The End of Another Ministry Year...

Hello, friends! 

Well, we're here. It's the back half of June, which means we are almost to the official end of another ministry year. I started in 2007 as an intern, so I'm finishing up year 18 on staff with InterVarsity. This year certainly was unlike any other. 

Honestly, the first semester started out pretty normally. I had staff to coach and I was coaching out student intern at Bellevue. We had most of our staff team in tact and things were moving along. It was looking like it would be a "normal" year. Getting Phoebe was a new thing and there was some family stuff (as there always is) but honestly, even looking back at previous blog posts, there was nothing that jumped out at me from the first semester. 

The second semester was a different story. Looking back on the past few months, it's wild to think that all that got crammed into one semester. Here are a few "highlights."

- Staffing changes: Our Regional Director took a much needed Sabbatical, meaning that our staff team was going to be down one for the semester. Added to that, one of our Area directors decided to transfer to a different part of our National movement and two of our Regional Leadership Team members decided to transfer to New Zealand to continue doing college ministry. Thankfully, those transitions won't happen until next month but there was a LOT of shock to our systems as we processed all this. 

- Ministry changes: In January, I took a group of students to Ambition, InterVarsity's national planting conference. It was a personally fulfilling time but it also jumpstarted the InterVarsity work in Nebraska. At Ambition, we saw a student come to faith and two new bible studies start an the two largest schools in our state. We also decided that the time was right to restart Nebraska's Fall Conference and began planning and preparation for that. I didn't expect to be doing this much campus ministry this semester, but here we are. 

- Family changes: Jonah graduated from pre-school (and daycare) which was a big deal for us. Since we aren't doing any summer sports due to travel, we let Ezra pick up a second Spring sport (flag football), which meant we were VERY busy. Megan started a book club and we both resigned as elders at our church (we still go there though). This was added to Phoebe getting bigger and navigating that dog family life. It was a lot. 

In spite of all the changes, God is still constant and God is still good. We're so thankful for the ways that God provided for us this year. The kids are healthy and are growing. Megan and I continue to grow our kids and our marriage as best we can. The ministry work is still fulfilling. 2024-2025 was unlike any previous ministry year that I can remember but we made it. Onward to 2025-2026!!! 

Have an excellent day! 

~Adam