Daffodils

Here are some recent pictures of daffodils that have recently been in bloom in our area.




One day while outside I was completely taken by how fast these flowers come up and how quickly they orient themselves to the sun. Over the course of a few hours these plants break through the surface reach toward the sky, and then with a explosion of color, burst into bloom overnight. I like that they always point to the sun. I'm trying to learn something from that.

What's New

It seems like the last few weeks have been a blur since we returned from our trip to Florida. Weekend before last the guys from Inside Out came up to Mena to play the Rocking the Rose Show at the Mena Airport. They were absolutely great. Here are a few pics from their concert. We also took some great video and I am trying to find some time to edit it and put it into some sort of usable form.



After staying up hanging out with the guys, we got up bright and early to head to Texarkana for a Piker family portrait. It was a very fun day as well. Here are some pictures from our meal together and a silly shot of Jerrod Piker eating strawberry pie.



Sunday was also a great day, in the afternoon we had a great day in the park. All the kids played on the playground, and in the sand. Here are some pictures of that afternoon.





After that the week came on pretty fast. Jennifer and I have a lot to do on the upcoming Pastor's Conference here at Iron Mountain. Then out of the blue, I hurt my back on Tuesday. Turns out, it was pretty rough for the next few days. So I spent the rest of the week trying to recover. During that time they poured the slab at the new house site. We are so excited.

This week is going much better and we are getting alot done.

New Bike?

Things are in the works to get this cute little Honda CBR 600 F2. Plans are to paint it and make it my own.

Ministry Pics from the Road

On February 20, we stopped into Cabot High School in Cabot Arkansas for a special service that they were having. There was a group of teenage guys there that had a worship band, and they were really good. I was privileged to get to talk with this group for a few minutes. What I am always so amazed by is how passionate for Jesus some teenagers can be. In my life I fight apathy on a moment by moment basis, so it always spurs me just a little to see someone of any age who really cares about something. There were a few teenagers in Cabot who were taking their life and purpose for the Kingdom of God very seriously. I really liked seeing that. From there we shot over to Memphis, spent the night in a hotel, and drove the next day to Atlanta.

The Florida state CMA rally was held at Camp Keystone, a Salvation Army facility near Keystone Heights, Florida. The place was truly amazing. Beautiful grounds with plenty of rooms and meeting places, as well as fun activities like a great lake, and a putt-putt course. We had a great room to meet with teenagers, and some CMA friends from Orlando organized everything in a great way. We met Friday evening, Saturday morning and Saturday evening and did a whole lot of hanging out in between. Saturday evening especially we had a great time of worship and got the opportunity to pray for the young people who wanted us to. It was a very special time. We also made some really great contacts in helping us establish local CMA youth movements in Florida.

Back in Town

It is good to be back home. After an amazing few weeks we are finally back home and have, as always, hit the ground running. I am going to attempt to blog all the things that happened over the past few weeks during which I have been a horrible blogger.

We were excited to see new progress on the house site on Iron Mountain. Check out these pictures.



The Block work was finished around the end of February and it has been backfilled and the plumbing has been started.

Jen and I are still on the road, and we will be back to Mena after this weekend. There is lots to tell so check back in soon. We saw the Passion, we went to a CMA Rally in Florida, and visited some friends in Jacksonville. I also spent a little time at Bike Week in Daytona. More to come...