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Goodbye Nashville

Emery — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:10:17 +0000

It’s been quiet around here right?
We’ve been really busy soaking up our last week in Nashville. Here is what it’s been like…

Ate Sushi with friends and saw Jacob Blount play at Bongo Java.
Heather and I drove to Birmingham after the show.
Hung with the Bedouins International guys.
Heather drove to Selma to look at some houses.
Ate Davenport’s Pizza with Heather. This pizza is stupid good.
Stayed with our amazing cousins Kent and Carmen. Kent cooked an amazing breakfast on Sunday morning while 5 inches of snow fell.
We played in the snow. Snowmen, ski instructor Kent, boogie boards, snowballs, snow angels, heaven.
Drove back to Nashville to eat with some friends.
Dinner with 2 couples turned out to be a surprise going away party that was out of sight. “Hick” themed madness! I can’t remember ever being surprised like this. It was the coolest thing ever!!
Packed all day Monday.
My last Monday night at the Flying Saucer(as a Nashville resident).
Packed all day Tuesday.
Lunch with James Capozzi on Tuesday. (click his name)
Amanda’s Birthday party at Lime on Tuesday night.
Packed until 3. Hung out with CJ and the band at Diamond Studios.
Laser Tag tonight! Yep, a bunch of 20 somethings love some laser tag.
Cookie Dough Eggrolls at Jackson’s
The movers come at 9 tomorrow morning and we are gone.

Goodbye Nashville….

Selma Birmingham Nashville

Emery — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:50:07 +0000

We have been on the road for most of this weekend…..

We drove to Selma, AL on Friday night for a meeting with Integrity Worldwide on Saturday morning. Integrity Worldwide is moving forward with some huge projects. I’ve posted about some and have a banner right above this for the Christmas project we are doing.

After the IWW meeting we drove to Birmingham for Bedouins International‘s “Caribbean Gold” film. The film was an incredible documentary of the Vanilla Bean Project in Haiti.

We spent Saturday night at Kent and Carmen Michael’s amazing house. Kent and Carmen are hilarious by the way.

Sunday morning I met with Daniel Bashta and dreamed up plans to change the world. Check out his music…..it’s free.

Bedouins International

Emery — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 23:20:37 +0000

Keep an eye on Bedouins International’s blog. They are working on some great projects.

Bedouins International

Emery — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:25:05 +0000

Some friends of mine are in Haiti right now helping some really desperate people. There mission expanded as the recent hurricanes devastated an already wrecked nation. They have an organization called Bedouins International and they are unwavering in their pursuit of what God has called them to. They are journaling some remarkable encounters on their blog.

Learning

Emery — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:59:03 +0000

I’m in Birmingham with the Bedouins International guys tonight. We had a really great meeting today about everything that is going on and where the group is headed. These guys stay really busy and have some really great work to show for it. I’ve been asking God to give me more compassion for orphans and the homeless. He has used this weekend to further break my heart for orphans and the poor. It’s getting harder and harder for me to ignore poverty. Yep, I’ve been ignoring poverty. It’s a lot easier to ignore it. My amazing wife brought me to that realization with a pretty simple question….. “want to adopt a child through Compassion International?” I don’t remember exactly but I’m pretty sure the reaction in my head was no, but of course i said yes.

We got Pavin’s info in the mail a few weeks ago. He is 4, an average student, and lives in India. All I can think about when I see him is why in the world we didn’t do this sooner. This little guy is 4, so that means he has needed us for 4 years. I know you can’t save everyone but you should have heard my delaying with excuses about how I wasn’t able to decide which child to sponsor. Not OK. So I’m convicted about my lack of action and God is really softening my heart too. God is changing who I am, and that’s really refreshing.

I’ll post some more info on Pavin later so you can check him out. I think he is a cool kid. You’ll see what I mean.