Texas Wildfires

Source: KXAN News; Photo' Kerri West" Please pray for those in the Bastrop area that have been affected by wild fires. It has burned more than 44,000 and destroyed more than 600 homes. Many parts of Texas have not received significant rainfall in over a year.  This has been a very bad year for wild … Continue reading Texas Wildfires

Song Challenge Day 4

Today's song is a song that makes me sad.  Matthew West's My Own Little World is one of those reflective song that both motives me and makes me sad.  Listen carefully to the words.

Ways to Help Japan

On Friday, March 11 an 8.9 magnitude earthquake hit Japan and triggered a massive tsunami. More than 800 people were killed, hundreds are missing, and 200,000 are displaced after an 8.9-magnitude earthquake. How you can help: American Red Cross Baptist Global Response Habitat for Humanity IMB: Japan Response Fund Samaritan's Purse: Emergency Relief Texas Baptist … Continue reading Ways to Help Japan

Maverick Flying Car

Founded by Steve Saint, Maverick LSA is  committed to making a useful, practical, and innovative vehicle that is capable of true frontier navigation. In September 2010, Maverick received a green light from the Federal Aviation Administration to begin production of the first flying car.  The FAA issued a  Special Light Sport Aircraft airworthiness certificate to … Continue reading Maverick Flying Car

Haiti Education Project

A student at the TLC Barefoot School in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, works on classroom assignments.  Texas Baptists have partnered with Siloe Baptist School in Grande-Guave, seeking sponsors to send impoverished Haitian children to a Christian school for $15 a month.Haiti was a country in turmoil before the earthquake that rocked Haiti almost a year. Education plays … Continue reading Haiti Education Project

Update: Prayer Request for Josh

Last year I posted a prayer request for a friend's nephew Josh.  It has been a little over a year since the accident. The video below chronicles Josh's progress.

Sounds of the Season 2010: One Last Christmas

One Last Christmas by Matthew West tells the story of Dax Locke. Dax Ryan Locke was born to Austin and Julie Locke on June 26th, 2007. At the age of 13 months Dax was diagnosed with AML M7 Leukemia. He was life-flighted to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital where he underwent two bone marrow transplants. … Continue reading Sounds of the Season 2010: One Last Christmas