Super Meetings in the Sun

It’s Friday night and I am back in my hotel room in Henderson, Nevada.  This is a beautiful, albeit hot place near Lake Mead.  It is a recently purchased property by Westin on a development called Las Vegas Lakes.  The facilities are very nice although the pool closing at 8:00 p.m. seems a bit premature.

In any case, I am sharing the weekend with educational superintendents from across the Pacific Union.  We come to fellowship, share worship moments, pray together, and work.  Today we spent a good portion of the late morning and early afternoon visiting the Hoover Dam.  It is amazing place with an incredible story of hard work and cooperation.  I could not help but wonder the amazing things we could accomplish as a church and as a school system if we only made a conscious decision to work together and work hard towards a common goal.  Too much time is wasted in petty disagreements and grudges.  We spend too much energy on shooting and avoiding “friendly fire.”  We need to save the ammunition for the real enemy.

 In any case, so far it has been a great time with people who are quickly becoming more than colleagues.  We share many of the same challenges and disappointments.  We also share the privilege of serving many people and the opportunity to convey the need to educate our children in a way and place that will lead them into a closer walk with Jesus and a passion for the mission and unique message of the Adventist church.  

I will have more to share tomorrow.  It is hard to get back into the habit of blogging regularly after you have lapsed for a while.  There are a lot of interesting developments in the educational landscape of the Arizona Conference.  Pray hard! (224.6)