Three years ago we were sitting at St. Francis Womens Hospital in Memphis, TN, while we were watching coverage of Hurricane Katrina, we were also awaiting the arrival of our second daughter, London.  To say that she is full of life - would be a tremendous understatement.  She spends the majority of her time laughing, running, or begging to be thrown into the air.  Funniest line from the past several weeks…

Funniest line from the past few weeks… “Daddy, some boy pushed me down at the playground…If he does it one more time, I punch him in da face!”

• Very good day on Sunday.
• We are going to need some of the 11:00 crowd to move to 9:30.
• I think that we are about to do our very first mailer.  I haven’t seen it yet, but I have heard about the design…Should be VERY interesting to see the response.
• I am in the process of reading 3 really good books right now.  One at home, one at the office, and one in the bathroom.  It’s a strange process but it works.
• I met with Bishop Jim Bolin last week.  We hit it off instantly and I can’t wait to write about a few of the things he said.  It was hilarious and challenging at the same time.
• I am confident that Acworth is one of the greatest cities on the planet.
• There was a speech last night at the Democratic National Convention that was one of the funniest things I have ever seen.  I actually dreamed about it and woke up laughing.
• Television is terrible right now.  I watched a few minutes of a show with a guy that was “half man - half tree” and it freaked me out!  The new television season can’t come soon enough.
• The next 6 weeks at Freedom Church are going to be incredible!  Pray like crazy and I will fill you in on the details as we get closer.
• London turns 3 on Friday.  She is going to be an acrobat or a stuntwoman.
• Totally random thought, but my dog is older than all my kids.  He is 7.

Devin and I hung out with Pete and Hollie last night at PF Changs.  I love hanging out with them and we had a blast!

While we were there, they told us about this…  It could quite possibly be the strangest thing I have ever seen at a funeral.

• GREAT Sunday this past week!  Wow!
• Opened up a Twitter account again.  Still can’t decide if I like it.
• Inviting people to church works.  Plain and simple.
• The office building that houses our office complex is for sale.
• Hanging out with three great leaders tomorrow.  Can’t wait.
• No Freakin Way will go down as our best series so far…
• It will only hold the title for about 6 days - because the series after that will be intense!
• Rumor has it that PF Changs is on the agenda for tonight…
• I got IT.
• The Mayor filmed a great video for us the other day.  Great!

Just started using Twitter again.  Not sure how long it’s going to last, but I have been persuaded for the time being.

You can follow me here.  Sign up and it will make it more fun.

• Great day on Sunday.  Pipe and Drape came down (on purpose) at 11:00.
• Big day coming up this week.  Praying for 350.
• They just opened up a Dippin Dots Ice cream place less than 10 minutes from my house.
• I am headed to Anderson SC today with Gary and Chris.  Many stories will come out of this trip I am sure.
• It’s a huge honor to hang out with the guys I will have the opportunity to learn from over the next few days.  Not just the guys I already mentioned, but also Perry, Tadd, Jeff, David, Clay, Jeff C, Daniel, Mark, Dean, and Greg.  What a great opportunity!
• Michael Phelps is ridiculously talented.
• The funniest part of the Olympics is watching the Chinese gymnastics team give each other high fives.  I die laughing every single time.
• The gymnastics stuff is insane.  I get dizzy way too easily- not to mention the fact that I value my face too much - to even attempt the stuff those people can pull off.
• We need to raise about $20,000 right now.  Can’t wait to see how God’s going to pull this one off.
• Can’t wait til Sunday!  Going to be a great day!   The Freedom crew are inviting machines!

We are getting ready for Baby #3.  I just realized that as long as everything goes according to plan - all of our kids will have been born in a different state.

Lexi is 6 and was born in South Carolina.

London is 2 and was born in Tennessee.

Baby 3 is 0 and will most likely be born in Georgia.

That seems strange to me.    Not sure if there are a lot of people out there in the same situation.

• We are praying for some very big things over the next few months.
• It was nice and sunny this past Sunday for the first time in a while.
• We are giving out the most random thing this coming Sunday.
• P90X does not get easier with time!
• I have woken up 10 times every night for the past several days praying for staff members and things going on around the office.  Not long prayers, just the 20 second kind - then I drift back off to sleep.
• Counting down the days to the beginning of the Coaching Network thing with Perry.
• Devin is doing some thing called Ignite and made like $300 last week.  Not bad for a half-hour investment!
• Lexi starts the 1st grade next week.  Very strange.
• London thinks she is pregnant.  She is two - so probably not.
• We have been saying for the past three weeks that if we are passionate from earth about what God is passionate about in heaven - then a revolutionary movement of God will begin to unfold in this community…. Get ready!

Random question of the day…

A friend of ours and local business owner just asked… “Pastor would you mind sitting in a dunk tank for an event in the city of Acworth?”

My response…

“No thanks, I seem to be allergic to aquariums”.  Not sure where that came from but it seemed to fit.  It’s cool that they asked, but not cool enough for me to play along

• Yes Devin is pregnant!
• If we have another girl - instead of gifts - I am setting up a “I have three girls and they probably all want to get married one day” fund.
• We have been in Charlotte for a few days at Elevation Church.  Love spending time with great leaders and exposing our team to great churches!  8 people went back last night - Todd and I head back this afternoon.
• Austin and his wife drove up last night for dinner at Outback.  Great things in store for this guy.
• I have experience a new kind of pillow this week.  It’s short and squatty.  I like it.
• Do not miss this Sunday!  It will be an insane month - and it all hinges on what happens this week.