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Had one of those weeks! The garbage disposal went out. The dishwasher went out. The in-laws were here for the week. You get the picture!

Had a special contribution for our building project yesterday. The goal was $50,000. We collected $90,000!!! A lot of people sacrificed to make this happen! Even better, we're getting a lot of fringe people to come and volunteer some time on the building. (We're doing a lot of sweat equity). Some of our new members are volunteering too! Love it.

BUT - we are also having a booth at the Western Stampede Days in West Jordan, VBS is going forward! Our children's ministry is having Kid's Kamp on Sunday mornings, our women's ministry is hosting a women's day in August at Valley Assembly since our building will be in shambles with packing! We are not just about the building this summer!

The van was totaled. We're now trying to decide what to replace it with. We are leaning toward a Honda Odyssey. A friend of mine will sell me a brand new one for cost. (Still expensive!) I think we'll go for it. Just trying to get over having a car payment again after a few years without one.

I am back to driving a pick up! A member of Southside gave me (yes, gave me!) a 1997 Ford F150 pick up in excellent condition. A lot of people told me that it looks natural for me to be behind the wheel! First thing I had to do? Put a Razorback sticker on the back window. Now I just need to find a gun rack at a garage sale and I'm all set.

Hey, you can take the boy out of Arkansas, but you can't take Arkansas out of the boy!