It’s been a while since I’ve blogged. Bad blogger… no biscuit!

Quite a bit has happened since last Saturday…

• We had a GREAT Management Team and Board retreat (more about that later).

• We (i.e. Sherri, The Ladies, and I) left for Florida.

• About five minutes into our trip we hit a deer! The whole left side of our van is now looking pretty nice… but at least we have the deer hanging on our back porch! KIDDING! But seriously… our van looks pretty bad!

• On Sunday morning (about eleven hours into our trip) Lexington got sick and puked. But it was okay because I caught it in my hand and was able to throw it into a McDonald’s cup! At least it didn’t get all over the van AND I had a first time experience… :-I

• Later that morning (about 9 a.m.) I crested a hill going “slightly more” than the speed limit. The nice man with a light on his car cut me a break and saved me a lot of money… though I still have to pay some.

• All in all, the trip down is going to be pretty tough on my insurance. I may not drive back!

• We spent the last several days with the Bishops, superintendents, and other pastors from churches that have weekend attendance of over 500.

• Today Jeff and I had lunch with Ralph Howe. Ralph is a pastor from Discovery Church in Orlando, Florida that is doing the “one church in multiple locations” thing. We asked a ton of questions; learned a lot, and were confirmed in a number of things we are doing (more about this later)

• Tomorrow Sherri, The Ladies, and I are going to The Magic Kingdom. Tomorrow night Jeff and I are going to the main campus of the Discovery Church and then on Sunday we are going to the satellite campus of Discovery.

• Tonight Jeff, Sherri, The Ladies, and I played mini-golf. The score was Sherri – 41 (par was 42); Jeff – 52; and Paul… he had a good time and enjoyed the view!