Today in church we had a wild experience. Thirty minutes into the first of three services at our Cordova campus, the power went out. We have had some bad storms and thousands of homes and businesses have been without power. Our guest speaker for the day, Pastor Dino Rizzo from Healing Place Church didn’t miss a beat. After power went out, he preached his whole message with the emergency lights on (really no light at all and no a/c on).
Then the next two services we did old school worship, just acoustic guitars and voices. Our team is so awesome, they kicked into gear…put some candles on stage, opened all the doors to get some breeze and had some church. It was pretty amazing as we had church, many people gave their hearts to God despite having no A/C, no light, no videos…no anything. As Americans we normally can’t flow without precious A/C, but people were charged up to have church regardless. I was reminded as Pastor Dino preached, when Jesus is in the mix…ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN! What an amazing day! For all the people that made a Fresh Start with God, they will never forget the HOT day in church, when they made a decision to follow Christ. Coming out of the darkness, into the light. A day that we will not soon forget. Thank you Jesus that you are not bound within our limitations.
Mundo left today for Swaziland, Africa, where he will be joining our two teams from The Life Church of Memphis as well as teams from Celebration Church in Jacksonville, FL, and Healing Place Church in Baton Rouge, LA. Please pray for his safety as he travels. Pray that God will use our teams to be a blessing to HPC Swaziland and to the pastors they will connect with during the leadership conference. Eli and I will be holding down the fort at home. The most difficult time of the day is the evening, when daddy usually comes home, so please pray for peace for Eli and patience for me 
I am SO excited and extremely grateful that Mundo has this opportunity. We’re world travelers and world changers, baby! Oh ya! (If you’ve never been on a short-term international mission trip, I HIGHLY recommend giving it a go! I guarantee your life will never be the same! Check out our GoGlobal site)
I caught this little video of Eli watching Dulce outside. He kept saying, “Duce, woof, woof!” (his Dulce sounds more like dooce ) It was SO adorable I had to share it! Our little boy is growing up so fast. He is a toddler on the move who is so full of life! He’s such an incredible blessing to us.
In two days, our little boy will officially be 14 months old! He is now walking, which has been so exciting. Yes, he gets into everything now. But, I’m learning how to close doors behind me and double check for child locks on the cabinets! I took a video of him yesterday that was so cute. Just thought I’d share it, as well as a few recent picks.
Well, our little boy is officially a toddler! He started really walking this week. It’s so fun to see him making his way around the house. I’m still trying to figure out how to direct him where I need him to go, when he’s walking away from me! He’s definitely a little boy on a mission these days- or on many missions all day long! Here is a video of his progress:
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I had never seen this. My wife says it’s old. I laughed so hard, thought you would enjoy it.
I just shot a brief, and pretty rough :), video of Eli learning how to walk. He’s so stinkin cute! Just thought I’d share it with you all.
Well, it has begun. The Church is being the Church all around the country. The Life Church of Memphis has partnered with Healing Place Church and hundreds of other churches to serve our communities. For seven days we will infiltrate our communities with acts of service. Pretty cool to partner with so many to show the love of Christ in practical ways. No strings attached. No agenda. Just loving and serving. Pretty awesome. No great force that can make a difference on the earth today than the Local Church. Check it out: servolution.org.
Our little family has been enjoying all the blessings that life has to offer! Eli is now 13 months old and he’s SO much fun! He loves to giggle, talk, dance, and do so many fun tricks! He’s so smart and seems to learn quickly. I’ve been teaching him sign language and it seems like he learns a new sign everyday. His favorite is “drink”. He also signs “help”, “all done” and “eat”. It’s the cutest! He still isn’t walking yet. I’m starting to feel ready for this new milestone to come, now that he’s weighing more! Here are a few pics we’ve taken recently.
Our church is hosting our own youth conference this summer. It is going to be incredible. Would love to have any of our ministry friends attend. We have great guest speakers and bands. Check it out.
eli in his new radio flyer car
On Feb 25 our boy will be one year old! How time flies. This picture is of him in his new radio flyer car that he got for his birthday. It was a fun weekend, as both grandmothers were in town and a lot going on at church. In the middle of it all we had a little birthday party for Eli. He is so cute and such a blessing. Below is a video of his first cake. Enjoy.
our church has an awesome conference to share ideas on how to make room in our churches and impact our cities. last year we had about 200 pastors and leaders from 9 different states. believing this year is going to be even better.
check out this video about it: make room
One of Eli’s little habits is climbing into our baskets that are under our coffee table. We pull them out so he can’t escape from the living room area, but he ends up climbing in them and getting stuck. This video is of him doing just that…but as a extra feature, he is a little sick, so his facial expressions are pretty funny! We’re not cruel parents, just had to capture this memorable moment. Enjoy.
man, sometimes you find some weird things online. this one is pretty funny. the story ends pretty good, that is why I’m posting it on our web. watch it all the way through. hilarious.
