Thursday, May 14, 2009

Mother's Day Weekend









Last weekend was packed and awesome!

It started out with our Mother & Daughter Banquet on Friday night. A large group of ladies and girls came out for this special night. In fact, they had Mike and I serving from behind the food tables. Later, we were helping to clean up and put things away in our new kitchen. All the ladies were encouraged by this ministry event.

Then on Saturday morning a group of men met for our Men's Breakfast. It was another great time of fellowship and ministry among the men of our church. Good food and a great devotional!

After the breakfast we divided and conquered the list of work items prepared for our Spring Work Day. A group started with the mulch to be spread outside the church building and in our landscaping beds. Plus the digging of a natural edge separated the mulch from all the green grass. Another group emptied out our storage container that stored a ton of storage after construction began on our flood rebuilding project. Another group removed the stumps from old bushes out on the edge of our property. Others worked on individual projects inside the church. It was a successful and needed work day! Thanks to everyone who pitched in that day.

On Monday the SAM's storage container was finally picked up...after about 7 or 8 months of use. It feels great to have that container and our trailer removed now from off of 10th Street! We can now see the church.

Mother's Day is always special. Family members join in attendance to honor their mom. We had several special gifts to give away. The featured speaker for this service was my lovely wife Tammy. She always does a fantastic job but the Lord really used her in a great way to minister this year. I've had so many people tell me this message really touched their heart. They were impacted by the theme. They were blessed by the challenge from God's Word. Thanks babe for your willingness to speak for me! God used you in a definite way.

Most of the work on our rebuild is now complete...but still not the carpet. We still do not have this part of the project finished; however, we wait for the word that this will be a go real soon. We have only a little over 3 weeks to go before Dedication Day. The pressure is on...

Gonna enjoy my day off today. Everyone needs a little relaxation and rest.

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Love to all!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Landscaping looks great. Wonderful job of clean-up by the crew.