Falling!

Today was an awesome day! I woke up to find 2 deer in the front yard. I was able to stand and watch them for quite some time. I love being out in the middle of nowhere and enjoying nature.

We went to Anna Ruby falls today. What a great park.The trail up to the falls was a well mantained paved walkway. It is a 1/2 mile hike but well worth it when you make it to the top. It is simply breathtaking. We saw rainbow trout in the river on the way up. I am pretty sure there are a good number of snakes living in the area. They had several signs along the trail warning you. When we first arrived I found this couple and soon a crowd grew to watch and interrupted them. We saw several species of butterflies that were fairly cooperative and posed for some pictures.

After leaving the park we stopped by Fred's Peanut Stand.It has been there for over 30 years and you can sample a ton of local foods. They have frozen peach cider which hit the spot after the hike.

Tomorrow we plan on tubing down the Chatahoochee River, mining for rubies and riding horses.

Beautiful Day!

We got to our cabin yesterday after we stopped and had lunch with an old friend. We ate at Cracker Barrel so the food was great. It was really nice to catch up with him. He has started a new church in Douglasville.


It was great to hear stories of his church and how they are reaching so many people who have never been to church before. I hope some day to be able to be a part of a church plant and enjoyed hearing all the blessings and struggles first hand.

We got to our cabin and wow. It is amazing. Laura did a great job finding such a great deal. It was much cheaper than a hotel and simply beautiful. Today we are going into town and seeing the penalty for not vacating the premises when our rental agreement is up. We are hoping it takes at least 30 days to evict.(J/K) But it is that nice.




We ate at the Helen House. It is a brand new restaraunt in downtown. The food was better than anything seen on Food Network. The owner came out and apologized because he only had two of the three meats. (It was family style dining so they just bring you out a ton of everything) He said he would give us our meal at half price! SCORE!!! They were out of the yellowtail catfish. Some people eating at another table offered us one of their filets. It was very good. This would never happen back home in Florida. People are so much nicer up here.

We made our way back home with enough time to enjoy a soak in the hot tub before listening to a thunderstoerm as we went to bed!

Ouch!!!!!

Well I haven't been skating for quite some time. I went for the first time in what seems like an eternity on Saturday night. It is sort of like riding a bike. Once you learn you won't forget. The only part is that doesn't guarantee you won't fall. You guessed it. I busted my rear. Actually I was trying to show off. Yes me, show off and do something stupid. I decided to use my body to slow down Mr. I Own My Own Blades and Mr. I Have My Own Personal Locker. I never took into consideration these two over zealous show offs could hurdle a body thrown in front of them that was suppose to act like a human speed bump. I went down and he went over. It was fun at the time but now I have a bruise on my knee and a hole in my ego.





It was a great night. I met some great people. (Anastasia was by far the coolest). I got to know some of the girls better.(Faith & Marae) Watched Corley keep Corinna out of trouble. (not really) The best guys in the world. Joe and Tyler are the fearless duo. They are always there to lend a hand. Jimmy kept me updated on the race (except the last 8 laps). Brian is gonna teach me how to bowl. Mike was out there getting numbers from older guys. Steven rolled around there showing us he could be a good friend. Morgan drug her mom around the rink and always had a smile. Connor made sure someone requested some decent music. Then we had the cheer squad made up of the adults that would rather laugh at everyone falling then fall themselves.

It was a great night and I hope everyone had a blast and I can't wait until we do it again.

What a week!

This week the youth/children's pastor at the church where I am the college and young adult pastor resigned. I have been helping with these two groups since my first day (and was the VBS director) so I volunteered to fill in. Since then I was told I would be more than filling in. I would also now lead these two areas. I am so fortunate.




If you know me at all you know in the last couple years I have really seen the need for serving/loving others. Well I wasted no time. The first thing we did was to wash our churches bus. I know this isn't the same as feeding the starving children of a third world country but it is still service. 14 of the best kids in the world showed up to clean our bus. This is amazing since I never told them what they were doing. I told them to bring a dirty rag and plan on getting wet. Of course, we couldn't just wash the bus. We had a slip-n-slide as well as a messy relay race.



This was a great evening. I look forward to many more outings with these guys. God is going to change the look of our youth group in big ways.

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How a few hours can change your outlook on life. I will just leave it at that. Shortest post ever!

Taking a break!

I was going to try to be on here a little more often, but some situations that I have unfortunately been involved in lately have caused me to not have the desire to blog. I will not use this as my forum to vent so if I have nothing good to say I won't say anything. Everytime I sit down to write I am full of disgust! I do not understand how people can call themselves Christians, but live like the devil himself. We, as Christians, are called to set ourselves apart, but far too many times no one can tell the difference between us and the world. We say we want the world to know about our relationship with our Savior so we put on a front and show them while we are in public, but behind closed doors we live like someone on the highway to hell. We act so surprised that the world sees through this. Then, as Christians, when we see this cycle we don't have the balls to confront the issue. We twist scripture and say it is not our place to judge, even though Matthew tells us to confront the issue and eventually commands us to break fellowship with these people. I am all for restoration of a repenting believer, but without repentance there is no restoration.

How much different and safer would our churches be if we had a few more people with enough balls or who cared enough to stand up for what is right instead of what is easy? They are in our churches, but we have quieted them or paid them no attention.