Church Planting (Heavenly) and Bread Pudding (Sinful)

I love PowerPlant!

Got back yesterday from Coordinators Retreat. It's still weird to think I'm a Coordinator- geez.

Not to sound like a 9th grade girl, but Church Planters are so cool. That's probably a word they don't care for, but when I was little in Vacation Bible School, I remember a female missionary talking to us about her time in Africa, and frankly it sounded aweful. For a very long time, I associated being a missionary with her and thought you had to wear a burqa and eat crickets.

But back to church planting in the U.S., just getting to sit around some of these guys and hear their heart for the lost is amazing. And if it took wearing a burqa and eating crickets, they would do it, but they are so creative, passionate and courageous about following the Lord and pointing people towards Christ.

So a little more about PowerPlant St. Louis which I'll be working on this year. Here's my wonderful Ministry Coordinator: Noah Oldham.......

Noah and his wife Heather just moved to St. Louis to church plant. They're working with the Acts 29 Network which is starting churches all over the metro St. Louis area. So this summer at our project, the youth will be working with the different church planters. Noah will be working with these planters to plan different types of servant evangelism projects for the youth to do while at PowerPlant. He's great- his story is also amazing.

Please pray for our St. Louis project! The 58% in the sign stands for the number of unchurched in the county we'll be working in. 58% is huge. We don't just want people in church, but people to meet Christ and experience his love, mercy and grace. PowerPlant is an excellent vehicle for this movement.

In an unrelated story, we had dessert night with our friends the Penningtons last night. A while back, Caleb found a recipe online for (drumroll) "Triple Chocolate Bread Pudding with White Chocolate Sauce" Well we made it last night with our friends and it was every bit as good as it sounds.

Then I looked at the Nutritional Facts.

Obviously, big mistake. 44 grams of fat per serving. PER SERVING. Pretty sure I had like THREE servings. How do you begin to work that off? I think I developed diabetes immediately AND an additional cavity or two, or thirty.

Anyway, it was good, and in the end, who cares. There are bigger things going on in this world. Such as (by the way) did anyone else see the CNN story update on the Astronaut Love Triangle where the lady drove from TX to FL to kidnap her lover's new lover and she wore diapers so she wouldn't have to waste time to go to the bathroom? Well CNN showed the "soiled diapers" on the air. I saw a grown woman's poopy pants. I hate that more than 44 grams of fat. Ok, have a great day today.