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A while back my wife called me a jetsetter.  So, I am back from my trip to Texas.  I have so many things that I want to share with you about my recent trip to Texas.  But I suppose that they are mostly going to have to wait.  I have a great video of me wake boarding for the first time ever.  I’ll get that out sometime, and I have some fun stories.  It was so good for me to go to Texas.  It was a short trip in some ways, but it was a good trip.  I love my family.  I have great memories of growing up, as well as good memories from this last week.  I miss them all while I am not with them. 

My trip went from being short, to being even shorter.   Last night was an adventure of epic proportions.  It can be best illustrated and told by this video.  It’s a little rough.  It was made at a pretty rough hour so give it some slack.  Check it out.

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Yeah, so I’m glad that you’re laughing.  I actually ended up moving my sleeping hideout.  I built a fort underneath of a bench, which actually was so tight that I could only lay on my back or stomach.  (I’m a side sleeper)  So, that was fun.  I had all kinds of adventures last night.  I was woken up time after time.  But seriously, how soundly could you sleep in an airport.  I felt like Jason Bourne from the Bourne Series.   I was ready at a moments notice to use force if necessary, you know in case some random trained killer was there to get me.  But It was a light sleep.  So, I get on the plane with full intentions to finish a book I brought with me, and my mind is just not comprehending words right now.  So, maybe I’ll try again in a few minutes to see if It’s doing any better.  I had a little nap here on the plane until the lady next to me so gently woke me up to go to the facilities. 

Where is the strangest place you have ever slept over night? 

Last Monday on my flight to the big state of TEXAS, I posted my playlist.  I guess I will do a repeat for my trip to the city of brotherly love.  So, here goes… 

1.     Blackbird/Yesterday:  The Beatles                                               

2.     All You Need Is Love:  The Beatles                                   

3.     Love Song:  Blake Lewis                                   

4.     Center Aisle:  Caedmon’s Call                                   

5.     Closer:  Charlie Hall                       

6.     Violet Hill:  Coldplay           

7.     Stream:  Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds                                               

8.     Rock of Ages:  David Crowder Band                                               

9.     He Is The Love:  David Crowder Band                                               

10. Stars:  David Crowder Band           

11. No Sunlight:  Death Cab For Cutie                                               

12. Healer:  Hillsong                                               

13. King of Majesty:  Hillsong                                               

14. Majesty (Here I Am):  Hillsong           

15. The Stand:  Hillsong           

16. Selah:  Hillsong           

17. So Deep In Love With You:  Joel Auge           

18. Call Me:  Mat Kearney                                               

19. Girl America:  Mat Kearney                                               

20. Cannons:  Phil Wickham           

21. I Have Decided To Follow Jesus: Phil Wickham           

22. It Is Well With My Soul:  Phil Wickham           

23. Divine Romance:  Phil Wickham           

24. Nothing But The Blood:  Phil Wickham           

25. Come Thou Fount:  Phil Wickham           

26. How Great Thou Art:  Phil Wickham           

27. All For You:  Starfield                                               

28. Thirtyone (Acoustic):  Wake Up Sleeper           

What song is consistently on your playlist?  Why? 

Well, tomorrow I leave for Camp Conrad with our Junior High.  I am going to miss my wife, and kids.  I already miss them, and then I am going to get home and just see them for a few short hours.  What a tease.  Off I go.  I am expecting big things for our Junior High this week.  I am so thankful for all of the kids that God has placed in our ministry.  Camp Conrad here we come!

~Peter

p.s.  You guys rock!

Well, it’s official.  I am sitting here at the Philly airport actually getting ready to take off for Dallas, TX.  (For the full story click here, and here)   So you are in for a bevy of treats today.  I’ve got plenty of time to read, think, write, and you guessed it… blog.  So this is probably going to turn out to be a little longer than normal.  For those who are not faint of heart, you will be rewarded with humor, insight, ramblings and the sporadic checkpoint photo of where I am. 

I got an email from my mom last night saying they were having a cold spell coming.  I checked the weather… Yeah, let me translate for all of us who are on the east coast.  Instead of the oven being set to broil, it’s preheated to a tad over 400.  No biggie! 

Well, anyhow, over the course of the next two weeks, I am going to be doing a good bit of traveling.  Right now I am going to visit my family down in Texas.  I get back on Friday morning, and I leave Saturday morning for our Junior High Summer Camp at Camp Conrad. 

So here’s the deal, I got home from Sr. High Youth Group last night, and Tiffany says, “I’ve got something that you need to see.”  All I can say is I’ve got something YOU need to see.  Enjoy this!

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Seriously, it is moments like that when you say, He definitely came from his mother!  I have a close friend who liked to remind me of something.  He had a little axiom that he would use.  It went like this… “Children do what they see their parents do”.  So wherever you are Chris, I hope that brought a smile to your face.  I still can’t stop laughing!

Well as promised I have several gems for you today.  This is mostly because I have had significant time to sit/ponder/read and now write.  Well I have also been listening.  Here’s the playlist that I put together for the trip down to TX. 

1.     All to Jesus- PW Gopal

2.     It is Well with my Soul- Phil Wickham

3.     Blessed Be Your Name(Acoustic Version)-Matt Redman

4.     Our God Saves- Paul Baloche

5.     I am Here to Praise You- Joel Auge

6.     Held- Natalie Grant

7.     Jesus Paid it all- Kristian Stanfill

8.     Remedy- David Crowder Band

9.     How He Loves- Kim Walker

10. Majesty- Hillsong

11. Learning How to Die- Jon Foreman

12. Come To Me- Aaron Shust

13. So deep in love with you- Joel Auge

14. Give Me Jesus- Jeremy Camp

15. Sing Alleluia- Jennifer Knapp, Mac Powell

16. I have decided to follow Jesus- Phil Wickham

17. Scratch- Kendall Payne

18. Glorified- Jared Anderson

19. The Stand- Hillsong

20. Selah- Hillsong

21. Closer- Charlie Hall

22. True Love- Phil Wickham

23. We Give You Praise- Delirious?

24. On the Blue- Joel Auge

25. O, For a thousand tongues to Sing- David Crowder Band

26. Never Let Go- DCB

27. Deliver Me- DCB

28. Coming Toward- DCB

29. All Creatures- DCB

30. Come and Listen- DCB

31. You’re Everything- DCB

32. And Now My Lifesong Sings- Casting Crowns

33. How Great Thou Art- Phil Wickham

 

There you have it! I Just finished the book unChristian by Dave Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons.  I am going to work on a review for you all.  So, I go back to reading and studying…  

Small world eh?  Try this on for size.  One of the elders from my church is on this same flight with his son.  How funny is that.  I’m boarding and all of a sudden I see these two smiling faces, and after having been delayed over an hour, smiling faces were few and far between.  Welcome aboard…  Too funny

~Peter

So Grace and I are travelling to Waxahachie Texas to see my family. We flew out yesterday morning really early and as I wrote this we were atually flying somewhere over pennsatuckey.  Grace is hanging out right next to me.  My parents and my sisters all live there in texas so we are going to have a good time.   I probably won’t
be posting a whole lot over the next couple days. See you on Tuesday!!!
-peter