Monday, July 21, 2008

what a weekend...

Howdy all!!! my weekend was just fabulous! Saturday we had Di's whole family over for a cookout. badmitton, horseshoes (where Jen got a ringer on her first throw ever), pool volleyball, swimming, grilling, just fun!!! it was great. very relaxed. i had a nice fire going for some s'more action. i hope everyone had a nice time. it was like 90 degrees, so the pool was the perfect place to be.

Sunday.. church was so amazing and uplifting. The worship band was just plain rockin'. we are getting to a nice place where the rehearsals are paying off where we are getting tighter musically which opens things up to be more free. people are just flowing with the Holy Spirit and where He is taking the music. Can't say enough good things about the church service. Christ's love and the freedom that comes from being a Christ follower was truly alive in the music portion of service. Then Pastor continued his teaching on vision and what we need to do now to get the vision of our church in motion. It was very encouraging. we need to get busy and now start doing! People need Jesus, in our community, everywhere. We need to get out there.

Then after church, we decided to all kick back and relax. perfect. i watched the end of the British Open, then some skateboarding and bmx tournaments, had some ice cream, got some pizza for dinner and then watched some mary-kate and ashley movie with the girls. it was the perfect mindless nonsense for a sunday afternoon. hahaha. so, all in all a very nice weekend.

now, back to work. ahhh, work. tonight the girls start their Vacation Bible School from 6:00-8:30 so me and di have some free time to hike, chill and hang out together. she is the best wife and i love our alone time. well, have a great week.

peace and God bless
Tony

Friday, July 18, 2008

happy friday.. TGIF Video Vol 6

Well, i haven't posted in awhile.. been enjoying the summer.. this week has been so nice

we are preparing for a cookout tomorrow.. should be nice and hot.. a good day for swimming and grillin'.. enjoy it and on Sunday, remember the Lord who has blessed us with the sunshine and the beautiful summertime.. go and check out your local church..

here's some summertime sounds for ya..


God bless and have a GREAT weekend
Tony

Thursday, July 10, 2008

this morning..

this morning i awoke at 5:30 and got some paddlin in before work.. a truly beautiful morning..






as i always say.. Life is Good...

last night at Alpha... amazing!

So, on wednesday nights, I help lead the Alpha course at my church.. its like Christianity 101.. its just wonderful. In this session, we have 2 ladies and last night 1 of the ladies accepted Jesus as her personal savior. It was amazing.. God is so good! This lady had grown up with lots of different misconceptions of how you really get into heaven. All we need to do is to know we are sinners and that we can never be good enough to get into heaven on our own, so we need to accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior and that his dying on the cross paid our price for all the sins we have ever done and are going to do. Jesus allows us to be seen as perfect in God's eyes since he took all of our sins on that cross with him and paid our penalty for us. Truly amazing and wonderful. that is why Gospel translates to GOOD NEWS. Its a free gift for everyone as long as they put their trust and faith in Jesus Christ as their personal savior. Jesus said I am the Way the Truth and the Life.. he is the only way to heaven. If you have never accepted Jesus, please pray about it and ask God to show you the truth. God wants none of us to perish, he is LOVE, but since he is also a just God, we must be punished for our sins, but we as Christians have Jesus to thank for paying our price, paying off our debt for our sins on that cross. Jesus is just amazing.

This lady will now begin her new journey as a Christ follower and will now reap all the blessings and rewards that God wants to give us. Amen!!!!

Life is good and God is good
all the time!

God bless you all
Peace
Tony

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

wow.. its HOT!!!!!!!!!!


Howdy.. been awhile again, but summer is here and i have been so busy blasting polynesian music and floating around my pool.. aahhhh. Today is hot.. i need a dip in the pool! need to cool down!

This week is winding down and looking forward to the weekend. Nothing like spending time with the family.. just good stuff.
But 1st, i am definately taking a kayak ride tomorrow before work.. i need to get out on the water.. remember life is good and good things come from the Lord.. Amen!!!

Lord, thank you for my awesome wife and wonderful kids. Thank you for my friends and family. Thank you for my church family. Thank you for all the blessings you have given to me and help me to use them for Your glory..


have a great rest of the week..



God bless
Tony

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

great rehearsal last night..


oh man, last night's rehearsal was good.. we got rolling on time and was able to do most the set for Sunday and got to run thru and check out 3 new tunes.. love new tunes.. Now, we have the keys for the new songs..

tomorrow is going to be 90.. awesome. i love summer, love the heat.

if you are into praying, pray for me and my wife about an amazing decision we are considering. Just pray for wisdom for us. God knows what it is. hahaha. God bless you all.

Peace
Tony