So I got the house all moved around, rearranged the Living Room and Bedroom, found a place for my home office (still no studio), and Chris even got a space at a building that he has put together for his gym. He calls it his underground gym - it's a big warehouse style space, where he is able to put the wrestling mats, the speedbag, punching bags, weights and machines, climbing ropes, tires and so much more. He is able to have clients come and work out with them, and he is going to begin teaching his classes next monday. Maybe this will get to be so big, that the owner of the building realizes what a great investment it will be, and will allow us to use the whole building instead of just the warehouse section! That would be cool.
I am hoping to get Chris for a photoshoot this weekend, as I think it would make for some great artistic pictures and business cards! Can't wait!
With the workout space no longer being an issue, and since I rearranged all the other rooms to make more space - I know have a space that I am hoping we can convert into a studio. I want to get the gym up and going first though, as most of my shoots can be done on location and I really don't want to do a lot of studio shoots anyway.
So that was last week, moving and cleaning and teaching. And then, the weekend hit. And we were host to 17 amazing sophomore girls for a weekend retreat our church hosted for the local youth called Disciple Now (aka DNow). We had Scott Venable as the speaker and the Justin Cofield band (check out my youth ministry blog for more links to these resources) lead worship. They were fantastic. Our youth pastor did a great job in putting all of this together. The Holy Spirit was obviously there - you could feel Him. Our youth did a prayer walk through town, praying for people at their homes, over the town. They worked various mission sites, and studied His word in Small groups. And they ate a ton (I do believe that teen girls eat more than football players)! It was exhausting and amazing. It was such a great gift to be on this side of it for a change - it has been years that I've been the one that puts everything together and worrying about every single detail (and there's always a ton of those). This was a great weekend where I got to enjoy the girls, the speaker, the missions, the prayers and the worship - with none of the worry! I might be able to get used to this!
