• RT @kylemcclain: Connor should be going home today, had a good night last night, including a 2AM to 4AM happy and awake time!// poor dad. #
• Mental note: Portland is NOT the way to go when on a tight schedule. poop & other choice words. #
• on the plane. Ready for leg #1 of trip to Hotlanta. #orange09 #
• just landed at DFW. Grabbing lunch with @AllyEvans & @Anna_Meadows then on to Atlanta! #orange09 #
• Just landed in Atlanta. Gotta’ find @Anna_Meadows, get a car and get food! #
• experiencing Atlanta traffic. Fun #
• for all praying for Connor… he’s home and doing very well. Thank you for all your prayers! #
• just checked in at #orange09! Ready #
• Hey @cathyharwick @jonathancliff @mattmckee @samluce @kennyconley can someone give me the adress for tweet up? Which Varsity? #
• almost there #orange09 tweet peeps #
• just turned the wrong way down a one way street. Must change pants before tweet up. #

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I  love social networking.

Why?  Some of the Orange Conference Twitter peeps met up at the Varsity in downtown Atlanta, GA.  My friends and I were an hour late.  We are NOT familiar with Atlanta and even with a map app on my iPhone… I stink at navigation.

We hung out with a bunch of people we’ve never met before… and yet we already know them through Twitter, blogs and Facebook.

If tonight was a glimpse of the kind of fun we’ll have at Orange… it’s going to be an outstanding week.

Here’s a list of Twitter peeps to follow for more Orange goodness:

• @jcisonline
• @mattmckee
• @theuprisinglive (Chad Swanzy)
• @samluce
• @ngable
• @jonathancliff
• @kennyconley

• back in the twitterverse. Moved out of ICU. Xraysthis am ruled out pneumonia! Praise God 4 that miracle! Likely 1 more night in hospital. #
• despite the crazy chaos of the past 36 hours, i’m headed to #orange09 in the morning. can’t wait! #

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• Isn’t this “Buy your Kids Pastor Starbucks Day”? …No?… oh, just checking. #
• praying for @pagebharris @jeffmoore08 @deannawantz @annameadows Running in the Memorial Marathon today. Rock on, friends. Better u than me! #
• baptized more than 10 kids this weekend! How amazing to watch these kids walk thru a sincere profession of faith. #kidmin #
• just talked to a dad that led his daughter to Christ yesterday. Awesomeness!! # kidmin #
• RT @Anna_Meadows: Finished marathon in 4 hours, 49 min!! And then @codylight asked me to marry him… Wow! What a day! // congrats, anna! #
• RT @AllyEvans: WARNING: exposure 2 LifeKIDS.tv will result in a child’s life being radically changed. check it out at http://www.LifeKIDS.tv today! #
• pls pray for my 3yo. Asthma flared. En route to hospital now. #
• he’s stable. Please continue to pray. He’s talking and making jokes about his rhino mask. Thank God for his laugh. http://twitpic.com/42s2n #
• connor has pneumonia. Transferring by ambulance to Baptist peds ICU. #
• settled into our new room. http://twitpic.com/42zq3 #

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• almost done with cup #1. House cleaning about to commence. (my kids LOVE this part ) #

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• finally completed building set up for the weekend. Town Hall for Hope was amazing! #THFH #
• at midnight… everything is funny. #
• did anyone see that Mack truck that just hit me?!? Feeling a little Town Hall for Hope hangover. #THFH #
• RT @OrangeConf: Look what just arrived for #orange09 !!!!! http://twitpic.com/3we02 #
• kids are watching Bolt. The pigeons crack me up. #

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The winner of a signed copy of Reggie Joiner’s latest book, Think Orange is…

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Sarah Thompson

Sarah is the Children’s Pastor of  SouthLife Church in Dunedin, New Zealand.  You can check out her blog here. She’s got some great questions and I love the perspective she brings to the Kids Ministry conversation.  I’ve become a big fan of collaboration and the pursuit of working with churches in our communities to make a bigger impact on families.  Sarah is hard at work doing just that.  She shares a little about that here.  Check out her blog and leave some comment love.  Working alongside Sarah, we can help teach kids in New Zealand how to follow Jesus with all their heart, mind and strength.

How Cool Is That!?!

Sarah, thanks for all you do… seen and unseen… to serve this generation.  Keep rockin’ it out!