We had the most awesome time at the Colors Rally with the students that came from different places all over the country. There were probably around 160 students plus adult leaders, from the states and a few from CMA Canada and Mexico. God really blessed us with a great week and we couldn't believe all the amazing things that were happening. There were 15 students who committed to follow Jesus for the first time and literally hundreds of opportunities to pray and share with kids. Jen and I did three seminars, one on parenting, one on Youth Ministry and one on motocross outreach.
We are now completely exhausted but very happy with all that has happened.
Monday, October 24, 2005
Brother Andrew at the Colors Rally
During the recent Colors rally here on Iron Mountain, we were priviledged to have Brother Andrew and Mrs. Vonette Bright visit and greet the kids. It was a real treat to be able to meet, listen, and have one of your heros present at your event. Both Brother Andrew and Mrs. Bright had such a love for young people. We were once again blown away by the possibility of a life lived for Christ might become.
Sunday, October 23, 2005
New Friends from South Africa
For the past 4 weeks we have had guests with us from CMA South Africa. Peter Psaros and his wife Kenau, and Kenau's brother Ramon. Their Father is the president of CMA South Africa and director of CMA International. It has been an absolutely incredible visit and we have had a great time getting to know them and spending time together. It is cool to have so much in common with friends from the other side of the planet. Peter is an accomplished musician, producer and engineer and I have learned tons from him in the short time that we have been together. He jumped into the band that we put together for the Colors Rally and helped us take it to a new level. He and His wife Kenau are just so precious, we have really enjoyed becoming friends. Ramon is a Buell sponsored stunt rider. He is doing a stunt show for the rally and for the Fastlane rally coming up in November. They have hit it off very well with our kids, so everyone is enjoying being together.
Thursday, October 06, 2005
Putting on the Make-up
As we have with both of our girls, we stumbled across Zoe putting on makeup totally hiding in the bathroom so she wouldn't be found.
I'm So Cool
Sunday Night we were finishing up shopping at Walmart and I was out in the parking lot goofing around riding a shopping cart. Jennifer came up behind me and gave me a pinch on the booty (much to my surprise!). When I hopped down off the cart I twisted my ankle deluxe. Now it is swollen, hurting and messed up. And I don't even have a cool story to tell about how it happened.
Woodward Iowa
Last week we had the opportunity to be at a couple of juvenile facilities in Iowa. The CMA members that arranged the services were awesome and it was an incredible weekend. Jen took this picture of corn fields (which is pretty much all we saw when we were in south Iowa. When we returned the kids had made a welcome home sign and it was great to see them. There are only 2 weeks before our big rally. We have lots to do, but we are, as always, having a great time doing it. We have some guests staying with us from CMA South Africa and it is a lot of fun.
Sunday, September 18, 2005
Hello Faithful Friends
So sorry to have not blogged for so long. This week we finally got phone service and the resultant DSL at our new house. This was the first weekend home that we have had since May. I have been so pleased about how some of our friends check out the blog over and over again hoping for some new post. Well, I realize that I have failed in bringing new McPherson news and thoughts over the summer. But we will try to do better. So until the next post...
Kin Thegither
In February, we began something we are very excited about and that we are enjoying very much. We call it 'Kin Thegither' and it means "Family together". It is basically just a family together weekend. We turn off all the phones, turn off the TV (except for movies or things that we all watch together) put up the video games and computers, and just hang out together. We cook together, play and watch movies. We move all the furniture and 'go to the mattresses' all together in the living room. We are going to try to do it a couple of times a year, so when we told the kids that we were planning to have Kin Thegither this week, they were thrilled. It was a cool weekend. The kids put on a show for us, dancing, singing and human videos. We absolutely loved it. Jen and I tried some new recipes and really had a blast. It is becoming a highlight of our year. Check out some of the photos by clicking the pic to the right
Braves Game
From the Kansas Rally we headed over to Atlanta for a little vacation time. As always we had a great time just hanging back and taking it easy. We of course hit a Braves game, and as always hit some of our favorite malls and restaurants. We had a really good time with my parents, had fun with all of the family at a Monroe family get together, and had a real great Labor Day at our lifelong friends, the Monkus' house. (If you ask Joby and I, Clay should open up a rib shack, because his dry rub ribs are unbelievable) Click the pic to see more pics from that week.
Zoe and the Big Oak
While at the Kansas State Rally we found this tree that was absolutely huge. It was 15 feet around and went up about 40 feet before the first branches reached out. It was really stunning. Click on the picture to see more pics from that weekend. We really had a great time in Kansas.
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