Happy Thanksgiving and now Merry Christmas

The Aagaards have been on vacation during the thanksgiving break. Although I've been back for a bit I hadn't made time to post anything. We took off to the mountains in Ashville, NC with a bunch of family. We had a great time. It snowed just enough for the kids to have a snow fight so they loved it. TJ is 3 days away from finishing her semester @ UCF. I am very proud of her and we both can't wait until she is done. I was going to try to include some photos but that will just have to wait. Cheers!

Youth Service Recap, 12/05/07

SERIES: A Christmas Story, Simeon TALK: This week we looked at how Simeon eagerly expected God to show up. His story is found in Luke 2 and we amazed by his devotion that led all his focus to be on the birth of Jesus. STUDENT RESPONSE: AVERAGE, we didn't have a "response" time however the students have been responding well to the music as well as our adopt a family outreach. LEADERSHIP: AVERAGE, Nothing went wrong which must mean good leadership was doing its job. One thing I am beginning to notice is that we as leaders are having a ton of fun. It seems like every week were starting 5 minutes late because were messing around so much. When teams have fun together teams stick together. MUSICAL WORSHIP: ABOVE AVERAGE, To me it just seemed like the majority of students were completely engaged during the music. It was clear to me that so many of the students use Wednesday nights to really connect with God. During the music there were so many students connecting with Him in various ways, it was beautiful. ATTENDANCE: ABOVE AVERAGE. All in all God is doing some cool stuff week in and week out and were excited every time to see what He does next.

Youth Service Recap, 11/14/07

SERIES: Attached, Scissors TALK: Last week we peeked at what we are attached to in a talk entitled strings. (52% of all our students were attached to social life of some sort). This week the talk was entitled scissors in hopes of cutting free the things we are so attached to. STUDENT RESPONSE: ABOVE AVERAGE, we asked everyone to write down 1 thing they were attached and how they were going to unattach themselves from it. If they were wanting to unattach themselves from something they had to unattach card that was hung by a string to drive home the point a bit more. I was amazed how many responded and with such serious answers. These students are fired up to get rid of what is between them and God. Very exciting to see them step out. LEADERSHIP: ABOVE AVERAGE, It seemed like a night that every leader was on. Every time I turned around there was a leader serving, loving, encouraging, preparing. It was our leaders leading and I was very proud of them. MUSICAL WORSHIP: ABOVE AVERAGE, Although we didn't play a long set Tom like always does a great job taking all of us to the feet of Jesus. I was also very proud as we ushered in a new band member. Taylor who is in 7th grade made his guitar debut. He did great. ATTENDANCE: ABOVE AVERAGE. Great Night!

Riley and Callie Joy's dedication to the Lord.

Today was a great day as both of our kids got dedicated to the Lord. Although Riley is 4 and Callie Joy is 2 and we already dedicated them in our hearts it sure was a special moment for us to declare publicly our desire to dedicate our children to the cause and will of God. We were blessed with a lot of family joining us and after the service we headed to our house for some lunch. Riley and Callie Joy did a great job while on stage as they were excited. Were not sure what God has mapped out for their lives but they are both such special kids. Riley's heart is bigger than the titanic as he is constantly looking out for others. Callie Joy is a trailblazer and we pray that God would use that leadership to bring glory to the name and fame of Jesus Christ as she grows. Thank you fam for making the day a special one. We ask for your prayers for both Riley and Callie Joy. Pray that God would draw them both closer to closer to Him everyday and they would chase after Him all of their days.

Just Sick!

Fresh off the Hillsong United Conference and it was absolutely sick. People from 48 states and 6 nations joined together to worship God and it was a powerful weekend. God seems to just be all over Hillsong church in all they do. God is just evident in all they put together. I had a great time with some students and some leaders. We were blown away by the Spirit of God. I got a chance to see some old friends as the venue was my childhood church (FBC/O) and my first student ministry role (as an intern). It was neat to be back and see what God is doing through the ministry and leadership of Senior Pastor David Uth. The workshops were great, the teachings were great, the music was great. Great investment of my time and energy. I encourage anyone to check out what these guys are all about. The pictures are not of the actual event but they are the closest I found to what it looked like when 6,000 people showed up to worship God in one voice. Well in about an hour or two we are going to be dedicating our children Riley and Callie Joy to the Lord. Were excited as are the kids. You'll see a blog and some pics soon. blessings, da I

11.07.07 RECAP

SERIES: Attached, Strings
TALK: For someone that claims to be all about God and not of this world I realized like never before how attached I am to so many worldly things. Yesterday we started a new series on attachment and taking a close look at the things we are attached to and then next week we'll talk about detaching. Throughout the entire time of preparing and discussing what we are attached to I found so many of us are attached to so many stupid things. We talked about how dumb it was for my at the time one year old son to be so attached to a wooden spoon and how dumb we look when we are so attached to the same pointless matters. The only that should captivate our hearts is Christ but too often I get wooed by the wooden spoons are our culture.
STUDENT RESPONSE: ABOVE AVERAGE, we asked everyone to write down 5 things they were attached to so they can confess that to God. I was overwhelmed by the amount of students that had run out of space by the things they are attached to.
LEADERSHIP: BELOW AVERAGE, We had a couple of leaders sick, a couple that are m.i.a, but the core group are doing a great stepping up and leading teenagers.
WORSHIP: ABOVE AVERAGE, Al tough Tom got sick just before the service, which meant we couldn't do musical worship, the night still felt like a great time of worship and connecting with God.
ATTENDANCE: AVERAGE

Too much greed

I just launched into II Chronicles and it starts off with King Solomon being asked from God what he wanted? KS responds with wisdom to govern his people correctly. His response was humble enough to admit he wasn't that wise and unselfish enough to not make it about himself. As i stared at my bible thinking about that it didn't take me long to realize how different my answer would have been. it seems lately i have been more concerned about worldly stuff than my role as worshiper of God and lover of people. whats worse is that it is so easy to justify our concerns but seriously we live in America, we are all doing pretty good and most of us don't need anything else but boy do we want it.

Halloween 2007

This was a great Halloween. By day I was playing daddy as our family took off to Sea World for their festivities and by night we threw a an event together for the area teenagers. Riley was Jeff Gordon and Callie Joy was a ballerina, while I was a ghostbuster. We had a great time at Sea World, they really made the day special with lots of events and trick or treating the kids loved it. As well the night went great, we played some wild games that involved 10 dozen eggs, pumpkins, and strobe lights. I'll post pic of all that as soon as i get them. The night was a success though. We were able to serve many students through wild games and then toward the end of the evening many students made decision to live for Christ, including 6 who have never been to church. I love that. Lost kids thinking that October 31st was Halloween now realize that it's there spiritual birthday. All in all a great day.

It's time to take out the trash!

This blog is in response to the previous blog of I hate... Wednesday at youth we continued a series of getting angry at what makes God angry. This particular talk was about discoverying a specific burden God has put in each of our paths for us to champion. We discussed Nehemiah and how his burden was rebuilding the wall. We each were challenged to pick a burden (what is your fight), to pick a side (whose side will you fight for), and to pick a weapon (how will you fight). The night ended with anyone wanting to pick a fight to come up and get a black X on your hand to act as a symbol of God here we are willing and ready to fight your fight when you show us which fight to fight. It was beautful. I guessed maybe 10 kids would come up and take this serious. I think almost everystudent came up, I was blown away. This generation truly is about standing up for justice as I saw many students eager to do their part to change the world. As each student came up I saw in their eyes passion and hope to change their culture. Afterwards I spoke with many studnets as they told me different things they were going to stand up and fight for or against. One students wants to fight for their whole family to come to church and give their lives to Christ. Another student wants to start a bible study to help new Christians know God better. Another student wants 3 of here friends to know that God loves them no matter what. Many other students are waiting to hear from God what thier fight is but one student siad it best. He simply looked up at me and said Dustin, "it's time to take out the trash." I loved it, he was right. Something stinks and we've grown accustom to it instead of taking it to the curb. For us the way of the culture stinks and instead of complaining were stepping up and taking that junk to the curb. If you have a fight God has laid on your heart, share with us, I'd love to hear what God has called you to champion.

I hate ...

At youth we started a new series last night centered around getting angry at what makes God angry. Thus over the next several weeks we'll be challenging each other to think about what is the unique think God allows you to get angry at that makes Him angry. For example some people really get bothered by unfriendly christians so God probably is calling you to lead a greeting ministry. Or maybe you get angered over seeing teenage Christians unfamiliar with the Word, then maybe God wants you to start a bible study. I don't know what God allows you to be bothered by but whatever it is it is meant to lead us to action. What keeps you up at night praying and hopeing that something would change, that someone would step up. Well change is coming and its coming from you. For me God keeps me up at night burdened for hopeless teenagers. Teenagers with no love, no hope, and no life. What about you? What keeps you up at night? And more importantly, what will you do about it? I look forward to see what God does with our collective anger.

Maybe David's biggest moment

I have just been wowed by David's humility and leadership as a person and as a father. I Chronicles 22 walks us Thru David passing the baton to His son Solomon, but the baton is huge. The passing is the building of the house of God, the Temple for the Lord. There was nothing bigger or more amazing than to build the Temple for the Lord. However God tells David he doesn't want him to build instead he wants his son Solomon to build it. Davids' reaction is priceless. He calls builders from all over, buys all the material, and begins setting up his son to succeed. He didn't pout about not building it. He put all his energy into making sure his son had every chance of success. As a father, this challenged me to be sure that I do everything in my power to make sure my kids Callie Joy and Riley are set up to succeed. Not just in life, but to succeed in pleasing God and building His Kingdom. Then in verse 11-13 David says a prayer for Solomon. The prayer request God to give Him success, wisdom, and understanding as well as to be strong and courageous. Well later on Solomon is described as the wisest person to ever live. Coincidence? What a legacy David left his son. What humility David (a King who always had power and control) had to step aside and let someone else lead. This has to be one of the most amazing things David did on earth. What en example for us as both fathers and leaders to learn from. Good stuff.

Margin

Recently, I realized something about myself that I didn't like, I had almost no margin at all in my life. Many times I've wanted to give to someone or something but couldn't because there was no financial margin. Many times I've wanted to do more with my wife and kids but because I overload my schedule I have little energy margin. Many times I want to do more for the Kingdom of God but find myself too busy with everything else. I have had many conversations with some friends and many have tossed in the towel and simply said, "that's just life." I disagree. I refuse to believe that a margin less life is the one John 10:10 talks about when Jesus describes living abundantly. Recently I read Jesus taking a walk on the shore of the Sea of Galilee and during his (unproductive and pointless) walk, that He had margin for, He met Peter and Andrew. These two people would not only be two of Jesus' closet friends but would also be instrumental in building the Church, the avenue of hope for the world for generations to come. This took place in the margins of Jesus life. He simply went for a walk. In the midst of our business may we slow down, take a walk, and see what God has in store for us in the margin of our lives.

One brick at a time by one prayer at a time.

In the early 90's a small group of teenagers wanted God to move on their school campus so much that they immediately left there home and went to the school and began praying around the flagpole for God to move. That simple and single movement started the world's largest prayer gathering I've ever heard of. This past Wednesday millions of students from elementary to college age students met other Christians around their flag pole to come together and pray for their campus. This took place all around the world. I went to Pine Ridge High School to be apart of theirs and what an amazing site to see. You see Pine Ridge High struggles with racial gangs but on Wednesday I stood back and watched white students hold hands and pray with Hispanic students and Hispanics students holding hands and praying with African American students and so on. It took place in the middle of everything so thousands of students witnessed the melting pot of believers coming together in peace, love, and unity to bring glory to God. I joined a small circle of about 8 students praying. The circle included one white girl, one African American boy, myself, and then the rest were Hispanic boys and girls. Now I didn't know any of them at all. We just bowed our heads, prayed, and when we were done everyone just started hugging everyone else. You couldn't see it but you could feel it, the racial walls were coming down, one brick at a time and we all loved it. I don't know the kids names and they probably don't know mine but what we all do know is that God is tearing down the walls of racism one prayer at a time.

Confessions from a God Shrinker

I am amazed at how I can't explain how God created me, this earth, it's beauty, it majesty but it seems like everyday I shrink God. I might not ever say it like that. Sometimes I'll say, "I'm stressed out", like the God of the universe can't grant me peace. Or I might think along the lines of there is no way we can do this, or no way they will ever change. And right there I shrunk God again. What I have noticed is that the more I shrink God the smaller He gets and the less I need Him. It is kind of the same feeling Adam and Eve may have felt, they had it all but they shrunk God and glorified a piece a fruit. Too often I shrink God and glorify a relationship, a toy, a lifestyle, whatever the case I shrink God for the lure of worthless fruit. I write this to remind myself that God is HUGE, we must remind each other of this very fact. That we are tempted to shrink Him but what despair we are in if we shrink the biggest, most beautiful, amazing, being in all of History. We must tell & retell our stories to remind us how awesome and big our God is. The truth of the matter is we don't have just a story of God's grace but most of us have a new story every day, as every day we are able to relive in His glory. To you Lord God, may we be more in the growing you business than we are the shrinking you business.

Free Shackles

Over the past year God has radically brought some disturbing news to my attention. It was simply put, "You are not living the way I want you to when it comes to your finances." When God spoke this to me He didn't speak it in anger, disappointment, or impatience. I heard Him speak it to me in pure love. Because God loves me so much He longs for me to live a great life as John 10:10 says, "the thief's (Satan) purpose is to steal, kill, and destroy. My (Jesus speaking) purpose is to give life in all its fullness." He is not trying to keep me from having nice things, or to "miss out on what everyone else is doing". I realized more than ever God so deeply desires for both you and me to be 100% financially free. Free from stress of not making enough to pay the bills. Free to give generously as He prompts us to. Free from headache and heartache. Free from relational stress due to money related issues. Free to live however He calls us to live. I saw that without ever realizing it I had caged myself inside a jail cell of debt. And because I only know fellow inmates I never realized I was in "jail". I never realized there was an outside world. A world where people were not shackled down by financial burden and stress. For the first time the light bulb went off after reading the verse in Proverbs 22:7, "Just as the rich rule the poor, so the borrower is servant to the lender." Servant I am okay with, after all that is what I signed up to be, a servant of Christ. But look closer, it is not saying a servant of Christ but someone else servant, servant to the lender. Meaning I'm not free, I'm not even Christ servant completely. My debt has caused me to have two masters and scripture later on tells us that no one can have two masters and serve them both completely. So this just rocked my world. I didn't sign up for this. I didn't sign up to be anyone else servant other than my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This revelation is what keeps me up at night. It's what is driving me to get rid of my current lifestyle and adopt one that doesn't come with shackles. In our American culture this is extremely difficult. Even in my Christians circles this is masked which is probably why I am just now getting help at 27 years old. After many conversations within my community I realized that my circumstances are nothing compared to those my brothers and sisters are facing. If I am in "jail" then I have far to many friends on death row. Yes death row. No light at the end of the tunnel. No hope, no future glimpse of freedom, just a downward spiral into the abyss. I know it sounds extreme, but I think because we haven't called a spade a spade we as a society are now dealing with an overloaded crowd of inmates on death row. The beauty of Jesus is that He is a God of redemption. No matter how far gone we may be He is always there, always, to welcome us back home. To offer redemption no matter what our circumstances may be. I love that. So there is hope. God longs for us to turn our financial choices over to Him. Philippians 4:13 Paul reminds us that we can do anything through Christ. My hope and prayer for us as a Christian community is that we lead the way of hope for ourselves and others that are currently living on death row. From: an inmate planning an escape. For help pursuing a financially free lifestyle go to www.crown.org

Tribes @ FSM

Tribes have launched and it is a long time dream coming true before my eyes. Tribes are our attempt to make our large group small. Although large group times are great and bring a lot of momentum we realized many students and leaders just were not connecting. Through Tribes we now have 14 leaders equipped and ready to love, serve, and pray for a small group of 10-20 students. A proven leader in our ministry is heading up tribes, Lori McCormick. Lori is doing a tremendous job of pairing up leaders and students with the goal of every student in our reach feeling the love of God that changes lives. We currently have 6 teams, 14 leaders and about 100 students involved in Tribes and we are already seeing leaders and students connecting in ways they haven't in the past. It seems to be an instant hit. Pray for the leaders as they are learning themselves what it takes to disciple teenagers. Pray for the teenagers, that they'd make themselves available to be discipled.

Update

Well I've put off blogging a bit longer than I'd like. Here is what has been going on in my life to catch you up to speed.
August 10-17: Vacation in the Smokey Mountains with the fam. It was a great renewal in every area. Blessed to be able to go.
August 20: First day of school. It feels good to back in school were we are able to reach out and serve the community.
August 22: First Night of Tribes! Tribes are our attempt of forming small groups within the student ministry. See future blog for more info.
September 2: Speak @ Pine Ridge Fellowship (PRF) due to Pastor Dave being ill, now he is better, yeah! I spoke on God's desire for us to live in peace with our finances as our economy is proving most of us are living upside down lives financially. See future blog soon.
September 2-3: Headed to St. Augustine with the family to speak to a great group of college leaders during a college retreat for Good News church led by a long time friend Andy Hirko. Andy is has such an amazing heart for God and for people. His team of leaders are gearing up to really impact St. Augustine. Be in prayer for them as they are praying for God to radically transform their community.

Crazy few weeks

Well I haven't been bored lately. Life seems to been in overdrive the past several weeks. It started when on the first day of doing a local mission week. After a bunch of students came to serve some got in a pretty intense car wreck on the way home. Two students walked away, one with minor injuries, one with the need to get knee surgery, leaving the driver with a broken pelvis. The only good part that process was at the same time I found out that Pops, the one we've been praying for, has found out that his cancer didn't spread. Praise God! So he went into surgery this past Monday, July 30th. The surgery went great and was a success but his recovery hasn't gone as planned. It's been longer, harder, and more intense than maybe we were thinking. He is getting better everyday though and hopefully will go home over the weekend. Thanks for all your prayers and support. I believe it is what has carried my father through all this. Well I'm out to head to our youth leadership retreat for the weekend, looking forward to get with the team and see what God is store for us. Blessings!

Our Leaders Rock!

The picture is of 2 of our leaders cutting someones' hair in the salon, this was part of the scavenger hunt. (Richie on the left and Chris on the right).

Yesterday a bunch of us from the student ministry went on a scavenger hunt throughout the city. It was darn good fun. The event wasn't something students signed up for so we weren't sure how many students would come. So as student after student showed up almost every leader that showed up kept asking me, "Dustin, what are going to do if we have too many students?" Although a very logical and possible problem the thought really never entered my mind for one really awesome reason, we have amazing leaders. We had I believe 55 students come, which if you do the math is a lot of vehicles. However I was able rest in the fact that our leaders absolutely love our students, they really do. Although I hadn't asked one leader to come we had about 12 show up ready to love and serve teenagers. So when so many students were beginning to show up I was able to rest in the fact that our leadership team rocks. Huge student ministries don't have half as many good leaders as we have. I feel very blessed to be apart of this team and look forward to many more days of serving with each other in the future. Leaders thank you for your heart to love and serve teenagers, may God bless you as you are blessing others.

Ever since my daughter, Callie Joy, was born I called her my little princess. Little did I know this would come back to haunt me. Since I've always called her that she has associated that phrase with me, her daddy. Last week is when it all went haywire. Last week she was playing with some friends when she thought of me as I was at work. This prompted her to tell her friends where I was and I quote callie joy, "my little princess is at work." That's right she now calls me her little princess and won't stop calling me it. Goodnight my little princess. Bye my little princess. Those phrases are phrases I've had to hear from my daughter. As hilarious and cute as this is I hope it doesn't cause counseling for me later in life.

Slip N Slide Fun

Over the past year our God has blessed the student ministry with so much numerical growth that it has cuased us to lose the sense of community and friendship we once had. Thus over the summer we have put together several events like this one. Yesterday we put together a huge slip n slide with crazy amounts of dish soap and just watched as teenagers ate it up, they had a blast. Many spectators can easily judge this event as simply a 4 hour event where the church watched a bunch of kids. But lets take a closer look to what really took place, here is a top 10 things that took place during the slip n slide event.

1. Parents saw the church love their children.
2. Students were reminded that the church is here to serve them.
3. Leaders deepened their relationships with students.
4. Older students began to embrace younger students (discipleship).
5. Students were reminded that Christians don't have to be boring.
6. Different cliques laughed and played with other cliques, this is huge.
7. Students were shown I Thessalonians 2:8, that as leaders we are not only here to share with you the gospel but our lives as well.
8. A sense of inner community as we split off into teams and played crazy games students began encouraging eachother, helping eachother, serving eachother, etc.
9. The leaders showed the students what it means to serve.
10. God smiled. I'm convicnced that as God saw all those things going on via a slip n and slide it just had to bring a smile to His face.
    

Pops Update!

Well I guess I was wrong regarding the type of test pops underwent this morning, it was not a bone marrow test, and I'm still not sure which test they did take. But the result of the unknown test was that it doesn't look like the cancer spread anywhere outside the kidney, which is huge. The doctor said it was a 99.9% chance it hasn't spread. They will know 100% on July 10th, which is when they see the bone marrow doctor. Although cancer inside my pops never will sit well with me, I do rejoice in the hope that it hasn't spread. I called my pops shortly after the doctors appointment and he and cindy were already on a plane heading to Las Vegas to just get away. Trips like this are not common for pops so I'm glad he and cindy can get away and enjoy each other. Please pray for them to enjoy the time away, experience God's indescribable peace, that time will fly for July 10ths appointment, and again that the cancer has not spread.

Prayers for my Pops!

Last night just before our student ministry worship service I got a phone call from my brother Dave. The call was to inform me that our Pops (our dad, i call him Pops) had just been diagnosed with kidney cancer. The tumor is 2-3 inches taking up 1/3 of one of Pops kidney. Pops has been abnormal the past months as he lost 30 pounds and became very fatigued. Today Pops is undergoing testing to see how bad the cancer is, I believe the test today is on bone marrow. I could be wrong on the test but if it is bone marrow it can be pretty painful. I ask for your prayers for Pops and my step mom Cindy. They have a lot going on right now and can use God's comfort and grace as well as His miraculous power. As always lets pray that God would somehow be glorified in all this. Thank you already for many of your prayers and support. I'll do my best to keep you up to date until then let us pray. (The picture is at Callie Joy's birthday party on May 26th. Front right is my brother Dave, above him is my step mom Cindy, to the left of Cindy is my Pops, and then of course Callie Joy and I.)

Beach daz are rad

This is a picture of Tony laying out with Aaron Koref. This picture made my day-Today a bunch of us from the student ministry went to the beach to simply hang out and have a good time. It was a great time of fellowship as about 50 of us hung out and enjoyed the day. TJ and the kids came which is always good. At one point about 20 of us were in the ocean playing tackle the man (or woman) with the football. The idea was if you had the ball you didn't want anyone to take it away from you as you'd try to throw it to someone else. There weren't any teams, just everyone for themselves. What stuck out to me was when one of our youth leaders (Tony McCormick) had the ball everyone was calling out his name requesting the ball. Tony with only one football had to chose who to throw it to and when he did everyone else gave him grief for not throwing it to them. This is when tony replied "what do you expect me to do? There is only one football." I felt like that was a great picture of us Christians sometimes. There is so much to do that we often spread ourselves too thin trying to do it all instead of doing one thing really well and trusting God to tackle the rest, pun intended. God has given us each only one football (limited resources) and we can't possible please everyone (the 19 other people aka every ministry in your church or every need in our community). But we can make the most of that one football God has given us and see where He takes it. And with the 19 other people disappointed, well we'll just have to trust God that He'll care for those we can't. I'm reminded of the life of Jesus. He didn't physically heal everyone while He was walking the earth (and He could have). He didn't bring peace to everyone while He was walking the earth (and He could have). Jesus actually could have done more throughout His ministry (in the physical sense) but saw the value in staying focused to His calling and trusting God the Father with the rest. Man am i glad He stayed focused on His calling, as it was to die on the cross for all our sins. I just can't imagine life without the cross.

Sr. High Camp

Well, I waited for this camp for 6 months. We took a group of 35 of us to Myrtle Beach, SC for Student Life @ the Beach camp, and it was amazing. Louie Giglio was the speaker and Chris Tomlin was the worship leader for the week. To say God used them would be a huge understatement. The Senior High students were a solid group and it was fun to be with them as well as grow with them. God is doing some phenomenal stuff in and through our senior highers and I am excited to be a part of it. Again thank you to everyone who made this trip possible.

Junior High Camp

2 weeks ago we took 15 junior high students to Stetson University as we took junior high students to Student Life camp where Todd Agnew lead musical worship and Wade Morris spoke. We had a great time growing together. The highlight for us was realizing about midway through the trip that few of us were actually encountering God and we were probably missing out on all God wanted to do with us there. So after we as a group saw the problem we began to chase after God during our worship services or caring for each other during meals or waking up extra early to have a second quiet time. It was beautiful to see the students make the turn and realize all God has in store for us. The students were fun, the leaders were awesome, and the trip was a great one. Thank you to all who sponsored a camper, it truly was life changing. Much love, DA

Lets give it a shot

I'm not to sure how long I will be keeping this blogsite up and running. I've never done one of these before, who knows maybe no one will even read this. However I'm going to give it a shot, so here I go.
I wanted to create this site to simply share my thoughts on what God is doing in my life and in my heart. I've always enjoyed to journal my thoughts on paper so I'm pretty excited to open my heart and brain and share with you what God is doing in my life through the good and through the bad.
I'm new to this whole thing so if you notice me doing something dumb don't leave me hanging, let a brother know. may God bless you on your journey, DA