This side of Christmas...

Welp, Christmas has come and gone. It was here with a flurry as a blizzard blasted Ada with almost a foot of snow. This blizzard did shut the church down for our Christmas Eve Experience but it did not phase us for our Christmas Dinner for the Hungry. It was awesome seeing so many volunteers show up to help serve those in need in the Ada area. I believe the final number of deliveries and walk ins was around 400-500 people. It was awesome to be able to serve as the hands and feet of Christ on this day when we remember His birth. I am amazed to think that this idea was birthed in the heart of a child around 5 years old. It is amazing to think that God probably tried to pour this vision into so many leaders and adults in our area but we were too busy/distracted to listen to the calling of God but a child heard and ACTED on what God spoke. Thanks Dave...

Blessings,

Zac

Week in preview...

I am looking forward to the next few days... Yes Christmas is around the corner and I will see family and friends that I have not seen in a while but this year I am excited about the possibility of doing something different. On Christmas day I am working, not with other church's or as H2OChurch but simply with other believers as me and my family serve the needy on Christmas day. We will be feeding and delivering food to those in need on this day. It is so easy for me to get caught up in the rush and business of Christmas and forget what it is all about. I want to raise my kids in a mindset that Christmas is about giving back just like God gave His only son Jesus for me and you we should find ways to give to others in the hope that we can possibly share with them the greatest gift of all... JESUS...

12/10/09

Okay, I have shopped for 0 Christmas presents at this point and just got the Christmas tree up last night but I did do 3 miles of cardio today so that is a good thing:) December is flying by so fast that I am not sure what to think... We are less than a week away from our OPERATION CHRISTMAS where we are providing presents and care packs for 100 kids in need in the Ada area another week away from a party we are throwing for our little kids to celebrate Jesus's birth then Christmas eve Experience, then Christmas and all the craziness that goes with that plus serving food to the hungry Christmas day with DAVE-O and somewhere in all of this managing my mom walking through stomach cancer:( Even with all of this going on I am going to make sure to make time and pull away each day so that I don't just let the craziness control me but I find time with God in the day so that He can control me... Have an awesome Christmas season and don't be controlled by the things that don't need to be controlling you give the reins over to the one who can see what is coming down the road...

Blessings,

Zac

Blogging time...

Okay I have been out for a bit but hey it is just a blog:) Here are some highlights... My dad was diagnosed with cancer about 5 weeks ago and we were taken aback by that but we took it in stride and they removed his kidney and in turn the cancerous tumor, two weeks later my mom went in for stomach surgery and they found a tennis ball sized tumor in her stomach and they cut out 50% of her stomach. The tumor came back as cancer and now we are having to look at chemo and radiation. I am not really sure how I take this news because it is really scary but I am really bad about mentally checking out of tough situations and just walking through them and I kinda feel that I am doing this here and just taking it day by day. My wife has even asked me "Aren't you sad, and my response is yes but I just am taking it as it comes". I guess this is just a survival mode that we go into when things get tough... Today I have started my fight. By fight I mean my battle against what has happened to most of my family and that is putting on the weight and just settling. I have put on too much weight and now I am fighting back I have a target of being 185 by summer. I am doing this the old fashioned way of running, lifting weights, drinking water and eating better. I am really pushing myself to do this so I am laying off of most fast food and going to bed earlier so I can wake up at 6:00am to work out. I am excited about the next phase of my life, I graduate from EMT school in two weeks and will be doing that part time for a bit but I think I have a nack for it and really enjoy the this field. My wife and kids are healthy and I Praise God for that daily and I am part of a growing vibrant ministry that is about seeing lives changed for Christ, I don't think it gets much better than this.

God is good:)