Family Time Rocks

So, my family came out last week.  We had such a good time.  My mom and sister flew out on a Tuesday and we grabbed lunch at a place called Cheddar's as soon as we picked them up.  We HAD to go there because Cheddar's is amazing.  All of you back in Cali should be jealous you don't have them out there.  After that, we gave them a tour of Muskogee.

The next day we went to the water park here in Muskogee.  Yes, we have one, but don't get too excited... it's quite small.  That was a blast.  It was nice to just take a day and relax.

Friday rolled around and we headed back to Tulsa to get my dad.  It was great seeing him again too because it had been a few months since we had all seen each other.  Early Saturday my dad and I woke up and went to our elder's property where he has like 4 ponds.  We fished for a good four hours.  I had been looking forward to that father/son time for a while.  I'll remember it for a long time because we both kept commenting on how cool it was to be there at that moment.

Sunday rolled around and I got an opportunity to speak for our main service.  Oddly enough it was Father's Day, my dad was there, and I was talking about how to be a better father.  Service went great!  We all grabbed lunch and after that my wife wanted to go fishing again with my dad.  Here are a few pictures of our little excursion.  Anyways, again we had a blast.  We caught a fish every time the bait hit the water.


Monday rolled around and we had to take them back to the airport.  It was a total bummer.  Hanging out with my family was much needed at this time in mine and Mel's life.  We were really sad to have them go.

My family means everything to me.  I loved that they were able to come out.  I hope we can make it a point to hang out more.  We love it out here, don't get me wrong.  Having family close helps a lot, and we are still adjusting to the fact that they are far away, but God's big and God's good!

Camp!!

Ok, so we are at camp and are in the middle of our third day. God has been doing some cool things out here. Not only has this been a sweet experience for a lot of our students, but God is totally speaking to a decent handful of them. One of our students accepted Christ last night as I was praying they would and at one point of the night I was able to share my testimony in detail with our students and they totally responded to it. So cool.



There was a point during the youth minister meeting where we all gave our prayer requests for our groups. We all went around in a circle giving ours. No joke I was the only one with a "praise prayer request". Everyone else seemed like they had been dreading camp because of their student situations. It made me pretty proud. I'm so proud of our students. I'm so proud of our leaders. And I'm so proud to be able to be a part of New Community Church. God is good!



We come back Friday, and I pray that our students remember this week, and that this doesn't become a trip where they get on a "camp high" and have what God has done fade. Pray for that :) I miss my wife a lot too... I surely cannot wait to see her beautiful self. Love you babe!