The Numbers 8,000 Easter Eggs. 4,000+ people. 500+ kids Three church services. 900+ people. 15 Salvations. One Easter Dinner. 3 Ryans rolls/3 honey butters. 4 hands of PIT. 300+ family photos. One amazing weekend! One Amazing Weekend I am always amazed at how busy and how wonderful Easter Weekend can be. In the ministry it’s like superbowl weekend. You are...

Today we went to the grocery store. Our local Kroger has turned into the place to go for groceries. It’s easy to get in and out of, has good prices, and the people are friendly. Joel went with us and we got one of those carts with the little cars on the front for him to ride in as we shopped. We went by and got him a free balloon and he smiled as we went up...

Huge Mistake I have spent the last three weeks trying to fix a huge mistake I made on a website I was building for a ministry based out of Russia. Long story short, I messed up their server and 2 out of 3 websites went down. One of the sites was a personal blog that had year’s worth of pictures and stories of a missionary’s journey in Russia. I was sick....

Cadre 2012 We planned for months and we prayed for months. We bought, printed, ordered, packed, prayed and fasted. We went. God showed up. It is hard to believe something that consumed most of my thinking for most of the past year is over. Here is a recap of some of the most memorable moments: Stayed up until 3AM getting the band loaded in and set up. Everyone got on...

I’m sitting here at my computer and I just finished my 2011 taxes.  As I look at the numbers I am forced to face a hard reality and I feel pretty torn at the moment. It really was a great year. I created a number of websites for some incredible companies and nonprofits. However after taking a good hard look at the numbers I have realized that I am just not the...

So I decided to take a break from Facebook and Twitter. I will admit that I am addicted to social media. Twitter I seriously have over 11,000 tweets. My goodness. What could I have possible said for 11,000 tweets. I will admit I am hooked. I love to tweet. Twitter is usually the first app I open on my phone every single day. I have caught myself refreshing my...