India 2011

In July I will be returning to India for a mission trip. On this trip, like our trip in March 2010, we will be performing at 4 concerts in cities around the area. Something we do that is unique to our mission is to preform the music in the native language of Tamil.

In order to do this I need your support. The cost of the trip is $3000. Please pray and search your heart about donating to the cause. Worship music in any language is uplifting, but for these people who never get the chance to worship in a way that we take for granted is life changing.

I've added a donate button on the side if God is leading you to support this trip.

Thank you, God Bless

Awesome

A few weeks ago I got a call from my son's mom, they live in Orlando. She said that she was having some issues with him, ordinary teenager stuff. Something told that I should go to see him on his birthday. So I got online and checked the cost of the flights to Orlando. Our God is so Awesome!!! I can fly down there, rent a car for 3 days, with all taxes and fees included for $185. So I'm leaving this morning and returning on Monday. How cool is that? God had it planned this way all along. The only way I could go is if the tickets were dirt cheap, and there are. Thank you Lord, you've made a young man and his dad very happy!!!

2 more weeks

Found out today that my son is going to be staying for 2 more weeks!!!! We're having a great time together this summer, went to Cedar Point, played video games, watched movies all that cool guy stuff. And now the adventure continues!!!

Excitement

Tomorrow my son comes in from Florida. I can't wait to give him a big hug. I don't have a great calendar of events planned other than going to Cedar Point with both my sons. Must of our time will be spent hanging out. Should be great!

Huh

This morning I was laying in bed half asleep half awake when this thought crossed my mind:

"You are an amazing guy."

Huh, you know what? I am an amazing guy.

New Blog

When I returned from India I had an extremely difficult time trying to wrap my mind around the experience I had just encountered. God had totally broken down my worldview and was in the process of rebuilding my mindset into something that would advance the Kingdom. On Monday April 19th I posted something that God had put on my heart, one question. What would happen...? After much prayer and thought I've decided to start a new blog called What Would Happen Today...?

I set up this new blog as a forum to help Christian men in their walk with God. My hope is to inspire, connect, and unite men from all denominations, races and social-economic backgrounds for a common cause, to answer the question. What would happen today...?

I'll be posting observations, thoughts, and examples that will lead us to contemplate how we as Christian men can change the world in the name of the Lord. I'll be asking questions that will help us look at ourselves, our worldviews and how God is leading us to honestly make a difference in the world.

So I ask you to check whatwouldhappentoday.com regularly. Carefully read the postings. Think and pray about the answers. Leave comments, so we can help each other advance the Kingdom together.

If you have ideas about postings please email them to brian@whatwouldhappentoday.com please do not post them as a comment.

School's Out For Summer

I remember being in high school (a long time ago) and on the last day of school everyone had Alice Cooper's School's Out blasting out on their car stereo as they were peeling out from the parking lot. Yeah, those were the days.

Yesterday was my last day of school for this semester, and it's bittersweet. The past 2 years I've taken classes over the summer so I can graduate next May, but not this year. I've decided to take the summer off.

My younger son who lives in Florida with his mom will be here in June for his summer visit. He is normally here for 6 weeks or so, but not this year. He's 13 and going into the 8th grade in the fall. He has decided to play football, and conditioning starts in the middle of July. So he is only going to be here for 3 1/2 weeks this summer.

I knew it was coming, the older he gets the more things he will be involved with and the less time we will have to spend together. Even though graduating on time is important to me, spending as much time as I can with him is the most important thing in the world.