well i guess you gotta start somewhere.

i don't know where this blog will go. it may die a virtual death next week like some good blogs have done in the past. however, i will give it the ole college try, even though i have never gone to college.

well, i guess i need to start by just saying what has been going one here in the recent past of my life here.

just this past weekend i got a great opportunity to go to hotlanta with the youth group, the youth minister, and another fellow parent. we spent friday and saturday at six flags. i enjoyed the trip eventhough my youth minister, cl, did not have the most enjoyable time. he would say that the weekend was not about him though, but about his kids having the good time, and they did. thanks for the pizza cl.

i got the chance to ride some rides that were not there when i was last there when i was 12. that was twennie sumthin years ago. but i must say that riding on the front row of the batman ride was really cool!!! even lawson, seth, and ashley thought so, (they were on the same car as i was). the superman ride had to be the second best, eventhough i about got into it with the attendant wanting me to take my sunglasses off. i told her that i would be fine, but she said that it was required. hey, my contacts were a requirement, too, and they would've been way to dry for me to see out of if i did not have a "windshield" in front of them.

the weekend was great, because faulkner university fed us a free lunch, too, on friday. we even got to see cornerstone. cournerstone is the male quartet from faulkner. one of the kids that went to church with my parents at ft. payne is now one of the dudes in the group. steve freeman. i got to see his parents again, since they were there, too; stan and kathy. stan used to be the preacher there, too, at ft. payne, but he has moved onto attalla, just a stone's throw away.

we even got free ice cream after the cornerstone concert. what a good deal!!

now, for the good news. i am blessed to be selected to lead the first life group that has multiplied from the larger life group that i have been attending with my wife. please pray with me, and the members of my life group that we will be blessed and filled with whatever God wants for us to get out of this life group. there is one man who has already been changed by being selected to be in this life group. i will not say who he is because the change is so great and it was not what he was looking for. another victim of a hit and stick blessing.

well, i would appreciate your comments, and i will be talkin' atcha again real soon. right now i'm fixin' to go to bed.

take care, and may God bless you more than He has me!