Lifes ups and downs.

It seems that things have been real tough lately and my heart has not really been in keeping everything up to date or posted on this blog. So if you don't hear much here don't worry. God bless. Joe

Not much to say!

Well it seems that i have been pretty quite the last month or so...my mom always said that if you don't have something good to say be quite. Not much to say except God is still on the throne and i can still be a knot head to God, family and friends. pray that all is well with you.

WHERE DOES THE TIME GO?

About 18.5 years ago my wife and i were blessed with our first child. a beautiful little girl who would cry if you said that word "radical" around her. this garnered much entertainment time for her dad. now that baby girl is getting ready to spread her wings and to take flight on the "radical" life that the Father has set before her. there have been some good times, some great times and also even times when the tears flow or the voices get raised. The Father above gave us a gift in Marissa and now that she is graduating high school and going off right after her graduation to work at a christian camp this entire summer. as i father i must tell you that i am very pround of her and i have been blessed to have her as my daughter. i am sure her mom shares all of the above feelings with me. her furture plans are still being made and i am looking forward to see what God has planned. this is the blessing her mom put in the paper this week.

Marissa,
You are Beautiful and Amazing!
A new life is open before you, so step out onto the path that God has planned for you.
Go out and be a blessing to others, just as you have been a blessing to us!
We are very proud of you.
Love, Mom, Dad and Cheyanne

Easter Sunrise Service

Would like to invite you all to a sunrise Easter service at Luckenbach on Sunday morning April 12, 2009. It will take place at 7:00 in the morning. Casual dress is welcome. Will have some music, a short message and communion. will have breakfast tacos after the service.

WINDOWS

A good friend from the Junction area sent out this story to several people this morning and I thought ath it was so good i had to post it here. I hope that it will bless you or convict you if not both. Blessings, Joe

The Window Through Which We LookA young couple moved into a new neighborhoodThe next morning while they were eating breakfast,The young woman saw her neighbor hanging the wash outside.'That laundry is not very clean,' she said.'She doesn't know how to wash correctly.Perhaps she needs better laundry soap.'Her husband looked on, but remained silent.Every time her neighbor would hang her wash to dry,The young woman would make the same comments.About one month later, the woman was surprised to see aNice clean wash on the line and said to her husband:'Look, she has learned how to wash correctly.I wonder who taught her this.'The husband said, 'I got up early this morning andCleaned our windows.'And so it is with life. What we see when watching othersDepends on the purity of the window through which we look.I hope that you have a very blessed day!

BEST WALK EVER AND HUG IN TIME

This last weekend i worked as chapel/prayer team on a walk to Emmaus #1480 in Junction, TX. The last time I had done a walk was in 2001. It was alot of work but as usual it was "THE BEST WALK EVER." It was neat to see some old friends and make new ones. Last night as I was down in the bedroom unpacking and putting stuff up I got a phone call from one of the team members just to say thank you....I think that one call would have made my tired body jump with glee if it hadn't been so sore.....but it made my evening.

Now on to this next weekend. This weekend Feb 13-15, 2009 is the Hug In at Luckenbach. They have stuff going on all weekend long some are free and some cost some cash just check out their web site. On Sunday morning at 10:30 we will have our yearly HUG IN service. all are welcome and you can bet that there is no dress code so come on out. This picture gives a whole new message to HUG IN

Never Tell the Lord....no!!!!!

As the new year gets started I am doing something that I haven't done in about six years. I am on a team for a Walk to Emmaus. The last walk I worked was way back in the summer of 2001 and I thought that part of my life was done. Well God had another plan and Ted Morgan from Junction called and asked for me to be on his outside team....after about two weeks of arguing with God I said ok. I got to attend my first team meeting last weekend and it was amazing. Great to see old friends and start making some new ones....I guess that we should never tell God...Never, No or I don't want to.....he will rearrange your plans and he truly enjoys rewriting our scripted plans.

This picture was taken in the summer of 2002 just before one of our Outrider services at Luckenbach. Two of the men in this prayer circle were at that team meeting last Saturday morning. Ted Morgan and Todd D'Spain...what a neat reunion we had. so if a door opens up and if the Lord says go ahead...don't argue...it will get you no where....say yes and be blessed. Amen