As much as I love this ministry, the truth is that we really aren't on a mountain top. I just got back from my 4th annual ski trip with Jeff Grammer and Ryan Pace to see Betsy Rhulig in Colorado. The Cumberland Plateau doesn't really compare to viewing the world from a Rocky Mountain peak. Still, the common bond that brings us all together every year is our involvement in this ministry. Betsy, Jeff and Ryan are all former staffers and all played a big role in helping Ed transition the ministry in 2005. My gift was sharing the current vision of MTOP with them and explaining all the new programs, buildings, and ideas we have going on at camp. Even though it has been a while since they were on staff, they are still obviously on fire and excited for the mission we continue every day.
Each year, I am struck with wonderment at God's handiwork in that part of the country. We always get up at 5AM the morning we are going skiing to drive the 2.5 hours to the slopes. Watching the sun come up over the mountains as we drive past Denver is a sight without comparison. It's also pretty easy to enjoy the splendor of the King standing on top of a snow covered peak looking down 12,000 feet at a winter wonderland (even if it is -30 degrees!). Days like those make a person happy to be alive. I am rested, reverent, and so grateful for the life-long friends I have because of Mountain T.O.P.! Now. . .back to work!!
As much as I love this ministry, the truth is that we really aren't on a mountain top. I just got back from my 4th annual ski trip with Jeff Grammer and Ryan Pace to see Betsy Rhulig in Colorado. The Cumberland Plateau doesn't really compare to viewing the world from a Rocky Mountain peak. Still, the common bond that brings us all together every year is our involvement in this ministry. Betsy, Jeff and Ryan are all former staffers and all played a big role in helping Ed transition the ministry in 2005. My gift was sharing the current vision of MTOP with them and explaining all the new programs, buildings, and ideas we have going on at camp. Even though it has been a while since they were on staff, they are still obviously on fire and excited for the mission we continue every day.
Each year, I am struck with wonderment at God's handiwork in that part of the country. We always get up at 5AM the morning we are going skiing to drive the 2.5 hours to the slopes. Watching the sun come up over the mountains as we drive past Denver is a sight without comparison. It's also pretty easy to enjoy the splendor of the King standing on top of a snow covered peak looking down 12,000 feet at a winter wonderland (even if it is -30 degrees!). Days like those make a person happy to be alive. I am rested, reverent, and so grateful for the life-long friends I have because of Mountain T.O.P.! Now. . .back to work!!
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