Record flooding threatening ND & MN again...

Michael, a former employee and his family had just moved.  Micheal's dad is a pastor and he had just accepted a call to go to a church in Fargo, ND.  It wouldn't be long before his mom emailed to tell us about the flooding.  It was 1997 and the Red River had crested at 39.6 feet.

Fast forward 11 years and Cedar Rapids, IA would see record flooding.  It has been 8 months and things there is a lot of work left to do.  We learned that it took almost a decade for the recovery in ND and MN.  We have a long way to go.

They may be starting all over again.  Just Google ND Flooding and there are over 1200 initial results.  High school and college students are being let out of class as they have determined that they will need nearly 2 million sandbags by this weekend.  To quite honest, that scares me.  It has been a short 12 years and they are already looking at new record crest of around 41 feet.

Please pray for the cities and more importantly the people in Fargo, ND and Moorehead, MN as well as surrounding areas.

Living Outrageously for Christ ~ Terry

Praying In This Economy

I received the video for this story from Bryan Taunton on Facebook and just had to share.  Below are two quotes from that video.  It wasn't until after I found the accompanying story "Praying In This Economy" on Alabama's ABC 33/40 that I realized that the reporter had also made note of them.  "A number of folks in Sylacauga may have lost their jobs, but they don't want to lose hope. " wrote reporter and producer Ebony Hall.

"I beleive that if anybody can get us where we need to be its Christ and I'm all about the community coming together and praying."

- Rachel Pody

"I know that God is not going to take away the bills and take away the debts we owe but he can just bring that peace and calm assurance.  And when we come together as a city that really means alot."

- David Isbell

Thanks for sharing Bryan!

Living Outrageously for Christ ~ Terry

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winter jam09

January 24, 2009
Veterans Memorial Auditorium
Des Moines, IA - TIME: 6:00 PM

Line Up:

tobyMac, BarlowGirl, The Afters, NewSong,

Francesca Battistelli, pureNRG, Stephanie Smith,

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An Introduction to Social Media

Pete Cashmore's first paragraph sums it up the best: "the best how-tos for achieving more with social media tools: everything from Google products to blogging to online video to productivity and beyond. Twitter, Facebook, StumbleUpon, Friendfeed, and Delicious all got the How-To treatment." Check out the rest: HOW TO 2008: How To Do Almost Anything With Social Media.

ht to Terrace Crawford for Twittering (http://twitter.com/terracecrawford) about it. Join us on Twitter!

Because of Him ~ Terry
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