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I have really enjoyed my first two months of serving in Kidz Kingdom at GFBC! I love being able to worship alongside the kids and building relationships with the kids. I have also loved working on my Missionz With Noe segments. When I was approached about leading a mission’s segment, I was excited, but didn’t know what it would consist of. My first segment was talking to kids about being missionaries at their schools. I acquired multiple mission’s stories from LifeWay Christian Resources, mostly videos. I then started thinking, “I could make my own videos, highlighting local missionaries from my community and my church.” My second MWN segment was a video interview with local missionaries who spent 27 years in Germany. Ideas then started flowing into my head. I needed to start making more of these videos! After all, I am majoring in broadcast communications. Since then, I have recorded many segments for upcoming MWN videos. I currently am in the process of producing 3 MWN videos. In

The last few weeks have been full of a lot of firsts for me. I recently started school at UAB. I have enjoyed every aspect of being at UAB. One other thing that also started (or restarted) this year was UAB football. Let me go ahead and say that I am a person who doesn’t like football because I don’t understand it. Or do I? I had planned to attend at least one football game because it is my school and I want to support it. The night before #TheReturn of UAB football, I got a text from a close family friend. They asked if I had any plans to attend the UAB football game. I said “no”. They then told me they had an extra seat in their car and would love for me to go. I decided to go. I mean, since I’m a student, I get in free. (I’m sure that’s somehow included into my cost of tuition.) WHAT AN EXPERIENCE! I had been to many NASCAR Cup races at Talladega before, but this was a football game. One team versus another. In my sport, it’s one driver versus 39 other drivers. The atmosp

This week in Kidz Kingdom, we talked about Proof, the first ever missionary dog. Proof is 18 inches tall, and can sit, stand, or roll-over better than any other Southern Baptist missionary. Her owner, Andrew Mann, is from Missouri. Proof and Andrew live in the Bronx, in New York City. Andrew felt called by God to leave Missouri and start an after-school program in the Bronx. Andrew obeyed, and of course took his dog Proof, with him and started Graffiti 2 Ministries. Proof is no ordinary dog. She is a trained therapy dog. She is always by Andrew’s side. I guess you could say that Proof is a local celebrity. In the after-school program at Graffiti 2, many kids come from rough environments. The Bronx has lots of drugs, crimes, and other situations that make life scary for a kid. The kids who come to Graffiti 2 also have a hard time with school. People help out these kids during the after-school program. Many of the kids are below reading level, and that’s where Proof comes in. Kids

Tragedy is all over the world. Hurricane Harvey, personal issues, issues with our country, issues with our world. We live in a world that’s just messed up. This past Sunday, Pastor Kevin from Gardendale First Baptist preached on 5 theological truths when tragedy strikes. We didn’t have an outline as usual, so I grabbed my notebook and took notes. Maybe you’re going through a tough time, a hard season. Maybe you don’t understand what God is doing in your life. This week, I want to share my notes I took from the sermon. You can watch the sermon for yourself HERE . 1) It’s OK to Grieve • If you don’t grieve properly, it will stay with you. • Sometimes you want to get mad or be away from people. • Love God, Hate people? NO! • Love God, Love People 2) Tragedies Will Happen in this Life • You can’t love God enough to be insulated from trouble. • Jesus says, “In this world, you WILL have trouble.” • God is eventually going to make everything ok. • We live in a sin-sick