Phone calls in the middle of the night...

We all get them at least once in our lives right? The call that you dread the most, that scares you half to death. When the phone rings at 3 am you're thinking, "Oh no, what has happened?" As a minister, I never know if it is my family, someone from church, a prank call, or a drunk calling the wrong number. Well, I received one of those calls last night, but when I got off the phone I couldn't stop laughing. I'll try and keep it short, but here is what happened.

Last night, Tammy, Will, and I picked up a guy that used to go to church with us. He lives alone, can't drive, and is on disability because of seizures (not sure if I spelled that right). Anyways, he was in the youth group for a short time about 8 years ago (he is 26 now). He is a little slow mentally, but can take care of himself and is a really good guy. He lives in a retirement community because his grandmother lives there also, so they allowed him to have an apartment of his own. He never gets out, so we decided to pick him up last night, take him to eat, and go watch one of the boys in my youth group play in his HS football game last night. Stay with me, it gets good.

We went to Wendy's before the game and afterwards left our drinks in the car. When I got home last night, I took my cup and his and threw them away.

Now to the phone call. My phone rings at 1 am and it scares me of course. My stomach sinks as I pick it up to look at the caller ID. His name (John) is on the caller ID. My thoughts were that either his grandmother had something happen to her, someone tried to break into his apt., or he was thinking about some spiritual things in his life and needed to talk to me.

As I answer the phone, this is what he says. (No lie, I am not making this up) "Hey Ryan, I'm sorry to call you so late. I just was calling to tell you that I didn't want the rest of my Sprite. You can just throw the cup away because I don't want it either." I didn't know what to do except laugh. I said okay John, thanks. I'll talk to you later. That was it. My wife had woken up too and asks what that was all about. I just laughed as I told her. I laughed for several minutes before I went back to sleep. Sorry, I just thought that was a funny story and I had to share it.

Will's 1st Birthday!

This past Saturday, we celebrated Will's first birthday. It's hard to believe my little boy is now 1 year old. Man the time flies by. He loved the party, but it wore him out. He got a lot of great presents including toys and books. He also got a Bible with his named engraved on the front cover. Here are some picks from his first birthday. Enjoy!

My 30th Birthday

I know that I am a week late with this, but I celebrated my 30th birthday last week on July 31st. It's hard to believe that I am now in my 30's. I guess I have to start acting like a grown up. It was a nice birthday. The cake was cool and was sooooo good. I got myself a laptop (we needed a new computer for the house) and an MP3 player. I guess all in all I don't feel that different. Now that I have my laptop at home I can start updating this thing more often. Feel free to wish me a happy belated birthday.