Coming Internship!

Hey guys, how are things going up north? Is it still cold and snowing? It's beginning to warm up here after the chilly months of January and February.

Heather and I are getting really excited about this summer. We've agreed to lead a team of 3 or 4 college students on a 2-month internship to MM and Thailand. This will be our first time stepping into the country that we'll be moving to in a year. We're currently doing some fund raising for this and trying to make some preparations for the projects that we'll be working on. I think the internship I did to Russia was one of the most challenging and rewarding things I've ever gotten to do, and I expect the same for this trip.

So, keep us in your prayers as we are speaking with churches and individuals about supporting us for this trip. Keep the interns in mind also as they have there own support raising to be doing. Pray that God is already preparing us for this trip that is less than 3 months away.

Have a great Sunday!

Later guys,
Matt

Apple Store

I'm in the brand new Apple Store here in Southwest Florida. This is awesome.

Later guys,
Matt

Sad news

I heard the sad news.

We'll miss you Chief.

Later guys,
Matt

Sorry!

Heather and I took some friends out to the airport early Sunday morning. Instead of driving past our church and all the way back home before church, we decided to hang out on that side of Fort Myers for a couple hours until it was time to head to our place of meeting.

We went to Target. We bought a game.

I've been wanting to play this game for so long. It was a classic while I was growing up, and I've been remembering it for the last 2 months. Finally, we got it.

Find the game, and play it again. "The classic game of sweet revenge."

Later guys,
Matt

Happy Birthday Abraham Lincoln!

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Blogosphere, let us today celebrate the birth-date of our great president of the 19th century, Abraham Lincoln.

Humble beginnings in the woods of Kentucky, on a cold February day a mere 198 years ago, were but a glimmer of the greatness he would achieve on his venture through Indiana, to the great capital of Springfield, and finally on to the capital of the divided Republic. Honor his day.

To one of the greatest Illinoisans of them all, Abraham Lincoln.

Later guys,
Matt

Barack for President?!

As many of you surely know, the Junior Senator from Illinois, Barack Obama, today announced he is running for president. It's hard to believe, but we're still over 20 months away from the 2008 Presidential Election, and things are already heating up. This could be an interesting race to watch! How expensive, how dirty, and how boring can things get this time around?

We have a hated national figure in Hilary running against an African American politician with almost no experience. Who wins?

Is there even a Republican running in this election?

Were any of you in Springfield to watch the announcement?

Later guys,
Matt

Dreams...

Maybe it's just because I picture this happening, but this might be the funniest post I've read in a year...

Check it out.

Next Up....The Hallmark Channel presents.....

Later guys,
Matt

Five Streams of the Emerging Church

Hey guys, this is a pretty good article in Christianity Today concerning the emerging church and the Emergent Church that is both critical and quality.

Five Streams of the Emerging Church

Check it out when you get a chance. I'm not exactly sure how I feel about the whole "conversation" yet, but this helps clear things up a little.

Later guys,
Matt

Da Bears

The two most recent major sport champions (football's Superbowl champion and baseball's World Series champion) are only two hours away from my hometown. Let's hear it for the Midwest and I-70!

Last night's game wasn't so disappointing for me. If I were to pick two teams to be in the Superbowl at the beginning of the NFL season, I would always prefer the Colts and Bears.

Last night, I cheered on the Bears, but only because it was the Bears. I figure Payton Manning and the Colts are going to have plenty of opportunities in the next few years to win the Superbowl. The Bears? Not so much.

But I've been way closer to the Colts than the Bears. Chicago isn't really even in Illinois.

But then again, I was loving the possibility that the two major teams of Chicago besides the Cubs (the White Sox and the Bears) could have national championships in the last two years, but the Cubs still are without even a championship appearance.

Gosh, I would love if they would wait until it's been 100 years.

Later guys,
Matt

P.S. 10 days until Pitchers and Catchers report! Baseball season is up next!

It's February!

Welcome to the short month!

Later guys,
Matt