Well I was trying to blog from Youth Specialties‘ National Youth Workers Convention this past weekend in Sacramento, CA. My plan was to try to get daily recaps and updates out but for some reason I could not get any internet access. It was incredibly frustrating to see anywhere from 15-20 public-but-locked wireless networks on my screen and I complained about it alot. So much so that my wife, Annie, made fun of me, and my buddy Sean told me to write a song about it.
Anyway, now i am back in th eworld of the world wide interweb and will be posting my reactions and thoughts from this year’s NYWC.
as an incidental side note, I have very fond and wonderful memories and associations with NYWC in Sacramento as 3 years ago, Annie and I were there togther as volunteers for Bel Air Pres youth min and that was where I began to realize that I really liked this girl, and maybe even where I knew that I wanted to marry this girl. And now, three years later, we are back at the Sacramento NYWC, we live in Hawaii, work together in YM, have started a beautiful family and are growing along in our path following Jesus. What a cool deal, I bet Marko and the YS guys don’t really know that their convention is so influential. anyway, more to come.
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October 16, 2008 at 3:39 am
mclanea
Dude, that’s great that you and your wife took that turn in your relationship last time we were in Sac-town. Glad you had a good time! And I was a little frustrated by the lack of wifi… and I had “paid, in house wifi.” There’s something about convention centers and internet access.
For future reference, we always have a “digital lounge” somewhere. This year we had it two places, in the exhibit hall– YMX booth, and in the store. Both had free plugin for your lappy.
Hope to see you next year!
October 16, 2008 at 1:41 pm
jdgroves
Mclanea, thanks for your comment and encouragement. You know I heard there were spots to connect but i just didn’t get around to finding them. between our baby, seeing family, and attending sessions, i was pretty short on time. Thanks for letting me know about it though.