The innocence of a child...

...Tonight, for my son's bedtime story, he chose the book "My Teacher Sleeps in School" that he recently borrowed from the library.  As I am reading on page 2, {"What a dumb idea," said Gary}, my 4 year old son abruptly stopped me and said "we don't say that!"...we need to say "silly" not "dumb".  He said they made a mistake by using "dumb", they should have used "silly." :-).  I love it! :-)

Have a great night everyone and a good Lord's day!

iphone...do you love it?

Hi all--I was driving to work today and I looked down at my iphone that was sitting beside me.  The technology junkie inside me said, "I really, really (can't list all the reallys) love this phone!"  I remember back when I was 15 or 16 years old (yes, in Hawaii, you could get your license at 15) Radio Shack came out with a mobile phone that looked something like this:



I remember thinking that this was the best thing since sliced bread and now I don't have to find a phone to call someone when I received a page on my pager.  If I recall correctly, my model had to be plugged into the cigarette lighter (yes, cigarette lighter. I am not that old, but we now have power/chargers, not lighters in our cars) to work and the battery was about as large as my lunch box.  Wow, times have changed!  Now I can browse the web, tweet, listen to music, talk on the phone, look at pictures, take pictures, record video (in HD!!!!!), video conference with my parents in Hawaii, etc. etc. all from my wonderful iphone.

I can't imagine what the next 10 years will bring us.

Fun read for all you singers...

This morning, we were driving home from church and got on the subject about going "flat".  My wife, the voice lesson teacher :-), said it totally bugs her.  I asked her if I go flat when leading worship.  She said sometimes.  I asked her how do I prevent that?  She told me I was singing incorrectly and need to sing from my diaphragm, and not from my lungs.  I thought to myself first and then asked, "how do I do that???"  Then came the 20 minute lecture :-).  I am glad that she is the one teaching the voice lessons...have a great day!

It's official!!!

A quick post to say that it is official...my wife and I are going to the Gaither Homecoming Caribbean Cruise in February.  We are very excited!  We purchased our tickets to FLL tonight.  If you are thinking about attending, I would call ASAP.  I just called the other day and they only had a limited amount of spaces left.  Can't wait to hear the GVB and Homecoming Friends!  The Alaska Cruise was totally awesome (I'll say it again, totally awesome) and I bet this will be just as good or maybe even better :-).  Mr. Gaither, Mark, Wes, David, and Michael...see you in Feb.!

http://www.inspirationcruises.com/christian-cruises/gaither-homecoming-caribbean-2012

To kick it off...

I'll never forget where I'm from is the title of my new blog.  A note that I will not be blogging all the time, mostly tweeting, but wanted to start a blog for longer messages.  The first thing I wanted to do was to explain why I named my new blog "I'll never forget where I'm from...".

There are 2 primary reasons:  First, I currently live in the great Northwest, but was born and raised on the Big Island of Hawaii.  If you have ever been to Hawaii, you know that the "aloha spirit" can get on you pretty easy.  I will never forget the fond memories of growing up in Hawaii...the food, culture, music, people, values, etc.  My mom and dad still live in Hawaii and bring the aloha spirit with them when they come to visit us.  I could not think of a better place to have lived for the first 19 years of my life.

Second, Ecclesiastes 3:11 says that God has "set eternity in the hearts of men."  During my junior year in college, I became a believer in Christ and that eternal and spiritual longing was fulfilled...I will never forget what God has done in my life.

My wife (Twitter @SMW003) and 2 children are actively involved in our local church, The Potter's House.  I lead the worship services and my wife sings on the worship team and teaches voice lessons to many members of our church.

Have a great day!

Scott

Connecting Twitterfeed

A test post to connect my new blogspot to my Twitter account.