Weekend

wWell, were back from a little mini vacation we took in Corpus and Port A. My wife and daughter and I had a wonderful time together. We went to the beach, did some body boarding( at least tried) made some sand castles and swam of course. Had lunch next to some skeleton pirates, pretty cool. Did a little shopping and site seeing. Sunday we attended church at Bay Area Fellowship in Corpus and had our socks rocked off! We first attended there student church Element, then afterwards went in there regular services. Man...there all about reaching the lost for Jesus Christ! It's really exciting. After church we had some lunch with John Atkinson and his family. That guys so encouraging to be around, we all talked about things within our church and student ministry. Some really RAD stuff is going down that's for sure! Loved every moment of it. Now it's time to get busy. That's all for now , peace out!

Ready...Ok!

My wife and I have an awesome daughter who's 14. She's full of life and really loves being who God made her to be. It's hard to believe already though, that she's going to be in High School. A FRESHMAN at that!!! Ahhhh....yep it's already here...those High School years! She went through her Junior High years with the Dancing Diamonds Dance Team and now going into High School she's going to be a JV cheerleader. Were really excited for her and we can't wait for the upcoming year. Folk's... I have to admit something, all though others would probably disagree, cheer leading IS... a sport. It's just as competitive as anything thing else out there and requires so many thing's mentally and physically. Our daughter has our full support that's for sure. Oh...and did I mention that she's going to be the one that gets tossed in the air! Not to excited about that one. All I know is that they better catch her or some heads are gonna roll. Just kidding....no I'm not! Nevertheless it's going to be very interesting to say the least. Although... it's been interesting already! Example: Monday there was a cheer camp performance at Strahan Coliseum we attended and man....I told my wife I felt like I was in the "Bring it on" movie. Tip...DO NOT sit close to cheerleaders if your just going as a spectator...THEY WILL SCREAM IN YOUR DANG EARS!!! Totally caught me and my wife off guard, but that's cheerleading folks. Peace out...

Rise Above

The summer is in full swing and that's means Master's Camp in Leaky, Tx!!! This year were expecting anywhere from 18 to 20 students attending. Which, by the way is simply AWESOME! We've got new and old faces going this year so I can't wait to see what God is going to do in every one's lives. You know, I love the memories from the previous years at camp, both the good and bad. Yes, there can be those issues at camp than can be both challenging and encouraging and you just learn from them. The time we spend with student's for a whole week is simply a blessing and I cherish every moment of it. From activities, to eating at the cafeteria, to worship in the tabernacle. Every part of this experience is precious to me and that's the truth! It's June already and next month is camp, it came up so fast it seems, but I guess it always feels that way. My prayers and thoughts go out to every teenager that attends camp this year, that God would break all barriers that can hinder students from experiencing God in a Real and Personal way! It's time to encourage this generation to rise above any issues that press down on them. God is BIGGER than any of those thing's and can work thing's out for good. I love what this Sundays One Prayer message talked about. Pastor Steven Furtick of Elevation Church said in his message..."God takes those thing's out of your life whatever it may be, only to replace it with something even better!" That is so true in our lives. God is not against us, but for us! How sweet is that? There are always better thing's that God wants to give us. Especially when we have those issues in our lives both teenagers or adults that are not for God. We know what they are and God does too. We all have them, yet at the same time we also have the power to rise above those issues that tells us otherwise, but only if we put our trust in the Creator Jesus Christ alone and nothing else. RISE!!! Teenagers need to know this and understand it with clarity and confidence and so do we as adults. Master's Camp...here we come!!!Peace out...

Last Sunday Pastor Randy mentioned some scripture in Mark 11:15-17 that brought up a thought. First check out Mark 11:15-17

15On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple area and began driving out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves, ¹⁶and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts. ¹⁷And as he taught them, he said, "Is it not written: " 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations'? But you have made it 'a den of robbers."

After he read the scripture Sunday this is what I starting thinking about....what about the churches that have bookstores, coffee shops etc? What would Jesus' reaction be to all of it? Now, I don't have anything at all against this, after all I've bought Cd's and other items from churches I've visited before. Frankly I'm cool with it. It's just one of the many crazy thoughts I have from time to time. But do you think He would do the same as in Mark? Personally, I don't think He would, but I guess the purpose of posting this to hear other thoughts and opinions. I'm very curious right now. And on another note...why don't we see many pictures of the events that took place in Mark 11:15-17? Jesus over turning tables and stuff! Peace out folk's....