Back Again

Well tonight starts the 17th Annual Gulf Coasts Lectureships here in Portland and I couldn't be more excited. The topic is "Challenges the Church Must Face" and some of the lessons that will be talked about will be about God's Authority, Apostasy Among Our Youth, Unity, Reaffirmation of Elders, Social Drinking, The Emerging Church Movement, Church Discipline, Immodest Dress, Doctrine of the Baptism of the Spirit, Christian Ladies (a ladies class), Biblical Ignorance Among our Brethren, Denominationalism, Loving the Brethren, Indifference Towards God's Work, Instrumental Music and Hand clapping in Worship, Evangelism, and Producing Sound Gospel Preachers. All of these topics are challenges the the Church is facing today and if anyone is interested in any of these topics just let me know and I will get them a tape and mail it too you. WE have some great speakers from all over coming to speak on these topics and they are Darron Fantroy, Tyler Young, Wayne Jones, Tommy Hicks, Matt Gibson, Bob Patterson, Richard Massey, Johnny Morris, Floyd Johnson, Jerry Moffitt, Linda Simmons, Jason Rollo, Israel Rodriguez, Cody Westbrook, Shawn Paden, Don D'Herde, and Don Walker. So over the next 3 days I will be attending this and hearing some great lessons in which I can't wait.
An update on my Papa, Last Friday he fell and cut his head a little bit but bled alot sine he is on blood thinners, and then the next day he wasn't able to move his arm and leg on one side almost like he had a stroke- so now someone is having to stay with him and my granny around the clock to help move him from his wheelchair to the couch and to the bathroom and back and forth out of bed. So my aunt flew in and is staying with them, my brother, dad, and uncle stay during the day with him for the lifting. It is not looking good right now- his memory is all but about 5 minutes and then its the same questions and comments all over again- He forgets that he fell so he keeps trying to get up and keeps falling so that is where the extra help is coming in to sit right beside him to keep him in his chair. He is getting very agitated b/c he can't remember anything and everyone is telling him what to do to try and help him- and the only thing that seems to bring him joy is his dogs and Reef- so me and the kids have been going over there every morning so that he can light up and be the papa that we all remember and know- and I feel that maybe by me doing that I am helping in some sort of way by making him smile, laugh, whistle again( he was always whistling songs-he is a great whistler), and being silly again. So I want to ask for prayers for my papa that for the little time that he has left to not be in pain or at least be comfortable, and for my granny as she is dealing with this burden right now and to comfort her during this time. She told my mom the other day that she gets mad at her self for becoming impatience with him and has to keep reminding herself that he can't remember anything and that it isn't his fault and told her "What a way to end 57 very happy years together." They also brought in a hospital bed for him to stop him from getting out of bed and falling so The night before last was my grandparents last night to sleep in a bed together- which really makes me sad to think about and I know that it is just tearing my granny apart not to be able to sleep next to him at night. I can't even imagine going through that with Clint. So sorry that I am rambling on probably bored y'all out of your minds but oh well. Just wanted to ask for prayers on their behalf.

Sorry it has been awhile!!!!!

Sorry to say it has been quite awhile since I have last posted. We have been very busy around here. My great uncle passed away about 3 weeks ago- my papa is getting worse every day and probably has only about 2 months left if that so I have been trying to spend time over there- we had easter egg hunt over there at my granny and papa's house and I really think that they and the kids really enjoyed it- they hunted eggs, had a scavenger hunt and I made a bunny cake to eat. It was a great day and now I have been very busy helping my aunt with her bi-annual children's consignment sale that she has- I have been passing out flyers, making tons of phone calls to school to get permission to take flyer's to the schools, getting all of my clothes all checked in and checking in other peoples' clothes who don't have the time to do it themselves- so my house had been filled with clothes, and toys. So tomorrow is the first public day of the sale and I think that it is starting off great since today was with privater sale for workers, con signers, and moms-to-be. It was very busy when I left- and I got alot of neat stuff as well today and can't wait till the 1/2 off day to shop. Also during this time we finally have an appt. on Tuesday to get tubes in Reef's ears. I cannot wait it has been a long time coming. And then at the end of April we are having our annual lectureship which I need to make cookies for and to start getting ready for that. I am very excited about the topics this year and can't wait to hear all of the great speakers- its going to be a good one. So while I have a little down time and the kids are playing I thought that I would catch ya'll up on what has been going on down here. If anyone is heading down here anytime soon or would like a tape of any of the lessons that we have during our lectureship I would invite everyone to come and will try and post a schedule of the times as soon as possible. I might post it on Facebook we'll see. Well have to go there are clothes to fold- dinner to make and kids to bathe. Hope everyone is doing great and will hopefully not be so long in writing my next one- i will also try to get some pics up as well.