Good Friend, Fun Time

Something else I got a chance to do yesterday, but didn't have a chance before bed to post, was spend time with a good friend, Al Florek from Tulsa, OK. Al and I have been friends for over 20 years. We got involved in children's ministry together under Carl Lindelien as kids ourselves. As teens, we joined forces as the "Rock Brothers". Using juggling, comedy, magic and audience participation, we got to cut our teeth performing and doing ministry at many events all over central Minnesota. It also opened the door for us to spend time under other children's pastors' ministries.

Al became one of the most sought after clowns for birthday parties and family venues all over Minnesota and later in the Tulsa area. He currently has a great business staining and sealing concrete floors and he still ministers to kids as a volunteer at Victory Christian Center in Tulsa.

We headed out to the local magic shops here in Minneapolis/St.Paul and cracked the same old jokes and one-liners that we've been crackin' for almost 20 years. Man it's fun to look back and realize how a simple friendship has lasted so long and how much fun we still have together.