For those of you who know our buddy Jim Willison, currently serving our country in Iraq, here’s a link to a little video message from him that will be featured on Channel 5 (WLWT) throughout the month of December.
We’re praying for you Jimmy. Hope to see you soon.
Jim Willison – Holiday Greeting on WLWT.com
Yesterday was a day of mixed emotions.
I sold my Tahoe.
Two and a half years ago, it was the first brand new vehicle I’d ever purchased, and I babied it. It was awesome. And best of all, it had a BOSE stereo system in it (which was one of my favorite parts). Did I mention that it was awesome?
In spite of the awesomeness of the Tahoe, it was the only remaining debt we had, and we were sick of that. As I’ve mentioned on here before, we’re Dave Ramsey advocates, and we’re finishing up Baby Step 2. We’re trying to get to the next step as fast as possible, and the Tahoe was just slowing us down. So we decided to kick it to the curb (pardon the pun).
So now I’m proud to introduce you to my new pal: a 2001 Chevy Silverado. Sure, he’s got some miles on him, but he drives great and is in excellent condition.
Worst part: No more BOSE system. :(
Best part: Our remaining debt is $10,000 lighter after only 24 hours. We cut Baby Step 2 in MORE THAN HALF just by making this move.
Can’t wait until it’s paid off, and we can move on to the next step.
It’s all about sacrifices, people.
P.S. Some sacrifices aren’t as hard as you think they’ll be once they’re over.
Another whirlwind weekend has come and gone at ACC.
APEX was Saturday night. The theme was Facing Your Giants, based on the Max Lucado book of the same name. We used the story of David and Goliath to show that we should sprint into battle with our giants, whatever they might be.
One of the elements we used was an illustration of just how tall Goliath was. We have these new pillars that spell out the letters of APEX in big, glowing, red letters, and they’re about 8 feet tall each. With a little more height on top of that, Mike placed a wax sculpture of his head on top of it (interesting story – listen to the message to hear about it) to show just how tall Goliath really was. And then we had one of the kids from ACC who was about David’s age come up and stand next to it to show the contrast. Dang, he was tall! I’ve never really visualized it like that, but that was a serious dude to go into battle against.
Thankfully we got an extra hour of sleep that night.
Sunday, we started our new series called LIE$. Lie No. 1 was “The Church Only Wants My Money.” Mike did an amazing job with a message that most ministers struggle with. Money is such a “hot topic” in the church, and he did an excellent job of handling the subject in a biblical way. I’m really looking forward to the rest of the series. Like Mike, I think God is going to blow our minds through this series.
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