It’s The 80’s Baby!

Last night we had a Volunteer Appreciation Party at our church and the theme was the 80’s. All I have to say is that it was AWESOME and people were dressed really cool. Of course I got my 80’s outfit, as you can see in the picture, the other picture is of all the staff at church. Our worship pastor Jeff wrote this awesome song and they made the music video for it, you can see it here. We love our church, not many churches out there grasp the concept that God is fun like our church does. We had an awesome time.

If you are unable to see video because you don’t have Quicktime Player you can either download it for free or see the video at our church website here

Not even in Minnesota!

In my last post I mentioned that I wasn’t going to have too much stuff to blog about unless interesting things started to happen. Well, I think I jinxed myself. Most likely you saw it in the news, yesterday the weather was crazy here. Just look at the picture. We got snow, probably like three inches where we were but there were some areas that got like twenty two inches. The wind was a killer, gusty winds over 50 mph, there were some damages and of course schools were closed and so were roads. It was just insane, it was one of those days when I wish I were in Minnesota weather, it was just crazy. Today is much nicer, 45 degrees and calm and peeks of sun.

I remember mentioning in a previous post that people talk about the weather when they have nothing to talk about, but I think this is a very unique situation. Let’s see what other interesting things occur.

Colorado Springs

I’m in Colorado Springs for the week doing some training for my work. Beautiful place, no doubt, the view from my hotel room is Pikes Peak. The weather is not the best but coming from Minnesota anything is good. Colorado Springs is kinda’ like a big town, there is really not much to do, most of its tourist attraction is all the outdoors opportunities. I don’t have a problem with that, but I spend the whole day on class and then by the time I get out at 5pm what can you do? It’s also hard when you are by yourself and you don’t know anybody around. But overall it has been a good trip so far. I can’t wait to get back to my wife though and hey! I can always take free a trip to anywhere. On the other hand it kinda’ affects my blog-productivity, so that will explain my lack of posts for this week; unless interesting things start happening, you never know. Hopefully I’ll make it to the Garden of the Gods, which I hear is a really cool place to check out and maybe the Air Force Academy, which is famous for its Cadet Chapel, one of the most beautiful chapels in the country.

Texan Pride

A little Texan joke doesn’t hurt from time to time….

Long-Distance Calls
A man in Topeka, Kansas decided to write a book about churches around the country. He started by flying to San Francisco and worked east from there. Going to a very large church, he began taking photographs and notes. He spotted a golden telephone on the vestibule wall and was intrigued by a sign which read: “$10,000 a minute.” Seeking out the Pastor he asked about the phone and the sign. The Pastor explained that the golden phone was, in fact, a direct line to Heaven and if he paid the price he could talk directly to God. The man thanked the Pastor and continued on his way.As he continued to visit churches in Seattle, San Diego, Chicago, Greensboro, Tampa and all around the United States, he found more phones with the same sign and got the same answer from each Pastor.Finally, he arrived in Texas. Upon entering a church in Dallas, behold, he saw the usual golden telephone. But THIS time, the sign read: “Calls: 35 cents.” Fascinated, he asked to talk to the Pastor. “Reverend, I have been in cities all across the country and in each church I have found this golden telephone. I have been told it is a direct line to Heaven and that I could talk to God, but, in the other churches the cost was $10,000 a minute. Your sign reads 35 cents. Why?” The Pastor, smiling benignly, replied, “Son, you’re in Texas now… It’s a local call.”

Don’t Try This At Home.

I found this video on this blog (if you don’t understand spanish don’t visit the link), I thought it was cool so I decided to post it in my blog. You know, us guys like to wreck things.
Basically some crazy people wanted to know what would happen if they crank the jet engines on a Boeing 747 to the max and drive a car behind the the aircraft. I’m not going to spoil the fun for you, you’ll have to see it for yourself but I think it was pretty amazing. Enjoy!

Shoes for South Africa

Carolyn belongs to a Small Group called the Giving Club. They meet every other week and they come up with ideas to bless others through giving. They have come up with some pretty cool ideas so far. Their latest project is a shoe drive for South Africa, they were able to get more than 80 pairs of shoes, which I think was awesome. She is now ready to send the box to our friends in YWAM Bethlehem, South Africa. When we were in South Africa we (the ywam base) used to get a lot of shoes donated to the base and then we would give the shoes to the people in the townships, it was amazing to bless others in such way. It’s cool to think Carolyn’s group will do just that through this project but this time from the other side of the world.

I think missions requires willingness and determination. Doesn’t matter where you are or who you are, you can always impact somebody’s life if you really want to.

Nerd Wannabe??

So I took the Nerd Test and my score was, as you can see, 35. That’s not bad, I wouldn’t want it to be any lower or higher. So, basically I’m one third nerd. How nerd are you?