DATE NIGHT...GRANDPARENT STYLE

Burgers and fries at the Soda Shop followed by church in the evening. Sounds like what my grandparents did on dates.


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Spicy Chicken sandwiches and lemonade followed by Founder's Week.

Sounds like what Derek & I did on our date last night.

We went specifically to hear Francis Chan.
He is the founding pastor of Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley, California, the best selling author of several books, and currently starting a church planting movement in the inner city of San Francisco.

Derek heard him speak a few years ago at Challenge Youth Conference, we began listening to his podcast shortly after, read some of his books, and even went to hear him preach at Cornerstone when we were out in California a few years ago (before seeing a Bears/Chargers game, of course).

This guy is the real deal.
He truly practices what he preaches and whenever I hear him speak, I walk away challenged in my faith.

Last night he asked:
~Do you just read the Bible and not do what it says?
~Do you make excuses for why you are not following the Lord with everything you have?
~The older you get, do you find yourself more excited about living for the Lord, letting go of things in this world, and really desiring to please God...as you live adventurously for Him?

Again, I walked away encouraged, convicted, and challenged.

Follow up on past speakers & messages from this year's Founder's Week.
Watch live online, listen on 90.1FM, or catch up via Moody Bible Institute's You Tube Channel.

EXCUSE ME MAAM, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CHECK YOUR NUNCHUCKS

It's that time of year again...FOOTBALL SEASON!!!
So far we've booked 2 away games for the fall and are getting closer to completing Derek's dream of getting to all 32 NFL stadiums.



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 Not wanting to pay to check our bags, we each pack a small carry-on. Talk about days of anxiety leading up to the flight as I pack everything I need!

I'm pretty sure people with Diabetes are great at running every worse-case scenario through their head (at least that's what I do), making sure they have everything they need on them... Extra insulin, back up needles, a back up blood testing meter, extra test strips, batteries, a year supply of glucose tablets... just in case!!!



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 But as we think about heading to Oakland in a few months, maybe I should be more concerned with packing a set of nunchucks?!?!?

{WARNING: This video contains VIOLENCE}

{2 Shot, 1 Beaten At 49ers-Raiders Game}

I've never had an issue getting through airport security with my robot parts attached to me (insulin pump, CGM) or needles. But weapons may be another story!

Wish us luck in Oakland!!!