Top 25 Adventures and Life Stories of 2016

1. Another year of building a stronger relationship with Jesus
2. Hitting the third year of marriage with my beautiful wife
3. Spending a full year as a dad; Nathaniel has brought lots of joy to us
4. Stepping out on faith, severing connections in Green Bay and diving into the unknown
5. Being part of leadership to bring in the Recharge Conference to train children and youth ministry workers in Green Bay
6. Watching Nathaniel take first steps; well, firsts of many things
7. Midwestern Seminary accepting me into the mDiv program
8.  Speaking at the Recharge Conference as a breakout session speaker
9. Being the BLBA youth camp speaker
10. Running the bases at the Field of Dreams baseball field
11. Leading my last year as a Green Bay Youth Ministry Network area coordinator
12. Nathaniel's first birthday party at the YMCA, puked on his first sugar
13. Winning a free leadership book, being referenced on a leadership conference and being in contact with Perry Noble
14. Taking amazing teens on a youth missions trip to Albia, Iowa
15. Enjoying football with my son; we watched the Broncos win the Super Bowl, went to our first football game and attending a Packer practice
16. Winning my third straight fantasy baseball championship and adding a football championship as well
17. Moving from Green Bay to Kansas City; packing, driving, lack of sleep, no storage unit, stuck in a Burger King, etc.
18. Receiving the many gifts over the year; electronics, years worth of youth ministry curriculum,  Packer pre-season ticket, etc.
19. Seeing many of my youth ministry games make the youth ministry website Fun Ninja
20. Attending our last MWBC pastor and wives retreat
21. Creating a creative teaching series for nursery age kids; it was a challenge, but one of my favorite projects
22. Being part of the collection center in Green Bay for Operation Christmas Child
23. Reading around 25 books, half of last year, but still good
24. Trying an Ethiopian taco food truck
25. Finding Pikachu in Pokémon Go