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Spring Break…More Homies

Here’s some pics of our new homies from our second day on the beach:

Spring Break…New Friends

We made a lot of rad new friends today…thanks for stopping by our tent (with no top)!  We’ll be out there all week so stop back by.  Much Love to all of you!

Spring Break 2011

We are officially in PCB.  Come visit us next to the Geico tent across the street from Subway and we’ll hook you up with a free tshirt!

Megan’s Story…

We met Megan about this time last year on Spring Break in Panama City Beach, FL.  We hung out with her and her crew 3 days in a row and have maintained relationships with a lot of them throughout this past year.  They were a cool bunch with great hearts and we are fortunate to have had the opportunity to build friendships with them.  Megan has had some revelations since then and her life has taken some incredible turns.  She wrote me the other day to share this story:

“Last year before spring break, I was living the college partying lifestyle. I had grown up in a Christian home, but as soon as I moved away to go to school all of the morals I had known suddenly disappeared. I didn’t care about anything and even though deep down I knew it was all wrong, I still continued to live that way and began to push God out of my thoughts and life in order to avoid feeling guilty for my actions. I was using my new found lifestyle to fill all of the emptiness in my life and to run from my problems instead of facing them.

I met the We Minus Me crew when my friends and I went to PCB last March. Even with our partying ways, they immediately showed us love and compassion right from the start. They never once judged us and they showed God’s love in many ways such as talking with us, showing kindness and care, hanging out with us and being positive influences. They showed me that even though God didn’t approve of the things I was doing, that he still loved me unconditionally and even though I pushed him away, he never left my side through it all. I will never forget my experiences with them and it has had an impact on me since. It made me look at how different my life had become, and how I didn’t want to be that person anymore. I wouldn’t admit it at the time, but I knew that I needed God to fill the emptiness I had in my life instead of the alcohol.

During this past year, Brenda became my We Minus Me mentor and has helped me out tremendously by always being there, sending me Bible verses, and encouraging me. It means the world to me and I am so grateful that Brenda and Russ have been in my life, even with the distance.

It took many months and a few more difficult times in my life, but I slowly started to put my trust back in God, and stopped my partying ways. My parents decided to move to Georgia for my dad’s job, and I moved back home from college in order to go with them for a new start. My mom and I had to stay back in Indiana for the next eight months waiting for the house to sell, while my dad was already living in Georgia. Through a lot of prayers and a miracle, our house finally sold during Christmas time.

It was an extremely difficult year for my family being apart, and even though it took me a very long time to realize this, I learned that God has a plan for each of us even when I don’t see it at the time. I now see that having to stay back was the best thing for me because I grew both spiritually and emotionally, and learned to appreciate the things in my life that I took for granted. Even though I still have a long way to go in my faith and life, I am proud of how far I have come and the progress I have made so far.”

It has been amazing to watch God work in Megan’s life and we are so blessed to have been part of her journey!

Spring Break Countdown…1 Day!

It’s the final day before Spring Break in PCB officially begins.  I’m already down here gettin’ things ready and our team is en route.  Make sure and hit us up if you’re down here…we’ll be out near the Geico and VS tents…come get a free tshirt and hang out for a while!

Spring Break Countdown…2 Days!

Spring Break Countdown…3 Days!

Some more pics to get you psyched!

Spring Break Countdown…4 Days!

Team We Minus Me will be arriving in Panama City Beach on Saturday, March 5th and in honor of this, I thought I’d post some pics from last year’s Spring Break to get everybody stoked!  If you’re going to be in PCB next week…hit us up!  We’ll be giving out free t-shirts, high fives, spray painting people, buying lunch, and praying for people all week…come see us…we normally are right beside Geico next to the volleyball courts!

Think Inside the Box…

This is a recent blog post from Pastor Steven Furtick.  He is a very wise man and always offers some great insight.  I was actually at his church when he preached a message about this exact topic and it was incredible.  This is something that we are all guilty of, especially here at We Minus Me.  We do talk a lot about what we would do if we had more resources, were able to work full-time, and the list goes on and on.  Thinking inside the box should really be considered “Out of the Box Thinking” because so few do it.  It is actually a very creative idea…and incredibly freeing.  Read this article below and see how you can apply this concept to your own life…

Think Inside the Box

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When it comes to our limitations, most people operate out of an if, then mindset.

If I had __________, then I would ___________.
If I could __________, then I would ___________.

So…
If I had more money, then I would buy a nicer house.
If I could sing, then I would be a musician.
If my children were in a different stage of life, then I would move.
If my church had a state of the art facility, then we would grow.

You encounter this same kind of thinking in the corporate world. It’s called thinking outside the box:
What would you do if you had unlimited money? Could sing? Had children who were at a different stage? Had a state of the art facility?

Sounds nice, but this mindset is a breeding ground for frustration. Why?

Because you don’t have unlimited money.
You can’t sing.
Your children aren’t in a different stage of life.
And your church still has the same building.

In other words, for now you’re stuck with your limitations. And while it might be liberating to think about life as if you didn’t have them, they’re still there and you have to work with them.

I’m not saying that you shouldn’t plan ahead or that you shouldn’t dream. Of course you should. But your box is never going to expand to the place where you’re thinking outside of it until you learn to live in it.

I would challenge you to think inside the box. Stop waiting for what you want and work what you’ve got. How much money do you have? What talents has God given you? How can you maximize your church or corporation with the assets and resources you currently have in place?

Your greatest limitation is God’s greatest opportunity.
If He wanted you to have ________, He would have provided it to you.
If He wanted you to do ________, He would have made you able.

But He didn’t.

So there must be something greater in mind that He wants to do through your limitation. He must have something in mind He wants to do with what you actually have and actually can do.

Most of us are so focused on what we don’t have that we’re blinded to what we do have. If you had what you think you needed you wouldn’t be able to use what God’s actually put inside of you.

And what He has put inside of you is all you need to accomplish all that He’s called you to do. It’s all He needs too.

Even if it seems limited to you.

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