Mind Dump:

• Today at The Connection Church was INCREDIBLE!
• Today at The Connection Church was STINKY…because my family was gone. 
• Cole’s message and announcements about our Something So Big commitments today  were absolutely amazing.  I have been listening to Cole’s sermon longer than just about anyone at TCC and I will say this:  The guy is FULL ON.  And he has been this ENTIRE SERIES.  If you have missed any of the messages you absolutely MUST go back and listen to the ones you missed because I have never heard anything so inspiring and motivating.
• Our commitments as a church to Something So Big totaled up to $777,227…and that’s not counting some assets and percentages that people gave.  This blew me away for several reasons…more on that later this week.
• Did you read my 3 part series blog this past week titled “Things Have Changed?”  If not, you should…  Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.
• I thought it would stink to be back  at the school this week (after being at The PAC last week) but it ROCKED!
• I can’t explain it very well, but MAN GOD is doing some INCREDIBLE STUFF right now!
• I moved 35,000 easter eggs out of my garage this week with Kristi’s husband, Shep.  My garage looks like it could hold 5 cars now!
• BIG BIG BIG BIG BIG BIG BIG COOL COOL COOL COOL AWESOME AMAZING news about TCC this week…more to come as soon as we iron out the details…
• We finished planning out our Christmas series and let me just say one thing:  INVITE EVERYONE you see starting NOW.  This series is going to be saaaaaweeeeettt!  It’s called “Unwrapped.”
• I am a jinx.  I went to see my brother’s team play (he’s a coach) and they had a perfect record for the season.  The team they were playing for the last game of the season had a 2 and 7 record…in other words, they stunk.  But guess what?  They beat my brother’s team, ripping away their flawless season.  It’s always those stinking nobody teams that rip the glory away from you in sports.  Of course, it’s probably a good thing to have one loss like that right?  It keeps you humble and a little more down to Earth…
• When Amber is gone, I don’t sleep well.  And now that we have Couper, when they are both gone, I sleep even less and crummier (“crummier”???).  I calculated a total of about 7 hours of sleep in the last 3 nights.  That’s B-A-D.  I am so glad that they’ll be home soon…
• I LOVE my family!
• AMBER AND COUPER ARE HOME!!!  GOTTA GO!!!