SLEEP!

For the first time last night, Brayden slept through the night!!!  He finally went to bed at midnight and slept until about 7:30!  Needless to say, it was amazing!

Also, for your enjoyment, here is a video of him smiling last week.  Michelle filmed this on her phone and sent it to me at work.  (I watch it about 10 times a day)

Expecting Great Things

I like to look back through certain "heart check" documents periodically, and recently came across this one about Keys to Expecting Great Things...

ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS

     WHO am I focused on?

     WHAT is my motivation?

     WHEN am I available?

     WHERE is my heart?

FOUNDATION STONES

     Someone must lead the way!

     We base it all on the Bible.

     Relationships rule!

     We craft character and make memories.

     We must do the usual unusually well.

     Our excuses can kill our opportunities.

Non-Negotiables for Life and Ministry

One of our pastors on staff - Don Anderson - led a meeting with our interns this week to talk about having non-negotiables in life and ministry. Don is a great leader - he led massive teams of sales people for AT&T - and now is over our volunteer ministry. Incredible man of God with incredible discipline. Here are 10 of his non-negotiables:

1. Integrity in personal and professional conduct
2. Start each day by spending time with God
3. Time with family is priority over work/ministry
4. Commit time each week to exercise and nutrition
5. Respect others - be on time
6. Be prepared - know your audience and your product
7. People are more important than processes or programs
8. Give back to the community
9. Tithe
10. Always safeguard and protect yourself from any hint of sexual impurity