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BABIES!!

Ok, so, we get this comment on my Dads blog. He has a relative that needs to put her twins up for adoption. My dad finds the guy, and my parents might be on a flight tonight!! I love my sister, and i need more!!!

The Burrito Prayer Movement

As my dad said in a post on his blog titled the Burrito Prayer Movement:

"On a hot, muggy evening a few months ago, I was walking down the street with Grayson, my 11 year old. On our way to a prayer meeting, we passed a homeless guy who asked for money for dinner. I diverted my eyes and kept walking. Grayson, unsure of the protocol on this sort of thing, grabbed my arm and said “Dad, that guy’s hungry!”.

I didn’t have time to explain to Grayson that A) giving that guy $5 would not fix his real problems or that B) the $5 we’d give him would most likely go to booze or drugs. Instead, I gave him a shorter answer - one that makes me cringe to this day.

“Gray, we can’t help him. We’re on our way to a prayer meeting."

I am embarrassed to think i said that in public... to a 6th grader.

When my sons eyes met mine, I saw what no dad wants to see - disappointment. Both of us were embarrassed at my answer about being to busy going to a prayer meeting to help a homeless guy. Smelling blood, Grayson stepped in to finish me off.

“Dad, let’s buy him a burrito...I’ll pay for it with my own money.”

Trying to fight the tears that were welling up at the outer edges of my eyes, I walked into a restaurant with my son and watched him order the biggest burrito ever assembled - one that would ultimately end up the size of a football. While the Burrito Assembly Crew worked on the monstrosity, Grayson turned his attention to the salsa bar, gathering two containers of each of the four options. I wondered when was the last time this guy had been given any options.

Armed with his bomb of a burrito and accompanying salsa ensemble, Grayson marched to where we’d passed the guy on the curb. Shaking off a momentary wave of nervousness, he stepped up. “Sir...”, he said, “I bought you a burrito to show you that God loves you. It’s right here, along with some different kinds of salsa.”

The dark eyes of a man who had been mistreated for years looked at him in disbelief. “What?” the man asked gruffly. Grayson repeated his pitch. As disbelief passed, the man took the burrito and grasped Grayson’s hand. Leveling his gaze into my son’s eyes, he spoke man to a man. “Thank you. Thank you very much.”

Walking away, Grayson was 10 feet all. He had questions about the man’s behavior, and so I explained the best I could that life on the street can be very hard, affecting people’s mental and spiritual state. Nearing the prayer meeting, he said “Oh man - I should have prayed for him! That would have been awesome!”

In the next week, Grayson spent every dime he had buying burritos for homeless guys, laying hands on them and praying for them. He was going for it - bound and determined to see someone set free.

After his third burrito prayer meeting, he walked away saying “It’s great that he’s got food, but I want to see him healed. Dad, I’m gonna get someone healed! I’m gonna get one!”
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In response to that blog post, i just had someone, who is living on edge himself, drop by and gave me 2 $25 gift cards to Chipotle - one for me, one to give with. And, as he left, he left but one comment: "Get ready for more". I really love God.

School Report - Day 2

I LOVE THE DANIEL ACADEMY! Thats the short report.

Electric Man 2...

is the single wierdest game I've ever played. Oh, TDA started today.

Ok, Ok... JW may be getting boring

After 112 hours (5 days) of nothing but "Yes, sir" and "No, sir", life gets sort of boring. Well, it was until yesterday, when Capitol Police Security Guards here at the JW Marriott start "checking me out". It all started with a simple paper airplane with a note on it. I wrote it and threw it off a 3-story, indoor balcony. I went to get after multiple orders that the guards told my friend. I went, with people in black suites started following us down the escalators. I don't want to say they were eavesdropping, but I found it highly suspicious that they were saying our every move into a 2-way radio. I got it (along with a lecture from one of our "fans" that were following us. We left to go sightseeing, and as we went through the freshly-oiled revolving door, I heard someone say into a walkie-talkie "The children have left the building. I repeat, the children have left!". Thanks for the love, Mr. Security. And after Zion doing his "Elf" impression on the revolving door, we are now not only banned from the security checkpoints all over the hotel, but the revolving door. Not by my parents, but from a nice man with a gun the had a shirt that said FBI minus the gun. Hmm, "FBI". Must mean "Freak Bombarding Incorparated". Hey, there only doing there job (it's not my fault my title is freak).

Well, It's DC, people. Its DC.

"My Pleasure" and "Mmm!"

2 words, well actually 4 words. "JW Marriot" and "Ebeneezers Coffehouse". 5 words if compound words are 2 words. Anyway, everything here at JW is always "My Pleasure" or "Coming right up". Oh, two humungous beds in a not-so humungous room. And another humungous - the 52' Widescreen LG TV with a Wi-Fi keyboard and a remote with more buttons than, well, a thing with lots of buttons. And Ebeneezers. Oh, Ebeneezers. There Orange Dreamcicle Freezer (for IHOPPERS, thats an Avalanche on steroids. For non-IHOPPERS, thats a DQ Blizzard with an under dose of steroids. I LOVE DC! 

Things about cable that I HATE

- Star Trek

A scary TV show

- Everthing else

A scary TV show

I love when...

-when i wake up to my sister talking and talking...and talking

-when that talking is directed towards me

thats it.

I'm in DC!

I think a timeline will say enough

4 AM - Wake Up (already a tough day)

4:30 AM - Leave fore KCI (Kansas City International Airport)

5 AM - Get there

5:45 AM - Get through security

Pause the timeline!

I think it is just wrong to do 4 things before 6.

Ok, we're back

6:05ish AM - Take off

TIME ZONE SWITCH

10 AM - Get t0 BWI (Baltimore/Washington International Airport)

11:30 AM - Get to Cosi's
(BEST THING YET)

Wander around until now, 2:48 and at are palace, Oh, I mean hotel.

Thats my life , never dull moment.

Oh, and Zoe had Coke today (for the 1st time). Needless to say, nap time was not happening anytime soon.

Caption Contest...

Caption, anyone? 

I love god!

I'm Back...

AND ON THE INTERNET!

I LOVE THIS!

Tommorow we go to Breckenridge, Colorado! We will go with the Dinsmores (7 kids - Mike, 16, Nick, 15, Zack, 14, Jessi, 12, Brianne, 10, Molly &  Luke, 8). 11 kids, 2 vans, 2 days, and alot of chaos. That sounds like just the right mix for IHOPers, doesn't it? (and if you plan to see the "chaos", we're packing up at 6 am tomorrow)

Country Bears - a 2003 Disney Channel Original!

I just watched the Country Bears with Zion - an avid musician -, hearing him laughing and humming the whole movie. I thought it was kind of dumb (like all the other Disney Channel Movies - Minute Men, Jump In!, and others). It was kind of like a movie with a runaway child mixed with an August Rush element. It was never one of my favorites - nor were any 2003 movie (unless Finding Nemo was 2003). It was one of those "lack-of-originality-but-I-can't-help-but-make-a-movie kind of films. Thats it.

Jesus' Love

Lately, I have been thinking about Jesus' love for us. I mean, when we think Gods love, we think of a love 50x bigger than a humans, but in the long run, the same kind. But the Bible mentions the phrase "unconditional love" a few times in the New Testemant. If we get mad at our friend, we normally lose a little love. God gets dissapointed, but His love never changes. And The Incarnation - doesn't that show us something. The Incarnation - The HUMBLE Birth, The RIGHTEOUSS Growing Up, The HELPFUL teachings , The ACCEPTANCE OF the Crucifixion, the JOYFUL ressurection, and the HOPE of His return. These are all part of His uncoditional love.

New Blogroll!

Check it out... A new blogroll thingy on the sidebar!

Patriots, Birthadays, and Toast!

Ok, so yesterday was July 4. We went to Dos Hombres with the Super Deluxe Louxes 2 Extreme. (say that 5x fast. It won't be very hard! I've tried it!) Then we took Taylor and Isabelle to the fireworks at Gracepoint Community Church (GCC). About 90% of us went to FCF, not GCC. About 90% of that has not gone, nor KNOWS anyone that goes to GCC. But of course, most everyone went there last year, and you expect to go again next year to the Gracepoint Community Church 4th of July Celebration + Fundraiser for there VBS! It was really fun, mostly because my friends were there. I've seen better fireworks in Nashville (when I'm behind the Batman building) and DC (this time behind the capitol and a couple trees.)


Today is Zions birthday! He's turning 7. My mom made him B-Day Toast with candles on it! But, of course, as the musician he is, he just smiled, laughed, and kept on strummin' on his new guitar (he bought it yesterday! That boy can save! It was 89$ on sale.)

Yep, I think that covers it. It is defined as "Patriots, Birthdays, and Toast!"

Iced Tea, Lemonade, and Me

Wow. What a poetic title. The poetry is based on today. Here's my essay, Mrs. Goodwin!


This summer has been fun. DC was a blast and Breckenridge will be. But today was different. We had a lemonade stand. The stand had faced about 40 or so customers, 2 gallons of lemonade, a mysterious stranger. But let me tell you about it.

Me and Zion set up at

Sorry I Haven't Posted In A While!

Sorry I haven't posted in a while I have been in Washington DC praying for the ending of abortion. With no internet. I think it was probably good for me, though. My mom is teaching an ATC class, The Call Track. I reallywant to play with my friends. WaWa!!

Healing Quotes! +

Sorry I haven't blogged for a while, I'm in Florida. The Healing Outpouring has been awesome. Here are some quotes -

"We got a fresh one here!"
Todd Bentley,
Context - Someones worship leader died just under 45 minutes ago.

"Could kindly do us the courtesy of JUST LEAVING?"
Pastor of Ignite Church,
Context - People are getting on the baseball field. thats ok. It's the grass that ticks him off.

"Is that hairy man singing again?"
Zion Bohlender (age 6),
Context - Rory Fields was singing at the revival (and zions not even there - it;s the webcast! I'm here, though).

It's been realy fun this weekend (+ Thursday) and also very faith building.

SkyMall - The Useless Magazine

"Big Foot the Garden Yeti" Sculpture With his characteristically big feet, our over two-foot- tall Garden Yeti will have guests doing a double-take as they admire your creative gardening style! With alleged sightings the world over from the highest Himalayas to the northwest United States, this elusive, mythical legend has been captured exclusively for toscano in quality designer resin and finely hand-painted for startling realism.

Grayson says: Really freaky. Who's idea was it to have Mr. Yeti looking at you?



NEW! Let your kids roam free - then find them fast.

While your kids enjoy their independence, you'll be glad to know you can digitally find them anytime. They wear the watch-like tracer, and you hold the receiver that tells where they are - even if they're not within sight. If your child moves too far away, an alarm sounds on your receiver and on your child's "watch".

Finding your child is easy, even in a crowd, because LEDs light up on the receiver, pointing you in the right direction. Select from three warning range settings.

Grayson Says: Why not come up to me and say "I don't trust you." I mean, come on.

Southern Hospitality, Georgia Style

I love Macon. I love Georgia. Southern hospitality in Georgia means "Give your guests whatever, when ever. And make sure there gift basket includes LOTS of fried chicken and KFC giftcards. And fruit.". Well, the Newsomes and IHOP-Macon did just that, with no exceptions, and added pretzels (buttered and salted), peanut butter crackers, and cheese crackers. I will never go home.

It's Easter!

Christ has Risen!
(HE HAS RISEN INDEED!)

Awkward...

Not to embarrass anybody, but Jacob & Allison's Facebook status is VERY different.

I Love My Sister!

Zoe is pretty in any attire...including none. Shes 18 months and already crushed on 2 year-old Arie Gerard. I LOVE LIFE!

Sickness Pros and Cons

If your sick, like me, you automatically think of many cons (trust me). Well, I believe in pros and cons. Keyword:and. So I would love to share them with you.

Pros
1. You only have one desire. To sleep. You have the permission to fulfil your one and only desire.
2. Chicken noodle soup and pampering
3.24/7 video games

Cons

1. Just think. I'm sick. EVERYTHINGS A CON!


So remember, theres the best of both worlds.