ok so busy day today, (except the 2 hour nap I took after church).
Jarrod preached a great message this morning and it fit right along with a book I have been reading. It is called Lasting Impressions by Mark Waltz. Great book also.
Creative Team meeting today at XL was very good. We discussed our March series and it should be very interesting.
Make Shift band showed up tonight and really rocked the house. I think we might have found an alternating band to play.
Band had Randy Todd Guitar, Jonathan Bagwell Guitar, Bobby DeHart Bass, Rick Waters Drums and Cliff Tappan Vocals.
James Wisner preached tonight and I think he brought a great message and if you missed it, I hope you catch it on youtube tommorow.
Had an all volunteer meeting tonight and Jarrod announced some changes in leadership. It is all in God’s plan for some to come on board and others to step back and wow it is scary but at the same time I am pumped about what God is going to do through XL this year.
Super Bowl Party this coming Sunday night and its gonna be a fun one. We will kick the night off with some baptisms.
I just feel really blessed to have been a part of XL tonight.
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Does anybody still look at this since I haven’t updated it since July?
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All God’s people got issues. Right now in my life I got a couple of issues. Mandi and I have started a 30 day fast to deal with these issues. Just please pray that in these 30 days that God will reveal himself in a big way to us. Kind of funny that last night at XL Jarrod talked about facing our giants and then stomping them, killing them and then chopping their heads off so they won’t come back. The funny part is that yesterday was day one of the fast and that is what he spoke about. So maybe during this fast God will provide me the stones so I can face my giants. Thanks for your prayers.
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We salute you mr.brown sweatbox on wheels truck driver. Without you there would be no crushed up boxes with sweat dripping all over it. So here’s to you brown sock operator of the mobile sauna. THIS POST IS FOR YOU!!!
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only 8 more hours till we can check in. We are now in Cracker Barrel and I wish they would start a fire. You can hang meat in here.
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Well nevermind. I’m just rambling now.
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I tried to take a detour on the way down here since we were so early but Mandi woke up and I felt that I should ask her first. Guess that’s why I’m sitting in the parking lot sweating. I just wanted to go to New Orleans for a couple of hours. That’s only a 4 hour detour. Guess I have plenty of time to catch up on my blogs. Now I just need something offensive to blog about.
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the kids are playing a new game as I type. Its called don’t wake the bear (Mandi).
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Did I mention I was hot and sweaty? Kind of reminds me of the Canada trip. I am sitting here wide awake, hot, laughing and not under any covers. Nuff said about that.
Hey Dave Bryant
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Pro: kids sleep (most of way)
Con: kids awake (when not sleeping)
Pro: you can pretty much go as fast as you want.
Con: you have to sit in Bruno’s parking lot at 3:30 in the morning until ??? (I called the condo and they don’t open until 9:00)
Pro: we are saving money with our windows rolled down in the parking lot.
Con: it is hot as poop
Pro: I am getting much needed rest.
Con: NOT its toooo hot plus all the kids are whispering trying not to wake Mandi up.
Pro: we are at the beach
Con: we still got a lot of time before Mr. Sun comes out and actually let’s us see the beach.
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Ok so it all started at 6:00 this morning. I woke up (How crazy is that?). For real this morning I had forgotten to get Jarrod’s sermon put in Media Shout (the program we use to put the words on the screens at church). So I get to church early and get them all put in. Then Quinton and I decided to change some things. Then being the TRUE Baptist we are me and Jason Alford sit on the back row. The first song plays everything seemed fine. Then as the second song started I noticed the wrong lyrics were going. Somebody (not me) had put in the wrong song list. So Quinton calls me and says get up here. We put it back together and everything seemed to work out. By the way Jarrod was called as pastor today. How cool is that. Its really about time. I have known since day one that he was my pastor. Well Jarrod decided to take the night off from XL to prepare for their staff retreat so Mark Floyd and I gave the message tonight at XL. All I can say is uh. uh I think it went ok. I just want to say that one of the greatest mentors in my life and the reason I am the way I am came tonight. I didn’t know he was even there until I started talking. As soon as I got on stage I made eye contact with him and I lost all concentration. It was definitely a very emotional moment for me. This was the first time I had ever talked and prayed in front of 200+ people. It really meant a lot to me the people that came tonight just to hear the few minutes of talking that I had to do. Yes I was very nervous and my knees were shaking. I think Mark also did a great job and I will say we had about 10 more people step up tonight and say they wanted to join a group. Just to know that something we might have said tonight would make somebody want to make a life change to grow closer to Christ just fires me up beyond comprehension. I appreciate Jarrod putting trust in me in allowing me to speak for a few minutes. Wow what a night. Can’t wait till Wednesday night - first night of Connection Groups.
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I don’t know if anyone really realizes it (just Kidding) but we really do have a great Pastor. I just really wanted to thank him for that. With that being said I want to also thank Tiffany. I am sure it takes a strong person to put up with him. Also No Tiffany I am not mad because MaKenzie wouldn’t come to Wed. night. Thank you guys for everything you do, which is a whole lot. Love you all.
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