My wife Kelli and I pretty much agree on most things, except about this time of year. Fall is by far my favorite time of year. I love the cooler temperatures, the leaves changing and the local orchard selling the best Macintosh apples in the world. Kelli loves fall too, but she sees it as signs that winter is coming shortly after.  She's not a big fan of the cold. Now that the kids are in school and churches are out of “summer mode”, we are...

September is here and I’m torn between being excited and being bummed. You see, September means that everyone starts to come out of their summer mode and things start to get real busy for us in the office and on the road. The other side of things is that our kids go back to school, and we get a lot less family time. Kelli and I are happy that the kids are getting an education, but we do enjoy doing a lot together as a family. Maybe Kelli and I...

We just got back from a trip to Guatemala and WOW, did God do some awesome things there. We were very blessed to have been in quite a few schools throughout the week as well as a church and  a park.  We finished the week with a city wide crusade. The team that I went with was amazing, and how everything worked out is evident that God was in control. I really enjoy being able to use the trumpet to break down any language barrier and spread the...

This time of year is always so much fun. Having the kids home from school and being able to be home from long tours myself, just makes the summer months a lot of fun. It is also FIREWORKS time. The fourth of July is awesome, but it is a day that is much more than fireworks, food, concerts and whatever else people do that day. It is the day we celebrate our independence day as a country. It is the day the Declaration of Independence was put into...

Last month’s update, I told you a story from the road. That is something I could do every update I do. I have sooooo many stories that I could write a book. Some stories would be funny, some sad, some crazy and some that should never be told. But these updates are not just for the stories, but for how things are going in this ministry. There are some things that always seem to go well, and then some things that I think we will always struggle...

All right, I have to share this story with you…. I have turned into the person that I use to make fun of when I was growing up. I always use to wondered why people would sit in malls and on benches in the middle of towns and just sit in these places and watch people. I always use to think that it would be so boring to do that, but now…..I LOVE doing that. People are so entertaining!!!!! This past week I was out on the road from Thursday to...

We were very blessed the other day to have been able to sit down with some good friends and reminisce about the good old days of this ministry and the crazy things we use to do on the road. We were young and dumb. We remember passing snacks back and forth between the truck and the van as we were going 70 mph on the highway. We remembered a certain opening act that performed before us singing one phrase of a song over and over again (it lasted...

Is it March already? Wow, is this year flying by so fast!!! I don’t know if I am turning into an old guy or what, but I usually don’t mind the cold weather and all the snow, but as of now, I am looking forward to this winter going away soon. We have been so blessed and have seen some awesome things happen this year. A few weeks ago, I watched a whole family respond to the invitation that night at a concert. It started with a younger child, then...