Suwanee Day 2008

This past Saturday was Suwanee Day and the Troxell fam decided to attend the event. It was a lot of fun. A great fall festival with music, food, several activities for the kids, shopping, just all kinds of stuff. It always amazes me how many local businesses show up at community events to promote themselves and sell their product. There was Connection Church with spin art, Primrose Schools with a play area, Grace Church Christian School with coloring and crafts, Road Atlanta with a racing simulator, Play-N-Trade with several video games set up, even Bowen Homes had their ARCA race car there. Just a fun cool day to spend with the family. I could easily see spending an entire day out there next year. I think this week we will either go to the Duluth Fall Festival or the Houschton Fall Fest; should be lots of fun.

Where are you?

I attended a seminar today and was asked this question that I now pose to you...
"If all jobs paid $10.00 an hour what would you be doing?"

Answer that and think about where you are today. Do the answers match?

Number 12...FINALLY

I just finished book number 12 on the year. I am not going to write a review or anything right now, I just wanted to post that I finished the book. It seemed like it took forever to complete. I will still reach my goal of 20 on the year, I just have to get back on the ball. The list of books is down the right side of the blog if you care to check it out.

Quick Hitz - 9/21/08

• It was cool having my new daughter at church today, 5 weeks old and already a Fusioneer, uhh EDGEhead
• I was worn out after service today and I am not sure why
• I didn't feel like I connected today during my message, not sure why on that one either.
• Small group was fun, it was nice talking with a new group of students
• I took a long nap today which did me some good...I think
• I think the EDGE area looked much better today, we will keep improving it each week.
• I do not understand screaming metal
• Went to Suwanee Day yesterday with the family and had a great time meeting people around the community. (more on that later)
• Yesterday morning some friends and me did a Heart Walk in Duluth. Doing things like that are fun, I should do more of them. I didn't raise as much as I wanted but some is better than none.
• I used a clip from Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest today in EDGE, now I want to watch the entire movie.
• Falcons won today.
• I was supposed to go to St. Louis today but the trip was cancelled. I can't say I am too disappointed.
• I have a huge announcement coming in the next week or so so stay tuned as changes are upon us.

Home Sweet Home Part 2

Recently I posted about being home after spending a week in the hospital (click here). Well today I have a new Home Sweet Home story. Today we were able to bring our 4 week old daughter, Ashley, home. That's right Ashley got to come home today! Pretty cool stuff. She is still pretty small but she has passed all of her motor skills tests, her hearing test, and finally she weighed in at over 4 lbs last night. I love seeing her in her bed. You can read her take on being home by clicking here.

I'm Lovin' It - EDGE

It is great to be back in EDGE. I truly enjoy this new group. In the next few weeks I will increase my teaching schedule on Sunday mornings. I have always like talking in front of folk and now I will get to do it almost every week. I get to preach the Word to students while learning more myself. How cool is that? It won't be long before Tony asks me to stand in for him one weekend. I feel like EDGE is affecting many people in ways never thought possible. I am so encouraged by the response we are starting to get from people that want to assist us. I will find places for them to serve but how cool is it that people want to help. When Sunday is over I can't wait to talk about it. I can't stop thinking of the next week. I can't wait until it is my turn to teach again.
EDGE is like McDonald's...I'm Lovin' It

90210

Last night was the premier of 90210 the update / spinoff of the old Beverly Hills 90210. I was very much looking forward to the show as I used to watch the old one. I think it was pretty good but man there sure were a lot of story lines. It was cool to see Brenda, Kelly, Nat, and The Peach Pit (now a coffee shop), again. The shows premise is pretty much the same as the old one with the 'fish out of water' story but with some new twists. I have to admit they are smart by tying it inot the old show because the old heads like me watched plus the brand new audience. I am going to give it a chance over the next few weeks.

Tonight I am looking forward to the premiere of ANTM.

Living on the EDGE

Yesterday was the first time in two weeks I have been able to participate in the Fusion Student Ministry, EDGE. It felt good to be back. We didn't follow our normal program due to the holiday weekend. Instead I was tasked with delivering a message to the group. I think it went well, I could have done better but overall good. The message was about living in the light and coming out of the darkness. I used a clip from Ocean's 11 as an illustration. With the Labor Day weekend in full effect we expected to be way down from the previous weeks yet we still had a nice attendance number. That is encouraging as is seeing others step up and assist. Of our core team of five we had three of them out of town. Robby and Phil stepped up to help out. Both usually have other duties on Sunday yet they both found a way to live on the EDGE. Thanks guys we really appreciate it!

I can't wait for next week.