The pace of this northwest road trip has not let up. Sunday and Monday were packed full of fantastic meetings with local pastors coupled with memorable moments caught on camera - Seattle is absolutely beautiful! Here is a look back on our Sunday adventures...
Sunday
Morning - Wade Olinger and I attended EastLake Church in Bothell, WA and had a chance to connect with their lead pastor, Ryan Meeks, and his dad, Mike Meeks from San Diego, who was their guest speaker...didn't know we were going to have a chance to make southern CA connection in Seattle!
Ryan is a young pastor with a huge church and is regarded as one of the most inflential churches in the area...talking to him afterwards offers a glimpse as to why - so easy to approach, remembers names like crazy, and took time to take interest in people as they approached him. A big church, but incredibly relational...
Lunch - Nate & Jenni Poetzl and their family took Wade and I to lunch Sunday afternoon - incredible asian food! Nate is the Senior Pastor at New Life Center in Everett, WA. Nate is the former National Director of Foursquare's College Ministry based in Eugene, OR and is now leading a congregation of 2,800 at New Life. We had a blast just hanging with their family and hearing about their family's story. Nate was in Wade's wedding so this was almost like being invited in to Sunday family time. Who knows, might be headed to Cambodia with them this summer!
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SUPER BOWL - Heartbroken. still can't believe Fitzgerald's unbelievable touchdown was upstaged by Santonio Holmes' last minute game winning touchdown catch, unreal!
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Dinner - We drove over to Celtic Bayou (where I was hoping to find a Cajun Irishman, hmmm...) and met Mike Howerton, Jesse Butterworth, & Danny Lund from Overlake Christian Church in Redmond, WA. Mike is the lead pastor, Jesse is the worship pastor, and Danny is the guru of all things creative for the church.
I don't think I have laughed that hard in a long time...and it was so needed. Thuse guys are the real deal and I can't thank them enough for carving out time to just hang out. Honest. Real. Laid back. And so fun. Thanks guys! We will be seeing them again soon at Catalyst West in April!
Tuesday morning was coming early, so we went to bed as soon as we got home. Tuesday updates coming soon...
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