Last week was simply amazing. The Lord blessed in many ways. Here are all the ones I can remember at the moment…
1. 5 people connected to our church gave their lives to Christ. That’s why we do what we do.
2. 42 people attended our new Saturday night service, REFUGE.
3. The Easter Egg hunt was amazing. My goal was to give away at least 150 prizes and God blessed us with close to 200! We had over 500 in attendance and God changed the weather forecast from a wintry mix to sunny and warm. At 8:00 Saturday morning, the weather radar showed that we would be getting hit with the storm just before the start of the event. We saw a few flakes(snow flakes not crazy people), but we could not have asked for better weather. The kid that won the Wii ran into the field and started jumping up and down. So many people gave time, money, energy, and cookies to make this event a success. We truly impacted our community for Christ. My biggest worry had been the parking, but God took care of that as well.
4. We got an unexpected refund check from our insurance company which was a few dollars more than an expense we had coming this week! Praise the Lord!
5. My children were on their best behavior even though they got less sleep and spent most of the weekend at church. We got some of the best pics ever yesterday. They’ll be posted tomorrow.
6. I have lost a total of 10 pounds and was not consistent or wise in my eating last week. 25 more to go.
7. We will be in SC in 7 days!
8. I have not written many songs since the release of my first(and only) album,”One for the ROADYS”, in 2003. Last night, I wrote what I feel is my finest song to date so maybe album number two, “Dos y Trece”, will finally become a reality. It’s funny that I don’t even have a copy of my own album, but I know there are a few floating around somewhere.
9. God spoke to me in a familiar way and answered a prayer in a way that only He can. Now, I just have to take action.
10. My wife’s humor continues to amaze and inspire me. Drake “walked across the room” the other night to which Karen responded, “That would make Bill proud” which was a reference to Bill Hybels who wrote the book “Just Walk Across the Room”.
Now, I’ve just got to walk away from this computer.