What NOT to put on your eHarmony profile if you want to win my heart.

So, I bit the bullet and signed up for an online dating site for 3 months (what can I say, I am a sucker for a sale). First, filling out the profile is quite daunting. It starts off fun and then it gets very personal. Do I put answers that I think people would want me to say or answer them revealing all my flaws? I know the right answer, but I fought it just the same. Once the 5 hour long ordeal of filling out the questionaire is over, then the fun really starts.
I know it's better for people to be honest in their profiles, but there are somethings you should probably avoid bringing up until at least the 3rd date. While I am sure these people have many redeeming qualities, including these things in your profile really make it hard for me to want to communicate with you:

1. Admit your affinity for dragons...I am sure there is some dragon loving girl out there for your, but I don't think it's me.


2. Thing you’re most passionate about: protecting your 2nd Amendment rights. Really? Iam not against guns, but if that is what you are most passionate about I would say our priorities are not aligned


3. Admit that you read and enjoyed The Notebook. I appreciate a person trying to show their sensitive side, but that’s just going too far.


4. Listing eHarmony as one of your passions. Seriously?

So, those are some of the highlights. A couple other things to avoid would be taking a picture of yourself in the mirror. I would say that 75% of all guys profile pictures are taken this way. Do you have any friends that could take your picture for you? And whatever you do, don't put a picture of you in a wife beater. I don't care how hot your arms are, put on a shirt!

Best eHarmony answer thus far:

"Optimus Prime was my hero as a kid and I cried when he was killed in the original "Transformers the Movie." . . . He and Hulk Hogan were my heroes . . . If there were an Optimus Hogan, that would be perfection."

So, I will let you know if anything else fun comes out of this, but this is all I have for now.

Reaching my Neighbors

So, I was reading back through an old blog entry about how God used cake balls to help me reach my neighbors. God again was faithful to help me meet my neighbors at my new apartment complex. Two months back I was walking out to my car and noticed the rear driver's side door was slightly ajar. Scolding myself for being so irresponsible and not completely shutting the door I slid into the driver's seat and go to stick the key in the ignition. It won't go in. Someone had shoved xomething in the ignition and it had broken off. Feeling completely violated I ran back to my apartment and called the police and my insurance. Anyway, my GPS was stolen, but besides that nothing else was damaged. Thank goodness for AAA that was able to quickly pop what turned out to be a Ford key from the ignition with no cost to me.
What brought this story to my mind was that I ended up going around and knocking on people's doors to see if they had seen anything. I met an interesting lady who lives on the first floor and is basically a shut in. Since then I have learned that she is the source of all good information. She basically spies out her window all day or from her porch if it's nice out. I think she is a bit lonely because now that we are friends she always comes out to talk when I walk by. I also met a nice little family as well as a lovely Nigerian woman who shares a wall with me. Although getting my car broken into wasn't the most fun experience in my life, it was relatively painless and it gave me the opportunity to talk to my neighbors. Again, God provided a way for me to be missional.

Getting through

So, I posted recently about my awesome kids in my Sunday school class. Well, I saw one of my girls when I was out to dinner on Friday night. I said hi and her mom obviously didn't recognize me. As they walked past I heard the mom ask her daughter, "Do you know her?" And the 3 year old replied, "She teaches me about Jesus." Awesome. At least something is getting through!

Kids say the darndest things

So, I teach a 3 year old Sunday School class and each week the kids say some of the hilarious things. I decided since I never use my blog anymore I maybe should post these things so I don't forget.

• Today I asked one of the boys if he remembered the memory verse. His response: "Jesus."


• One of the boys prayers, "Thank you for Goldfish and Kermit the frog."


• Last week one of the boys praying for our snack he said, "Thank you Jesus for dying on the cross for my sins." Awesome coming from the mouth of a 3 yr olds.