More Signs

Since travel around the country has been minimal the last few months I found another avenue to have a few laughs. Matt found these signs as he searched for videos for work. Sermonspice has a great video Church Signs Countdown that you may have seen in the past or may be completely new. I do hope that you enjoy them and may they bring you to tears because of laughter or pure pain.

Open

Registration is open for Know Sweat Service Projects. I am excited about our new locations in Dallas, Omaha and Beckley, WV. Omaha will be a transfer of location from Norfolk, NE. Dallas will be great and the city will provide many opportunities to serve people. Beckley will give us another great location in the east. The Know Sweat staff is working hard to put all the elements together so that students will be able to learn about and experience service. As we provide an opportunity for students to serve, we desire to make a difference in the lives of people and honor God. I am praying that our staff will be able to locate the right people at the right time that need assistance. It will be awesome to see transformation take place in 2007.

Outcome

This is an overview of the many things that happened over the Christmas holiday.
1. The CIY staff Christmas Party that included a unique viewing of the Fountain of Angels at Precious Moments in Carthage, MO and Christmas songs with Duke Mason.
2. Family Christmas with Amanda's parents at our house. I received some long awaited Eagle Creek Pack It Cubes from them along with some other great presents. We also had ham, potatoes and green bean casserole for our meal. It was all very good.
3. A bad experience at Johnny Carino's in Joplin, MO. Not becasue of who we were with but because of the server. He was just bad.
4. This Christmas also included a trip to Iowa to visit my family. This involved high school basketball games, Christmas Eve service with most of the family and a ton of holiday goodies. Amanda and I also debated what to watch on TV as I like to watch sports and she leans toward movies and anything but sports and the Weather Channel.
5. Amanda and I shared in a movie on Christmas. We watched the Pursuit of Happyness. A great story about a man's dedication and commitment to making the most out of his life. Although the focus is on financial success the sacrifice made is a great lesson. How much sacrifice will you make for your kids, wife and family?
6. Urbana. More to come later.
7. One of the most incredible college football games I have seen took place just a few days ago. As I prepared to go to bed I debated on going to sleep. I said to Amanda that Oklahoma vs Boise State will probably be one of the best games ever or just ho hum as they played the last quarter and a half. Amazing.

I hope to elaborate a little more as I look back to the many things I was part of this Christmas. This is the outcome of what happened the last few weeks.