The House Divided

As most of you know, although Roy and I are both Troy University alumni, we live in a house divided. Yes, the love of college football runs deep within our roots, but our football ties are to two different teams. I grew up in the Florida Panhandle as a Florida Gator fan. On several occasions we'd get football tickets from season pass holders, usually the Auburn / Florida game since my Papa played football at Auburn many years ago.

Roy, on the other hand, grew up 45 minutes from Tuscaloosa, AL in Livingston, or, "God's Country" as he often refers to it. Alabama football is a way of life in those parts and it beats anything I have ever seen. To make an incredibly long, one-sided blog entry SHORT, you need to see these videos to understand our ties to football and how "different" it is:)


I love my Gators and the Gator Nation!




Roll Tide, y'all!

Joy to the Hood!

Please take a few minutes to watch the video below and prayerfully consider giving financially to the Lord's work in inner-city Newark, NJ. In order to keep this wonderful ministry running, $20,000 needs to be raised in the next 4 days. Also, check out Joy to the Hood at
for more information!

City Church: City Groups

One of the wonderful things about the church we go to (City Church) is the City Group we have been involved in. Our small group has been a source of Gospel community for us, a place where we can go and share our hearts and lives with and bask in grace and mercy. Our City Group has allowed us to feel more at home here in Orlando and we are truly grateful for the friendships we have with the members of our group. Here is a recent video made that gives great insight into how valuable these groups our to our church... Roy is definitely in it and you can see me a few times with the focus Diana and Ramiro who are in our group. Enjoy!

http://www.citychurchorlando.org/CityGroups.html

The Belin Disney Trip

Last year Disney offered the "Give A Day, Get A Day" program as an incentive to get people to volunteer. In return, Disney would give the first 1 million participants a free ticket to a Disney theme park. Living in the Orlando area, we jumped at the chance for free tickets, as did my parents. We planned a Belin Disney Trip for November and it was such a wonderful day. We had not been to Disney as a family in 14 years, if I did my math correctly. The park opened at 9AM and closed at 11PM and you better believe we stayed the entire time. It was such a treat to walk down memory lane, enjoying time together like we had many years before.