It has been WELL over a year since I last posted. Many things have changed. I am no longer in Texarkana. I have moved to Lufkin, Texas. I am officially a Texan. I love my new home town and church. The youth here are amazing. Not that my youth weren't in Ttown, God has just given me quite an affection for these guys. Any time I get frustrated with work, I think of my youth. They give me an excitement to keep on going. I hope I don't disappoint them.
I have now been through two hurricanes. I am right now at my in-laws house due to Hurricane Ike. I have been without electricity (electric if you live in Missouri) for 6 days. As mad as I could be about me not getting power, I know the electric companies are working harder than anyone in town. I also realize that I will have power very soon, some people south of here have lost their entire home. I have nothing to complain about.
Our church served as an evacuee center for both hurricanes. We had just under 300 evacuees between the 2 hurricanes. It is amazing to see how different people have different feelings about society. Many of the evacuees had the (you owe me something) philosophy. They thought because of who they are and what they went through, we owed them and they didn't need to do anything but put their hand out. This goes against the basic principles of what I believe. Just as soon as I would get frustrated with them, others would nearly beg us to help. They didn't want to just take from us, they wanted to help in any situation they could. Their hand wasn't out to receive until their hand was finished helping. God bless those people. May we always be willing workers.
This year has driven by so quickly. New town, new church, new youth group, new house (kind of), new responsibilities, new nickname (these youth call me Dave-ski, not Brody) and so much more. I feel like a rookie youth and music minister. My kids are growing faster than they should. They are now 9 and 5. I will try to post more often, but you know how quickly time flies.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Thursday, August 30, 2007
my girls
I thought today I would just show you pictures of my daughters. They are so cute.
Katie is 8 and Grace is 4. They grow to fast.
Katie at VBS.
Grace being, well, Grace.
Miss Katie Montana
Her first day of school, ever.
Christmas card 2006.
Well, there you have it. My bundles of joy. Hope this brightens your day.
In Service of the King,
Brody3dfan
Katie is 8 and Grace is 4. They grow to fast.
Katie at VBS.
Grace being, well, Grace.
Miss Katie Montana
Her first day of school, ever.
Christmas card 2006.
Well, there you have it. My bundles of joy. Hope this brightens your day.
In Service of the King,
Brody3dfan
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
How it all started
I have finally started a post. I figure I should start by telling you how I became Brody3dfan. The first thing you have to know is that I am a youth minister. As a youth minister, I get to do some fun activities from time to time with teenagers and pre-teens. It was at one of these occasions that I became Brody. (In case your were wondering, my real name is Dave.) On to the story.
I had taken some students bowling. This was when bowling alleys first started using automatic scoring. One of our students was putting the names in the computer for everyone. As you may recall, when you go bowling, the score screen will only show the first 4 letters of your name when you are not bowling to save space. My youth had always just called me Bro. Dave. This is what was put in for my name. When it came up on the screen, all you could see was BroD. That is when my youth group started calling me Brody. Now for the rest of the story.
I began using Brody as my screen name on many websites. I am Brody on thirdday.com if you like that group. Then again, why wouldn't you like that group. Anyway, I eventually could not use Brody as a screen name on many sites. I guess guys with Brody as there actual name began using it. To understand where 3dfan came from, you have to understand that I am a huge fan of Third Day. When Third Day started as a band, I had begun praying that God would give me a Christian band that I would love, and that sounded similar to Hootie and the Blowfish. Nothing against Hootie, they have a couple of good songs, I love their sound, I just wanted lyrics that were Godly. That's when I heard Third Day - and they have been my favorite band ever since. They are sometimes referred to as 3d. Thus, I am a 3dfan.
There you have it. Brody3dfan is born.
In Service of the King,
Brody3dfan
I had taken some students bowling. This was when bowling alleys first started using automatic scoring. One of our students was putting the names in the computer for everyone. As you may recall, when you go bowling, the score screen will only show the first 4 letters of your name when you are not bowling to save space. My youth had always just called me Bro. Dave. This is what was put in for my name. When it came up on the screen, all you could see was BroD. That is when my youth group started calling me Brody. Now for the rest of the story.
I began using Brody as my screen name on many websites. I am Brody on thirdday.com if you like that group. Then again, why wouldn't you like that group. Anyway, I eventually could not use Brody as a screen name on many sites. I guess guys with Brody as there actual name began using it. To understand where 3dfan came from, you have to understand that I am a huge fan of Third Day. When Third Day started as a band, I had begun praying that God would give me a Christian band that I would love, and that sounded similar to Hootie and the Blowfish. Nothing against Hootie, they have a couple of good songs, I love their sound, I just wanted lyrics that were Godly. That's when I heard Third Day - and they have been my favorite band ever since. They are sometimes referred to as 3d. Thus, I am a 3dfan.
There you have it. Brody3dfan is born.
In Service of the King,
Brody3dfan
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