I know I am a horrible blogger....please forgive me...and know that I still love you...(insert sad face here)

Sorry for the long time since a post...but let me share a little of what has been going on since I last posted.... Here is Halo's favorite way to sit in the front chair....heh.....

The 4th of July was great! We had the 1st OG over for food and to set off a few fire works....here are the pyros that night...and I will try to post another post telling you of my illegal purchase!!! (insert dramatic music here).....

Here is the first car that Tiffany and I bought after we were married loaded up on a truck and being forever hauled away....we will miss it!......

Our good friends Philip and Holly (and their little one) visited us on the way back from a wedding! Tiffany was very happy and even though they did not get to stay as long as we would have liked...it was wonderful to get to see them!......

And of course my parents are here and every time they come over to the house they usually bring their dogs...and Teddy (the one in this picture with Halo) LOVES to play with Halo...I took this picture and man Halo looks CRAZY! heh....but in reality he is very sweet to Teddy......anyway.... I is well, and We got our used (new to us) car....and I will be having them install a CD player in it this Wednesday! I also got an iPod yesterday..and I am playing around with that too....So....please pay that I start to work our regularly...because I need to loose weight..and the Dr. thinks so too...heh heh... (hence the purchase of the iPod to work out with...since my previous workout partner got a job that will not allow him to workout in the mornings...anyway....yall have a wonderful week take care and God bless you!

I pooted....some needed prayer, and my 1st sermon remembered....

Yep these are the words I read while driving to the Friday night OG! Here is a picture of it:



Yeah...Tiffany and I read it...and of course she was with me...so we laughed at it...and laughed hard...and of course I Googled it and read that it is a new show that will be on the Cartoon Network...not sure what it is about...but man I love the advertising campaign!

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Well, they have officially called my car totaled....and I have been waiting for the check to come in and searching for the best cars I can find for a price that Tiffany and I can afford. It is killing me, because I feel like anytime I am out there looking for cars that everyone is out to rip me off. But alas...I still love them, and so I use my brian and deal with them...And hope that in some small way I can be Jesus like in their lives...even when I am buying a car. So we have narrowed it down to three cars, the Honda CR-V (the one I used to have...this one will be hard to find in our price range, because they hold their value so well.) The Ford Escape (the gas mileage is better than most SUVs and as long as I don't take turns too fast then it should keep all its wheels on the ground), and lastly the Nissan Xterra (by far the coolest looking of all three, but also the worst gas mileage of the rest as well.)...... so needless to say.... PLEASE pray for us and the sales guys we will be working for...If I can make a sale and start a friendship...then the whole process will be worth it...who knows...maybe there is a sales person who needs authentic community and there is an OG just waiting for them! Thanks for yall's prayers!

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Well, I have been trying to be better about my quiet time with God...and it just seems like I have been doing what I normally do..and that is have an on going convo with Him through out the day! This is great and the way I have done it most of my life...but lately I have been wanting to spend really good (cell turned off, and sitting in a garden) quite time with him... Hopefully my friend Bryan and I can find a day around here somewhere that we can just spend then entire day in prayer and worship...can't wait...

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I am also preaching twice (2 weeks in a row) in August. I am excited about it...but need to start the process of thinking about them. I have to tell yall...when I spoke to the youth one Way camp 2 weeks ago....I was freaked out. When I preached there...it was like I was playing football again. I never preach like that...and it kind of scared me... the last talk I was jumping up and down (what that heaven is that?!) and then I noticed that the adults were freaking out about the storm that was about to hit that night...and so instead of doing an alter call...I just walked off the stage! I went outside where the wind was acting like it was experiencing a roller coaster for the first time...and I just prayed.... It was weird! I remember the first time that I really preached. It was @ a Chrysalis and afterwards I fell to my knees and cried....it was almost as if God borrowed my life for a second and filled me up...and then let me come back! I will never forget that day, and I must say this is almost like a second major event in my life. I have been thinking about it ever since...and it is just so different than me that it is really causing me to think hard. There is a part of me that I did not realize was in there...at least during worship, heh... so please be in prayer for me to discern what God is telling me! Thanks!

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Yall have a wonderful day! God bless and take care!