One Weekend 09

We were in Arkansas this past weekend for One Weekend. Three churches in the area partnered up and put on the event. Adam spoke and did a fantastic job. The strongest man pound for pound in the world was there and he was impressive. We played an impromptu acoustic set after one of the sessions and melted some faces off with our acoustic rock show prowess. But overall the coolest thing by far was seeing the gospel responded to in the lives of students.

New Record

We are starting to track the new record on the 23 of this month!!! I’m fired up about it. We hope to have it done by the summer so if you would pray that everything runs smoothly that would be great. Also we leave for Little Rock tomorrow morning so keep us in your prayers as we travel. I’ll try and send some updates from Little Rock this weekend.

Frazer Dnow 09

We spent last weekend in Montgomery at Frazer UMC. Adam spoke on abiding in Christ from John 15. The first day it was 70 with tornado warnings and the next day it snowed. Sunday night we had a final session where parents were invited to come and it was by far my favorite session of the weekend.

New Orleans

After FT Lauderdale Adam and myself were in New Orleans for a Mardi Gras retreat at Camp Living Waters. Forgot my camera so I have no video but this retreat was really cool. Adam really challenged the students to ask the hard questions about how much they value Christ. We flew out on Fat Tuesday so New Orleans was a mad house. We drove by the parades and decided to go to a movie instead. Good decision!

FBC Ft Lauderdale Dnow 09

We were in Ft Lauderdale Feb. 20-22 for a Dnow with Jeremy and the crew. Thanks to Nathan Mowery for riding along and being a great friend. This group is super cool!!! It is diverse and fun and really dove into what God was trying to teach us. The theme was notes and Jeremy asked the question, what kind of note are writing for the world to read with your life? We are doing summer camp with these folks this summer, and I can’t wait to hang out again.

Updating

I’m behind on my blogging so check back in the next couple of days as I talk about the last few trips!

P90x

Started P90x today and it is going to be interesting to say the least. I threw up at the end. Hope that doesn’t happen every time.

Haiti 2

We got home at 2am this morning with that good tired feeling. Everyone but my wife Emily. She went to the doctor today and found out she has walking pneumonia. Pray for her because she feels gross.

It was awesome to see all the ways the Kingdom of God is being advanced in Haiti. We stayed at a place called Mission of Hope (www.missionofhopehaiti.org). They have a school of around 1300 students, a medical clinic, and an orphanage all on their main campus. Apart from that they are feeding over 16,000 people a day through their food programs. They truly have become the hands and feet of Christ to so many people. However, the vision is a lot bigger than what is already there. There is a hospital waiting to be finished and funded, several more orphanages waiting to be built on their site, and a new organization that is being formed that will bring different groups together called Haiti One. Haiti One will feed over 50,000 people a day. If you are wondering about a good spot to “put your money where your mouth is,” this would be a great place! Some of you have already sponsored students for the School of Hope at some events…THANKS!!! If you are interested in doing this shoot me an email and I’ll tell you how to get going. It’s only $30 a month to send a student to school. Or if you want to sell that lake house and boat you don’t need to build a new hospital or ten orphanages that would be fantastic as well.

I’m already wanting to go back and some of you should pray about going down and getting the vision for Haiti. I’m going to post some pictures from the trip whenever I can get back in my bedroom after the Emily quarantine is over. Pray for us this week as we travel to Fort Lauderdale and then as I go to New Orleans. The gospel is needed these places just as much as Haiti!!! On a side note this Surviorman guy on TV is trying to bite down a huge bamboo stalk for no reason because he has a huge machete.

Haiti Trip

My wife and myself along with some other friends are headed to Haiti tomorrow. For all those who read this post will you pray that God will give us a vision for the people of that country. It’s been a weird road that has attached the ministries of Mission Of Hope Haiti and my own together and I’m excited to see what God has around the bend! I will post a report of the trip when we get home on Sunday.

Oh yeah…never fly American, hands down the worst customer service on the planet!!!

Briarwood Middle School Getaway

 

We had a blast this weekend!!! These Briarwood students made me laugh pretty much the whole time.