Christy and I just got back from Texas. We flew into San Antonio, then drove down to Corpus Christi to check out Bay Area Fellowship. We were treated like royalty by Paul & Teri Schultz and Bil & Jessica Cornelius.  They are awesome people.  I was really blown away by the investment they made in us.  It’s great to hang out with guys who love Jesus and model it well! They really do inspire you to Go Big.

Bay Area dreams BIG and reaches the masses. Their new facility rocks. I loved the people and the excitement. Church was so fun–it made you want go back!

Here are few take aways from Bil and Paul:

Humility & Loyalty rule

Keep everything simple

Add a “0″ to your vision

Tap local talent

Enjoy ministry/life at every stage

Keep the atmosphere upbeat (you’ve never seen a staff laugh so much)

Use your staff/leadership to create culture in worship service

Be a “faith pirate”

Yes I know I have not blogged for a while…. Everybody is busting my chops. “If your going to be a real blogger you’ve got to get serious about it. Blog more often, put in more pictures, say something relevant”. 

So here it is for today.

I’m in Orlando with the Mountain Lake team getting geared up for the Xponential conference.  Looking forward to learning some good stuff, hearing from God and meeting up with some friends.

We ate an early dinner and are getting ready to go for a jog.  All of us. Shawn Lovejoy, David Putman, Paul Peterson and myself.  I got news for them—-Everybody is going down!!

Hopefully I’ll be back again someday soon to say something relevant…

Thanks to all of you who have been praying…. He had a great day today!!  His Dr. said that his energy is coming back and that he is making some progress.  His liver is showing some signs of recovery and he is starting to breath better.

Here are some specific things to pray for:

1. Pray for all his organs to recover

2. Pray for all the infection to be completely gone

3. Pray for rest of the family (they have been in the hospital day and night)

4. Pray that God will use Dr. H. to continue to reach people with the message of Jesus!
The family has been overwhelmed with your love and prayers.

Thanks so much!