Wow! What a week it has been! Thank you for all your prayers & encouragement!

Last Tuesday I woke up with a headache and throughout the day it became worse. I drove to Tulsa to check on a few things and on the way back had a few abnormal things happen physically. Being the brilliant person I am, I chose to finish the turnpike before pulling over. I was met at the end by an ambulance & spent a little time in the ER.

After checking out I submitted myself to the care of my regular docs and they asked me to have an MRI done. The headaches continued with pretty major severity.

Long story short,  the doc’s feel like I have Spontaneous Inter-cranial hypo tension – a leak in my spinal cord. While this has proved to be very painful, and inconvenient, it is much less severe than some of the options we were looking at.

What now? We are calling BP to see if they can help plug the leak. (Just kidding) I will be talking to my doctor later this evening to decide what course of action to take to plug the leak. The problem is nobody knows where the leak is. So, pray that well find the leak – seal the leak – and go on about our business of seeing a city transformed!

I cannot even begin to express my gratitude for the care I have received from my wife, family, friends, church, and community! I am a blessed man! Thank you! God is good!

Journey Church,

THANK YOU! I am so proud of you! I am blessed by what God is doing in your lives!

On Sunday, May 23rd I shared with you about how we had been walking through a challenging time financially. I asked you to pray, do your part, be consistent, and hear God!

You did it!

Over the past weeks God has worked through you in a huge way! Our giving is great for the middle of the summer! Now, due to our attendance dropping in the summer, great giving still makes things tremendously tight, but your consistency is helping in a great way! So, THANK YOU!

What now? Keep doing your part, pray for others to do their part, and let’s trust God to move in a big time way!

Remember, your giving brings honor to God, releases his blessing on you, and furthers the mission of Christ! Keep bring obedient and remember – God really can do anything!!!

Over the past week I have been really, really low key. I know this will probably surprise you, but I really did think I would roll in, have back surgery, and be back to normal within a day, or so. Guess what? I miss calculated!!!

In the mean time there are some things that I am super excited about!

1. People receiving Christ!!! Every week we are seeing people give their lives to Christ and I love it!
2. Coloring Books and Coffee has been a huge hit and I love seeing what God is doing in families!
3. More and more people are giving! You are such a generous church & your surrender financially will be blessed by God!
4. The fall is going to be amazing! I have never been more excited about what God is going to do!
5. We are rolling out the after – school tutoring strategy this fall for Jr. High students!!! Beyond SUPER EXCITED!
6. People are serving through LoveWorks more than ever before! We are hosting Bible Studies in youth detention centers (teaching them leadership! Come on now!), doing random acts of kindness, etc. I love it!
7. What God is doing through you in Haiti is huge!
8. God is ramping up things in Journey Kids, Student Journey, and College Journey in a huge way!
9. I get to work with the greatest people on the face of  the earth!
10. And lastly, I am absolutely, beyond excited because GOD CAN DO ANYTHING! So let’s live and lead like He can!