This is my last post....

This post is #199 and is my last post as part of blogger.com. I will be changing over to a different blog platform at midnight tonight. If you subscribe to this blog through a feed, you will need to resubscribe through the new www.jeremyhigdon.com. If you simply come to this blog through the website (if you actually have jeremyhigdon.com saved in your favorites or you type in the address each time), you will not have to change anything that you are doing...

I will put a link on the new site so that you will be able to access everything that we have discussed over the last 199 posts... thanks as always for reading and I look forward to the changes to better provide info to you and better serve the vast audience of tens that read my blog...ha!

I love my Disney Bus!

"I love all my cars but I really love this bus...I love to look at it up close...REAL close!

And, no, Ryan can NOT play with it!" - Zach, age 3

Such are the conversations around my house these days...and I would not trade this moment for the world (reminds me of this song).

But, back to the bus conversation, why is it that all of us have such a hard time learning to share??

Are you sharing any of your stuff today with anybody?

Studying = Laptop + Coffee + Trying to listen to God

And not necessarily in that order...


Nuff said...

Pray for Shannon Lewis

The next two weeks, Shannon will be in Africa on a missions trip...I believe she will spend most of her time in the country of Uganda...how amazing is that?? She said if she is able to get internet access, she will post some pics to her flickr account...so, check the link sometime over the next few days...oh, and of course, pray for her as she travels to meet with the missions team...

I am looking forward to some great stories when she returns...maybe have to do some guest blogs from her...

If you could go anywhere in the world on a mission trip, where would you go?

Do you know my follow-up question? Can you guess what it is?

Boyz N Da Pool

Got some pictures from Ranelle of Zach and Ryan swimming in the pool...nothing like beating the heat of HOT South Florida...must be nice...they look like they are on vacation!



Not only are they awesome pool kids, but they have been sleeping really well (oops, just jinxed it)...today they slept in until almost 8:30am!

Weekend Update

- preached at Oasis Hollywood yesterday morning...always good to get back to US 1 & Plunkett... they had a potluck supper after, but I could not stay...
- raced to Oasis NoMi as soon as I was done @ Hollywood. Got there in time to hear the SURGE youth band absolutely rock the house... they are getting better and better each time I hear them...REALLY glad they were able to come to NoMi
-everytime I hear them, I sorta get ticked that we never had a great youth band in my 8 years of student ministry...hey, I am just being honest!
-but then I get happy that we have a great student band now...and some of those guys have been in SURGE since I left...
-James Brown spoke in NoMi and did a good job before he left on vacation...it is hard to preach when you know you are leaving the next day...
-had a meeting with Host Pastors yesterday afternoon...good to get with the guys who lead our 7NOW...told them some big news that we will sharing publicly in the next few weeks...God is doing something BIG! Good to have these guys who are praying for our church...
-Spoke last night at the Sunday night service...didn't feel like our crowd was into it...felt like I kept hearing crickets...
- I hate hearing crickets...is this mic on??
- yesterday, my parents celebrated 40 years of marriage...HOLY COW! I am so excited and honored to have them as my example...mom and dad, I am proud of you and looking forward to the next 40 years!! Thanks for showing us kids how to love each other and hang in there and fight for your marriage...
-only 30 1/2 years until Jeanine and I get there... I love you baby!
-we are starting to plan for our 10th in January... I can't wait!
- got Guitar Heroes III for the Wii...my hands hurt!
-amazed at my kids...they are getting bigger and bigger
-that's about it for my weekend...more later...

I also went to a beach

on my trip to Tampa, that our family went to many times on vacation...Indian Rocks Beach. We had a lot of good times during the summers between my high school and college years. If you haven't been, it is located between St Pete and Clearwater on the Gulf of Mexico...

It was stormy and raining but it was cool to go to...

This was across the street where we used to stay....

And this is where we used to stay...but the old houses we used to rent were torn down and this condo was put up instead...but they were right on the beach...it was always amazing to watch the sun go down right into the Gulf...good memories...