The Turley Wedding...

On Saturday, one of Wade's bff's got hitched - Alfred!! We were all so happy for him & Heidi. Wade was in the wedding. It was at the Wink and the reception was at the Farm. We had tons of fun as you can see!!

Wade lookin' good before he left the house!!!
Wade & Jenny G. dancin' the night away!! She said she wished she had a dance partner. I don't think Wade was what she had in mind....sorry Jenny....LOL!!

Abigail with her "boyfriend" Noah! They had the dance floor smokin' I think Abs was even doing some break-dancing and cartwheels. Now that is hard-core!!!!

Wade & Lily doing the 80's moves! I don't think Lily was that impressed.....LOL

Hope everyone else had a great weekend too!!!

Thank you shout out...

I just wanted to say a big "THANK YOU" to all of you!!!

Everyone has totally came together to give the children such a wonderful VBS this year. I truly appreciate all of your hard work and dedication for our children as well as the friends & family visitors that are participating. Each one of you are special to me. I am so blessed to have the opportunity to be our children's minister. (I say "our" - because to me, we are one HUGMONGOUS family!)

I hope everyone is having a great week!
I love you all!!!!

Prayer Request for Mama...

I would like to ask you all to remember Wade's grandmother, Mama (pronounced Mawmaw...lol).
In a previous post Brenda spoke about her being baptized and getting saved. She was so happy. Happier than we had seen her in months and months.

But now she is having horrible back pain. She has already been to the doctors 3 times this week. She is really depressed as well as in alot of pain.

Would you pray for Mama?

The devil would like nothing better than to steal her new found joy and lead her to the path that God really doesn't care about her. However she just needs to be comforted to know that God loves her all the time, even in times of sickness!!

VBS 2009...

I know....I know.....We haven't even had VBS 2008 yet (but it is coming soon!!!)
All last week Group Publishing (the company we have been using) had been doing clues for VBS 2009 themes. Yesterday the announced the new ones!

I think this is such a neat idea because typically we don't study the underground church and what the first Christians were held to for their beliefs in Jesus. So I just wanted to share the news with you all!! Here is the link to the website if you want to see the details!

Lots of fun to come!!

Mama Gets Baptized...

Wade's grandmother (aka....Mama) has made a big decision in her life. I will let Brenda share the story with you all!!

Dear Friends,

I wanted to share about the great blessing my family and I were able to be apart of. My precious 78 year old mother was baptized today at the little church she attends in the basement of the building she lives in at Winton Place. Let me start at the beginning.

About a year ago the Lord led a sweet, country pastor and his wife (Don & Cindy Barry) to minister to this small group of people. They have any where from 15 to 6 any given Sunday. At the time this began my Mom (Aileen Wills) was having some very serious health issues. The doctors had put her on medications for so many problems and she only got worse because of reactions. One of her friends finally convinced her to come to church with her. Mother has always listened to sermons on TV, but this Sunday she gave in to attend services.

This was 7 months ago and now she is off most of her medication. Three weeks ago she called on Sunday afternoon to tell me she is joining the church. My response was WONDERFUL, then she precedes to tell me she will be baptized. At first I was worried that they had told her she would have to do this to join their church. Sooo we have a discuss on what had taken place. She assured me that the invitation was given, she went down, the preacher ask her some questions and she answered. To that response I said “so you gave your heart to Jesus” and she said “WELL YES”.

So today (yesterday) we all witnessed my Mother seal her eternal destination. Mother had gone down as a young girl, but over the years she has watched as friends have come and gone and was questioning her salvation. Many have left in an ambulance to never return. Because of this precious little group my Mom is secure in her walk and is in the Word everyday with joy I have never seen.

TO GOD BE THE GLORY.

Thanks for letting me share.

Love you all,
Brenda

Prayers for the Jones'

Will you pray for the Jones family?

This is already began as a difficult week. Several of you know that we had to take Lily to the ER Saturday night (around midnight). She began vomiting terribly and we couldn't get her to stop. So we spent the night in the ER for them to tell us that she must have a virus and they can't give children under 2 anything for it. Sunday was a long day. All she wanted was to be held and she began to run a fever. Yesterday (Monday) she began having diarrhea and on top of all of this, I (Jenn) have had to go out of town to district church conference and will not be home until Thursday night. Wade is at home (in the middle of post-planning) and trying to take care of Lily. He is doing an excellent job!! Thank you to all of you who help in our lives, we truly are blessed by all of you!! So if you can spare a few minutes today (Tuesday) would you please pray for the Jones family?

A Week in Hodge Podge....

In order for me not to ramble on, I figured I could organize better in a numbered post!!

1. Lily had a well check this morning. She weighs a huge 21 pounds! The doctor was happy because she has gained almost 2 pounds in 6 weeks!! This is a great praise!!!

2. On Saturday, we had a BBQ with my sisters. I would like to give props to Wade for cleaning the yard & porch. He also bought me a beautiful hanging basket. I love him very much (more about that later...LOL) Abs & Lexi played in the sprinkler. They had lots of freezing fun!!

3.. On Memorial Day we had a cook-out with my Dad & sisters. The cousins all got to play together. I have included some pics of the family event!!

4. I am so excited! I got a call to work the next Tres Dias weekend. Hopefully, my sister (Angela ) will be attending so I am so happy. The call came out of the sky because I normallly I would never have the time to take on something else of this magnitude, but God in His great timing worked this out perfectly. Props to God!!!
(Special thanks to Wade because I know this means extra work for him. I am so thankful for a husband who supports me!!)

5. For all my happiness, I am also reminded by the events of SCC, Angie & Todd Smith, and now Greg & Nicol Sponberg of the fleeting moments we have with our children. I can't imagine being in their lives. I know that prayer is the only healing that can possibly begin to comfort these parents and families. Looking at all of these tragedies makes me want to hug my girls and keep in mind the small details (which I focus on way too much) is not the truly important stuff.

So this is my week in hodge podge (numbered for my ADD...LOL)!!

Hope you all are having a great week!!!