Day 5......through 9?

Jeeeeeeeeeez! It's STILL only just the beginning...STILL have a long way to go. But it is moving right along, and like the man himself (Jesus) says in Matthew, we need to focus on today and let tomorrow worry about its self, take one day at a time. At the same time, the desire is still around. It's going away slowly, but still there. Everywhere i go, everywhere i look....It's there. The book is coming along and so is personal time. I got a little bit behind...but I took some time tonight and got caught up. So I'm going to continue to work at being discipline at doing this daily and helping it to become a habit. I'm doing this, It's happening!


Man, when you get behind it's so hard to get caught up. Not only that but there's so much that goes on. So...I'm going to use this blog to, as short as possible, just give a very brief update of the last 4 days, and then today in full.

Day 5 (April 16)

I got to sleep in a little. Went and hung out with Kristi at the day care like normal. Went to Kara's game vs. Southside (they got smoked). Went and spent the night in Camden.

Day 6 (April 17)

We were able to wake up in time to get Bellcross breakfast sandwiches (Mmmmmm). Went Spencer and Ali's wedding. Congrats to them. Went to Greenville to hang out. While we were there we played a round of disc golf (i went 6 over). Me, Kristi, Kara, Paul, Lisa, Aaron and Beth went to Outback to have my birthday dinner, lots of laughs.

Day 7 (April 18)

Church (It was great. Aaron and Will did a great job leading, Tim did a great job and it was great that the whole family could be there.) Disc Golf after church with the Pipkins and the Woolards (i went 1 UNDER that game). Coldstone! Pipkins stuck around for most of six78. We had six78 and it was awesome. We had our record attendance. Then on to Williamston.

Day 8 (April 19)

Me and Chris worked on stuff for his week of camp all morning. Went and had lunch with our boy Sam. I took a nap before small group. Went to small group. That was great as normal. Then me, Cameron and Aaron went and played some more disc golf (lots of searching and wounds). Then...the greatest part of the week so far, the three of us plus Brenden went to East Coast wings and Aaron did the East Coast Challenge and eat an Insanity wing. It was amazing. I will have video later. Aaron was hurting. While all this was going on i was able to watch the Cavs win game 2 against the Bulls. Man i love the Cavs!

Day 9 (April 20)

Whew, now that I'm caught up i can share today and work hard at staying caught up. Today is Tuesday and that is staff meeting day. We had a great, very productive staff meeting today. We got a lot done. After that me and Chris did our lunch thing at his house. When we got back to the church we did what we always do on Tuesdays and finished getting ready for theWIRE. Before theWIRE, Brenden came out with us and we hung out for a little while. We actually played more disc golf. I think i now have a record for consecutive days playing disc golf at 4 and i will probably play tomorrow. haha. Then of course we had theWIRE. It was a great night with amazing worship, and a great video message brought by Craig Groeschel. But we were back to about 9 students. Of course numbers aren't the most important thing. There still important because with numbers comes good atmosphere and more teens to help guide their relationship with Christ. But probably the greatest part of the night was the prayer time afterward. We took some time to tell God (after hearing a message about worrying and trusting in God) that we will turn over the "numbers" situation to him and we will do our part, which is to PRAY! We realized that that is really all that we can do after a while. So we prayed for about 14 different people between about 11 of us. It was exactly what we needed to close of the night. God is good and he will do what he thinks is best and we must trust IN HIM.

After a long day i went out to play in the Christ's Church A softball team for the first preseason tournament. We lost, bad, but it was a blast. I always love getting out there and hustling my tale off and doing the best i can.

But, it is now 2:30 in the A.M. and i must go to bed because i have to be up at 8...but i am all caught up and back on schedule. It was worth staying up. As i have been thinking about getting caught up i have always reminded myself to remember why i am doing what I'm doing, and it's not just doing it as a routine (so when i get behind i just need to work on getting caught up), instead i am doing this to grow in my knowledge and relationship with God and to bring glory and honor to God. I have to make sure that if i am "catching" up, i am still focusing on what's most important instead of just "catching" up.

Night!


I can't loose focus. I have to be strong. This isn't for me! Faith and Sacrifice!


"Solitude without purpose breeds inconsistency and apathy. But solitude with purpose breeds discipline and intimacy." -Andy Stanley