In Orlando

Today the Aagaard's moved to Orlando. We've been commuting for the past three months and it feels good to move into town. We moved into a temporary apartment until we figure out what to do with our house, which is for rent and for sale. We decided yesterday to move today and within 18 hours notice we had over 10 people two trucks and two trailers. We completed the move in about 4 hours, record time. 10 teen students from my old student ministry showed up at 7:30 am to help me move. That is what I miss the most about Pine Ridge Fellowship and Fusion Student Ministry, their heart to serve is amazing. Thank you everyone for serving us the way you did today. FUSION ROCKS! Thanks Tom, I look forward to see what God continues to do within FUSION.

Home Sweet Home!

I am currently sitting on my couch watching scrubs with my wife with both my kids sleeping in their rooms. This is a scene I haven't seen in over 3 weeks. The past 3 weeks I have had the honor of going on 3 different trips to help spread the fame of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. First was to the Bahamas for a senior high mission trip, then it was kids camp for 3-6 graders, then it was middle school camp for 7-9 graders. As great as those trips were (over 35 decisions from our group alone) I am glad to be back home. I missed the TJ and the kids. Glad to be back home.

Middle School Camp

Fresh off middle school camp which was amazing. We headed to Stetson University via Student Life Camps, www.studentlife.com We took 40 people and 11 kids gave their lives to Christ. The students seemed to take their faith to levels they never knew existed. It was their first camp experience and they seemed to be spiritually overwhelmed in a very positive way. The camp speaker was phenomenal. Sam Bhatt was a great speaker who taught passionately about how to follow Jesus and what it takes. He's a very gifted and funny speaker. www.sambhatt.com Chuck Hooten led us in worship music and followed Sam's passion for following Jesus. They both complemented each other very well. Chuck clearly has a passion to lead people to the feet of Jesus. You can check him out at www.chuckhooten.com

Kids Kamp 2008 Updates

Well we just wrapped up kids kamp 08 and it was incredible. The kids had a blast and our leaders did a phenomenal job with the kids, (Steph, K-Dawg, and Chadaliac-you guys rock!). We had 4 kids begin a relationship with Jesus for the first time, AMAZING GRACE! Check out the pics.

Camp Bahamas part I

Here we are in Eleuthera, Bahamas. Eleuthera means freedom and boy do we have it. Things couldn't be any better. We staying in (55 of us) a couple houses right on the Caribbean. I wake up and right in front of us is crystal blue waters, gorgeous. Camp Bahamas is a ministry that brings in mission teams to help facilitate or prepare for Camp Bahamas, which is an outreach to local Bahamian teens. They just received 23 acres recently so we are cleaning it up and are in the process of building 3 cabins. In two day we were able to knock out 4 walls all framed out. So by the end of the week we should be roofed up and done with exterior. i wish i could show you pics but forgot my connecting cord in the states. The people here are great. God is doing what He loves to do, bring people to Him and each other. We are gearing everything up for an end of the week outreach fair where the gospel will be shared. Pray for us. All is well, I just miss TJ and the kids. PS: no sign of the Black Pearl.

Unstoppable Momentum

Something I've been learning recently from our lead Pastor (Rodney Gage) is how to create and utilize the unstoppable power of momentum. For example last week we played a game the kids absolutely loved. The resources we used to pull that off were an investment to help create encore experiences for our kids. IE: momentum for them to enjoy church thus wanting to come back as opposed to be being dragged back. Or another way to gain momentum on a more simplistic level would be to focus on 3-5 kids and genuinely focus on caring for them, their needs, their worries, their pain, their life. If you did one genuine thing for each kid every week you'd have enough momentum to role out the gospel and see huge results. The goal of this idea is to create as many wins as possible. The more wins you have within your ministry the more momentum. Thus to put this into practice you must first figure out what is a win within our ministry. The opposite is also true. The more loses you have the less momentum. Thus what obstacles are in your way from reaching maximum momentum? If you have any create ways of building momentum, holla back.