• Last weekend (8/16-8/17) was great...Saturday was my wife Ana's birthday as well as a regional Leadership training with Pastor Sonny Arguinzoni jr. and Randal Smalls..Then Sunday morning my church had guest speaker Randal Smalls and he preached a great message entitled 'Grow in the Dark' (it was great to see my family come out..thanks Pops, Brandon, Titi, Jen, Jess and Steven), it was so good we are making plans now to bring Randal back in January for a 'Better Life' Weekend and a Spring Retreat we are calling 'The Encounter' next year.
• We are in the plans now for our upcoming 'Fall Classic' Basketball Tournament on Saturday Sept. 6 at Sternberg park in Williamsburg Brooklyn (more info coming ASAP)
• Hey how do you like my Jets...I think my new nickname should be 'Edstrodamus' because I said way back in 7/23 on this blog that Favre was coming to the Jets...My preliminary prediction is that the Jets will go 11-5 and face San Diego in the AFC Championship game and then beat the Dallas Cowboys 23-17 (T.O. drops winning T.D. blaming non existent pass interference call, then cries in press conference) in the Super Bowl. (Hey its my blog)
• Today we had a POWERFUL prayer meeting (just wanted to let you know)

                 hey we have been busy these last 100+ days lets recap

• We Hosted the Dramatic Presentation Called 'To Live and Die in L.A.'
• We Hosted our fist Youth GANG Service with a drama called 'The Truelight Zone'
• We Hosted our second youth GANG Service with a drama with poetry called 'A Brooklyn Tale'
• We Hosted our Third Monthly Youth Service with a repeat performance of 'Truelight Zone' in the Williamsburg Community Center
• We Had an Off site Leadership Training With Pastor Al Valdez (VO San Diego)
• We hosted the the East Coast Urban Training Center a bunch of times (we love those kids and Pastor Danny And Eileen are Great people)
• We had 4 Outdoor Street Rallys... Preaching, Testifying and giving out hundreds of Bibles and 30,000 flyers (great job Pete and Nat...She makes the flyers and he preaches on the mic)
• We Had Pastor Raymond Ramos Share a two Week Series on 'Evangelism' at our After Work Services and their were great
• We attended Awesome regional Events with Pastor Sonny Arguinzoni Sr. and Jr.
• On the personal level I had my wedding anniversary (7/29) and Ana's B-day (8/16). Ana had minor surgery and I went back to working bi-vocational in Wall Street again (anybody got a red bull?)
• This Monday Ana will be hosting & teaching a Special Women's Discipleship Training
• My sons Eddie and Ethan will be going to school in Sept. (Pre-k and Kindergarten) and they told me they will be running for school president
• now we're getting to put on a B-Ball Tourney in Sept
• I will also be playing on a Touch (they say its 'rough touch') Football team on Saturdays.
• The women will be attending the regional Women's leadership retreat in Oct.
• We are looking to host a Positive Halloween party (we call it Harvest) with Evangelist 'Twinkle Bell' the Christian Clown minister to the children
• then Ana and I are going to the U.K. and Paris to hang out with Stacey 'I'm coming back soon' Elwin and I also have the privilege to preach in some great churches
• We are also looking at bring Pastor Al from V.O. San Diego in the fall for a Leadership Institute Intensive
• then we will be partnering with R.H.O.W (Ray's church) to give out Turkeys before thanksgiving
• Then the Christmas Play...Then Randal Smalls comes back in Jan..... Then.....

Aye Chihuahua I'm getting tired now.
OK let me leave you with this bomb quote in a book I'm reading called 'The Spirit of Leadership' by Myles Monroe
'An army of sheep led by a Lion can always beat an army of Lions led by a Sheep'

Special shout to all the UTC students that went back to Cali who chilled on my roof, helped us hit the streets and had a great time....Keep focus and pursue your vision