We have been so tired in the evenings we have not be able to blog and the past two days feel like a blur. We are off the beach and back to work. Here is a brief recap and we will try and blog more after tonight. we handed our roughly 2,000 copies of John. Herd the testimonies of more then a few new believers. Met Phil Joel and Peter Furler. Shared bagel with some of our Winter Jam friends. Had a guy come to our table and drop a beat.
The Lord is the One who goes ahead of you; He will be with you He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed. Deuteronomy 31:8
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Friday, January 13, 2012
Day 9: Beach Bum pt 2
1. Watched the sunrise over the Atlantic.
2. Ate another bagel at Bagel World.
3. Got a new haircut and was being flirted with before I even left the building!
4. Played Skip-Bo on out the porch.
5. Drove on the beach all the way to the end.
6. Watched surf-glider things and dodged rain while walking the beach with my bro.
7. Ate amazing seafood at Boston's.
8. Watched The Help.
9. Went in the hot tub, ocean at midnight and then back in the hot tub.
10. SLEEP.
Great day. :)
Psalms 139:1-4 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O LORD, you know it altogether.
2. Ate another bagel at Bagel World.
3. Got a new haircut and was being flirted with before I even left the building!
4. Played Skip-Bo on out the porch.
5. Drove on the beach all the way to the end.
6. Watched surf-glider things and dodged rain while walking the beach with my bro.
7. Ate amazing seafood at Boston's.
8. Watched The Help.
9. Went in the hot tub, ocean at midnight and then back in the hot tub.
10. SLEEP.
Great day. :)
Psalms 139:1-4 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O LORD, you know it altogether.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Day 8: Beach Bum
John 14:27 Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.
Today was the most wonderful
That I've had for a while....at least of all 11 days I've lived this year! ;)
Today was the first day off-off that I've had in a long time. We started it by sleeping late, then heading to a local bagel shop where they make bagels fresh every morning!! They. Were. Good. Real good. I savored every bite of my egg, cheese and bacon sandwich on an apple cranberry cinnamon bagel. :)
Next we got some supplies from the drug store and headed to our beach. We stayed out there until early afternoon. It was fabulous. We played in the ocean, walked on the beach, collected shells, laid out, painted our toe nails, and sat in the hot tub.
Later we went to a few boutiques and got yogurt from Mango Tango. :) After that we took a short rest at home because clearly we had been working SO hard all morning. And later we went to diner at a local Mexican restaurant, Mi-Mexico. It was great. Especially when we tried speaking Spanish to the waiter. Funny.
When we got home we challenged each other to a few games of pool, then put in a movie but all fell asleep.
It was a great day. I literally broke out singing the doxology because I was so thankful.
Today was the most wonderful
That I've had for a while....at least of all 11 days I've lived this year! ;)
Today was the first day off-off that I've had in a long time. We started it by sleeping late, then heading to a local bagel shop where they make bagels fresh every morning!! They. Were. Good. Real good. I savored every bite of my egg, cheese and bacon sandwich on an apple cranberry cinnamon bagel. :)
Next we got some supplies from the drug store and headed to our beach. We stayed out there until early afternoon. It was fabulous. We played in the ocean, walked on the beach, collected shells, laid out, painted our toe nails, and sat in the hot tub.
Later we went to a few boutiques and got yogurt from Mango Tango. :) After that we took a short rest at home because clearly we had been working SO hard all morning. And later we went to diner at a local Mexican restaurant, Mi-Mexico. It was great. Especially when we tried speaking Spanish to the waiter. Funny.
When we got home we challenged each other to a few games of pool, then put in a movie but all fell asleep.
It was a great day. I literally broke out singing the doxology because I was so thankful.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Day 7: Old Savannah and New Smyrna
Well how can I tell you about our day? We had planned to drive through the night so we could be to FL by morning, but after driving a few hours we decided it'd be best to just sleep.
Once we started driving again in the morning we realized we could be in Savannah just after noon, so we decided to take a pit stop in Old Savannah for lunch. I'd been there 11 years ago and loved it so I'd been talking it up to Tawny and thankfully when we pulled into town she fell in love with it too!
The cobblestone streets on the river with colorful storefronts were a beautiful sight for sore eyes. Up and down the riverwalk, we settled on a place called 'Spanky's' for lunch. It was recommended by two locals, and we would now recommend it too. :). It had great pizza and burgers.....and you must try the potato things....forgetting the name, but they were GOOD. Tawny bought some flowers that an old man made out of palm leaves. It was cute.
We then headed towards our FL destination of New Smyrna Beach, where my brother Tyler and my friend Sue both live! When we pulled into town, we met my brother and picked up some Chinese take-out with Sue. She then took us to a house she'd gotten us for the week, which is literally ON the beach! Walking out onto our huge balcony overlooking the Atlantic coast, a full moon glistened off of the crashing waves below while a light breeze wrapped us in welcome. Need I expound on how I felt at that moment? ;)
This house has 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 large decks, a cabana with a swing, a billiards room and a hot tub out in the freshest of air. This is SUCH a blessing for us. We are definitely grateful, even more so when you say your evening prayers by the light if the moon. Amen.
We then headed towards our FL destination of New Smyrna Beach, where my brother Tyler and my friend Sue both live! When we pulled into town, we met my brother and picked up some Chinese take-out with Sue. She then took us to a house she'd gotten us for the week, which is literally ON the beach! Walking out onto our huge balcony overlooking the Atlantic coast, a full moon glistened off of the crashing waves below while a light breeze wrapped us in welcome. Need I expound on how I felt at that moment? ;)
This house has 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 large decks, a cabana with a swing, a billiards room and a hot tub out in the freshest of air. This is SUCH a blessing for us. We are definitely grateful, even more so when you say your evening prayers by the light if the moon. Amen.
(ESV) Psalms 139:9 If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
Psalms 139:9-10 If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.
Once we started driving again in the morning we realized we could be in Savannah just after noon, so we decided to take a pit stop in Old Savannah for lunch. I'd been there 11 years ago and loved it so I'd been talking it up to Tawny and thankfully when we pulled into town she fell in love with it too!
The cobblestone streets on the river with colorful storefronts were a beautiful sight for sore eyes. Up and down the riverwalk, we settled on a place called 'Spanky's' for lunch. It was recommended by two locals, and we would now recommend it too. :). It had great pizza and burgers.....and you must try the potato things....forgetting the name, but they were GOOD. Tawny bought some flowers that an old man made out of palm leaves. It was cute.
We then headed towards our FL destination of New Smyrna Beach, where my brother Tyler and my friend Sue both live! When we pulled into town, we met my brother and picked up some Chinese take-out with Sue. She then took us to a house she'd gotten us for the week, which is literally ON the beach! Walking out onto our huge balcony overlooking the Atlantic coast, a full moon glistened off of the crashing waves below while a light breeze wrapped us in welcome. Need I expound on how I felt at that moment? ;)
This house has 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 large decks, a cabana with a swing, a billiards room and a hot tub out in the freshest of air. This is SUCH a blessing for us. We are definitely grateful, even more so when you say your evening prayers by the light if the moon. Amen.
We then headed towards our FL destination of New Smyrna Beach, where my brother Tyler and my friend Sue both live! When we pulled into town, we met my brother and picked up some Chinese take-out with Sue. She then took us to a house she'd gotten us for the week, which is literally ON the beach! Walking out onto our huge balcony overlooking the Atlantic coast, a full moon glistened off of the crashing waves below while a light breeze wrapped us in welcome. Need I expound on how I felt at that moment? ;)
This house has 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 large decks, a cabana with a swing, a billiards room and a hot tub out in the freshest of air. This is SUCH a blessing for us. We are definitely grateful, even more so when you say your evening prayers by the light if the moon. Amen.
(ESV) Psalms 139:9 If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
Psalms 139:9-10 If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.
Monday, January 09, 2012
Day 6: Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte
Started out the day with some good coffee. Headed to church with the whole tour. We missed the first bit but, what we got from it was that those things that we feel we need to control so tightly are precisely the things we need to hand over to God.
After that we got to have a long and relaxing lunch with some new friends from the tour and still managed a record set up time...the booth was up in about 20 minutes. The rest of the night seemed pretty normal but here is a recap of the weekend: we handed out about 3,000 gospels of John. Just last night Nick spoke to almost 13 thousand people. Tawny had a great conversation with this girl who was impacted by the night. She was struggling with knowing how to share the gospel with some teens that she works with and after hearing Nick speak she found a new inspiration to keep trying.
We ended up fitting all of out extra boxes into our road case with a little help from our awesome volunteer Chip. And to end the night we ate the most amazing mouth watering mini donuts ever. Now we are headed into a couple of days of rest in a location to be announced... :)
Here are some things to pray for,
Nick as he speaks the next few days in Florida.
That the responses made this weekend would continue to grow deeper.
That everyone on the tour including us could have a few days for good rest before going back out.
.....oh, and we got locked out of our car at midnight. And got a bowl of candy from our friends while we waited for the locksmith. :)
After that we got to have a long and relaxing lunch with some new friends from the tour and still managed a record set up time...the booth was up in about 20 minutes. The rest of the night seemed pretty normal but here is a recap of the weekend: we handed out about 3,000 gospels of John. Just last night Nick spoke to almost 13 thousand people. Tawny had a great conversation with this girl who was impacted by the night. She was struggling with knowing how to share the gospel with some teens that she works with and after hearing Nick speak she found a new inspiration to keep trying.
We ended up fitting all of out extra boxes into our road case with a little help from our awesome volunteer Chip. And to end the night we ate the most amazing mouth watering mini donuts ever. Now we are headed into a couple of days of rest in a location to be announced... :)
Here are some things to pray for,
Nick as he speaks the next few days in Florida.
That the responses made this weekend would continue to grow deeper.
That everyone on the tour including us could have a few days for good rest before going back out.
.....oh, and we got locked out of our car at midnight. And got a bowl of candy from our friends while we waited for the locksmith. :)
Sunday, January 08, 2012
Day 5: We as Friends
So we woke up early because we had to head out and pack our many boxes into the back of the pilot. We had our coffee and eggs but still did not know how this was all going to work out. While pondering the situation, we noticed that the guys from We As Human happened to be at breakfast at that same time. We started chatting with them and found out they were driving them selves to each location as well. While talking about merch, Tawny and I made a joke about wanting to sell more so we could have some more room for our luggage. The guys were a little wide eyed and generously offered some space in the back of their trailer. We were shocked and super thankful that something temporarily worked out for our extra boxes. We loaded up and headed out on our way to Raleigh, North Carolina. I wasn't feeling 100% so thankfully Tawny was up for driving. On our drive we made a few pit stops and even happened to run into the band alone the way. Tawny challenged them to a race which I'm pretty sure we won...no....actually we absolutely won!
We enjoyed the drive...it was beautiful traveling over the mountains, across the rivers, and through the woods... But instead of grandmothers house we ended up at a huge arena. Thankfully the second day of set up went much faster and we even had time to spare...We As Human came in later than they had expected and had no time to set up their merch before they went on stage. We offered to help and they quickly accepted leaving us with a bunch of boxes and signs that we didn't know anything about. We set everything up the best that we could especially after hearing that some important people were there to see them that night. Tawny ended up running their booth for about an hour with loads of people trying to buy t-shirts and CDs while she was unsure of any costs or even how to process their payments :) but it all worked out in the end. They were super thankful and I think we made some new friends at the tour.
The show it's self went really great. We probably handed out over a thousand RESET books and saw a huge number respond to the Gospel. The end of the night was fairly simple and Tawny and I got to sleep at Matt and Arianne Green's house, some good friends of mine.
So I'll leave you with this thought. On our drive throughout the mountains of Virginia I awoke to what I thought was the out line of the mountains, but as we drove closer I realized it was merely then sun making a silhouette of the clouds. It made me think of this morning when we woke up and didn't know how we were going to fit everything in our car, and how I had made a big deal about the situation, when really God's providence was about to shine through. I sometimes see mountains when it's really just a cloud which can easily evaporate when the light shines through. Tawny and I are learning everyday how to trust God even in the little things!
Mark 9:23 :)
We enjoyed the drive...it was beautiful traveling over the mountains, across the rivers, and through the woods... But instead of grandmothers house we ended up at a huge arena. Thankfully the second day of set up went much faster and we even had time to spare...We As Human came in later than they had expected and had no time to set up their merch before they went on stage. We offered to help and they quickly accepted leaving us with a bunch of boxes and signs that we didn't know anything about. We set everything up the best that we could especially after hearing that some important people were there to see them that night. Tawny ended up running their booth for about an hour with loads of people trying to buy t-shirts and CDs while she was unsure of any costs or even how to process their payments :) but it all worked out in the end. They were super thankful and I think we made some new friends at the tour.
The show it's self went really great. We probably handed out over a thousand RESET books and saw a huge number respond to the Gospel. The end of the night was fairly simple and Tawny and I got to sleep at Matt and Arianne Green's house, some good friends of mine.
So I'll leave you with this thought. On our drive throughout the mountains of Virginia I awoke to what I thought was the out line of the mountains, but as we drove closer I realized it was merely then sun making a silhouette of the clouds. It made me think of this morning when we woke up and didn't know how we were going to fit everything in our car, and how I had made a big deal about the situation, when really God's providence was about to shine through. I sometimes see mountains when it's really just a cloud which can easily evaporate when the light shines through. Tawny and I are learning everyday how to trust God even in the little things!
Mark 9:23 :)
Saturday, January 07, 2012
Day 4: The Beginning
Yesterday was an informational giant, fun-filled, running around like a chicken with it's head chopped off kind of day! ;)
We picked up Jay and Nick in the morning and headed to a mandatory tour mtg. Everyone was there. They introduced the pastors, managers, drivers, bands, etc. Nick spoke to the group a bit about what our hearts purpose should be on this tour, through our music, speech and interactions and prayer life for our unsaved friends/family. It was great. We then had a short merch mtg, and from that we needed to run some errands---buying a table and making some copies.
While we were out we got our new PULSE t-shirts and hoodies!! (which I'm currently wearing). The thing is though, that we then had to come back from errands and setup all our new things, the tv & DVD player (which wouldn't read our disc), lights, and then train in Tawny and the young volunteers we were assigned......all in about an hour. :/
We got it done.
The first night was ....good but crazy. We snuck away at times to see the show, and eat dinner...meeting Mark the drummer of Sanctus Real and some of his cronies...got tasked with stuffing 400+ Reset books with our info cards, taking photos of the show some to het some social media on our fb page, making friends with the booth people to our left and right, etc.
At the end of the night, We realized we had too many boxes to fit into our already packed car!! So we fit what we could, and figured we'd somehow cram our luggage in SOMEHOW the next day. ....that story will come in the next post. :)
To end the night, we made a 1am stop at Wendy's. Agh it's the little joys of life.
Today Tawny and I had some good talks about resting in the Lord. So I'll keep this verse in mind--Psalm 4:8 which says 'In peace I will both lie down and sleep, for You alone oh Lord, make me to dwell in safety.'
We picked up Jay and Nick in the morning and headed to a mandatory tour mtg. Everyone was there. They introduced the pastors, managers, drivers, bands, etc. Nick spoke to the group a bit about what our hearts purpose should be on this tour, through our music, speech and interactions and prayer life for our unsaved friends/family. It was great. We then had a short merch mtg, and from that we needed to run some errands---buying a table and making some copies.
While we were out we got our new PULSE t-shirts and hoodies!! (which I'm currently wearing). The thing is though, that we then had to come back from errands and setup all our new things, the tv & DVD player (which wouldn't read our disc), lights, and then train in Tawny and the young volunteers we were assigned......all in about an hour. :/
We got it done.
The first night was ....good but crazy. We snuck away at times to see the show, and eat dinner...meeting Mark the drummer of Sanctus Real and some of his cronies...got tasked with stuffing 400+ Reset books with our info cards, taking photos of the show some to het some social media on our fb page, making friends with the booth people to our left and right, etc.
At the end of the night, We realized we had too many boxes to fit into our already packed car!! So we fit what we could, and figured we'd somehow cram our luggage in SOMEHOW the next day. ....that story will come in the next post. :)
To end the night, we made a 1am stop at Wendy's. Agh it's the little joys of life.
Today Tawny and I had some good talks about resting in the Lord. So I'll keep this verse in mind--Psalm 4:8 which says 'In peace I will both lie down and sleep, for You alone oh Lord, make me to dwell in safety.'
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