Balancing Ministry N' Work

Today, November 25, 2012, I celebrate 17 years of marraige to the best wife I could have ever asked for. She has been a wonderful blessing through sickness and health, and I look forward to spending the rest of eternity with her! This evening we watched our movie 'Pure Country' with George Strait and our song 'I Cross My Heart' with the kids. A line from that song says 'In all the world, you will never find a love as pure as mine!' It was true 17 years ago at our wedding and it is even more true today! I Love you Hunny! Tomorrow, the 26th, we hit the 30 month mark of my Acoustic Neuroma Surgery. It is hard to believe that it has only been 2 1/2 years. A lot has happened in such a short period of time. I had to step down as Pastor at New Life Chapel due to my surgery and recovery, made a job change and moved to Iowa. Started pastoring Ninth Street Baptist, but then left my day job and the church to move to Centralia, MO for a new company. 30 months post op, w

Been a while since I posted. Below is the AM service sermon I gave. Life can be crazy at times, with its ups and downs. I can tell you that the Hudson family has seen its share of craziness these last few years. We have had some great things happen, I was ordained back in 2010, had a couple of promotions at work, and we see our recent move to Centralia as a really good thing for us. On the other hand, we have been thrown some curveballs. Just shy of 3 years ago I was diagnosed with a brain tumor, followed by a 13 day stay in the hospital to remove it. As if that was not enough Alexis has had two surgeries in the last year or so; and of course all the bills that come along with all these medical issues. These were not challenges we were expecting or had planned for. Life is full of good times and times full of struggles. All of us go through things that make life seem like it is out of control. We have medical issues, back problems, knee surgery, finding a job, housing issues, an