I'd given up on xanga and I apologize... I did not give up on reading everyone elses blogs, thoughts, songs, and rambles, but I gave up on my own...

So, let's try this again :) Hello, my name is Patrick, and I'm a sinner saved by God's grace! Life has changed a great deal since I last updated, but in all honesty, life is good! We're now in south Florida as the corps officer's of the Lake Worth Corps. Our two kids, Philip and Julia, are growing up faster than we can document with pictures and Carey and I celebrated our fifth anniversary last month. No motorcycle yet, but I've been promised "soon". Parents, we know that word real well. It could mean yes or it can mean no. Almost like "maybe". Growing up, I used to hate that word with a passion, because more often than not it meant "no" but it was said to keep me from asking more and more. I loved it when a question was answered with, "Go ask your mother" or "Go ask your Father", but "maybe" was more often than not a lost cause... But, I digress... Life is good!

Today, Carey is at home with the kids and I'm in the office working on my sermon for Sunday and a plan for our class at Bible Conference. Preaching in Tallahassee, Fort Walton Beach, and Lake Worth have all been different. A good different, but I've had to change the way I write and preach in all three. I've only brought the message once since we've been here is Lake Worth, and it was truly a blessing to my heart. I'm really looking forward to this Sunday because we've had some people out of town and I'm excited to see how the service moves and feels. We'll see :)

God is good, and I'm so thankful to be where I am right now. And its time to get back to work. Thanks for taking the time to read my rambles. Take Care and God Bless!

Please tell me if this is normal. The older I get the more I don't know what I want for my birthday. Seriously, when I was younger, I knew what I wanted for my birthday the day after Christmas. Now, five days before my 24th, I really have no clue. My wife keeps asking, and I keep saying, "I don't know". I suppose I have everything I want in life; a beautiful, loving wife, two great kids, and a wonderful ministry doing what, I hope, makes God happy and makes me happy. What else could a guy ask for? Yeah, a motorcycle, but let's be realistic :) Maybe a few birthdays from now we'll talk about it :) But for now, a date with my wife, dinner and a movie, just the two of us... Yeah, that sounds good!

Everybody buckle down and hold on tight. Hurricane season starts today! Have a great weekend :) God Bless! Peace, love, and a Coca-Cola Classic!

This font brings back a lot of memories. Back in training, Captain Roni Robbins was my Homiletics professor. Homiletics in a nut shell, an effective way to write sermons and deliver them. Who better to teach this class that Roni Robbins?! What an awesome, powerful, Holy Spirit led woman of God! Thank you, Aunt Roni, thank you!

So back to the memory... When she would write something out for the class, either sermon notes, teaching material, anything, she would use this font, Comic Sans MS. Since then, I've written all of my sermons in this font. It's easy to read, and it makes me smile :)

So the last week has been awesome. My son, Philip, is two! Can you believe it?! If you spent an hour with him, you'd believe it :) He's ornery, mean, and loud one minute and then your best friend the next! Sounds familiar, eh? :)

We had Men's Camp this weekend and I couldn't have had more fun. I was in charge of the XBOX tournament which actually turned out to be a blessing. Most everybody was able to play before lunch, so after lunch I was able to play PAINTBALL!!! 4 wonderful, stress relieving, adrenaline pumping hours of paint, sweat, and welts! I love this camp! Sunday morning we had a wonderful worship service with a message from God through Major Hedgren, and a safe trip home afterwards.

All in all, its been a great week. Now, its time for lunch and some sermon preparation. Everyone have a wonderful week, and I'll try and write more later. Take care and God Bless! Peace, love, and chocolate chip waffles!