More Bronoco Parts

Well, I made the trip to the salvage yard on Sunday, despite the rain. I was able to pull quite a few pieces that I've been needing, and possibly replace some of the items that I have already bought new. Here's what I got this time (all used).

• 2 D44 Hub and Rotor with Wheel Studs
• 1 D44 Dana Nuts and Washer
• 1 OEM D44 Spindle
• 1 Cruise Control Cable

I should be able to take back a good portion of the items I've already purchased. Now I just need to get to work.

Later,

David

Bronco Shopping

I got a call from CarQuest today, my parts are in. I still need to go to a salvage yard and pick up the remaining items, here's what I'm getting. Note: I didn't purchase anything from the site linked to below, all orders were local, and what I couldn't order locally, I'm going to get from a salvage yard.

• 2 D44 Hub and Rotor with Wheel Studs
• 2 D44 Wheel Hub Seal
• 2 D44 Inner Wheel Bearing With Race
• 2 D44 Outer Wheel Bearing With Race
• 1 D44 Dana Nuts and Washer
• 1 OEM D44 Spindle
• 1 Dana/Spicer Spindle Bearing Repair Kit
• 2 1987-93 Extreme front brake pads

I believe that's everything...I hope. I'm planning to go to the salvage yard on Sunday morning, anyone want to go with me?

Later,

David

BBQ Results

Many of you know that last night was the Kickoff BBQ for our church. If you don't know what I'm talking about, it's our welcome back event geared toward students and to introduce them to our weekly meal that we do. In preparation for the event we had an aggressive ad campaign to let people know about the BBQ. We printed up 5,000 fliers for the event, sent 2,500 to have them in dorm rooms as people moved in, gave away many of them at our Garage Sale, passed out over 1,000 at the Info Fair, and still have more left over. We did word of mouth invitations, posted about it on many different blogs, and even ran an ad on Facebook to be sent to anyone in the KU group.

We had no idea what to expect for the event so we were prepared. I have to admit though, I was disappointed with the results. We did have a dozen or so new people show up, but they were all personal invitations and already knew people in our church. I was puzzled by the fact that no one showed up as a result of our marketing blitz.

I was talking to Sean about it last night, and there are things we continually learn, and things that we'll change for next time. The one thing we did come away with is this, it's not about the flier, or the promotion, but rather, what's important are the personal relationships that we are making in our community. It's funny how we knew that going into this, but we still tried to do it our way. It's funny how God has a way of refocusing us on what's important. I just hope we will remember this in the future.

Later,

David

New Look

If you frequent my blog, you'll notice I have a new look. Thought I'd let everyone know that it was completely unintentional. As some of you know, I have two blogs, When World Collide (this one), and Broken Purge, which are my thoughts on scripture that I have read. Well, I've been out of the habit of reading recently but decided today that I should read another chapter as I'm working my way (slowly) through 1 Corinthians. So I set out to do just that, I finished up my post regarding my reading and when I went to view the post, it had changed my template! As I hadn't ever customized that template, I decided to change it back, as I don't really like the template it changed to. So I proceeded to do that. I found the template that it had been, and applied the changes. That's when I noticed that I was on the wrong blog. Now both of my blogs have a different template applied to them, this one, being the template that should be applied to my other one. Now, I've lost all of my custom edits that I had put in place on this one, so, I'll have to build it over again. Wish me luck.

Later,

David

Our Church Store

Well, the idea of selling our church merchandise has been tossed around for a while. We ordered shirts last year, but didn't have a way to let people order additional shirts if they didn't get them originally, and we have had some requests. So, we finally have our church store up and running. Mostly you can buy the "Now What?" shirts, but there are a few additional "fun" items in there as well. Check it out!

Later,

David

It's About Time

I've done it, I've finally done it... I have a friend.


Just wanted to let everyone know that my friend Lisa has gotten a blog...although it's not a Blogspot blog, we can still give her a great welcome. Maybe, she'll do better about updating than her husband Sean! Of course, with one post for this year, she's already matched his frequency.

Later,

David