Ashley and I went to First United Methodist Church of Roswell this morning. We had a great time at the early service. Their praise band rocks! Pastor Mike also gave an inspiring message about getting out into the community. I certainly amen that idea!

Then we spoke at the class led by Rick Mullen. They were very enthusiastic and I pray that they will get involved at some level in the Latino communities around Roswell.

Ashley and I went to the rubber stamp store and learned how to make some thank you cards for our supporters. I like the hand crafted stuff. It looks super cool and I think people really appreciate the effort!

We ate at Taco Prisa and then went to visit the historic district around Roswell. We checked out a number of antique stores (I bought a really cool compass/sextant and some candles), sports stores and art galleries. My wife can’t stand that kind of arty stuff, so I’m glad Ashley likes to go there with me.

We got home around 6 pm and I took Kathy and Jesse out for steaks for her birthday. She really enjoyed it!

I’m looking forward to her putting her mom to bed so we can spend some time together.

Super busy weekend. Looks like next week is jammed too. Pray for me!

April 21, 2007

I spoke at the Multi-housing conference at Central Baptist Church in Douglasville. We had a good time discussing how to get the church engaged into the community—not an easy task!

Then I led the actual field training where we hosted an Outreach Event at Columbia Gardens. We had about 60 people show up, which is great for an initial event! We fed everyone and then I had the chance to share the Gospel. Best part was that five of the kids accepted the Lord! PTL!

After the Outreach Event I shot over to Stone Mountain to watch the finish of the 6^th stage of the Tour de Georgia. I was running late because of the event in Douglasville. I went to the main entrance, waited in line for about 20 minutes before they told us, “This entrance is closed until after the bike race! What!? I sped over to the West Entrance from the Stone Mountain side, parked my car and ran over to the where the police had blocked off the road. “They’ve just gone through!”

“WHAT!?!” I then had a decision to make: run or blow off the race. I decided I could run that two miles in my sleep, so I started down the road. Finally got to the park and the bikers were making the first lap around the mountain. I ran to finish line and then back towards where they were coming from. I got to see the group go by twice! Then I got to watch the presentation of the awards and even met some of the winners!

What a great day!