Sgt Andrew Pokorny - Memorial Day 2010

On 13 June 2003 Staff Sergeant Pokorny made the ultimate sacrifice and he did so willingly and without hesitation. During a patrol in Western Iraq, Staff Sergeant Pokorny was preparing to lead his squad on a dismounted mission for which he volunteered. Enroute to this mission the M113 APC he was riding in broke track and skidded off the road and down an embankment. During the roll one of Staff Sergeant Pokorny's soldiers, Private First Class Funderburk, was nearly thrown from the vehicle. Staff Sergeant Pokorny was able to grab Private First Class Funderburk and keep him from exiting the vehicle but was not able to brace himself for impact. Staff Sergeant Pokorny continued to keep Private First Class Funderburk in his grasp shielding him from the crushing roll of the armored personnel carrier. SSG Pokorny was found with his arms and upper torso on top of PFC Funderburk. SSG Pokorny's death was a result of crushing wounds; however, PFC Funderburk escaped with less severe and non-life threatening injuries. Without SSG Pokorny grabbing PFC Funderburk as he was thrown into midair, PFC Funderburk would have been ejected directly into the path of the rolling vehicle. In this final act as a member of 2nd Platoon "Mavericks", SSG Pokorny was able to give his life for the life of his soldier."

Haven't figured it out yet

I'm not sure if I can redirect this address to my new blog. So link to it here and I'll keep trying.

http://metachurch.cc/robbie

I'm getting ready to move again!

Now don't freak, I'm just talking about my blog. I will be moving it to
http://metachurch.cc/robbie

This is linked to our new church website and you can actually go there now to see the countdown and the link to Pastor Chad's blog too.

Lots of equipment should be coming via UPS this week as we had no luck renting any of the sound gear we need. I have answered this question in person no less than 20 times now so I'm going to post the question and answer here for you all to read.

Question: If you knew you were going to need so much sound equipment, why didn't you take what belonged to you from New Hope before you left?

Answer: Because I have lugged that gear around for four years with little to no use. Mandy suggested years ago that I sell it. I told her then it was for a particular purpose that I still had it, and we would know what that purpose was when we saw it. The purpose was to help get the 8:30 service at New Hope off the ground. It accomplished that purpose well, and as far as I am concerned when it was put into service there, it was given to God for His purpose. End of story, end of discussion. Praise God, New Hope has continued that service and that blesses my heart! God will provide for Metamorphosis! He has given me a little talent with making some crappy stuff sound pretty good, and I am using my talent!


There.... I feel much better now.

This will be my last post here. See you at the new site!

Rob

What a day!

Big shout out to Joe Cuyar for letting me use his Mac to do some video work today, and to Johnathan Elrod who put me on to the company I used to send out our email newsletter today. There really are more than 3 ways to skin a cat! (I've still only seen two in person)

Prayer requests: Pray for mom (again) - she goes to have her artificial knee reinstalled this coming Monday. For Mandy - she is still having daily headaches.
For my computer and the folks at CompUSA if they don't get it fixed tomorrow. Jayson Payne and his mission team left for the mountains of Tenn. today. Pray for safe and productive trip.

Today I got to hang out with a friend of mine who is the Worship Leader at my father-in-law's church in Belton. Thanks for a few moments of interrupted calm Tim!

Needs for the new church: Anyone got an enclosed trailer I could borrow? Does your church or work have one? Just tell me where it is and I'll go get it late tomorrow night! (just kidding) Seriously if you have anyone I could talk to about it I would love to have a way to haul our gear to the school next weekend. It is possible that it will rain again before Thanksgiving!

This is a whole lot of nothing I know, but I felt like I had to say something..... what a day!!!
Rob

Getting It Done (2)

Amy is sending this to the printer today! This is the front of our palm card, and we will be giving out hundreds of these to point people toward our web site. The site is public with just a countdown, but check back daily to see what has been added. Click here to see it!
I am going to look at a trailer today that will house all our sound gear, and the video screens should arrive tomorrow!

All is well with the family, we had a great time in Charleston this weekend with Mandy & Brian. Their daughter Allyssa just loves Alex.

Have a great day, and tell someone what God is doing in your life today!
Rob

Good News!

I'm headed to the parsonage to get my last few things out of the basement! Tonight we celebrate my brother-in-laws birthday, and tomorrow we leave for Charleston for the annual Pig Pickin'.

This is put on my Mandy Ardis' family who was Mandy's roommate in college. It is always the offical begining of fall for the Funderburk Family.

Mom actually came to the new house and did some painting last week! Her new knee should go in sometime next month. The infection is less but not gone.

We spent all night last friday in the ER with Drew. He is much better now.

Keep us in your prayers!

Rob

I'm back...again

OK so it's raining and I can't move anything from the parsonage, Mandy's head finally quit hurting after5 days, and I have spent almost a whole day in the office catching up on some work. I'm begining to feel a little less stressed!

Mom is going to the doc tomorrow to find out if the infection is gone, leaving, or what. Please pray for her.

The new house is actually becoming a little more comfortable. I haven't been able to do any real work until Mandy's headache goes away, but I did get the last door in last night and we actually have a door knob in the bathroom door! It was nice to be able to find some solice in the bathroom without Alex coming in wanting a hug. (yea she's daddy's girl!)

The church is really happening. We will have a worship service this Sunday Night with our launch team and our prospective worship leader. I'm trying to track down some sound equipment for that meeting, so if you have something we can use call me!

Chad and I are meeting with Johnathan Elrod tomorrow for lunch and he is going to get our website up soon after. We are down to two logos and Johnathan is bringing a couple of others to the meeting. We hope to get some print material and other things done next week that will help us "brand" our image.

Special thanks to the Baldwin's for helping me with a storage space and all the free goodies! Jane has also asked to cook a meal for the entire launch team!!!!!

Well, that's an update for now. I'll write tomorrow and let you know what we did last night.

Rob