Currently at the R.O.B. (Rhine Ordinance Barracks) in Germany... on day 1 of my journey back to the states for my 2 week leave from this deployment! I should be getting in to Lexington, Ky around 7:30PM though it'll feel like 1:30am due to the time change (: I'll be on such an adrenaline rush seeing my family that it won't matter I'm positive!
This'll be a welcome 2-weeks home. I wasn't able to sleep last night due to the excitement and I'm SURE I won't be able to sleep tonight!!
Can't wait to see how big my little ones have gotten and how amazingly beautiful my wife has grown.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Friday, April 23, 2010
Elijah & Matt 19:14
This is ABSOLUTELY a blessing to me...
But Jesus said, "Let the children come to me. Don't stop them! For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these."
Matthew 19:14
Kosovo - Strpce Valley Sunset
We flew to the Italian Camp "Villagio Italia" last night for a mission and got to eat a nice italian dinner and walk around the camp...
This valley "STRPCE" is one of the ways to get to there... we were flying thru at sunset.
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Below is NOT the restaurant at Villagio Italia... (:
On Wednesday night, we left Bondsteel and had dinner in town at one of the nearby restaurants, "The Castle". It was a kind of bed n' breakfast - so we asked to see the hotel rooms.
The room below is 25 Euro a night. (crazy!)
Thursday, April 22, 2010
"When the Unqualified are Qualified"
Excerpt from the book: "Messy Spirituality" by Michael Yaconelli
-When the Unqualified are Qualified-
"Walking by a pet shop on his way to school, a young boy stopped and stared through the window. Inside were four black puppies playing together. After school he ran home and pleaded with his mother to let him have one of the puppies. 'I'll take care of it, Mom, I will. If you can just give me an advance on my allowance, I'll have enough money to buy one with my own money. Please, Mom, please.'
The mother, knowing full well the complications having a new puppy would bring to a busy household, could not resist her son. 'Okay, you can get the puppy, but I will expect you to take care of it.'
'Yes, Mom. I will.' Filled with excitement, the little boy ran to the pet shop to buy his new puppy.
After determining that the boy had enough money, the pet shop owner brought him to the window to choose his puppy. After a few minutes, the young boy said, 'Um... I'll take the little one in the corner.'
'Oh no,' said the shop owner, ' not that one; he's crippled. Notice how he just sits there; something is wrong with one of his legs, so he can't run and play like the rest of the puppies. Choose another one.'
Without saying a word, the boy reached down, lifted his pant leg to expose a chrome leg brace to the owner.
'No,' he said firmly. 'I think I'll take the puppy in the corner.'
It turned out that what disqualified the puppy from being chosen by others is what most qualified him to be chosen by the little boy.
It's amazing how few of us believe in the unqualified grace of God. Oh, yes, God loves us, as long as we're clean and whole and fixed. But it turns out that what disqualifies you and me from 'spirituality' - the mess of our lives and our crippledness - is what most qualifies us to be chosen by Jesus."
("Messy Spirituality" was one of the books given to me by Charlie, one of the guys in my life group at Quest - Thanks Charlie!)
-When the Unqualified are Qualified-
"Walking by a pet shop on his way to school, a young boy stopped and stared through the window. Inside were four black puppies playing together. After school he ran home and pleaded with his mother to let him have one of the puppies. 'I'll take care of it, Mom, I will. If you can just give me an advance on my allowance, I'll have enough money to buy one with my own money. Please, Mom, please.'
The mother, knowing full well the complications having a new puppy would bring to a busy household, could not resist her son. 'Okay, you can get the puppy, but I will expect you to take care of it.'
'Yes, Mom. I will.' Filled with excitement, the little boy ran to the pet shop to buy his new puppy.
After determining that the boy had enough money, the pet shop owner brought him to the window to choose his puppy. After a few minutes, the young boy said, 'Um... I'll take the little one in the corner.'
'Oh no,' said the shop owner, ' not that one; he's crippled. Notice how he just sits there; something is wrong with one of his legs, so he can't run and play like the rest of the puppies. Choose another one.'
Without saying a word, the boy reached down, lifted his pant leg to expose a chrome leg brace to the owner.
'No,' he said firmly. 'I think I'll take the puppy in the corner.'
It turned out that what disqualified the puppy from being chosen by others is what most qualified him to be chosen by the little boy.
It's amazing how few of us believe in the unqualified grace of God. Oh, yes, God loves us, as long as we're clean and whole and fixed. But it turns out that what disqualifies you and me from 'spirituality' - the mess of our lives and our crippledness - is what most qualifies us to be chosen by Jesus."
("Messy Spirituality" was one of the books given to me by Charlie, one of the guys in my life group at Quest - Thanks Charlie!)
Saturday, April 17, 2010
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