Sunday Mind Dump (through the eyes of the wife).

1) Can you believe we are halfway through the summer? Its been a fairly mild summer here which for us has meant a lot of time outside for our family. Which is unusual for us as we all tend to hibernate in the summer away from the heat. This year we have been to the beach, several cook outs and in a few weeks (God willing) on a plane or car to Alabama.

2) The fact that I am contemplating getting on a plane is a miracle in itself. I hate flying and would rather go by car any day of the week (and yes I know the statistics). This time we are considering the plane only because our time is limited and we don't want to spend all of those hours in a car.

3) We have been discussing the Purpose Driven Church at our all staff meetings. It must be getting good because several of the staff have asked us to order additional copies.

4) Well its official, my oldest daughter Quisha is following in her mom's footsteps. She became an Independent Mary Kay Consultant this week. I tracked down my old director to tell her. We had not been in contact for over 17 years! It was great talking to her. She is still in the business and is now a Regional Director.
5) This morning I got word that there will be a preview of The Bill Collector at New Life Providence Kempsville on July 24th and 25th at 7 PM. This is the movie that my daughter Nicki is an extra in. So get ready family and friends to invade NLP on Friday night!!!!!!

6) Saturday morning Marc spoke at a Men's Breakfast which was hosted by several men from our old church. He did his "Don't let your but get in the way" message. Apparently it sounded even better the second time around. The men of WABC showed up to show him their support (even though they had heard the message before). Got to love a group of dedicated men.

7) Several of the women from the women's ministry team will be joining me and the girls for a ladies spring fling at NLP on Friday night. After finding out about the movie premier for The Bill Collector I gave them a choice of which event to attend. They voted to go to both. Got to love a group of dedicated women. LOL

8) Saturday afternoon we attended a cookout of one of the members of our church. I swear I have gained fifty pounds in the last couple of months from all of the good food our WABC family keeps feeding us!

9) Saturday night I went to bed at 11 and slept the whole night (lately I have been having a hard time getting to sleep at night and then waking up early). Not sure what made the difference last night but I even slept through Marc coming to bed and then him getting up early in the AM to study.

10) Today we had several special guest at WABC. The descendents of the first pastor at WABC came to visit and to have two of the younger members of their family dedicated. Woodland has a rich history in the area of Norfolk (it is my aunts home church and I attended services there on several occasions as a child. So sometimes its surprising to even me that my husband is the pastor there). I have even coordinated two weddings there in the past for several members of the family.

* just got word while typing this that my services are once again needed at WABC by a family member who wants to be married in our little church.

11) We also had baptisms today. One of the young men of our church has been waiting for a while for this day. You can see the smile on his face just before he went down when Marc asked him if he had accepted Jesus as his personal savior, did he believe that Jesus is the son of God, and that Jesus died to pay for his sins on the cross. He said with confidence....yes to all three questions. Marc followed it up with a questions he ask everyone at WABC...are you going to do your very best to fulfill your purpose in the will of God. Again he said....yes. After all here at WABC we don't have any pew sitters. LOL

Note: sorry for the weird lettering blogger is acting stupid and won't allow me to put spaces in between the sentence! This was the only thing I could think of doing to make it easier to read.