My Little Sheep

******WARNING, PROUD FATHER ALERT******

This was a big weekend for the Fisher family, especially Riley. Friday morning he was in the SCS elementary show for Grandparents' Day. The show was titled, WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE. He did great. His mom and I, and both sets of grandparents were there to watch Riley in the show.

Friday night and twice on Saturday Riley was in the SCS prep school musical. The show was ONCE UPON A MATTRESS. He played a sheep in the show. He and thirteen other elementary students were cast as sheep. They were in a scene where the princess was counting sheep as she was trying to go to sleep. Riley lead the group out on stage. They had a group dance and then broke into pairs for a few moments and then exited the stage. The crowd went crazy each performance for the sheep. They added a lot to the scene and the overall show.

It was so amazing to sit in the audience and watch Riley. He had so much fun. He enjoyed being on stage. He enjoyed being with older elementary students. He thought it was neat to be around the high school students. I was so proud of him. It was an emotional experience for his dad. It really got me. I did not know if it would or not, but it did.

He got some autographs from the high school actors after the show. They were very sweet to him. He will cherish his playbill forever. He loved the director. She did a marvelous job. She was superb with the elementary students as she always took time to teach, encourage, answer questions or give hugs. Riley made a new friend for life.

My little sheep did a great job.

Why Christian Education #2

I recently heard Lew Sterrett make the following statement:

"Just because you are in a garage does not make you a car".

Lew's words resonated in my head and made me think about Christian education. There is much debate and discussion regarding public schools, private schools and homeschooling. Take a look at BST's blogs a couple of weeks ago and at the comments that went on for days on this discussion. Educating kids is right, where is up to each family and each child's needs. There is one comment that I hear quite often regarding public over private and it is that public education is a mission field. I do agree with those that say that. I have been a teacher and administrator in public education. God's work needs to be done in that setting. After working in Christian education for over 5 years I can tell you that Christian education is a mission field too. Just because families put their children in a Christian school does not mean that they attend church, have a relationship with Jesus and believe in eternal life with Him. Where I work now is a mission field too. There are kids that need to know Jesus, families struggling through awful times and people that do not either believe or understand the grace of Jesus. A large part of my job is to help them with that in any way I can. I have the freedom to present that information to them or help point them to people that can truly bless them.

Just because the word CHRISTIAN is in the name of a school does not mean that everyone there has a relationship with Jesus. Christian education is a mission field.

Throwback hemets

As a continuation of our helment discusssion, please list your top 5 throwback helmets.

Have a great day.

Helmets

A favorite thing to discuss betwen guys is professional and college sports unifroms. There are many looks to debate and many classic looks to discuss. Today the topic is helmets in the NFL. Rank your top 5 best looking helmets today as a comment. I will post my comment at the end. I look forward to your respones.

What are your top 5?

T-ball

The Fireballs had a double-header Saturday. Two games with 5 -year-olds when it is 95 degrees is quite a challenge. It is difficult for the players to be focused on the games. They get to the point that it is more fun to play in the dirt, wave at the fans or watch the birds fly in the air. It is also a challenge on the coach to keep a focus as well. How many times and how many ways can you try to keep the group motivated?

I reached the point that I felt that all I was doing was yelling and trying to get the players to run the bases. After trying to motivate Riley and me guessing if I had motivated a little too hard, I was surprised by a comment from him. He had reached first base on a hit and I was trying to get him to run fast. He reached the base safely and I congratulated him and told him about running to second. He turned and said, "Dad, you are the best baseball coach I have ever had". (I do want to remind you that I am the only coach he has had). My patience was near it's end but Riley's heartfelt encouragement went a long way. The child encouraged the father.

I hope I can encourage God today like Riley encouraged me. Thank you Riley for this little lesson.

Go Fireballs! One more double-header!

Stick-shift

I have not driven a stick-shift in years. It is probably been 8 or 9 years. You have to go back to the Z24 that I drove in college as the last standard transmission car I drove. Some of you may remember cruising around in the Z24. Fast and fun car.

Yesterday to work I drove a standard again. I was pleased that I did not stall it once on the way. It was a pretty smooth ride. I was driving the car because of some very nice people at my school. Our lease was up on one of our cars and we had to return it. That puts us down to one car until I get us a new car. I am not sure what to do and need a little time to be whipped by car salesmen. This family found out our situation and they brought over an "extra" car they have in their driveway. They told us to use it for as long as we need. What a huge blessing for us. People can be some incredible. Being Jesus to each other... what an idea!

Have a great weekend!

Hilton Head

Last week we were able to go to Hilton Head for a couple of days. It was a last minute decision and all things worked out and we got to go. It was a great trip. Hilton Head is a beautiful area. We would love to go back some time.

Thank you to Pishey and Darlin. They kept the boys so we could sneak out of town for a couple of days. The boys love being with their grandparents.

Thank you to the Natermans. To invite us to come be with you on your vacation was a blessing to us. We enjoyed our time together.

Thank you to the McSkimmings. We appreciate you letting us go in your place. We will be praying for you this week.

Hilton Head...a little golf, lots of rain, dinner boat cruises, watching dolphins, alligators, dinner at Nick's, time at the beach, riding bikes... it was great.