call us crazy but we had a ccc skydiving day. about 50 of us met down at the beautiful otay lakes just south of san diego to take the plunge...
it was INSANELY FUN!!!

here's scott, rob, michelle and stacy excited and ready to go...

she may look like malibu barbie, but she's got guts of steel...here's pastor leanne

thanks to jeff bram, billy and all the other rockers at skydive san diego for keeping us safe up there!

every month audrey goes through sweat, tears and agony as she is forced to pick just one of the 250 insanely amazing volunteers we have at christian city church for the 'extra mile' award.

this month went to alissa!!!

so here is a quick look into a few random facts + cool stuff about the amazing-incredibly lovable-extra mile-radtastic-wehopesheneverleaves-superstar-alissa...

so alissa, you just won the prize...how are you feeling? hmm...i feel so special, very honored. i absolutely love ccc and have grown so much since i have been involved. i love serving with some of the most amazing people on the planet!

what was your first job? i was a "courtesy clerk" aka "bagger" at a local grocery store named ukrops's in good ole virginia

what was your childhood ambition? i wanted at the very early age of 6 to be an amazing ballerina/dancer.

if you were an animal what type would you be and why? a giraffe because everday i wake up and dream about being tall.

what was your proudest moment? when I moved out to san diego last summer for the second time and truly found a home out here.

if you had a job at a circus, what would it be? trapezist

which ccc teams are you in? ccc kidz, best team ever :) and detonate

how far ahead have you planned your life? i have general things that I will love to see happen in the next five years, but my life is constantly changing so i am learning to go with the flow.

emo or girly? emo, it is a process for me to be girly

what would you like to say to all the other people who would love to be you right now? that you can be.

so from all of us here at ccc, we love you alissa! you rock!

our very own ps natalie got married to the incredible dave williams! it was a fairy tale story...natalie moved over from perth, australia in 2006 to take on the job of kids pastor here at christian city church. dave started coming to ccc shortly after. on valentines day 2007 they hooked up and have been together ever since! the wedding was magical...it was like a page out of vogue magazine. once again, nate from the image is found worked his photographic charm and captured these incredible moments...

happy v-day everyone!!

we know its february but here are some shots from our chrissie bash (thats australian for christmas :). it was a great night...the kids were so cute in their costumes and the dancers flippin rocked!!!
(for extra fun, watch this video of tina and the dancers...)