…adding to the conversation… is my take on, well, everything and anything.
I Like: Dating my wife, playing with my son, Chase, walking my dog, Jeter, feeding my cat, Peezer.
What I Do: I am the Lead Pastor of The Pursuit Christian Church, in Miami, FL which launched January 27, 2008.
Teams of Choice: Yankees, Colts, & Pacers (I’m learning to like the Heat, Fins & Marlins but they’ll never top my big three)
Active Sports: Golf, tennis, basketball, softball & running
Non-active Sports: Madden, Tiger Woods Golf, Fantasy Football & Baseball
Favorite Trilogy: Lord of the Rings, it would be The Godfather but the last installment fell short.
Video Game Console: XBox 360 Elite
XBox Live Gamertag: Naptown Nation
My TiVo faithfully records: Pardon the Interruption, LOST, 24, Mad Men, The Office, & American Idol
Starbucks order: Venti Coffee w/ room
Websites: ESPN, Miami Herald, Lids, Zappos, Amazon, Moleskine
Matt:
Brian Jones from TPCC. I had the thought this morning “What happened to Matt and Janie?” Put your name into Google, here I am. Looks like exciting thing going on with you and Janie. I’ll pray Chase gets into your arms soon.
I’ll have to read more about Jesus Miranda. I’m at work right now.
What’s with wearing the Dolphins jersey?
Pauline and I are doing fine. Our sons, Brandon 14, Harrison 11, and Kevin 9, are getting taller and smarter every day. They like watching “The Lord of the Rings” movies on TV, as well as the Harry Potter movies.
Someday I’ll read the Lord of the Rings books. Still working my way through the Dark Tower series by Stephen King.
I’ll bookmark your website and look in every so often.
He rocks because He is Lord!
Brian
Matt:
That Twitter picture of Janie and Chase is great. Janie looks very happy to be a mom.
Best to you.
Hi Matt,
Reading your blog has made my heart ache
My husband and I have just begun our journey in hopes of adopting a child as well. In fact, we are hoping that we will be able to adopt a “Ray of Hope” baby from The Home of God’s Love.
I grew up in Taiwan. My parents were missionaries there for around 30 years and my mother was one of the founders, and for many years, the director of Ray of Hope. It has been a dream of mine for many years to be able to adopt a child that was alive partially as a result of the work that my mother did while she was in Taiwan.
It is so exciting to hear personally of “Ray of Hope” babies getting adopted and being loved by a family. It’s encouraging to hear about the process. I hope that my husband and I can be well on our way into that process soon.
Thank you for sharing your journey.