MONDAY, 5/12/08
Mother’s Day ’08 was a great day! Although we had a number of our regular folks missing, we still had a good attendance. I really appreciate those who came to the evening service last night. The Lord blessed our day and we give Him the glory!
The Lord gave us safe travels to and from Memphis. We had a good time visiting with family & friends and attending the graduation ceremony. At the graduate luncheon on Friday, Deidra gave the speech for the graduating class. She did well. We would learn later in the day that since the seminary’s founding in 1972, Deidra is the first female student to be selected for that speech. We give God the glory for allowing her to be chosen for this honor.
The names Bret Hart, Donald Pennell, Lucas Hines, Mark Edwards, & Scott Steele aren’t signficant to you but they are to me. These five guys from Faith Baptist of Bartlett, TN all showed up at Michael & Deidra’s apartment on Saturday morning to help us load the U-Haul truck. What a huge blessing as we were moving them from a third floor apartment! I have been so impressed by Faith Baptist! They have gotten involved in GRACE Ministries and are quality people! Of course, the question that begs to be answered is – where was Ryan Johnston?
Curtis & Myrna (from Smyrna) Taylor, Michael’s parents, were there too. If you ever need to move and are going to load the truck yourself, just call Curtis! He packed that truck to the max when I didn’t think we were going to get it all in. We actually had room to spare! Curtis should go into the moving business!
Benny McGath, Dewayne Lavelle, Kyle & Morris Bryant, & Phil Sims met us when we got back to Grand Bay and they unloaded the truck for us. Blessed again! (I am not going to mention the fact that it took the TN boys one and a half hours to load it while only taking the Bama boys twenty minutes to unload it!)
Wes & Rebekah Bates are leaving this morning for a mission trip to Greece. They are going with the University of Mobile. Pray for their safety in travel and for a fruitful trip.
I pray that you will have a great Monday with Jesus.