This was a camping week and once again God protected us during a nasty storm once again. We got all set up in the extreme heat on Friday and the skies got darker and everyone started to look at their droids. The weather on my phone was just able to shoe me that there was warning for where I thought we were that included dangerous cloud to ground lighting, hail and strong winds. Well we hunkered down in Brenda’s Aunt and Uncle’s camper while we waited out the storm. Their camper was rocking back and forth with the winds, which meant ours had to be bouncing around or at least I bet it felt like it if we would have been in it. We survived along with all of our equipment. But found out there was a canopy and camper destroyed by falling limbs and there were two people that got tingled a bit when they were holding down their tents during the lighting strikes that were close. No one was seriously injured, because God loves campers and everyone else too. PTL!! The storm brought in some cooler air that made the first night’s sleep in no AC, bearable.
A quick note about this adventure, I noticed that by the calendar I should be on Week 23, apparently I missed a week. I will take a look and when I figure out if I just a missed a hooky week or an actual visit to a church I will make an entry to make things right…
For those of you wondering what this adventure is all about click on the following link: Church Adventure Begins
For all of the posts on our adventure go here: A Church Adventure.
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Congratulations to 1Pokinatcha, the winner of the Robert Pierre Cd Winner.
I know I mentioned I would pull the winner from a hat with the girls help, but there was only one entry and that just would of been silly!
This is my view this morning in the camper. The girls woke me up at 10 minutes 'til 8:00. Now that is what I'm talking about, I needed to sleep in like that.. They then let the dog out, brushed their teeth and let the dog back in and told us they were going fishing...
That my friends is a great start to a long camping weekend.
Have a great Saturday.
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I will not be complaining. I remember when this past winter we struggled to get into the double digits...I just wish it was a dry heat, I just went through shirt number 3.
The girls just left for camp with Brenda's Aunt & Uncle. We leave tomorrow afternoon. Yes it will be HOT, but I'm ok with that. I did pack lots of shirts and if you come to camp, you will probably find me swimming or looking like I just did with shirt and all.
I hope everone has a blessed weekend.
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Thursday, July 21, 2011
Labels: Giveaway , Music , Music Review
Back in May I was given the opportunity to preview for review, four songs from Robert Pierre. This week I received Robert’s full new cd in the mail, again a preview for my review. The cd is called I’m All In, it will hit stores on July 26th and it is outstanding. My favorite songs so far are I’m All In, Be Lifted Up and Greater Is He with the tracks in between being good music and great messages as well.
Here are the lyrics from Robert’s first track, I’m All In:
There is a fire that burns inside of me
There is a flood rushing from my heart
There is a song that I have got to sing
I'm alive and this just the start
I'm all in, I'm all in
Your love is overwhelming
I'm all in, I'm all in
You are all consuming
You are the peace that lives inside of me
You are the joy filling up my heart
You are the love that makes me wanna sing
I'm alive and this is just the start
I'm all in, I'm all in
Your love is overwhelming
I'm all in, I'm all in
You are all consuming
Lord, I give You everything
I give You part of me
Lord, I give You everything
I give it all for Your glory
A little about Robert:
For Robert, I’m All In is more than the name of his third studio album, due July 26 from thinkaboutit records. It has become Robert’s life motto as he responds to God’s calling to live fully committed to Him. In addition to writing and recording I’m All In and playing on a summer tour, Robert also leads regular Sunday morning worship at his 800-member Orlando, FL church. And he’s done it all as a high school senior.
“All of the songs have something to do with things I was going through my senior year,” Robert said of I’m All In, “preparing to say goodbye to friends and not really knowing what would come next, but finding comfort and peace in the Lord’s plan for my life. The Bible talks about how the eyes of the Lord are searching to and fro throughout the earth, searching for someone whose heart is wholly His, someone He can strongly support. This CD is me saying, ‘I’m all in.’”
Creating I’m All In was a powerfully personal experience for Robert, who teamed with veteran songwriter Jason Ingram (Tenth Avenue North, Sanctus Real, Bebo Norman) and legendary producer Matt Bronleewe (Jars of Clay, Michael W. Smith, Steven Curtis Chapman) on the album. The result is a collection of songs that enthusiastically and energetically worship God while wrestling with what it means to be a Christian in a world full of difficulty and joy, anxiety and excitement.
Not only have I received this cd for review, but I have one to give away as well. Just enter a comment on this post and you will be entered in the giveaway. I will have my girls assist me in picking a winner from a hat on Friday, July 29th. Just click on the “comment here” or “comments” button above to the right of the date of this post. It’s pretty simple, just include an email address, twitter handle or another way I can contact you, for proper delivery of cd.
To find Robert Pierre on facebook, click here.
To Sample the cd click here to to take you over to Amazon.
Thanks for visiting my blog and have a blessed weekend.
* Material Connection Disclaimer: I received this music from Propeller to provide a review on my blog. Stated above are my opinions and mine alone. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
For week 21 of our Church Adventure we attended a contemporary service of a United Methodist church and it was a very nice visit. They actually held two weeks of VBS and our visit fell right in the middle of them. It was nice to hear the familiar songs of the same VBS we did over at VPC. I teased the girls and tried to get them up on the stage to sing and do the moves, but they did not take me up on my offer. The music (all songs we have heard on Klove radio), was good and the message was as well. This coming week (22) of our adventure we will be doing some camp devotions on our own and enjoying some hot relaxation in our zero gravity chairs.
For those of you wondering what this adventure is all about click on the following link: Church Adventure Begins
For all of the posts on our adventure go here: A Church Adventure.
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We had a wonderful day at Kennywood on Thursday.
Here are the girls enjoying their slushies.
Here we are on the Jack Rabbit. Bridget and that tongue.
A video of Brenda, Bridget and me on the JackRabbit.
Here we are on the Racer.
Bethany and Lori waiting in line for the Racer.
Bridget on the Merry Go Round, without the tongue sticking out.
Brenda and Bridget going fast.
Lori and Bridget with Cowboy Joe.
Bethany and Lori in a bumper car.
Lori and Bridget again, swappin’ yarns with Cowboy Joe…
Bethany and Bridget on the Whip.
Random shots that none of us are actually in.
I can’t wait to be able to watch some hockey…
Here is the link if you viewing this in a feed reader:
http://video.penguins.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=1
I got received an invite to Google + this week.
So if you are interested, in trying out Google’s new social network, just shoot me your email address and I will send you an invite.
Here is my profile on +…
It will be interesting to see how this evolves, there currently is no mobile support unless you have one of them there smart phones, or live in India????
To finish up week 3, we took in a trip to Pittsburgh Mills. I was surprised at how many of vacancies there were in the mall. It reminded me of the Butler Mall back in the day when it was obviously not doing well. It was still nice to wander around and see some of the specialty stores that you don’t see when shopping the big discount stores. This is one store we have never been to, a Sears Grand:
Brenda said it smelled like a Kmart, we all thought that was funny seeing as the stores merged a couple of years ago…
This week has been kind of dull, cleaning and laundry has been accomplished since our van(the gas guzzlin’ pig) is in for warranty repairs. We hope to get to the pool tomorrow, but that will only happen if we get the van back. We are going to Kennywood on Thursday and to the Rogers Flea Market on Friday. This weekend will probably consist of cleaning the basement some more and rearranging some stuff in the house, to prepare for the next phase in our renovations, plumbing for our 1st floor powder room and 2nd floor master bathroom. Next week we will be enjoying the pool while preparing for our next camping trip.
For week 20, I have to admit that I had a week moment. We were recruited to help put a roof and soffit and fascia on a garage addition of my mother in law’s, and Brenda and I figured that we would probably be tied up on both Saturday and Sunday. When we were on a break from the roof in almost 90 degree temperatures, and it appeared that we were going to be able to wrap things up in one day, I was asked by someone(some little someone) if we were going to church. Later I find out that it was one of the girls that asked me the question. I don’t really remember the conversation, it must have been the heat….
Needless to say in that said, weak moment, I mentioned that we probably would not go to church. I felt a little guilty Sunday morning, but we needed some rest and the family time we spent together was as always a great time. We spent a good part of the day at Pittsburgh Mills in the Air Conditioning.
For those of you wondering what this adventure is all about click on the following link: Church Adventure Begins
For all of the posts on our adventure go here: A Church Adventure.
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