Dan Gould

Tag: California

  • Cali – Day 4

    The Gathering has been everything I had hoped it to be.  Great time with Stephanie, other youth pastors who have become dear friends, and of coarse Doug Fields.  I have really enjoyed my time with Nick Carnes, Ken Leslie, Ben Taylor, Matt Adams, Jim Clark, and Grant Byrd.  The Gathering is a time that Doug Invites PDYM State Mentors to Saddleback Church and his house to talk through learnings, challenges, and victories.  A time that is so refreshing and encouraging for me every year.  This year I got the privilege of bringing my wife again.  She wasn’t able to go last year do to Jackson being only a couple of months old.

    Sad to leave, but thankful for the time away to learn and connect with other youth workers.  These guys and gals have become such great friends and it always hard to say goodbye.  Almost feels like a summer camp experience from my teen years.

    Thanks Doug and Neely for allowing me to play a part in what God is doing in the PDYM Community!

    Here are some pics from today.  Included is the wives at Laguna Beach, some of the guys trying to figure out where we are going, Wahoo’s Fish Taco, and Survivor at the Fields House!  Enjoy!

  • Cali – Day 3

    What a day!!  We took a tour of The Refinery, the new student building at Saddleback.  Then spent the day connecting with each other, working through the re-write of PDYM, talking technology and other helpful sites used for ministry, then Bowling and food at Lucky Strikes.  So much fun.  I am very tired and excited about tomorrow.  Here are some pics from today!  Enjoy.

  • Cali – Day 2

    Awesome weather, sunburned forehead, great friendships, and lots of laughter would be words that would describe today.  Spent the morning at Hunnington Beach.  Walked around Main Street and the Pier.  Watched surfers and beach volleyball.  The sign said the water temp was 60 degrees.  No wonder they wear wetsuits.

    The Gathering officially started today with lunch at In-N-Out Burger then dinner at the Fields house!  It’s  it so good to see friends, catch up on life and ministry, as well as meet the newbies, people that haven’t been to the gathering before!  Looking forward to a great week!  Here are some pics from today!

  • Cali – Day 1

    We landed in the OC Sunday night at about 8:00pm with really no plans but to get our car and find our hotel.  While waiting at the rental car, we got upgraded to a convertable because they didn’t have any of the premium cars on the lot.  Way cool!  So needless to say we had a great time Monday driving with the top down in So-Cal.

    It was fun just to hangout with Stephanie, kinda weird not having kids with us, but we really enjoyed the time.  We spent most of the morning at the Irvine Spectrum, since it was rainy, ate lunch at PF Chang’s, then headed to Laguna Beach.  The sun came out and we took some pics and just relaxed.  It was so nice.  That evening we went to The Cliff’s for dinner and literally had an ocean view as we ate and watched the Sunset over the ocean.  What a great first day.  Here are some pics.