Saturday, November 14, 2009

MISSOURI in November...

I think the ONE THING I miss the most about the Midwest is the SEASONAL CHANGES! In Arizona - where you can GOLF EVERYDAY (which ROCKS) - you must sacrifice what most of America is allowed to experience... SEASONS! I mean... take for example - DECEMBER (Christmas) - outside of about a 40-50 degree temperature difference (which is GREAT mind you) - NOTHING LOOKS DIFFERENT OUTSIDE - it's still the DESERT!?

We touched down in Missouri this past Thursday Night and TREES where present - missing their wardrobe (leaves) of course - since it's FALL here! Another thing... GRASS is present (in AZ - about the ONLY place you'll find Grass is on a Golf Course)! It's nice to come back time to time - but I must say to my FRIENDS & FAMILY in AZ - I'M STOKED TO BE WITH YOU ALL - YOU ROCK!! (And the GOLF ROCKS too!)

Anyways... WE (Ging/Charis/Myself) are in MO to MARRY a couple of our College Students who were in our Ministry @ HSBC! Brandon (Ivy) & Rachel (Konnerup)... actually the ceremony was last night - and everything went well! What a COOL EXPERIENCE and AWESOME PRIVILEGE to officiate the Wedding and share in their lives! We are proud of them both - and are excited to see what God's gonna do with them as they continue to prepare for MISSIONARY work!

Of course... the other TWO (Barrett) Kiddos stayed back in the 'Copa with Nana & Papa! Isaac SOOOOOOOOO wanted to come to see his cousins (Colton & Gibson) - but AIRPLANE RIDES just aren't for FREE!? Caleb doesn't so much as mind though - at least what we can tell?! He's pretty preoccupied with other things - such as... PULLING FIRE ALARMS AT SCHOOL!?!??!? YEP... that's what he did last week! YEP... that's what he'll do if you lose track of him for 5 seconds!! It's AMAZING that boy has all of his body parts still in tact!!

SUNDAY SNAPSHOT...
FIRST IMPRESSIONS...
(Wk2) The Demon-Possessed Man (Mark 5:1-20)

Our GO Pastor (Mat Balgaard) is 'BRINGIN' THE HEAT' this weekend in my absence - and I'm gonna miss what's gonna ROCK - I'm sure!

My only hope is that his "VISUAL" (Prop) is not what he was hinting it might be - PREACHING NAKED with nothing but CHAINS!? Of ALL my staff - he's the one that just MIGHT DO IT!? (lol)

All kidding aside...
YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT A LIFE BEING CHANGED from PRE-Jesus to POST-Jesus?!?!?!

DON'T MISS IT TOMORROW!

I wonder what the Demon-Possessed Man's FIRST IMPRESSION of Jesus was?

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