Mission Minded

Well, I didn’t make it the whole four days, but I did more like 2 days.  Half a day was spent just getting there and back.  4 papers, 2 Book Reports, and a Sunday message later, I’m back with the family!  I only have one paper left, but my brain was shot by the time I woke up this morning.  One book report was 11 pages typed!  Most of the other papers were about 7-9 pages.  I’m glad to have the bulk behind me and I am excited about the message for Sunday.

I have a full grown Grizzly Adams man cave beard out of the deal.  My clothes are wrinkled, no product in the hair, flip flops, and my wife says I smell like I’ve “been away from people for awhile.”  Don’t worry I will clean up before Sunday morning.

Being in that house with no access to TV, radio, or the internet was a unique experience.  It’s amazing how much I wanted the noise at first, but then I got used to it.  The silence really helped me to concentrate and get things done.  Yesterday I literally sat down after breakfast and barely got up from the table until 11 at night.  I think I pulled a muscle in my back from typing!

This morning I woke up with a splitting headache.  I was done.  My limit had been reached.  I will just have to take on that last paper next week.  The cave was good, but it’s good to be back.

We just made it in from a long week of visiting and traveling family.  I am heading off to a friend’s farm house in order to hopefully knock out my 6 college papers and get ready for preaching this Sunday at Freedom House.  I have thoughts of coming out of that place like Matt Foley, motivational speaker…all hopped up on coffee and raring to go.  LOL!  (Some of you will get that, others can just move along ;-)).

I tend to get alot done when I am in hyper focused mode, so I’m hoping that four full days in a rural place with no TV or internet will give me the momentum I need to finish my school work before the blitz that’s coming in the fall.  I’m looking forward to this time, getting a chance to hang out and listen too.

What about you?  Do you ever feel like you need to go away and get alone sometimes?  Do you get more done this way?

Ran across a blog today that had a cool story about how the song “God of this City” was composed.  This is an awesome song that has been made well known by Chris Tomlin at Passion, but it was so cool to hear the story of how it originated.  All of the best songs are originated this way.  Read the rest of this entry »

Just to update everyone out there on what’s going on with us:  We have sold most of our stuff with the exceptions of a few of the big things like the living room and bedroom furniture.  If you are interested click here and here to see what I have left. Spread the word if you know anyone looking for this type of stuff. Update: We SOLD IT ALL! PTL!

This past week we volunteered each night at Freedom House Church’s Kidz Kamp where we had over 500 kids come through over 5 days.  I was a Crew Leader over about 8-10 kids and Jacqueline helped me truck in about that many kids from our neighborhood each night.  We’ve had four families from our street come to church since then!  The kids loved it and most of them do not go to a church at all.  We are hoping that this will be the beginning of a new thing in their lives!  Read the rest of this entry »

I was at the first Call DC many years ago and most recently at the Call Nashville, so I know that God is going to do something mighty through this new CALL DC.  It’s going to be awesome and I am so excited for the students from FHC that will experience it for the first time.  I will be staying back to preach at FHC, but my heart will be with them.  We will start our own fire here in North Carolina!  Here is a recent video from CALL founder Lou Engle that will get you up to speed on the CALL DC.