Burden Bearers

I am naturally a burden bearer.  For some reason I can’t stand to see someone in need or carrying a heavy load (physically or emotionally).  I even struggle with this with my own children.  I don’t like to make them do things that I can do my self.  I know this is not good for them [...]

A Rough Night

I almost feel bad about using that title for this post.  Let me explain.  Yesterday afternoon we got a call that a man in our church had been killed when his tractor rolled over on him.  We spent several hours with his wife and daughter as they  began the grieving process and my heart felt like [...]

I put this on my church blog yesterday and thought it was worth repeating here.  God has blessed us to the point we have always been able to have our children in a christian school.  Times like this one make me especially thankful.  These kids were allowed to pray out loud and they seemed to [...]

New Photos Link

As often as I can , I like to get involved with a ministry outside what I normally would and since we have been at this church I have had a few opportunities to do so.  Tonight I was privileged to do some work for Heaven Sent Ministries.  This group provides food and more for [...]

Extraordinary Women Conference

OK, so you knew you would hear about it today.  How can I not talk about what we experienced this weekend at the EWC.  First some wonderful worship music, my favorite group ‘Avalon’,  and then some great speakers, some of which were; Chonda Pierce, Angela Thomas, and Kaye Arthur.  But the one who stood out [...]

Time with Friends

This will be my last post till next week because tomorrow I’m headed to Lynchburg for a day of shopping with with the girls and then on to the Extraordinary Women’s Conference.  I’m am so excited!  I absolutely love this kind of thing.  Just to have a time of being refreshed and renewed spiritually is [...]

The Value of Other Views

When I was a teenager, one of my favorite singers was Barry Manilow.  He had such a mellow sound and great words to the songs he recorded.  Sometimes I still listen to some of his music and reminisce about those early years.  But if you saw any entertainment news today you heard that he had [...]

A Great Idea

Last night after Children’ s church, some of us ladies were discussing “steakums”.  I haven’t  had those in a long time nor have I seen them in the store but it sure made me want one.  Someone said you could get them at Kroger so I went out this morning and got some.  That’s what [...]

An Eventful Weekend

We started the weekend off with a banquet at Concord University for the guys at Appalachian teen challenge.  We were so impressed with what these folks are doing.  This is a training center for teen boys who are struggling with addiction.  The testimonies were very powerful.  They are working on a center for girls right [...]

First Game

Yesterday Julia played her first volleyball game of the season.  They didn’t win but they sure gave it a good effort.  And she has gotten so much better than she was last year.  She’s actually a pretty good player.  Her Dad and James of course had to remind her that she needed to work on [...]