My Ridiculous Family

ok, so i decided to share a family story with you guys. last year i was visiting my great aunt in Georgia. she is my mother's father's sister, so she is from my mother's ancestry. we were sitting around talking about random thing and my great aunt was telling us random stories and this one came along.

she told us all that back in the day my family owned Stone Mountain.


when my great aunt said those words we all thought she was crazy. but then the story was confirmed by other elders of my family. my mothers ancestors use to own Stone Mountain. we all asked the same question you are now asking, what happened? she responded, "they sold it to another family for a donkey, a donkey cart, and a bottle of whiskey." WHAT?!!

yes, yes that is a true story. my family was ridiculous enough to sell what would be a future national treasure for a donkey, a donkey cart, and a bottle of whiskey. ugh!!

Surely We Can Change

By: David Crowder

And the problem is this
We were bought with a kiss
But the cheek still turned
Even when it wasn’t hit

And I don’t know
What to do with a love like that
And I don’t know
How to be a love like that

When all the love in the world
Is right here among us
And hatred too
And so we must choose
What our hands will do

Where there is pain
Let there be grace
Where there is suffering
Bring serenity
For those afraid
Help them be brave
Where there is misery
Bring expectancy
And surely we can change
Surely we can change
Something

And the problem it seems
Is with you and me
Not the Love who came
To repair everything

And I don’t know
What to do with a love like that
And I don’t know
How to be a love like that

When all the love in the world
Is right here among us
And hatred too
And so we must choose
What our hands will do

Oh, the world’s about to change
The whole world’s about to change

The ridiculousness of life

hahaha.... ok, so... saturday night i am headed home late after hanging out with Joe K for awhile. it was wet and cold outside, it even snowed. well, i took a turn and apparently i took it to fast and i almost ended up in it nose first. thanks to my expert driving skills, i kept it from crashing but i did blow out my front driver's side tire and bend the rim, not fun. So, i am not able to make it to church sunday morning for my first official day as Youth Pastor. the church was very understanding and loving, so that was great.

the real adventure started today when i tried to find a new rim and tire. the first trick was trying to find a ride to go pick all this stuff up. it took me until 3:30 to be able to get on the road going to get stuff. the first place i went was to get the rim, it was called Mississippi Truck Dismantling. it was out in the woods and very very very redneck, i didnt know what to think. there were wrecked vehicles everywhere and parts everywhere. everything went well and i got the rim for a good price, so that was nice.

i went to the other side of the town to get a tire put on it. i was in the straight up ghetto, looking over my shoulder and all that kind of stuff. i went and told the guy what i had and what i need and he asked how i bent my rim. i started to tell him but he automatically assumed i was drunk driving. i told him otherwise but no matter what i had to say, in his mind i had to have been drunk driving. he finally got my stuff straightened out and i was on my way and got my truck rolling again.

it was a pretty adventurous day that i thought i would share with you guys, hehe

God is crazy good

ok, so God is crazy good. I have possibly the three coolest and nerdiest part time jobs someone like me could have. I am a part time manager at a Gamestop, i am a part time musician (i get to travel with an awesome band from time to time), and i just this past sunday got hired on as a part time youth pastor of a church here right out side of Clinton, MS.

I am super excited about this new position as Youth Pastor. i have been praying and praying that God would put in ministry some where. i have been looking since august last year and have been disappointed time and time again until finally God put me exactly where i need to be right when i need to be there. He is good even when im an idiot, haha.

If you would like to be praying for me in anyway, i am trying to get things rolling really quickly with this church. so, you could pray for wisdom and direction as i begin teaching these youth and working in this new church

An Update

ok, im sorry i have been a slacker (as John Michael so put it). my life as been so crazy busy recently but i will start making more time for blogging again because apparently some people actually read it, haha.

anyways, update on my life. Yesterday was my birthday and my friends are awesome! they threw me a little birthday surprise party at the amazing Waffle House, indeed a great idea. i will start traveling more with the band Burkhalter coming next month, i will blog about those gigs as they come. this Sunday a church about 15 minutes from Clinton will be voting on me as there Youth Pastor, so if you guys wanted to be praying for me in some way you could pray that the Lord's will be done in that. i am so ready to be in ministry and the kids at this church are awesome. i have been hanging out with them for a couple of weeks now and have already grown to love them and want to influence their lives. that's about it for right now but there will be more to come now that i have decided to stop being a blog slacker, haha