Dream Vacation

You know that saying "You'll never know if you don't ask"? Or how about this one "It never hurts to ask"? So I was thinking about those as I was watching the Bucket List and decided that there are a number of things that I would like to do and one of the things that would take a bit of money would be to tour the coast of Italy and Greece on an Italian motorcycle. That being said I just wanted you to know that I am open to sponsorships for this vacation. If any of you feel like you have a bit to much money please feel free to contact me so that I can take this completly self centered motorcycle trip.

I would love to hear about your dream vacations as well so feel free to drop me a few lines and let me know what yours is.

Here We Go Again!!!

Well here we go again!!! In the morning I'll be meeting Pastor Mike at Simpson University so that we can start demolition on the third Yaks. We will be going from one Yaks to three Yaks in just a matter of months. I feel so deeply honored to be a part of this process. I feel so blessed to be a part of this community and this life with our Father. He is moving mightily amongst us here at Yaks and we all hope that He will move mightily through us into our community and into the young hearts at Simpson.

I ask you to pray for us. Pray the we sharpen each other as we work shoulder to shoulder with each other. Pray that even before we open we will be reaching out into the lives of all of those around us. Pray that we are safe in our daily work. Most of all pray for our relationships with God. I can't imagine life without Him and so often I forget to praise and thank Him for my blessed life so pray for me. Thank you for your support.

Father I thank you for giving me this blessed life and this amazing community of yours to be a part of. Father thank you for giving me the chance to rub shoulders with Jim, Natalie and PM again as we build yet another shop to reach out into your kingdom with. Father I pray that we grow mightily in You and You're desires for us. I pray that our relationships grow even more and that we get the chance to bring in even more brothers and sisters to rub shoulders with on this project. Thank you so very much Father. AMEN!!!!

Metamorphose though Him

Oh what a blessed day. This morning I got to change out a water pump on my truck!!! It's OK to be a bit jealous. I then went wake boarding with my secular friends Steve, Martin and Martins friend Anna who is a dancer at a local club and an actress. Martin is a weight trainer ( a good one at that) and a man who prides himself on his time with the ladies. It was a great chance to really talk with both of them in one on one conversation and see the depth that they really try to hide. The wake boarding was fantastic but I got my bell rung pretty well.

After wake boarding I went out to another part of the lake and met up with Kimmy and a group called Sonshine that does week long houseboat trips for youth groups from all over the place on lake Shasta. Friday night I went to Bethels worship and met up with Travis and Andy from Sonshine and they invited me to come out to the house boats for worship tonight so I accepted (obviously). Before they started worship I got to spend time meeting some great people that just love Jesus. What a blessing it was! So then we met up on the roof of one of the house boats and just worshipped God. I didn't know many of the songs but I was so at peace and felt so loved by God as we sat up there just worshipping Him.

As I was there listening to the music and watching the stars come out I reflected on the last year. I realized that a year ago I would have thought that this was lame and that they were all a bunch of weenies. Now there was no other place that I would have rather been at. I loved being there with all of these brothers and sisters worshipping God. What an amazing transformation, change, growth, metamorphose that has happened in my life. So I just wanted to take a couple of moments to tell you about this and openly thank our Father for giving us life like we could have never imagined. We really are blessed beyond our greatest understanding. Thank you Sonshine folks for being so great and inviting us to be with you tonight.

Father thank you for loving me. Thank you sacrificing your Son for me. Thank you for this day and every day to come. Thank you for this amazing community that I get to be a part of. Thank you for your grace Father. Thank you for your faith in me when I never deserved it. Thank you Father, AMEN.