If you’re out and about Windsor, you’ll probably find me at King Soopers (the local grocery store) grabbing thousands of baby food jars off the shelf, buying balloons for my “bawoon-adoring” children, or stocking up on size 4 diapers.  Also, check in the healthy dairy section and you may happen to find me buying Horizon Whole Milk Yogurt by the cartful.  Little Avy Rose alone (she’s only 7 months old) eats four or five bowls of the stuff a day.  If you are what you eat, then the Ludy kiddos are Horizon yogurt.

Whenever I can, I like to steal away and kiss Leslie, squeeze one of my kiddos, or just enjoy the Presence of my King.

Right now, I’m reading a really old tattered book (I love those kind - and I really like to smell the yellowed pages) named A Retrospect by Hudson Taylor.

Tea or coffee? (in case you want to treat the staff)

Medium iced skinny decaf chai.  This order wouldn’t work at Starbucks (where I’d be forced to say “grande”, so it’s only the really good coffee shops that can pull it off.)

A binkie in a baby’s mouth and diapered bum bums always make me smile. 

When I was 8, I thought I was going to be an inventor.  I drew a picture of a solar powered car that I was sure would run and I designed a hundred story mansion with a swimming pool in the middle that stretched all the way from floor fifteen to floor eighty-five.  Oh, what my life could have been if I had only persevered down that path.

My favorite aspect about the Ellerslie environment is... how the fragrance of Christ is always in the air. There is a genuine "I will die for you tonight" attitude of love that reigns in the hearts of everyone on campus. It is truly a taste of Heaven.

A historical  Christian character that could be my replacement here at Ellerslie would be... There are many men throughout history that would be able to do this "Ellerslie" thing better than I am doing it. So, if we had all history through which to scour for a replacement for yours truly, I would think we'd be looking for a man who was somewhat of a spiritual mutt. He couldn't be a pure breed denominationalist, but a true Bible man, who like a child, takes God at His Word and is willing to live recklessly abandoned to the lead of the Almighty Spirit. Assuming Jesus, the apostles, and the early church fathers are otherwise occupied, I would send an invite to Rees Howells, C.T. Studd, Hudson Taylor, and Oswald Chambers. And if none of them took interest, I might try and awaken D.L. Moody to the task, or, I might venture to invite good 'ol William Booth to the negotiating table. Ellerslie is already something special, but imagine what it might be like with any one of those men at the helm.  Wow!

The funniest thing that's happened to me at Ellerslie is... Funny things happen all the time, so that's a difficult one. I remember this past Monday I was preaching intensely on the responsibilities of a man to protect those entrusted to his care and I, with very serious intonation, said, "I am responsible to take care of my wife and two kids."  It wasn't until afterwards, that the entire student body announced to me what I had said.  But they thoroughly enjoyed seeing my face when they told me about it.  Because, for those of you who don't know, I have four kids, not two.  

My number one highlight from the current/past Ellerslie term is...the Banquet night of the inaugural Ellerslie Training on May 31st, 2010.  Before I spoke my first words to the student body, I stood before them and wept for five minutes.  It was one of the most sensational spiritual nights of my life.  After seventeen years of importunate praying, Ellerslie was a reality.  And God allowed me to feel every inch of the amazement and awe.  

Something I’m most excited about for you as a student is... being in an environment that protects and sponsors daily intimate communion with the King of Kings.  There is truly nothing more beautiful and precious than a set-apart season with Jesus Christ to prepare the soul for the ever-poured out life.