Wow…huge shout out to my assistant Vicki Twining (vicki@newhopewired.tv). My neighbor and I (they are sharing this beach house with us) didn’t bring our computers to the OBX and they didn’t have one here, and she magically made his appear yesterday. Good and bad. Good in that I can re-connect a bit with the world. Bad, that I can re-connect a bit with the world. Don’t worry, I am not working…I am sitting on the deck…look at this pic…you think this is work?

So drop Vicki a note, she deserves a big thanks for all the work she does…she keeps the ministry rolling, trust me! Just do it. Please. Come on. Pretty please…even if you read this way later…

Shout out to Christian my son, for the title. I asked him to sing a song from High School Musical…if you don’t know what that is, you have no kids under the age of 15 or so…and this is what he sang. And just to let you know…this boy can groooooooooooooooove.

Here are some things I learned while at the beach:

1) Always take 2 weeks off in a row if you can…takes 1 week to get into it.
2) When coming to the beach with a child under 3, be aware that they feel the need to be naked most of the time.
3) When going to the beach, expect weird weather…like the hurricane that popped up off the coast…yes, 1 in a million odds or something, should go buy a Power Ball ticket.
4) We should be out of harm’s way by Sunday though…God is good!
5) SPF more than 15 please when you glow as white as I do.
6) Stare straight ahead at all times or your significant other will accuse you of window shopping. (Just a funny one…my Wife is innocent…and we are on the 4X4 beaches here…no one else in sight at all…great stuff!)
7) Sand is in irritant…especially in your bee hin…well anyway, skip that one.
8) Jelly Fish do really sting you.
9) Pay the kid damage waiver thingy, especially when bringing 6 or more kids like we did.
10) You will feel very close to God at the beach…you just have too.

I could go on, but that would be too much work…Do link up to these great posts from Perry Noble at NewSpring Church about Lead Pastor/Worship Pastor Relationships and Vice-Versa, unless you could care less.

And for you New Hopers…I do hope to unveil something utterly amazing that we will be doing as a church, right here on the blog in 2-3 weeks. IT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND. If God hasn’t given us enough to do, wait until you hear this one…it is special.

Check out the building projects @ Lville and Wootown Campuses…all the crew doing a great job! And don’t miss the FREE Alan Root Family Concert this weekend. Wish we were there for that one! Amazing stuff for your ENTIRE FAMILY. Quit saying there isn’t anything good to do in L-ville or Wooster…

And, see you all next weekend as I teach on the topic of Suicide…TONS of buzzzzzzzzzzz on this one. peace.