Swamped and Loving It!

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I’m totally swamped, but I’m loving it!  I’m right in the middle of one of those seasons where I feel like I’m juggling daggers and bowling pins and flames while spinning plates on my head and hopping around the stage on a pogo stick.  I really do feel like the Swamp Thing right now, but I always thought he was a pretty cool dude.  I’m loving this busy season because I see God moving in so many different ways.  I’m getting pumped just thinking about them!

I’d love to put it all in a pretty narrative for you, but let’s try some bullets.

• I am in grad school full-time and stuff is really heating up!  I am up to my eyeballs in reading, but am learning a ton!

• My pregnant wife had a medical emergency at work on Monday and has been getting tested for gestational diabetes this week. We’re praying against this diagnosis fervently.

• My daughter, Tae, had her 9th birthday on Tuesday.

• I turned 29 on Wednesday.

• We found out that our baby is not longer a "It" but is a "GIRL" this morning!  We are very excited.  She’s not due until Feb. 9th, but I found a way to snap a cell phone pic already. Check it out!  We think we have a name for it HER, but I wanna pray and think about it some more.
• Both of my daughters are having a sleepover tonight.  This means I will be banished to my bedroom while Camp Rock is played @ full blast and girls dance around my house breaking stuff.

• The Courageous Church is hosting our first official launch team gathering tomorrow and I am absolutely amped! I can’t wait!  We still have a ton of work to do before tomorrow! YIKES!

• My brother and his beautiful family are coming in town tomorrow to be @ our Launch Team gathering and will be crashing with us.

• My wife has been arguing with folk all across the country on her new blog.

• My mom and my wife have been "taking up for their baby" on this blog post of mine.

• I’ve started to receive some (more) hateful & negative messages and mail about me and The Courageous Church this week and we haven’t even launched yet!  Three things on that…1) I’ve seen and experienced such extreme hate and violence in my life that makes this crappy hate seem like a compliment.  The Lord created me to endure opposition and I’m just not phased by it. 2.) You may want to save your ink and emails until after we launch, because we’ve only scratched the surface of who we feel God is calling us to be and it’s going to get pretty doggone crazy! 3.) At this point in my life the hateration either tickles or motivates me, but doesn’t get me down one little bit.  Not one iota. 

• We’ve made some BIG decisions this week about the first two staff members we are going to hire for our church and I can’t wait to break the news!  They are two of the most awesome, experienced, dynamic, God-fearing people that I know!

Love y’all!  Keep praying for me, my growing family, and for The Courageous Church!