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Week 8 Journal Post

3/24/2011

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Last week was Spring Break, so there wasn’t any journal posting.  This week we are supposed to look forward to the future.  In particular we are challenged to list at least 50 goals we have (large or small) for the future and then reflect on them.

1.       Become a village pastor

2.       Go on mission trips to Russia

3.       Visit China

4.       Visit Japan

5.       Learn to play guitar better

6.       Learn to play piano better

7.       Lean Inupiaq better

8.       Get in better physical shape

9.       Finish Seminary

10.   Become licensed in the Covenant

11.   Become ordained

12.   Have more children

13.   Teach my children to love and serve the Lord

14.   Write the 125 year history of the Covenant in Alaska

15.   Write a youth ministry manual for the village

16.   Mentor a young Native who wants to do youth ministry

17.   Regularly visit elders

18.   Create a vibrant student leadership team

19.   Be a part of getting youth back into the church

20.   Pay off our house

21.   Start saving for retirement (even though I don’t plan to retire…I plan to pastor until I am no longer able)

22.   Take my children on mission trips

23.   Visit Hawaii often

24.   Buy a snow machine

25.   Learn to fix small engines better

26.   Learn to make ulus

27.   Learn to hunt better

28.   Learn more survival skills

29.   Snow machine to other villages

30.   Go on mission trips to other villages

31.   Partner with other villages to do ministry

32.   Be a part of getting young leaders to attend Alaska Christian College

33.   Be a part of getting gifted young Natives to become pastors

34.   Give financially to as many ministries as possible

35.   Learn to be a better servant

36.   Create more free time with my family

37.   Plant a successful garden

38.   Teach my children to fish

39.   Teach my children to hunt

40.   Teach my children to pick berries

41.   Teach my children to survive in the wilderness

42.   Teach my children how to serve others

43.   Become a better shot at basketball

44.   Become a better ping pong player

45.   Spend more time in prayer

46.   Spend more time reading the Bible

47.   Spend more time talking with relatives

48.   Spend more time alone

49.   Be given a warm parka

50.   Read all the books in my library

Whew!  That was a lot harder than I thought!  It turns out that even though I focus most of my time on thinking of the future, I usually think about only a few things at a time.  I really had to work to get to 50 goals, and some were a real stretch.  As I am much more detail oriented rather than vision oriented, I like to pick a few good goals and do all that I can to make them into a reality.  Looking at my list, I see a few areas that stick out more than others.  These are: growing more Godly, raising my children, and growing closer to the Native culture.  As I look back at my list, I realize that I missed a very important goal, and that is to be a better husband.  Of course, maybe I was thinking that I was already there. :-P

1 Comment
Mom
3/23/2011 11:55:05 pm

Dear Adam,

I love being able to read about your hopes and dreams. As always, I am so thankful to be your mom.

Love,
Mom

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