sermon series…burn!

this week we start a 4 week series called burn!  we are going to start a fire and keep it burning! i am looking forward to see what God will do in this series! 
 

property appraisers office…

i went to pay my property taxes today…the last day they are due-go figure.  there was a note on the door to go down the hall to the tag office.  i walked in and there is like 100 people crammed into this room waiting for there number to be called and a lady at the front hollering out numbers and orders to people.  i got number 69 and they were on 85.  i waited patiently playing majong on my cel phone listening to people lose there mind over the wait.  when they called 40 i was 29 away the head property appraiser came out and just took anyones payment with a check and there was a mass exodus from the building…it was like a vaccum took place and the air left the building as the people scattered.  from stress to rest in one moment! taxes hate to pay them…hate even more to be put in a hot little room with hundreds of people waiting for a number to be called by the short mean lady…

atlanta braves baseball…

here is a few pics from my trip to turner field…spent my birthday watching my team play!  i even got an autograph from center fielder mark kotsay!  nice..  

overwhelming sunday!

today i went to service and was so excited about just heading to church.  we were going to break ground on our new building and it got me going.  i have been out of town all week and our guys worked so hard to pull all the details together to make this a memorable day!  I was overwhelmed!  from the moment we started each service to the time we spent breaking ground you could not help but feel apart of something so special.  you know God is in the business of doing big things, and what he is doing in the church i grew up in as a teenager is so special. pastor preached on the power of precious seed and i was moved.  he spoke of tommy barnett coming over 9 years ago and pouring seed into his hands and it being the turning point!  the close of each service he and his wife poured seed into the hands of our church family!  it all can be summed up in one quote…mac ballard one of our church leaders said this in a video testimony of his story at calvary “do something so big for God, that only he can get the credit” i wept tears today of joy of where we are headed…what an overwhelming day!  

there will be more days like this…look out calvary the best is yet to come!

take me out to the ballpark

Atlanta braves baseball at turner field. What a way to spend your birthday. This lady 2 rows up is screaming for everything and everybody. The boys are covered in cotton candy and I got my baseball autographed by center fielder mark kotsay. Oh yah 2 middle school kids just walked by no shirt on birdchest painted all up with BRAVES. I love this game.Wifi and an I phone works well at turner field.

road trip…spring break in atlanta-pics

road trip…spring break in atlanta pt 2 – thursday

The westin peachtree was seriously hit by a tornado…windows were blown out and it is under construction everywhere. Now if you listen to the registration desk calling in advance they might tell you its all good. I’m living proof that this place was jacked up! At 8:40 this morning we were awakened by a jackhammer-on the 56th floor. They are trying to put this place back together. So we made like we were in the tornado and left town. Spent the day at stone mountain and we had a blast from the 4d theatre, train ride and the gondola to the top it was an over the top kinda day. We finished off stone mountain with a duck ride- its an amphibious vehicle they drive on land and in the water. Jake and al got to drive the boat-it was tight.

After that we hit the mall of Georgia- huge mall in Buford. I mean huge! Shopped a bit and then went into a theatre to see Horton hears a who! This was probably the funniest movies I have seen in some time, not that the content was funny, but the response of my kids was hysterical. We were in this huge theatre and nobody was there- it was a private showing for the forces. We laughed, carried on and generally just enjoyed ourselves. I would recommend this movie to any family!

Back at the hotel-tomorrow we venture to the Georgia aquarium, coke factory and a braves game. I picked up a t-shirt for al and jake – tom glavine, mark tiexera and I am wearing jeff francouer – the forces are gonna have a time at turner field!

Oh yah the hotel is still jacked up! They gave me the first night free for all the frustration!