Almost Here!

Just 2 days until we go to New Orleans to pick up Hunter! Boy have we missed him.. Poor Steve has walked around with a phone in his hand 24/7 just in case Hunter might call, and checked his email 3-4 times a day just in case there is a blog update.....this is no exaggeration! Yesterday he was saying how it must be that Hunter is out of money because surely he would have called if he could. I have cleaned his room and packed his stuff for school so that when he gets home he can just relax and have some fun before heading off to William Carey. And yes he is going! He gave us quite a scare when he called in early July to tell us he wanted to quit school and go full time in missions. I have learned to keep my mouth shut and let God take care of some of these things and he did. Hunter still wants to be a missionary but knows he needs college. Well, at least thats the way it stands for today.
Please pray for the whole adventures in Missions team as they travel home. They have become very close and it will be hard to separate Saturday morning. They should be in Ga. sometime Friday.

Two more Missionaries

Alyssa and Bo left this morning with a team that they put together for India. They will be gone for 2 weeks, they will be home on Aug. 5th in the morning. I met them at Fridays in Hattiesburg last night and they were very hopeful and excited about the trip. Thier church had a special prayer service for them Sunday which they said was wondeful.

While in India they will meet up with thier friend, Wilson Bunn and his new wife. They will be assisting in the Asha House ( I hope I spelled that right ) which is an orphanage, and will be going to a leper colony and helping out there.

Thank you Beverly for letting Alyssa borrow the beautiful clothes! I cant remember what they are called, a pudjabie ? Something like that. They did fit her and she looked so cute in them.. Kindof like Puttin on jammies?

While they are gone Steve and I get the grand dog Shasha! We didnt get much sleep last night!

Her favorite thing to do is terrorize Pookie , one of our little dachshounds. Right at the moment however they are being very good. They are both laying on the bed next to me each with thier own chew stick. Peace at any cost!

Please pray for Alyssa and Bo and they whole team . Pray for safety, good health, and many opportunities to share Jesus with the people of India.

I will keep you updated.

Also remember Hunter comes home from Thailand August 2nd. His birthday is July 24th. Please remember him on his birthday.

Cook'n on the Coast

We got home from Bay St. Louis last Wednesday but I have been too tired to blog. We were there Sunday through Wednesday.

Steve and I took the camper to Bay St. Louis which is on the coast of Mississippi. It is now 3 years after Katrina but relief workers are still coming and are very much needed, and so we went down there to cook for the volunteers. Our day would begin at 3:30am ( can you believe it? ) breakfast was ready to be served by 6:00, we would get a short break before coming back to fix lunch and dinner. Our day ended around 8:00pm or when ever we got everything cleaned up and things ready for the next day. It was actually really fun! We had a great team! Our leader, Mike Monroe, and Ann and Vicki from Crystal springs Ms. We had so much fun and laughed so much we were asked if we really were Baptists? ( We were there with the Ms. Baptist relief something or other )

One thing that struck me was the change in the church we were working in, 1st Baptist Bay St. Louis. According to a members testimony, the church before Katrina stayed within its 4 walls, helping its members and ministring to itself. Then the 4 walls were blown away, now they are a church that reaches out to thier community and goes outside Ms. to help others in need. God really does cause all things to work together for good for those who are called according to His purpose.

We will definitly do this again and I recommend going down there to help any way you can. There is still so much that needs to be done. The church still doesnt even have its 4 walls up yet.

PS.

I learned how to make tomato gravey , and bread pudding from biscuits.

4th of July

Yesterday was the 4th of July. Most of the day Steve and I just stayed around the house. We are getting ready to leave Sunday for Bay St. Louis to cook for the relief workers that are still coming down there since Katrina to help rebuild.

Around 4:00 we hopped on the motorcycle and headed over to New Augusta Ms. where Alyssa and Bo work with the youth at Memorial Baptist Church. ( about an hour and a half away )

Bo cooked hamburgers and hot dogs for all of us while Steve and I just sat there and enjoyed having our son in law cook for us!

Bo's parents were there and it was good to see them again. Bo's dad,Rich brought a potato gun. Yes a potato gun! But since potatoes were more expensive he was shooting onions from this gun instead. The boys in the youth group seemed to love this a little more than the girls did. Evidently onions dont shoot as far as potatoes and they smell alot worse.

After dinner Bo and Lee ( Hunters soon to be college roomie ) got the boys together for a water balloon fight.

Alyssa took the girls inside for some table games and soon the old folks left. It looked like rain and since we were on the bike we headed home.....not before stopping at Starbucks .

No fireworks for us! I even tried finding some on tv but nothing! We did see a couple random fireworks in the sky on the ride home.

As I said, we leave tomorrow for the coast. We will be home Wednesday. I have to get up each day at 4:00am....this could kill me!

Our friend Mike, who is heading this up, promises I will have some free time, to nap, I hope!

Actually Im looking forward to doing something other than cooking hamburgers at the prison. Just something new, you know?!

Oh quess what ya'll! I got Steve to scoop poop tonight! He helped me clean the horse stalls again!

Thats twice now in 6 years!!!!! I love him!