Joel's Place: Live and Unplugged: Quite a busy Spring

Friday, April 11, 2014

Quite a busy Spring

Whoops. Missed a week there. Reason number 45 that Kelli should not be allowed to take vacation time: it cuts into my writing time. Kelli Boyle, our Program Director, was out of town last week leaving me to run the building. Good news: I did not burn the place down. Bad news: I did not get much else done from my list. As for the list...it is growing. This spring looks like it will be quite busy for me personally and for all of us at Joel's Place, culminating in a really exciting announcement in a couple of weeks.

You may be asking yourself, "So what's going on that makes you so busy?" So glad you asked.

Today I am headed out to Eielson AFB to lead a couple of seminars for the High School Leadership conference that they are hosting. My topic will be "Strategy, Storytelling and Servant Leadership." I am really excited to get the opportunity to interact with these young people and try to impart some lessons that I have learned over a couple decades of leading small groups.
April 19th is Dark Winter Nights, a storytelling event put together by a FOJP (Friend Of Joel's Place), Rob Prince. Rob is gathering a handful of individuals to tell stories of life in Alaska on the night before Easter. It should be a great time and I get to tell a story so epic...and so hilarious...that I don't dare write about it here for fear of never getting back to my main point. For more info, you can visit this link.
Book Events! I have already sold over 110 copies of my book, "The Seer." It becomes available for purchase nationwide on April 29th! You can already pre-order at Barnes & Noble or Amazon. In May I get to visit Fairhill Christian School, North Pole Worship Center, and First Presbyterian Church to talk about both Joel's Place and the book. We will also have a book fair at Barnes and Noble on the 17th of May where I will be signing books and Joel's Place will get a portion of the profits from all of B&N's sales that day. Keep an eye out for more details on that.
May 23rd is the end of school for the year and this summer we will....sorry. No spoilers yet. We'll talk again soon about the super cool things we have going on this summer.

Thank you to everyone for your continued encouragement and support. We are blessed to be serving meals, putting on concerts and hosting extreme riding with such partners. Blessings upon you all.

James

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From the Staff

Leah Byam, Program Assistant

On Sunday after Church a group of us went to Subway to eat lunch. When we get in line it's very busy, so we wait patiently in line. As I'm waiting in line I see CS, a young man who has been coming to Joel's Place for a very long time. He's working behind the counter. He's assertive, polite, taking peoples orders, and going on to the next costumer giving them kindness and the same professional service. As I watch him from afar my eye's tear up. I know his past. I've walked with him on so many journeys. I love this kid so much, I am so so so proud of him. As I get closer he see's me and his face lights up. We were able to talk. He tells me that he just graduated with his high school degree, that he's still saving up, he will be going to Hawaii as planned in September to work. I was able to tell him, How proud I am of Him, and I meant it in every sense of the word.