May 2 2012

FCA Leadership Camp fundraising update….

We are still working on reaching our goal of raising enough money to take all 6 of our FCA students to Leadership camp at the end of June.  Currently we still hope to raise about $1,300 total, but have to have $600 raised by the 14th of June when I send in our registration forms.

On May 13th during the evening service our students and I will be presenting at Bear Track Bible church at 7pm.  The very next weekend on the 20th at 7 pm we will be presenting at Idamay Bible Church.  If you aren’t sure about what all the students will be doing and getting from attending this Fellowship of Christian Athletes Leadership camp, please try to come to one of these services and here straight from our students about what camp means to them.

I know we have a great God who can help this needed funding come in!  So pray that it would come, and come soon, and what your part in this might be!!!

May 1 2012

cradle cap…

For the past week or so, Erin and I have noticed that Judah has had some dry skin/rash type stuff on his forehead.  Then in the past weekend it spread into his eyebrows, cheeks, and even a little around his ears.  So today Erin took him to the doctor to make sure he didn’t have any major skin issue.  The good news it the doctor said that it is just cradle cap and that he should be fine with some basic treatments.   The even better news is that cradle cap doesn’t really last past the first four months of life, so this will not be a life long battle for Judah.   Even though this is just a little something it was awesome to see how God has answered prayer and protected our baby boy when we were worried.   I am thankful for my Judah, and so very thankful for my powerful God!

Apr 27 2012

what study Bible do you use???

My wife has said that I have become a collector of Bibles.  I have several different versions that I enjoy reading from and studying.   But when it comes to which one I take with me to church and use for group studies, I really haven’t been able to make up my mind which I prefer.   I do prefer in all of my studies to us the ESV translation as I really appreciate both it’s accuracy and readability.  It’s the study Bible portion that really confuses me as to which I like.

I originally had an ESV study Bible that Erin got me a couple of years ago that I loved.  The problem with it was that it was like lugging a huge piece of luggage around with you.  Great for home study, but not so much for travel to church.  Recently they have came out with a personal sized ESV study Bible and I have been using it for the past few weeks and really like it, but sometimes it’s almost too small of a Bible for taking notes.   I also have enjoyed using the Ryrie ESV study Bible.   While I agree with most of the notes and theology that Ryrie holds to, I often find it frustrating that he doesn’t go into more depth on some challenging scriptures the way other study Bibles do.  I always find myself wanting more from Ryrie’s notes  I do really like the size and ease of carry of the ESV Ryrie study Bible.   The last study Bible I use regularly is my ESV MacArthur study Bible.  MacArthur does a great job of giving me detail

I guess that for the time being I am going to stick with my person ESV study Bible and see if I can get past the lack of note space.   But, what about you?  What study Bible has made the greatest impact on your personal and corporate Bible study?   I’d love to hear your thoughts….s in his notes and also the size of the Bible is not overwhelming to carry.  This may sound crazy, but the thing I don’t like about using my my MacArthur study Bible at church or in other Bible studies is the fact that so many people have them, that when you try to have a discussion, everyone has the same notes they quote.   I like to be able to get a different perspective than the rest of the group had to foster deeper conversation rather than immediate agreement with out discussion.

Apr 26 2012

pizzas, history lessons, and a frie eating fussy girl…

We often have totally random days here in  our ministry in Kentucky, and today was one of those fast paced days where it seemed like every five minutes something new was going on.  When I got to the Rec Center this morning we had a couple of work crews going working on our bathroom addition.  A group of local contractors were finishing up the plumbing rough in and then some volunteers from one of our supporting churches in West Virginia were busy insulating and starting to hang dry wall.  It has been a huge encouragement to see life in the bathroom addition this week and to know that we are moving closer to the completion of this much needed addition.

Shortly after opening up, we had a special olympics bowling group from Breathitt County come in to bowl and eat pizzas.  It’s always fun to see these “kids” enjoy themselves and have a blast bowling.   While I was busy making the pizzas for special olympic kids, several more orders came in and things really got hopping. Normally, Wednesdays are a bit slower, but this morning was hopping which was a good thing for the Rec Center finances.

In the afternoon, I worked with my homeschool student on trying to finish up some of his classes.   Lee County schools get out on May 4th and so we are working hard to get our student done at the same time.   We have a lot more to do in the next week and a half to get done, so pray for us not only to finish, but to finish well.  We want him to learn and really take in information and be able to apply it to his life in the future.  Mainly, we want the Bible portion of the studies to make a difference and impact him for Christ.  Please pray!

Tonight we went to church and both Maeven and Judah had a great time in the nursery.  Maeven of course loves playing with the other kids and saying her new favorite word, “hello”, to everyone.  By the end of church though it was a little too close to her normal bed time and she started getting a little fussy.   When we didn’t let her stay and play ball like she wanted after service we had to carry a crying little girl.  On the way home I got a sweet tea and fries and Maeven had to have some.  However, she can’t ask yet, so every time she finished one of my fries I would hear a cry from behind me until she got another one.

Judah has had a good night sleeping all the way home from church until about 10 pm tonight.  I can’t believe he is already five weeks old and is getting so big.

Even when days are hectic and as fast paced like today, I am so glad for the family that God has given me.  And I am glad that I get to spend time with them whether they are happy, fussy wanting my fries, or sleeping all sweet and cute.   I am truly blessed!