Super powers in unlikely places
This one is going out to Lael.
In the case that you haven't heard, or did not know of Lael, he was our youth director for our church, and is now in the process of moving his housing up to Maine.
Lael knows where it was at. He isn't an imposing figure and doesn't really have a natural "in-authority" look to him. But he always has a grip of what is going on and what is needed to be done. In the same way, he always has a way of being persuasive in a positive way to everyone, and even to people who might be being irrational at the moment.
His organizational skills, especially compared to the people at our church, are unparalleled for the scope of things that go down. He somehow managed to be able to maintain 3 separate teams of people running the Backyard Bible Clubs while only attending one of them the whole time. During the Pre-Teen Camping Trip, he was constantly juggling food shortages, people not at their posts, disputes between people, supplies, fires, and everything imaginable. All while people asked him to micromanage their trivial troubles that arose.
And we managed NOT to (intentionally) leave anyone behind at any point in that trip.
He has a way of being able to explain complicated things in a way that sounds very simple and accurate. I always try to anticipate him and see how he will go about explaining such things, and every single time he seems to find a simpler way to voice it. Yet, odd and funny enough as it is, he also seems to find a way to over complicate simple matters when trying to explain it. eg. Explaining the day to day point scoring system of the Camping trip. I swear that he could have written a full scale rule booklet on the subject (section 13, paragraph 6: "Showdowns" .... you catch my drift).
And the pre-teen camping trip for the year after that: "There is a hurricane on the way that is going to hit us full force tonight in our punny tents. Stay here, or leave for home? Hmmmmm....". Granted this problem involved packing up a full camp 2 days ahead of schedule and getting logistics organized, but that is still Lael.
There is so much that can be said about Lael that I don't quite have the time for right now, and probably will never have. But Lael was, in my opinion, the best thing that could have happened to our church and our youth group. We are all very greatfull for his service.
I'm going to miss Lael, but I'm not sad to see him go. He is in God's will right now, and that is were he is suppose to be. It's all going to be over and done with in a few moments anyway, so what is the big deal, eh?
In the case that you haven't heard, or did not know of Lael, he was our youth director for our church, and is now in the process of moving his housing up to Maine.
Lael knows where it was at. He isn't an imposing figure and doesn't really have a natural "in-authority" look to him. But he always has a grip of what is going on and what is needed to be done. In the same way, he always has a way of being persuasive in a positive way to everyone, and even to people who might be being irrational at the moment.
His organizational skills, especially compared to the people at our church, are unparalleled for the scope of things that go down. He somehow managed to be able to maintain 3 separate teams of people running the Backyard Bible Clubs while only attending one of them the whole time. During the Pre-Teen Camping Trip, he was constantly juggling food shortages, people not at their posts, disputes between people, supplies, fires, and everything imaginable. All while people asked him to micromanage their trivial troubles that arose.
And we managed NOT to (intentionally) leave anyone behind at any point in that trip.
He has a way of being able to explain complicated things in a way that sounds very simple and accurate. I always try to anticipate him and see how he will go about explaining such things, and every single time he seems to find a simpler way to voice it. Yet, odd and funny enough as it is, he also seems to find a way to over complicate simple matters when trying to explain it. eg. Explaining the day to day point scoring system of the Camping trip. I swear that he could have written a full scale rule booklet on the subject (section 13, paragraph 6: "Showdowns" .... you catch my drift).
And the pre-teen camping trip for the year after that: "There is a hurricane on the way that is going to hit us full force tonight in our punny tents. Stay here, or leave for home? Hmmmmm....". Granted this problem involved packing up a full camp 2 days ahead of schedule and getting logistics organized, but that is still Lael.
There is so much that can be said about Lael that I don't quite have the time for right now, and probably will never have. But Lael was, in my opinion, the best thing that could have happened to our church and our youth group. We are all very greatfull for his service.
I'm going to miss Lael, but I'm not sad to see him go. He is in God's will right now, and that is were he is suppose to be. It's all going to be over and done with in a few moments anyway, so what is the big deal, eh?
posted by Cyphoid at 6:50 AM
2 Comments:
Drewy, you're so right. And when I actually sit down and think about all Lael's quirks, I can't help but laugh and like him even more....Aaaah, Lael.
I thought it very funny when in Sunday School last week he said that he wanted to undergo a "learning experience". He asked us to tell him about any and all of his potentially "distracting" idiosyncrasies (aside from his pronunciation of "follow" and "railroad")that might detract from the students ability to focus.
The only real thing that I could think of was his constant and unrelentingly cheerful demeanor. Which, of course, is not really a bad thing.
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