Had a wonderful weekend in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I stayed in Don & Pat Ball’s home. Very nice home, wonderful people! Pat came with the Tulsa team in the summer of 2007 to help with our Big House English Camp. Don is a hoot! I love that guy! We talked motors, cars (he’s got a Chrysler Crossfire with a magnaflow exhaust! Wow! I’ve attached a couple of pics of the car and Don in it), ministry “war stories,” theology, current events, and life! I could spend weeks sitting and talking with them. Don’s got more stories to tell than the Library of Congress!
Here are a couple of pics of Don and his Chrysler Crossfire:
Spent time with Nancy Davis, Tom Reynolds, Jamie Elliot, Michelle Snider, Jennifer Smith and Carla (Nancy’s daughter) a few times throughout the weekend. We had the privilege of presenting a summary of the camp at Kirk of the Hills - a supporting church in Tulsa) and then I shared about our work in Slovakia. God was good.
I chatted with Brad (Don & Pat’s son-in-law) for a little bit on Sunday afternoon. He has a business called Hicorp (signs, etc. for advertising) and works with Young LIfe ministries quite extensively.
I also was privileged to have coffee with Dan Bair (the missions pastor from Kirk of the Hills) and discovered that the pastoral staff at The Kirk has read the book “Simple Church” by Thom Rainer and Eric Geiger (previously I had the wrong author - that’s what I get for going from memory on an airplane ride after a long weekend!). They are desirous of moving that direction - at least with their new church plant. Dan was encouraged to hear of our plans to assist and encourage a similar approach to church planting in Slovakia.
All in all it was a great weekend. I even got to go shopping with Don Ball and was able to buy a dress shirt, 2 polos (Izod and Geoffrey Beene) and 1 silk shirt and a casual Hobie shirt (retail $60) for a grand total of $75. He’s quite the bargain hunter (and finder!).
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2 comments:
Hi Kelly,
Just a quick clarification about the authors of the book you mentioned above "Simple Church". Rather than my boss, Dennis Rainey, (Yep, I am one of the FamilyLife staff here in Little Rock, AR) I believe you meant Thom Rainer and Eric Geiger. Great book and some great ideas to "get the word out" in simple ways! Jesus Christ really does want us sharing the good news that God loves us (Clarity. Movement. Alignment. Focus) :-)
Have an adventurous day!!
Tim
Hey Kelly - I hope you don’t mind, but I’ve tagged you…you can go to my blog to get the details. If you don’t want to do it, I understand.
It was cool seeing your time at Catalyst. Loved it when I got to go a few years ago.
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