Grant Thiessen

taking on 2009 with intensity..

crazy stuff happening already at the Experience. God is shaking us up and looking for the passionate.... i must say, so am i. looking forward to starting our new series in late Jan on spiritual disciplines... must be creative on how to bring life application to those who will know nothing of what i'm about to say.... church planting to those who have little or no knowledge of God is so awesome... no chrstianease here friends...

Cars...

somehow God just keeps using car trouble to continually keep me living by faith in Him. I mean almost all of my cars are running by faith. resent situation... Aimee, Karen, Jackson and Jared are headed down to San Deigo to the zoo. car over heats so they pull over in San Clemente and call for help. I hit the road for a 45 min trip to rescue and switch cars so they can still make the day. while hanging out waiting the kids are playing in the parking lot chasing seagulls and somehow Jared tripped and Karen fell on him and he split his head wide open on the ground. 2 guys ran over to help stop the bleeding and as they were giving instructions to the hospital Karen informed them the car was broke down. they all loaded up in the strangers car for the trip to the hospital... Jared screaming "bloody"murder, Jackson screaming that he didn't want to be in the strangers car. i finally got there and as we strapped the kid down in a strait jacket the doc. said wow we need to call in a plastic surgeon for this. 2 hours later we put the jacket back on and fixed the little guy up with the added bonus of screaming filling the entire place. needless to say we all headed home as i winged the overheating car to HB. ssssoooo i'll be fixing that thermostat today, right after i change all 4 brakes on Justin's car.... good times, thanks God...

I'm there!!!!!!

With all that’s happening in the COG, I felt like I should, and had to be at the General Assembly. Then I got the call from the Church Plant Office saying that if I could make it they would want me to be a part of “Missions night”, where they honor all the past present and future church plants. Well, that was it…. had to go. My State Overseer went to work on it and some how in this crazy economy, raised $1,500 to help get me there. Amazing, I’m humbled and honored beyond words, as this guy has a ton of stuff going on to do and yet made my priority, his priority.  Then my once student/mentee and now fellow church planter (no names cause i don't know if he wants the press) decides to give me $1,000 to help get me there. WOW! Well there it is friends….we’ll see ya there. Pray for Gods grace and direction for all of us, as there’s much to do for the kingdom and we must complete our transition and get on with the mission before us. May we all regain the mindset of Christ when he came…. “We exist for those who are not yet apart of us”.

 

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wow! where have i been?

well its been pretty hectic since getting the part time job. most mornings I'm at work  by 6am and leave about noon. usually running hard after that until late evening, so the blog has suffered. i must say i miss working hard at a job and watching the sun come up, pretty nostalgic. plus it gives way to massive time to seek God and interact with Him about the big picture of my life. funny how the most rewarding part of this temporary journey is not the extra cash that I'm making.

PS - my wife's beautiful..

It's Official

got a part time job. got to do what ya got to do. I am now and official employee for the City of Huntington Beach. the best part is all the new people I'm meeting being so involved with the city. i am "athletic field assistant". that means i work 4 hours early in the morning on the sports complex softball fields. i drag the infields and chalk baselines for the city league games at night.... love it. outside.... sun on your skin... 1/2 mile from the beach...done by 10am. man, I'd do this stuff for free, just for the opportunity to meet all the new people.