better, I’m really only going to have 30 days left to live.
  • As I’ve shared before I have an overactive adrenal gland which makes the highs of adrenaline higher than most, but also the crashes afterwards even harder.
  • Today I’m really feeling it from a weekend worth of ups and downs.
  • Friday for the second week in a row, Earl and I were scheduled to go skydiving.
  • We were stopped the previous Friday because of bad weather and this Friday was no different, except that 3 times they called us to come out because the weather had cleared, only to 3 times be sent home disappointed.
  • Each time my body had started producing the adrenaline only to have it dissipate…which wears me out.
  • Friday night Lisa went to CAYA by herself so I could recover.
  • In fact here’s how bad it was…Friday afternoon after the last aborted attempt to jump, we went to Curcuit City to pick up 4 new “toys”…as of right now, all 4 are still sitting in their boxes untouched.
  • Saturday myself and 14 other leaders from the church headed up to Lancaster County Bible Church for a conference.
  • I love LCBC…I spoke there when I worked for Purpose Driven and have taken groups of people up for tours on a few other occasions.
  • Like us, they are in the middle of a corn field, only difference is that instead of 800 people on a weekend, they are drawing over 8000.
  • On the way up we stopped off at TJ Rockwell’s in Elizabethtown, PA for a great lunch…if you’re ever in that area stop by, the food was excellent!
  • The conference was good for two reasons:
    • First, it was nice spending the entire day with so many people from the church.
    • Second, we were able to attend LCBC’s normal Saturday evening service. It’s always nice to be able to occasionally worship and take everything in without having to be the one speaking or watching to make sure everything is running smoothly.
  • On the way home, everyone was very excited…it was well worth the time and money!
  • Yesterday was jammed full of stuff…I of course spoke twice at United, which really gets me on my adrenaline swings.
  • Then we had our staff luncheon over at the Mill’s house…I went home for a little bit and quickly DVR’d my way through the Redskins win over Detroit (that may not have caused an adrenaline rush, but it certainly didn’t help my stress levels.)…
  • …then back to the church to set-up for the annual congregational meeting, followed by a brief appearance at Kim Mill’s surprise 50th birthday party in the multi-purpose room…
  • …and then back into the sanctuary for the meeting.
  • All in all another busy weekend that I’m feeling the effects of here today.
  • But of course I wouldn’t change a thing…loving life…living like I am dying!

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