New Job

Well, in case some of you have not heard, I have accepted the worship position at a local church in Cobb County- Christ's Church at Cobb. Please be in prayer as my wife and I are in transition. We are both excited and ready to see what God is going to do through us! My first Sunday will be November 8th!

Sorry I have been out of the loop for a while. I have been crazy busy with this transition and with playing a lot with ARP. Thanks for those who are continuing to pray for us!

One Year Older

On Wednesday I got just a little older. I don't want to complain about it too much because I know I am still REALLY young. Lord willing I have A TON of life left to live. The cool thing is that on my birthday we got our CO for our home and are now moved/ing in.

Courtney and I lived with my grandmother for over a year and we are SO thankful for her! It was hard to deal with the lack of space at times, but WOW was it well worth it! We will post some pics up soon of the new home.

ARP is off this weekend and we will be attending our area churches tomorrow and worshiping with our families before a BUSY October. Job hunting continues somewhat - although we are talking pretty seriously now with one prospect. Court and I have constantly been praying for God to open the right door and close the wrong ones.

Talk has started about a benefit concert for some of the flood victims in our area that we are familiar with, so please keep that in your prayers. So many people lost everything and have to start over. We want to help them do that! Keep checking back for updates.

Praying for Rain??

Well, I have been praying for rain for about a week now, and God REALLY answered my prayers! Sorry to those who have been flooded. Some of the things I have seen today have been quite surreal. Keep ARP Guitar player Spencer in your prayers- his house has been flooded!

Dang!

Well, my wife and I have been praying hard about what's next for us. I have talked to many local churches about their worship ministries and I am still praying through where God wants me.

I think the hardest part at this point is being patient. I KNOW that God will provide for us and will open the right door when it is time...but what do you do when time starts to run out?

I haven't blogged in FOREVER it seems like. I have started back to school, I have been working my butt off at our new house to get it finished so we can move in, and I have been in the studio with A Ransom Plea.

Luckily, our band has been quite busy, but busy doesn't always pay the bills. I have applied to some of the dumbest jobs in the world, just to get the letter, "We will keep your application on file for 6 months..." Wow, thanks!!!

Our prayer will continue to be, "God open the ONE door you want us to walk through and close every other one!"

Last night I woke up at 2:45 am and couldn't go back to sleep till about 5. My mind was just racing with the "what's next" question. I have started writing more songs and have started to pray harder, and longer - which I know God wants of me. I just hope that my character stays in this condition and that I continue to trust in God with all things after this storm has passed.

If you read this (I have probably lost all my readers because it's been too long!) please pray for us and pray for our CHURCH (not individual ones, but the the big one...) Glory to God FOREVER! "I may be down, but I will rise. It may be dark, but God is light!"

More House Pics

A lot of change to the house. Even today as I cleaned up around the place I wanted to take pics, but unfortunately it's not as easy as it once was. I will see what I can do about getting some up here asap!

I guess just an update...

I guess you could just call this an update. I have been just posting pics of our new house, but haven't really had anything spiritual/personal on here in a while. So....I though I could get a little personal on ya'll. (That's a southern word if you didn't know, so don't get your panties in a wad!)

The church I have been employed with for over a year is coming to a close. Velocity Church is shutting her doors. I have to be honest and say it's a bitter sweet moment. The rest of the staff and I feel this is the best move for our church, but what sucks is that it puts me out of a job.

The hardest thing for me to deal with personally is how I am going to provide for my beautiful wife. Thank God we have no debt (well except that FAT bill from the pictures you see below! HAHA!) Other than our mortgage, we will be debt free (thanks Dave!)

So what does the future hold? I have no clue to be completely honest. In the mean time, A Ransom Plea (ARP) will continue. We are playing at Christ's Church At Cobb 8/2 (am service), Trinity Church in Dville on 8/9 (am service), Douglasville FUMC 8/9 (pm service), CrossView Community Church in Rockmart 8/16 (am services), and The Discovery Church in Villa Rica 9/13 (am service). So come out and see us. We are also continuing in our recording this weekend.

It's been taking a while to record our album, but it's tough getting all the schedules just right. Keep us in prayer (my wife and I) and please keep the future church(s) of Paulding/Cobb/Carroll counties. God is going to move big and I hope that I can be part of that in some way!

House Pics

Here are some house pics: