Saturday, June 28, 2008

New Every Morning
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Yes, "new every morning,"
though we may awake,
Our hearts with old sorrow
beginning to ache;
With old work unfinished
when night stayed our hand;
With new duties waiting,
unknown and unplanned;
With old care still pressing,
to fret and to vex;
With new problems rising,
our minds to perplex;
In ways long familiar,
in paths yet untrod;
Oh, new every morning
the mercies of God!
His faithfulness fails not,
it meets each new day;
New guidance for every
new step of the way;
New grace for new trials,
new trust for old fears;
New patience for bearing
the wrongs of the years;
New strength for new burdens,
new courage for old;
New faith for whatever
the day may unfold;
As fresh for each need
as the dew on the sod;
Oh, new every morning
the mercies of God!
~
Annie Johnson Flint

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Vacation Bible School

Our Vacation Bible School started June 8 and we had a good week. Here are a few photo's we took before the battery went dead.
The Adult Class






My Class



Ronnie and Albert


A Volleyball Game

All the kids enjoyed a game of volleyball every night

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Lydia's High School Graduation



Lydia's Senior Pictures


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On May 17, Lydia graduated. She has completed 12 years of Home-Schooling.
We started home-schooling her while we lived in Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
(We were missionaries in Northern Ireland for twelve years.)
We were privileged to have Bro. Mark Bradfield and his wife Monica from Londonderry, Northern Ireland, here for Lydia's Graduation. Bro. Mark and Monica were with us for a few days and we enjoyed their visit. Bro. Mark is the pastor of Bethel Baptist Church in Londonderry, where we were at for 7 years. They were a blessing and Bro. Mark spoke at the Graduation and preached at our church on May 18.
Lydia is now doing internship at our local bank in town and she loves it. Here are photos taken after the ceremony..
Lydia's Gift Table
The Food Table
Lydia's Cake that Faye made
Lydia cutting the cake
The Teen Table Chasity and Lydia
Ott, Janie and Lydia
Shelby and Lydia
Lydia's Grandparent's


Lydia and her Uncle Philip

Faye and Lydia

Winford, Nadine and Lydia
Bro. Mark and Monica

Monday, May 26, 2008

Embarassing moment.....

On Saturday, the girls and I went yard-saling. I saw these cups, and the lady said that they would make good ice-cream cups. I didn't notice what they said. Until last night, at our Youth Night at Church, I got a cup of homemade ice-cream, and sat down and this is what I saw....
I'm sure I will never hear the end of it :)

Sunday, May 25, 2008

Allen's Birthday Party

Last night, we went to Captain's Galley for Allen's birthday party.
The food was really good!

Allen and his youngest brother Nathan
Allen and his niece Charity
Allen and his sister Amanda
Allen, his brother Philip, and Philip's oldest son Coty

Allen and his Mom


From Top Left: Hannah andGrace
From Bottom Left: Allen and myselff
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We would have taken pictures of the rest of the crowd, but some of the men had just finished cleaning out Chicken Houses :)


Saturday, May 24, 2008

Happy Birthday!!!!!

Someone has a birthday today--- My husband,
Allen is 44 today and we are having a birthday party this evening at Captain's Galley. The girls and I bought him some new clothes which he will see tonight.


Thursday, May 22, 2008

Mother and Daughter Banquet


We had our Mother and Daughter Banquet on Saturday Morning, May 10. Karen and Linda did a great job of decorating the Fellowship Building. We had soup and sandwiches for lunch, and lots of yummy desserts. Shirley gave the devotional and her daughter sang several songs.

Karen had several games with lots of prizes. Everyone went home with a gift. Mae received a flower for the oldest mother and Angie received a flower for the youngest mother. So I have uploaded some of the photo's of the day, we didn't get everyone's picture but we tried.