I found out on Wednesday of this week that I would be walking in the ordained ministers processional at the Dakota District ordination service and that I would need a dark suit.

I obviously don’t have a suit - so I prayed that I would find a suit that fit me well and would be something that would give me some confidence and that would be cheap. I went the Men’s Warehouse and JC Penny’s but I just didn’t see anything I liked.

On Friday, Lovey and I went to the local thrift shop to drop some stuff off and Lovey wanted to go in and look around. I reluctantly agreed and parked the car. As we walked through all the clothing that people had donated - I thought to myself - maybe I should look and see if I can find a suit here. I went to the suit section and found a fantastic, black pen-stripe suit! I tried the jacket on and it fit! I took the pants to the dressing room - they fit perfectly!

So - I bought an $8.00 Italian suit and wore it to the ordination service! Lovey is so proud! Just so you know - I can make an $8.00 suit look good! Enjoy the pics!

I’m starting a new list of techie tools that I’m going to try to pick up this year. I’ve started the list with two things - still looking for that perfect digital camcorder!

ZOOM H4 handheld field recorder. It totally looks like a taser - which is why I’d like one!
Quickpod - I totally think this is a GREAT tool!

What else should I put on my list?

USA Rock Paper Scissors League Championship

Looking for an excuse to get away this weekend? Then book your
tickets for Vegas and head over to the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino
for the 2008 USA Rock Paper Scissors League Championship.
Sponsored by Bud Light, the event will run all weekend, with the champ
being crowned on Sunday, June 22. The champ will receive a $50,000
prize and a ticket to compete in Beijing, China during the Summer
Olympics. Not in the Olympics, mind you, but instead in the
inaugural International Rock Paper Scissors Federation Championship,
where they will compete against the champions from Canada, Guam, Hong
Kong, Ireland and Malaysia to see who is the world’s best Rock Paper
Scissors player. 1, 2, 3… go!

For those of you who read my blog and happen to be Alumni of Oklahoma Wesleyan University/ Bartlesville Wesleyan College, I’ve got something pretty cool that we can be involved in!

I’ve had several of you comment that I’m “always updating my Facebook” all the time. I’d like to sort of explain that. I use a service called Twitter to update my profile. I simply send a text message via my phone and it automatically updates my blog, my Facebook profile, and a couple of other things.

Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?

In using Twitter, I’ve found several people that are using it on a regular basis for ministry purposes. One of those people is Marcie Piper who is the wife of Dr. Piper from Oklahoma Wesleyan University!

Marcie is working with the summer ministry teams of OKWU to encourage them to not only twitter
like anyone else and to each other, but to also send direct messages to the http://alive.okwu.edu website.

I’ve asked Marcie if the alumni can participate in this as well and she has agreed to setup an Alumni section on the site! So - if you’re interested in being a part of this - setup a twitter account and then
send me your username and I’ll get you access so that you can start joining the Twitter fun on the alive.okwu.edu website! So, if you want to “follow” me on Twitter, my account is: http://www.twitter.com/seedthrower.

Thanks and looking forward to receiving tweets from you!

Some important links
http://www.twitter.com

http://alive.okwu.edu

http://www.twitter.com/owu