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Yesterday was AWESOME. James Caldwell and I took off at 5.30 am. We dropped Ray off at DIA then headed to Copper Mountain.

[That's in the morning for all my youth pastor comrades. I know many of you will find this shocking but people are actually awake at this hour and able to have a coherent conversation. We, of course, are not one of these kinds people. Ray and James seemed to be perfectly fine at this hour. I'm happy for them. They need professional help and if they don't get help at Charter, I hope they get help somewhere.]

We get to Copper and meet my bro and good friend Jason the Lofton. I love this guy…even though I remember him being a lot taller than this.

The day was absolutely gorgeous. This is the view from the top of Sierra lift, right before we hit the Jupiter Bowl.

No one was on the slopes. We never waited in a line. There were times when we were the only ones on the run. As far as the time with Jason…too short. They had been boarding for the past 2 days and we’re pretty spent by 2 pm. Here’s a pic at lunch. The other guy is Chris. I first met him at Jlo’s wedding. Neat guy.

Any rate – they took off at 2 headed back to Arkansas. James and I – we were the last ones on the final lift ride up at 4.

It was kinda cool how the day went. I spent a lot of time with Jason as a young med student. It started out because he was a volunteer in youth. It grew into something much deeper than that. As great of a volunteer he was, he was an even better friend. I got to see him grow in his faith and his practice of medicine and his compassionate heart. I consider myself fortunate to a be a part of his life.

I’m thinking this and look over at James. He’s a youth volunteer at Pinecrest. He’s a good one. Can’t wait to see where this one goes…