E.R.

Well this week has been a very strange week for me. For those of you who don't know Monday night was spent with severe pain in my stomach. I couldn't sleep all night, and everything I had eaten was coming back to visit. I tried to make it to the doctor's office Tuesday but realized it would be a lost cause so I went straight to the emergency room. By the time I got there I was in such pain I couldn't walk or do anything. They brought me in and wanted me to fill out some paper work. YEAH RIGHT!!! I told them forget the paper work I need some pain medicine NOW!!! Needless to say I've spent the last 3 days in the hospital. Turns out my chron's disease had flared up and that is what was causing the severe pain. Chron's disease is an intestinal disease. About 10 inches of my small intestine is infected and when it flares up it basically closes and nothing can pass through and believe me it hurts B-A-D. It hasn't flared up in almost 13 years and I don't know why it decided to flare up now. This was extremely hard for me because I like to go, go, go. I'm always going 90 to nothing so for me to have to sit in a bed for three days was horrible, but it was also great because I really got a chance to get things back into perspective. When you live life in the fast lane usually the first thing that you start compromising is your time with God. Yeah I still had it but I did it like every thing else, RUSHED!! It wasn't quality it was quantity. It was a thing to do on my list and I just had to make sure it had a check by it. I pray through this experience I will learn to value my time with God. Make it be intimate and not instant. Thanks to all of you who have been prayin for me. I'm doing well and looking forward to an awesome time at Submerge next week.

Supporting A Great Cause

If there is one very important thing I've learned at Healing Place Church it has to be the vision of the house. Pastor Dino's vision is my vision. His heart is my heart. I am honored to be serving under the greatest pastors in the world. I read his blog and saw that there was a great cause that him and Pastor Mike were supporting and I would love to support it also. So I posted Mikes's blog on mine hoping to get others involved to support this incredible orginization. Pass the word on.


A friend of mine and a great woman in our church, Kacy Edwards, is a former teacher with a heart for the kids of our community. She quit teaching to start an organization called "Career Compass of Louisiana", which helps high school seniors with their post-secondary endeavors at no charge. Kacy and another former teacher, Julie Scott, go into high schools and sit one-on-one with the kids, offering college and career coaching to them for free! Not only do they inform the students about the more than 30 schools in the area, but they also help them fill out SAT/ACT applications, federal financial aid forms, post-secondary applications, scholarship applications, and anything else they may need to pursue their goals and dreams. They met with and assisted over 500 seniors in EBR parish last year and have plans to expand into Ascension, WBR, Livingston, Iberville and other surrounding areas. I say all that because Burger King is sponsoring a contest where they will give $50,000 to a winning cause. Out of more than four-thousand organizations, Career Compass has already made the top TEN - but in order to win, they need your help! (Sidenote: they are a two person non-profit up against much larger corporations) You can vote once a day between now and July 13 at http://www.campaignforyourcause.com/. You can also text message COMPASS to 287437(BURGER). If you're on the forgetful side, check out http://www.careercompassla.org/ and sign up for daily reminder. Voting will only take a second, but the money Career Compass might win could change the lives of thousands of teenagers in our state. They might even help change the life of someone you love.Kacy's relationship with HPC gave her the courage to start this whole thing. Her passion is education and she is leading the charge to change lives in Louisiana. Let's step up and put this state on the map for something amazing! I'm voting every day- are you?

Ethan Daniel Sanders

Last thursday Candace and I became uncle and aunt again. My sister-in-law gave birth to her first son, Ethan. He's a cute fellow, must take after his daddy. Candace stayed for a week and caught a serious illness called BABY FEVER!!! Lord help me. We walked in the hospital in Texas at midnight and as soon as she saw Ethan she looked at me with those puppy eyes and said, "I want a wittle baby." Basically, the pressure is on. The countdown has begun. I have no hope. Really though I'm excited, whenever it happens.

Watch out for Abe

I know I've got a big nose, so part of this is my fault, well my parents since I've got there genes, but what did I do to deserve this. I'm just an innocent bystander when Jordan Gautreau throws a penny at my face. It brought me to my knees. I went to my knees for two reasons: 1) So know one would see me crying 2) So I could pray that I wouldn't kill the person that did this. Thanks for the love bro!!!

September 24, 2007

Yes after a great weekend of rounds, picks, etc. the NFL Draft has stirred the football mania in me. Febuary to September has got to be the longest months I face every year. No football makes me depressed. I think the NFL puts the draft in April because just as I start to get over the fact that football is gone they have the draft and it gets me all stirred up again. But I've got something to celebrate because my friend called me yesterday and is taking me to the Saints home opener against the Titans. 145 days 23 hours. Are you ready?????

Got me

Check this out. God punked me just now. I was reading Tweezy's blog and looking at some other people's blogs and I said, "Why don't I have something to put on ther?" To which God responded, "When's the last time you did something crazy, out the box, out your comfort zone, impossible for me." I said, "good point." Well God didn't say it just like that but you get the point. So today I'm going to keep my eyes open and my heart ready to do something crazy for Jesus and hopefully I'll get to tell you guys about it.

Quote of the day: "Your accountability partner has gotta be someone who'll tell you your baby's ugly!!!!" Reggie Wheeler I love bible study cause we get right down to the plain jane.

It's all about prayer

What's up guys. It's been a while since I posted my one thing on here but here I am. God has really been dealing doing some amazing things and I've wanted to post so hopefully over the next few weeks I will take the time to share the amazing things He is doing. This weekend is amplified and I believe it is going to be amazing. God is really teaching me that you can go get the greatest speakers like Chad Daniels or bring in a great band but no matter how great they are unless God is the One in it and behind it all it doesn't matter because or best will never come close to God's worst, if there is such a thing. We must seek God through prayer and ask Him to take the reins at amplified this year. That's the only way lives will be changed. I'm sure most of you are like duh, no kidding, but for me I trust in my ability way more than I trust in His. Just being honest. I sure hope that changes, because that will be the only way I will be able to impact the next generation.