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  • October10th

    The BIG Update

    Author: Casey | Posted in: Home Life & Family, Random Thoughts

    I know, I know… I haven’t posted anything for about a month, so I thought I would just cram everything into one big update. Here goes nothing…

    Well, the biggest news of all is that my brother-in-law got engaged! He took Lindsay on a hike and surprised her with a proposal at the top of a mountain. They have set a date for June 2nd and Mary Beth and I have the privilege of serving as a bridesmaid and groomsman for the wedding. We’re very excited for them!

    Caleb is now 5 1/2 months old and very active. He’s started eating rice cereal and a little baby food. He’s not crawling yet, but he rolls around on the floor a lot. He’s such a joy to be around and a lot of fun to laugh with!

    I’ve recently started serving as a House Church leader in our church. I’m very excited to see how God will be able to use me in this leadership role. Keep our family in your prayers as we begin to serve in this ministry.

    I finally ordered a new hard drive for our computer! It has tons of storage space, so I’ve been working on capturing all of our back-logged videos that we never had space for. So, that means there will be many more videos on the site in the future.

    Well, I think that’s about all the latest news I can think of at the moment. I’ll try to be a little better about posting more often. Let me know what all of you have been up to in the comments…

  • July2nd

    Four Generations

    Author: Casey | Posted in: Home Life & Family, Spiritual

    nullThis morning, we were blessed to accompany my mom and dad as they returned to church for the first time since their accident. My dad seemed more like himself while we were worshipping; he even got up to thank everyone for all that the church has done for them over the past several weeks. It was an emotional morning for him after being away from his church family for about a month. We were so glad to be there with him, and Caleb was the well-behaved baby that he always is until he peed on his mom about 15 minutes before church was over. How do you recover from that when you’re sitting on the front row?! Fortunately, it dried quickly.

    After church, the Picker men posed on the back porch. I feel so blessed to be part of the generations of Picker men that have served the Lord. I am grateful for all that my dad and my grandfather have taught me about being a man of God and hope to instill these same values in Caleb. I know that one day he will appreciate his wonderful heritage of faith.

  • May14th

    Caleb Goes to Church

    Author: Casey | Posted in: Home Life & Family, Spiritual

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    The day started off with Caleb and me making Mary Beth breakfast in bed with roses. Everyone was hungry, so we all decided to share the Mother’s Day meal of bacon, eggs, toast, and OJ. :P

    After breakfast, we all got ready to go to church. Caleb looked so cute in his little baby gown and he was definitely ready for his first outing since the hospital. We arrived at church just a few minutes late, and Caleb definitely got the “rock star” treatment. Mary Beth’s parents had saved us a couple of seats near the front and everyone at church just kept staring at him like he was the first baby they had ever seen! Well, he probably wasn’t the first baby they’d seen, but he was definitely the cutest! :P

    Near the end of the church service I got up, introduced him to the church, and had one of our elders pray over him. It was a very special time that I don’t think I’ll ever forget.

    Later, I found out that I wasn’t the only proud one that wanted to show off Caleb. My dad somehow found a way to slip Caleb into his Mother’s Day sermon. He’s only two and a half weeks old and he’s already famous nationwide!

    After church we went over to Mary Beth’s parents’ house and had a great Mother’s Day dinner. After that, we finally went home and crashed…

    After knowing Mary Beth for almost 7 years, it’s been such a blessing to see what a wonderful mother she is becoming. It makes me so proud to be her husband…

    To all the moms out there…HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!

  • April19th

    Web Outreach

    Author: Casey | Posted in: Cool Sites, Spiritual

    The internet is often used as a place to spread anger, hatred, and lies, but it can also be used as a tool to spread love and truth. I have come across a few sites lately that have been trying to do the latter:

    Internet Evangelism Day – May 7, 2006

    They’re trying to promote the web as a great place for outreach. From their site:

    “We wish to communicate the outreach potential of the Web to the worldwide church. We therefore offer a worldwide annual focus day – for Christians to discover the potential of this new medium.”

    I think this is a great idea! It’s time for churches to stop being afraid of the web and start using it as a tool for the Lord.

    People2Pray

    Secondly, People2Pray is a website for managing and sharing prayer requests with others. I know this doesn’t exactly fall under the category of outreach, but I think this is just another example of people embracing the internet as a tool to help them grow in their spiritual walk. It’s also neat to know exactly how many people are praying for you.

    YIBelieve

    Finally, I’m sure you may have noticed the little, blue icon in the top left corner of my site. I have discovered a website (Coming out May 7th) where believers will be able to share their testimony of faith. I think it will be a very cool thing to see how others have come to faith and their journey along the way.

    I hope others begin to view the web as a tool in their outreach, rather than a hindrance.

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