My Turn 15 Random Things About Me

Well my wife posted fifteen random things about her for our new friends to learn a little more about her so here is my shot at it!


1. For about ten years I turned my back on God and it took me almost dying for me to turn my eyes back to Him, but believe me when I say He has my attention now and I know He is real because He showed me on that mountain side!

2. My mom is one-legged lol. Sorry something silly to put here, she lost her right leg in a corn picker accident 56 years ago! Wow but she can still kick it OLD SCHOOL!

3. I actually have 3 sons and 1 daughter but due to some regretful decisions when I was not walking in Christ I only have Austin and Julie in my life now! Jarrod and Jacob are my other two angels!

4. My father died when I was 17 and in the middle of my Senior year of High School (1992) Yikes that was awhile ago, I took it really bad and blamed God ....see no. 1

5. I currently work for a trucking company, but my real love is Sales. I used to work for an Insurance company and I loved it. Wish I could do something similar with a salary!

6. I am a huge Star Wars freak...ok I don't get crazy enough to get all dressed up like a wookie (although having the hair would be nice, you know a little nookie with a wookie!) but I still love Star Wars.

7. My absolute favorite thing to do with my kids is to go swimming.

8. I am a huge BUCKNUT! I love the Buckeyes almost as much as God....ALMOST!! I can't get mad at Him because He wouldn't lose to the stupid SEC! Oh yea I almost forgot to include the wife in this equation too!

9. My biggest secret is that I desire to do somthing like "Dancing With The Stars" Well I want to learn how to dance like that anyways! Shhhh Big secret!

10. I kissed my first girl when I was the ripe ole age of 5. LOL. She and I are still friends and I named my youngest son after her youngest brother! He is like my little brother he is pretty awesome.

11. I have another secret. I love Classical music. You know....Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, and Tchaiovsky.....Love em to death. I used to listen to it all the time when I was a teenager!

12. I called off mine and Diana's wedding two weeks before the first time it was supposed to happen. She was a little upset, but I knew the timing was off, after about two months of her being very upset with me she realized we had made the right decision and in June 2006 she blew me away in that awesome dress she had!

13. About 95% of the time I am listening to Klove or Air 1 on the radio and if you are a christian I believe you should be too. I once heard someone say that you might as well practice praising God everyday now because when you get to heaven that's all you are going to be doing!

14. The BEN-GALS Stink!!! I am a Buccaneers fan! HA HA We have a Super Bowl Ring and one of those is better than two Runner Up Rings! Long Story as to how I became a Bucs fan.

15. My biggest pet peeve is having my feet being touched! I accidently, because of my reflexes kicked Austin in the face when he was about 3. Sorry Bub!

A Sunday of Celebration

Man is tomorrow shaping up to be an AWESOME Sunday. First there is church, which might I add is the one thing that I look forward to every week. Church at CP ROCKS!!! Awesome messages every week and Outstanding worship every week, man I love this place! Next is the fact that a whole bunch of people are getting baptized this week. I am actually getting re-baptized, my lil sis-n-law is getting baptized and now we found out that my son wants to get baptized as well....HOW AWESOME IS THAT! Then after all of this EXCITEMENT we are starting Small Groups training! OK Who planned all of this was it you Ray? John? Chris? ......No..... it was God. He knew that this Sunday was going to be very special and WOW is it working for His favor. The timing and excitement of all of this is very overwhelming and I cannot wait for tomorrow. God is awesome and He is in control. Try and let go and enjoy the ride people! Oh yea and I got to see baby Elijah last night and that makes me want one more and more! He is soooooooo cute!

My Queenie

Wow, Sometimes its hard to tell someone to their face how much you appreciate them especially when it goes to their head! So I decided to do it on here for other people to see as well. I know that the last couple of years have been very hard for my Queenie, dealing with me on a daily basis cannot be an easy task. I know that she has a very stressful job and sometimes wants to take it out on everyone in her path! I know that I haven't been much help to her the last 9 or 10 months financially and at home. It is kind of hard to do sometimes especially when depression sets it. Thank God I have overcome that and depression can be flooded out with things like Joy and Peace and most of all Faith. I know that the church change has alot to do with this on both our parts, we both were just kind of going through the motions at Dove. Don't get me wrong I loved Dove and the people there are phenomenal, might I add just like Center Pointe! But the change to Center Pointe has also brought stronger Faith in God on my part and a new appreciation for my wife's desire to serve the Lord (man that gets me excited), until we were at CP I had not seen that side of her...she is really looking forward to the Small Groups , and what they will bring! The change has also brought me a steady job...its pretty awesome that only a few days after us committing to being members at CP, God gave me the job I desired (or one of the two anyways) and the opportunity to take some weights off my AWESOME WIFE'S shoulders. She has been carrying our family through some pretty horrible months and with not much help from me. I have told her I am sorry a million times but those are only words, I have to work on showing her every way that I can! One is that I can fulfill what God has commanded me to do and that is to "Love her as Christ loved the church". I know He will give me the strength that I need to prove that to her and to provide for her the way that God intended. Queenie I Love You and You are the MOST AWESOMEST WIFE IN THE WORLD!!! Thank you for standing beside me the last few months even when you felt like giving up!

Canoe Trip???

Diana and I have been talking for awhile about getting some people together and going on a canoe trip, and who better to round up than those wonderful people at Center Pointe. Pastor Ray in a go kart is one thing but in a canoe that can be tipped over hmmm now that's entirely different! Well here's the thing, I have done some research and its about $31 per person, I thought maybe some Saturday in July would be a great time to do it although it would have to be one of the last two Saturdays because we are booked the first two already! Just an idea, leave me some feedback and lets see what everyone thinks! Lisa don't forget to tell Dave! If enough of you on here want to do it we will have Dan announce it at church (that ought to be colorful) and see how many more want to sign up!

More Graduations

My daughter Julieann is graduating kindergarten today and although it is not quite the same accomplishment as High School it is still a big deal to me. She has attended Village Christian School for the entire year and we actually enrolled her a year early to most school standards because her birthday falls late in the fall. I am overwhelmed by how much she has learned, she reads, she is very good at math, she has learned a new Bible verse each week which has been fun for me and my wife and has taught us a lot as well. She is growing up to be a young woman of God. It is amazing to see at age five and a half(she has to have that half in there) how much she loves God...she loves Klove as much as I do if not more...she can sing most of the songs that play on there and Robin my little sis who attends the same school used to listen to all kinds of non-christian crap/music is addicted to Jesus music and to Jesus Himself now. It truly has been an amazing year and I truly cannot wait to see them both grow in the Lord even more as their school careers advance.