Epic - Setting the Table Series / Main Course

Media & Sound Teams at Wilshire Avenue Main Sanctuary today


Setup crew member, Bola is a last minute worship sub.


The rest of the worship team rehearses


Pastor Kevin - Welcome and Prayer


Pastor Erin explains packets, partnership


Long shares on Facilities and Operations


Carey shares on worship service


Rick shares on Community / Healing


Melanie shares on Justice


James - give the Treasurer report


Carey - shares about the proposal for additional staff / Youth Minister - Pastor

Q & A followed

Partner's vote on Proposed Budget & special proposal

-DB-

Epic Church - Jan 18 2009

Becky's BIG worship team


Kong's Gospel Choir rocked the house!


Art training a new Sound Crew member


Church from behind the soundboard

Yes indeed, it was a very full day and my first Sunday as Sound Team lead (plus I had to do tithes and offerings today as well).

Thanks for the ENTIRE service crew (worship, setup, media, greetings, children ministries and pastoral staff, etc ...) for making service awesome today!

-DB-

Fullerton House Church - dinner 1/16/09

Dinner at Fullerton House Church : food theme "Souplantation"


Wilson and Karina making sandwiches; yummy desserts!


Special thanks to our food coordinating, Soo who is retiring!

-DB-

Training Day @ EPIC

Before service today, Art goes over setup


for wiring the monitors, subs, soundboard, lights and wireless mikes.


Sound Crew in training


Service in Progress - Pastor Erin


Offerings - Pastor Kevin


Worship - Harry's Team


Announcements - Jessie

11 hour journey back to LA

4am at the Memphis International Airport


Here I am all ragged from no sleep having to catch a ride to the Memphis airport from my brother; we left at 2:40am and arrived about 2 hours later.


None of the coffee or food places were opened yet so I had to fly on an empty stomach to my connecting stop in Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport. The pilot said it was 2 degrees there. We got off to a late start because the tow bar malfunctioned and the grounds crew had to replace before we were able to taxi onto the runway. 2:18 flight to MSP, at least we got a beautiful sunrise on the way there.


We were able to make up time and got to MSP as scheduled but we couldn't get off the plane because the jetway was frozed (remember 2 degrees in Minneapolis). After 15 - 20 minutes, I was able to disembark the small jet and discovered my connecting flight was on the oppose end of the airport (from Gate G16 to Gate C3) ... luckly, I found a McDonald Express to grab some OJ and a sauage egg muffin. After a half an hour delay (in which the flight crew was late too) we finally took off. It was about 9:45am (7:45 PST) and about 7 hours when I left my parent's house in Mississippi.


After a gruelling 3.5 hour flight, we finally landed in John Wayne Airport in Orange County. Despite the earlier delay, we arrived on scheduled and my roommate picked me up at about 11:30am (about 11 hours after I left my parent's). We made it back to Buena Park by 12 noon.


I was able to to swing by church and take communion by 12:30pm (I guess service must have ran late too). So far I'm still holding up with no sleep after lunch with the House Church gang.

I'm going to hate MONDAY (and work)!!

-DB-

New Year in Ms

My nephew was carrying away the 1st catch of 2009 by his dad, while I was scanning the horizon for signs of mister beaver.


view from across the lake


Sunset over the lake


The evening skies over Mississippi


My mom had the catch of the day with this nice sized bass!

-DB-

New Year 2009

Happy New Year!!

Out on the farm

We've enjoyed beautiful weather for the last few days.


I caught this one-eye catfish on Saturday and small bass on Sunday.


We saw buzzards eating away the remains of this poor deer. We don't know if coyotes or some hunter killed this doe but it had been laying out in the field for a couple days for sure.


I got to try out my bro's CAR, but I didn't get to fire a round but we manage to harvest one of the pesky beavers out on the lake today. I did see a couple of deers running by while I was fishing/hunting this afternoon.

Back in Dixieland

DB is back in the land of cotton!

Updated status on Facebook! "Merry Christmas" Everyone!!

-DB-

* Travelogue:
3:30 am up 4:55 am at John Wayne Airport absolutely no line to check in at NWA,
$40 for check luggage ($15 - 1st bag, $25 - 2nd bag) $2 for tall Starbuck ($1.19 plus tip)
7:00 am takeoff (Orange County Flight rules)
12 pm CST (10am) at MSP airport
3 hour layover - lunch at McD - $6 for a crummy $ Big Mac Combo.
3 pm takeoff
5:20 pm touchdown in Memphis $ 27 for a Sun Studio Tee-shirt (gift for LA)
2 hr ride to hometown in Mississippi 8pm CST (6pm PST) at family restaurant
Seeing my new niece for the first time and having my nephew jumping up and down greeting me ... VERY PRICELESS!
11:30 pm CST (9:30 PST) CRASH in bed - time to recharge for the next 10 days at home!

Christmas Day:
After lunching on leftover Dim Sum and Turkey dinner from Christmas Eve, most of the family head out to the farm to fish (and me to look for some Bambi's).


DB was hunting for Bambi, ammo, and fresh deer hoof tracks ...


Meanwhile Grandpa, was watching baby Mae and nephew Ford was checking out the big carp that his dad just reeled in! I didn't see any Bambi's and missed a really big fish out on the lake!