Sermon+Loneliness=Daniel is ready for this week to be over

Well, it's been quite the week. I keep meaning to blog more than once a week but I just never make time for it. Besides, this way I don't have to think as hard about what to say.
When last I left you I was wrapping up VBS activities, which gave me nice evening activities since the Harder's have been gone. With those no longer an option my evenings have been mostly uneventful. Monday evening I was invited over to a family's house for dinner and a trip down the street for some gelato, which was wonderful. I thought I would be environmentally conscious and ride my bike despite the intense heat, it's only two miles right? Well the trip ended in near disaster when our time at the gelato place was interrupted by an intense bout of severe weather. I would not have felt too bad about riding home in the rain but lightning and hail were a different story. It took some doing but we got my bike in the car and headed home. Upon arriving we could not pry it from the clutches of the trunk so I had to lower the seat to get it out. I was thoroughly soaked but the time I made it through the door.
My work time this week has consisted of two things. Working on my sermon and reading. It has been an interesting week on learning. Monday and Tuesday not only my desk but the empty desk in the room were covered with no less than six bible commentaries and three translations of the Bible. It was intense but felt good. Since then I have been reading and rereading my drafts. Currently I am on the draft I have dubbed “The Awe of Jesus version 3.5” I’m shooting for 4.0 by Sunday.
Other major news in my life includes my decision that I will begin training for a triathlon for sometime in two or three months. This decision comes after watching several competitions on tv and wanting to have a purpose to my exercise rather than just to exercise. Now before you freak out, I am planning on doing a sprint tri not a full/Olympic/half/Ironman. It will consist of swimming between 400 and 800 meters, biking around 15 miles, and running a 5k. Wish me luck.
Now that this week is basically over, I just have to make it through Sunday morning. Not only am I preaching, but I also have to tell the children’s story, sing in a men’s ensemble, and sing some songs from VBS. It is going to be a stressful morning, oh well, that’s what this is all about. Well not the stress part but being active in the church.
My next major task is to convince Tom and Lois to let me go along to conference, probably won’t happen, but I’m keeping my fingers crossed.
Peace,
Daniel