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Charlie has always humored himself as a Tetris master….but doesn’t have the high scores to prove it. Well here you go buddy, prove your skills as a Human Tetris master.

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I’m going to venture a guess that this didn’t have the desired effect.

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In the previous post, my links are all screwy, they want to add my blog address in addition to what I’m trying to link to. That hasn’t happened to me before, anyone got any ideas? I’ll try to link to my church again just to test it.

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In 2 weeks our church is putting on a Kids Camp. This is a pretty huge deal for us because this will be the first time our church has EVER done any children’s ministry. When I started there, there was a 1 year old and a 4 year old and that was it for the kids. They didn’t have a nursery because there was no real need for one. Now we have an overflowing nursery and are getting set to do this camp. It’s so exciting! I’m not claiming that it’s my fantastic preaching that’s drawing the masses, but people are just excited that something is happening.

We aren’t alone in this though, we are very blessed to have Emmanuel Baptist from Crestview partnering with us in this. Their student minister called me a couple months ago and said he’d love to bring his kids here to help us with anything we might need. Our facilities are good so we didn’t need anything like construction or painting, but one thing we had been praying about was doing something for the children of our area. Their children’s minister jumped right in there too and they offered to come put on this camp for us. We don’t have the manpower to do such a thing right now, but they do. They are not only staffing and teaching for us, but they’re also doing all the set up/tear down, bringing all the decorations (and they will go all out!), pretty much everything. We’ll have as many of our people as possible to help with registration and other things, and we’re also feeding their people each evening. On the last night we’re doing a big dinner for the families of the kids and we’re praying that it will be a connecting point between our people and the families of the community.

One thing we’re using to help spread the word is our website, and I’m so proud of it. It’s not flashy by any means, but I think it looks nice, it’s very functional, and it’s very inexpensive to operate which is key for us. We started our publicity yesterday and it’s been fun to watch the hits climb all day on the Statcounter. I must send a big thank you to my good friend Micah Fries, because the website would not have happened without his help and guidance.

My heart is quite full with joy over the many dear friends who have partnered with us in prayer and have shared their time, experience, support, and kindness. Neat things are happening and many people are a part of it. Thank you to all my friends.

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My mailbox was vandalized Thursday night/Friday morning for the second time. The first time was last summer when some kids kicked it over, kicked several trash cans over, and moved my For Sale sign to a neighbor’s yard. The mailbox stand is just one of those cheap ones with 2 small square metal posts. The posts broke off but I was able to rig it by sticking 2 dowel rods into the part that was still in the ground and then sticking the other part down on the dowels. Problem solved, until my neighbor accidentally backed over it with his truck which finished it off for good.

So I bought another stand and it’s been doing the job, until I walked out yesterday morning and found that I’d been hit again. This time they not only kicked it over, but ripped the box off the stand itself, so dowel rods won’t fix it this time. One thing that really made me mad was that I was the only one who had damage, so it felt more personal. It’s stupid I know, but I’ve really struggled with anger over this, so I’m determined to get even! I’m leaning more towards Old Testament law here, so cut me some slack.

Here’s the plan. First of all, I’m done with cheap mailbox stands. I’m getting one of those big wooden 4×4 post types that I’ll have to bury several feet down. Trucks? Bring ‘em on. Secondly, I’m determined to figure out a way to electrify the thing so that if anyone touches it after dark, they’ll get zapped! I’m convinced I can do it, and I’m mad enough to see it through. Punks? Bring ‘em on.

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If they ever do a “tell-all” after Lost is finally finished, I’m sure you won’t be seeing anything like this.

A beautiful trail through the woods on the island.  Very peaceful.

Eh, no wait…look a little closer…

Here’s a tip for you - Don’t do “your business” right in the middle of the trail.  It’s just bad island etiquette!

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When we got to the island this year, there was an old ski handle tied to a tree. The water does not drop off quickly, so if you swing out as far as possible you’re only going to drop in a foot of water. I thought, “Well that’s dumb”………..and then I swung on the thing all week. So of course JM had to as well.

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At the lake there is a popular destination called Chimney Rock. It’s a huge rock face that people jump from. There are about 3 levels from which you can prove your manhood to the hot chica waiting for you back in your boat. The lowest is shown in the pictures below. Next up is around 30 feet high, and the highest level is somewhere in the neighborhood of 60 feet I believe. I have made that jump several times, but the last time was 2 summers ago. It’s so high and takes so long to hit the water that you really have time to reflect on life while you plummet to the [hard] water below. The last time I jumped I decided during my flight that I really wasn’t interested in doing this anymore. But back to the point of this, JonMichael was pumped about jumping, and of course I was pumped about him doing it. Jolenn said she wanted to do it but when I got her up on the rock, well she was less than enthusiastic. Being the concerned father that I am, I decided I should get down as quickly and safely as possible.

(This wasn’t us)

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Each year we meet up with my in-laws at Lake Martin, north of Auburn AL. They’ve been doing this for around 20 years now, and I just made my 8th trip with them. People do vacations differently. Some want to go to places like Disney and be entertained, but we prefer to go to the middle of nowhere and do next to nothing! I think we all lead pretty busy lives, so getting to unwind with family is our top priority.

We stay at a campground in a trailer, but each morning we pack all our food and stuff for the day, load the boat, and go camp for the day on one particular island. In reality, we look like a bunch of rednecks, but we tip towards that side anyway so it’s of no concern to us. Enjoy.

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