Well tonight was Royse City Homecoming, Alissa and her friends went to Homecoming and then went to the dance afterwards.She is starting to grow up and If you know anything about Alissa, she does not like to dress up and especially a dress and heels. She has always fought the idea of growing up she just wants to stay a little kid. Little Girl Growing up!!

Today was a busy but BLESSED day. We were running around picking up last minute things for our snack bags for the homeless shelter. We met the youth at the church and started filling the bags and took them to a shelter near Fair Park. Yes , Texas/OU Weekend we are downtown. We packed 100 freezer bags of snack bars,chips,banana's and bottle water. This was all donated by members of our church and we just got the blessing of delivering it. We took 6 of our youth to a shelters that has cots for men and women to sleep or just stay out of the weather. Today was a beautiful fall day so they were not full but we were able to handout all of our bags. Our youth come to this and truly see a eye opening experiences. While we are in the middle of setting everything up, guess what I did. Locked the keys in the car and we did not have the other set with us but one of the men that helps at the shelter helped Chris get into the car. This helped us save $75 dollars on calling a locksmith but it seemed a little to easy for them to get in. Kind of scary. Was a little crazy day but like I said it was a Blessed Day.

Well, I'm being told by someone (KIM BYRD) to I need to let ya'll know what is going on with us.

Our Church been talking to Chris about being called as the Youth Minister. This is such a blessing when you are called because first it comes from God and a way that you can serve Him. We do believe this is not a calling for just Chris it has to be a total commitment for me also. I just want to be in His' Will. This is a small church that is wanting to grow and see God work. Please be praying for us and our church, Cornerstone Fellowship Baptist.

I have been dealing with my foot for way to long. I was told back in January that I had plantar fascists it is not contagious LOL. It would not heal and I went back to the doctor and he found through a MRI that it was broken underneath my toes. Yes, a crazy break. Well, not for me, RIGHT! It took a while for it to heal. Then I went to camp and re broke it. After that I felt like it was not right that my foot was taking so long to heal this year. So I went to a new doctor and got a second opinion and he found I had bone spurs, all the way down the right side of my foot. So because of this I have had to have shots in my heel, arch and below my big toe 3 times in the last 2 weeks. It is feeling alot better and it is healing. Praise God!

Kristin is really making alot of changes in her life the past few months. After a hard first part of the year this past spring she found a church that had a strong college and career class that she could get involved in. She has found a great church that is doing a Bible Study with a group then is also involved in a ministry for under privileged teens. Besides all that she has church on Sunday,Wednesday and goes to school 40 hours a week and works 15 to 30 hours a week. To say the least she is very busy and we don't see her much but God is truly working in her life. Please continue to pray for her she is in a very worldly school with everything around her and she is trying to be a witness. She thought high school was bad on attitude and language but she said it was alot worst there.

Alissa is back in school and she is enjoying her classes. She is a junior this year and is taking several college classes. She is trying real hard to get her GPA up high that is so she can hopefully get some scholarships. (Greg and Kim if you don't mind telling us what ya'll were about to do for Elisabeth for college money with being in the ministry. That would be a big help.Thank You) Alissa has been talking to someone at OBU about Digital Graphics Degree, that is what she wanting to do. We also received a letter last week, asking Alissa to study abroad this summer, she really wants to and we are checking into it Please be in prayer for us about that if you could.

I guess that is what is going on with our lives in the past month. Sorry that I have not been keeping up but I forget with FB now.

This week was Student LIFE CAMP at OBU. Chris, Christy (Pastor's Wife) and I took 6 youth to camp it was their 1st time to go, well beside Alissa. The first couple of days was really hard, Satan was trying anything to get in the way and he was winning. Tuesday Night was a turning point we hear later that our church was really praying hard and GOD got the GLORY. Tuesday it came to a head with my foot also, Chris took me to the hospital to have me checked out and I had a BROKEN FOOT all the way across right below my toes. This happen in REC earlier that day, a guy was playing a game with the group and I was video taping them and he came back on my foot at a high speed.

We really saw God work in all of us and just enjoyed truly enjoy the rest of the week. The youth had a eye opener with seeing God's People pray for them and it really worked.

God has started working in Alissa with her wanting to go on a Servant Life Mission Trip next summer with Student Life and she is looking into going to OBU when she graduates. Please keep her in your prayers.

GOD IS SO GOOD!!!!

YES, I turned 40 years old this week and this was I hard one. I guess I looked back at my life this and wonder if I had done what I wanted to do in the last 40 years. Then GOD really hit me hard with I'm not supposed to do what I want but WHAT GOD WANTS ME TO DO. He has called me to be a WIFE, MOTHER, MINISTRY WIFE and that is what I'm doing and I love my Life and God has given me a WONDERFUL FAMILY and I'm Thankful for it.

Today my family took me out for lunch and to the Botanical Gardens it was a nice day to be outside because it was only 90 today.