That's the theme for D-Now this year. What if... I and probably close to 700 other people are going to hear those words a lot over the weekend. If they make a difference in the life of just one of these kids, it'll be worth it.
We're in for a crazy weekend. Last night's kick-off rally was awesome but it alone was pretty exhausting. I can only imagine how tired we're going to be after going all weekend. It's going to be great though. Tonight we're going to be prayer-walking the church that the corporate worships are going to be held at and after that we'll be buying some supplies for the weekend. Then everything kicks off Friday night and goes until the end of church Sunday morning.
I just feel kind of bad for our animals. They're not going to be seeing much of us this weekend. Emma's probably going to be a little distraught.
I'm sure I'll have some stories to tell on Tuesday. Until then, pray for us and pray for these students that this will be a weekend that changes lives.
--Paul
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
One Crazy Week
This is going to be one of those weeks where you wonder how you're going to do it all but hopefully it's all worth it in the end.
I guess it really started on Saturday though. Garrett, Bryan and I spent the morning running network cable in the sanctuary. The projectors we use have a web interface you can get information off of if they're networked. We're also working towards getting an internet connection to the computer so that we can download songs from Lifeway and get new backgrounds and things like that easier. So we got that done and then Saturday night was the Valentine's Banquet.
DeAnne was off from work yesterday so I took off with her and we took the Rogue over to Enterprise to let them detail it and tint the front side windows. They gave us a loaner car so we headed on over to Dothan to do some registering for baby stuff. We also looked at baby furniture. We're waiting to find out what we're having to pull the trigger, but we were able to get a plan together on what we want. We also found a great deal on a pack and play in Burlington Coat Factory and went ahead and got that.
As for the rest of the week, it's all going to be about D-Now, the annual county-wide youth weekend. The kick-off rally is Wednesday night, we'll be prayer walking the venue on Thursday and the Friday the rally starts and goes through Sunday. It's going to be a long, tiring weekend, but we're praying that it's all worth it. We've got a revival scheduled for March but I'm praying that it starts this weekend with our youth group.
So that's the build up for the week. Maybe by next Tuesday I'll have recovered enough to let you know how it went. See you Thursday.
--Paul
I guess it really started on Saturday though. Garrett, Bryan and I spent the morning running network cable in the sanctuary. The projectors we use have a web interface you can get information off of if they're networked. We're also working towards getting an internet connection to the computer so that we can download songs from Lifeway and get new backgrounds and things like that easier. So we got that done and then Saturday night was the Valentine's Banquet.
DeAnne was off from work yesterday so I took off with her and we took the Rogue over to Enterprise to let them detail it and tint the front side windows. They gave us a loaner car so we headed on over to Dothan to do some registering for baby stuff. We also looked at baby furniture. We're waiting to find out what we're having to pull the trigger, but we were able to get a plan together on what we want. We also found a great deal on a pack and play in Burlington Coat Factory and went ahead and got that.
As for the rest of the week, it's all going to be about D-Now, the annual county-wide youth weekend. The kick-off rally is Wednesday night, we'll be prayer walking the venue on Thursday and the Friday the rally starts and goes through Sunday. It's going to be a long, tiring weekend, but we're praying that it's all worth it. We've got a revival scheduled for March but I'm praying that it starts this weekend with our youth group.
So that's the build up for the week. Maybe by next Tuesday I'll have recovered enough to let you know how it went. See you Thursday.
--Paul
Thursday, February 10, 2011
In Flux
I know that I usually talk about weekend plans, but at the moment everything is kind of in flux. All I really know at this point is that I'm going to be in town this weekend. DeAnne, that's the up in the air part.
I do know that I'll be running network cable at the church on Saturday morning. I've got a plan to extend our internet connection to the sanctuary so that we can download new backgrounds, move files around and just in general make life easier for us in the back but it requires running cable through the attic. Garrett and I took an initial shot at it a couple of weeks ago and didn't accomplish much. I think we're better prepared this time though. For one, we know what we're getting in to this time. The last time around we spent a good bit of time just figuring out how to get around in the attic. Now we know where we're going and how to get there. We're also going to have more help. Bryan's going to give us a hand and we may even have one or two more helping out. Should be fun times.
Other than that, we're waiting to hear funeral arrangements for one of Courtney's uncles. She sent us a message yesterday saying that he had passed away. He was incredibly young and it's incredibly sad. He was always smiling and always kind. It's a real shock for him to be gone. If you will, join us in praying for Courtney's family today.
Have a good weekend.
--Paul
I do know that I'll be running network cable at the church on Saturday morning. I've got a plan to extend our internet connection to the sanctuary so that we can download new backgrounds, move files around and just in general make life easier for us in the back but it requires running cable through the attic. Garrett and I took an initial shot at it a couple of weeks ago and didn't accomplish much. I think we're better prepared this time though. For one, we know what we're getting in to this time. The last time around we spent a good bit of time just figuring out how to get around in the attic. Now we know where we're going and how to get there. We're also going to have more help. Bryan's going to give us a hand and we may even have one or two more helping out. Should be fun times.
Other than that, we're waiting to hear funeral arrangements for one of Courtney's uncles. She sent us a message yesterday saying that he had passed away. He was incredibly young and it's incredibly sad. He was always smiling and always kind. It's a real shock for him to be gone. If you will, join us in praying for Courtney's family today.
Have a good weekend.
--Paul
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