Stuff

It's been a while since the last blog....here are some hits from the Mark...

- Been busy planning the next step for Reveal Church....
- Announcement to come on what we're planning really soon
- I could not be more excited about College Football starting this weekend!
- Go Dawgs!
- Thanks to Shea and Amber Heather and I went on a date last Saturday...it was awesome!
- DNC...wow...this is very interesting...funny actually
- Noah loves to watch "D" (aka Wheel of Fortune)
- Recently I discovered free wifi at a local bar called Jeffery's...way cooler than a coffee shop
- I've missed the rain glad to see it again
- It's pretty sad when you get excited about paying $3.38 for a gallon of gas
- When I got married almost 6 years ago I distinctly remember paying .79 per gallon for gas
- This weekend is going to be awesome...can't wait!!

Plans

We are in the process of making some BIG plans. I am very excited about what we are doing right now. Reveal Church is making some HUGE steps...Irreversible Steps you might say! One thing is for sure, this city and this county will NEVER be the same! God is up to something way bigger than we are...we're just along for the ride! I'll keep you posted as we move forward in a big way!

Foffu, Nacks and Nannu's

Noah (my 1 1/2 year old) is learning to talk. I love it! Foffu = Coffee. He uses this every time we pull into a Starbuck's Drive-thru and when I bring it home. Nannu = Banana. This is his favorite thing in the world to eat and is repeated quite a bit when he desires it. Nacks = Snacks. This is pretty much said all the time. I love my little boy!

Just Because We Care

Yesterday we took 100 gift bags to the teachers of Flowery Branch High School. We know they are getting prepared for another big year and we wanted to let them know that they are appreciated and encourage them as they head into another year. It's just the beginning of a new thing Reveal Church is doing called "It's On Us" .

Camp For A Cause: Wrap Up

We wrapped up Camp For A Cause: Backpack Edition on Sunday afternoon around 2pm. We closed the weekend successfully with 38 backpacks!! Even though we came up 12 backpacks shy of our goal the event was still a success! The impact we were able to make in the lives of those 37 students and the school we gave them to makes the event successful, not the number of backpacks. We learned a lot from doing the event. We will now debrief on it then move on to the next big thing to come with Reveal Church!!

Camp For A Cause: Day 3

Day 3 turned out to be a good day...it was blazing hot and it was everything we could do to stay out of the sun. By days end we counted 34 total backpacks!! A local salon called Gabrielle's jumped in and supported and now we're able to put a free haircut voucher in the backpacks as well!! We also had people tell us they read the article in the Times so they drove down to FB from Gainesville to be a part! Much thanks to the Times for the article!! We will wrap up today after lunch and say good bye to the first ever Camp For A Cause.

Has Anyone Counted?

Has anyone counted how many beloved ACC teams are ranked in the top 10 in the preseason USA Today Coaches Poll? Well, in case you didn't...I did. One, that would be the number...and it's Clemson, and let's just be honest...we know how that will go. Sorry Todd, Perry, and all you other faithful Clemson fans...don't mean to hate...but let's be honest. However...its just preseason...who knows what will happen, right? All that matters in the end....GOOOOOOOO DAWGS!!! SICK'EM!!!

Camp For A Cause: Day Two

Day two was unbelievably HOT!!  But we had a great day...early afternoon the Mayor of Flowery Branch and the City Clerk stopped by and participated in Camp For A Cause by providing us with some backpacks filled with supplies.  Later on in the day the Gainesville Times stopped by and they put us on the front page of the local section this morning!!  Much thanks for that...even though the picture is kind of stupid...and they left off the website. But I'm glad they decided to run that article and help us out!! 

From dinner time on last night people just kept stopping by...we had some friends come and hang with us bit, and we made some new friends as people were dropping off backpacks.  We ended the day well on our way of obtaining our goal...today should be our best day!! Stay tuned....

Camp For A Cause Banner

Here is a pic of the Camp For A Cause banner set up at the campsite....thanks to our new friends over at Signamics for hooking us up with a sweet deal and a sweet banner!!

Camp For A Cause: Day One

Camp For A Cause day one went well.  First things first, we got over late afternoon and got everything set up.  Then, we had people randomly stopping by seeing what in the world we were doing.  We even had a couple of folks give us money to get some Backpacks!! We are anticipating that today and tomorrow will prove to be our most effective days!! Can't wait!!