Even though our new addition to Colorado is not another puppy but a human being, he is in fact a full grown man.
Meet Andrew Fackler
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| This is us hiking in the Zirkel Wilderness! |
Some of you already know but a friend of mine from Indianapolis moved out mid-August to work at the Ranch and help organize and lead our worship team.
Back Story
I met Andrew when I was an intern at Access the young adult ministry at Grace Community Church. He was the worship team leader during my internship and I got to know him more and more especially as he joined our small group. Over the past year, we became good friends.
Last March I went backpacking in the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee. It was a last hurrah with my Indianapolis hiking buddies, Andrew and Kyle Affolder. We hiked for a few days and it was a great trip, even in spite of some real nasty weather and cold nights. One day Andrew and I were talking and out of the blue I asked Andrew to move out to Colorado. Our Conversation went something like this...
Me- "Hey, you should move out to Colorado and basically do what you are doing right now and get paid for it and then you can help lead worship for the church"
Andrew- "Get paid to hike and stuff?"
Me- "Yeah, like guide trips and stuff at the Ranch"
Andrew- "Yeah, that would be sweet... but I don't want to just give up on culinary school. I want to do something that would at least be in that field"
....3 Hours Later....
Andrew- "Hey, you said the Ranch has really good food there, right?"
Me- "Uh huh, like really fancy, hoity toity stuff...in a good way"
Andrew- "So they have chefs there then?"
Me- "yeah, really good ones!"
Andrew- "Hmm, maybe you could talk with the manager or something"
-End Scene-
Saturday August 17th Andrew hopped on a flight with Suz and I to Denver to start his new job as a line cook at Vista Verde Ranch. So far he loves it! In his first week he worked 60hrs, road a horse, rock climbed, hiked in the Zirkel wilderness and cliff jumped into mountain lakes and he led worship at church and for our young adult group. Since then he has continued to pour into the Church by leading worship and helping in any way he can. He has been a great addition to our ministry team. It is so cool to see how God has brought so many things together, so don't be surprised if any of you get called to come out here to help NRCC!
PS. He also fries up some mighty tasty trout while backpacking!
PS. He also fries up some mighty tasty trout while backpacking!
