quick update before departure...

so this is it for a few days...

on the 1:30 boat kirkly "kitchen concussion" perry and myself are leaving for another island to be seminar speakers for tuesday and wednesday morning at Caton's Island teen camp... it will be fun to get away for a couple of days, but as always i am going to be glad to get back and for things to start moving again...

as projected, the Devil Rays did in fact lose and their season is over... i was pulled from the second inning and had to watch this happen which hurt almost as much as my pulled muscle did... what a pain in the butt... pun totally intended... next year, new name, new attitude, new players, new results...

went to cassidy's party and had a splendid time... enjoyed the food, fellowship and watching cory burn stuff... no really i did... i like cory a lot... he is a super kid and totally an adventurous boy through and through... love it...

speaking of boy's i talked with my 9 year old boy on saturday morning to wish him a happy birthday and to tell him that i missed and loved him... good times, good times... on a funny note, i asked him what he wanted for his birthday and he told me a portable DVD player... that made me faint and laugh all at the same time...

and last but not least i want to ask for prayer regarding a subject... i am feeling that i am supposed to start a men's study group this fall... i have bounced back and forth with this idea one day thinking that it is a good idea and the next thinking that it is not... already there is a good men's bible study group that i think all the men attend anyway... i am not sure... this would be a saturday breakfast group that would meet once a month over an 8 month period and the study is based on "John Eldrige's" book "Wild at Heart"... i have been going through it lately and went through the DVD's it was awesome... it has shown me where i truly let my wife down in our marriage and shown me some areas that i really need to step up in... i think i want to do this, but only if the Lord would have me do it... any thoughts???

just because i wanted to put something up to date...

who are you here??? the little boy or the tire??? there is your deep thought of the day...

well i have to admit that i thought for sure the devil rays were going to pull off an upset last night over the mariners, or at least make it a competitive game, but in the 4th and 5th innings, the wheels fell off... kind of disappointing... in other words, if we do not win on saturday our season is over...

on a related note, i am old... from running around in the outfield last night i have many muscles in my legs and butt that are either pulled or really stretched because they are in some massive pain today... it hurts to stand, it hurts to sit... can anybody come up with a posture that i could take that would not hurt??? if so i got an ice cream with your name on it...

i have to admit that i am looking forward to this month being over... just ready to move on a bit... i will see my boys next month and start another job next month so i am a bit excited for next month...

lee turns 9 on this saturday... he is so big and growing so much... i can't believe that his shoe size is only 3 sizes smaller than mine... crazy... yeah, in case ya haven't guessed it, i miss my boys... but God will give me strength...

next post will have much more interesting stories and "probably" no baseball talk so be ready for awesomeness to be on it's way... er, uh, yeah...

blessings ya'll,
love ya...
scottie

p.s.-> go to cassidy's birthday...

last month before structure... i hope...

i have to admit that this has been a great summer... the freedom that i have had to work with sid and do other ministries has been a real treat... we have travelled, done seminars, hung out on the beach, etc... i love it...

but i have to admit that i am looking forward to some structure in the fall... when my new job starts it means a lot of things to me... it means that i will have something to do in the day which is exciting... it means that i can invest in a young boy during the day and then pick up sid and invest in him til he goes to bed... it also means that there my life will be a lot more scheduled... don't get me wrong, freedom is good, but i get a little stir crazy sometimes... it also means that financially i get to keep up with the bills and send $$$ to my children... i have hated not being able to do that very often... so as this new adventure begins at the end of the month i have to say that i am quite excited and truly looking forward to it arriving quickly...

now for a shout out... it has been a little while since i have given one out... yes, yes, to steal a mark brewer term, i have been a slogger...

today's shout out goes out to two people... today's shout out goes to kim "PP" rayner and stephanie "not neves" fitzsimmons... the reason for them to recieve such and accolade is this: "SERVANT'S HEART"

i have wanted to do more servanthood, but due to my slackerness just didn't get around to it... as of late it has been awesome to have these two ladies be the voice that says let's do this and the boot to my lazy butt to get this servant stuff moving... i just know that there will be more to come as a see these 2 gals taking the lead on a real cool journey for the young adult Christians on GM... there is so much hurting here now and so many questions that the door is wide open for the love of Christ to be spread... so i say thanks to not neves and pp for getting us going and being determined in this pursuit in serving...

"this may or may not be pp and not neves"