Counting my blessings

Yesterday was an incredible day. I have so many things and so many people to be thankful for. My day started a little late (still recovering from camp exhaustion :). But around noon I met up with two young men for lunch at Faustos. After visiting with them for about an hour they went over to Ms. Waldene Scott's home, an elderly lady in our church family, to cut her grass and spend time visiting and praying with her. They did a magnificent job! It was really cool to me because at lunch they were telling me that they love to help others when no one knows because it makes them feel like they are doing it for God. THEY GOT IT! I could not be more proud of them. Later on Thursday I had the privilege of having Bible study with two young men and my wife. We watched the first part of four DVDs over the life of King David. Talking with Amber and two young men about Jesus and figuring out this life of faith God has called us to was just awesome. This morning I had the opportunity to help my bib sister make a video for a mission opportunity she had in New York City. If you woul like to help her by praying or giving I know she would be appreciative. It is so cool to see a member of my family choosing Christ over what this world has to offer. Then I got to visit with my mom about VBS next week at her church. I have the awesome privilege of sharing the plan of salvation on Wednesday for them. Mom wants those kids to love Jesus more than anything. I have a wonderful heritage of faith. After that I was heading to Houston to pick up my cousin from Seattle, Austin Hill (whom you will hear much about this summer), when my father-in-law called and said he was going to take care of Austin so I could get some other stuff done. What a blessing! Austin is going to be out summer intern at the church. His story of coming to Jesus is just incredible. Two years ago he had never read a verse in the Bible. Today he is saved, baptized, and interning for our student ministry. WOW! With that time I now had I was able to accomplish some things for upcoming camps and visit with a long time friend and member of the Micah Tyler Band, Daniel Begnaud. Catching up with him an what God is doing in their ministry is awesome. I came home to find that our next door neighbor, Craig, had mowed our grass just because he knew we had been busy. Blessing! Now I am heading to Beaumont for an award ceremony for Amber. A few of her editorial pieces were entered into a competition and she was invited to this dinner hopefully to accept an award. She is so incredibly talented. 9 months ago she had NO journalism experience and now she is going to be an award winning journalist. (What is she doing with a guy like me?) Today I count my blessings. The family and friends I am surrounded by encourage me in so many ways. Thank you God.