Sad news

(Momma Tadd and Minnie Knapp at Thanksgiving)

For those of you who know the community well, i am sad to tell you that Unis (Momma Tadd) Weaver passed away this past tuesday evening from internal bleeding in her stomach. Momma Tadd was a warm, tell you like it is type of person. She had a great sense of humor and always was willing to give great hugs. The comfort that her friends and family have is that she is with the Lord as she was a christian and a regular church atteneder.

Please hold her family and love ones close to your heart and in your prayers.

Winter Jam 09

(Rhea, Sierra, "B"-drummer of Toby Mac, Stephanie, Danese, and Savanna)

Our youth group, well five girls, corey and myself, went to the Winter Jam 09 Concert this past Sunday night, and had the best time!
We waited in line for like an hour, got seats on the third level, BEHIND the stage, and spent an hour taking pictures and having things, All kinda Things, signed by the artist after the concert.
We jumped around and sang, and laughed - it was just a lot of fun! Maybe one of the best things we have done as a youth group since Corey and I have been here, and best of all, out of the five girls, four of them accepted Jesus, thanks to Tony Nolan.

We hape everyone has a great weekend and Happy Mardi Gras!

Good News From NC

Hey everyone, I wanted to tell you a little about some of the work that's being done for the Friends Center up here in NC - specifically, work that's being done by some kids here. The fourth grade class at High Point Friends School, taught by Mary Porter, started a pen pal project with the After School Program at the center late last year, and the kids were really excited about it. Recently, that fourth grade class along with some of the other elementary classes have been working on a service project: to raise money for the center by donating spare change.

This past Monday, I was able to visit the school and receive their gift of nearly $400! I was amazed at their generosity and interest in the center as I showed them some pictures and spoke a little about the After School Program and the kids. I know that their gift will be a blessing to many!

Oh, and if you were wondering how heavy nearly $400 worth of change might be, the answer is 80+ pounds, by my estimation... haha.

"We ought always to thank God for you, brothers, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love every one of you has for each other is increasing."

2 Thessalonians 1:3

AWww

Just in case you need to do a warm heart check, check out this cuttie-pie Felicidy, she is in our 1st grade class.

Valentine's Dinner and Bingo

We had a great time this past Saturday night at our valentine's dinner and bingo night. We had about 12 or so folks in attendance and enjoyed a "romantic" meal of Lasagna and whatever everybody else brought, oh and there was this homemade chocolate cake that was just SO good.
Everyone seemed to have a great time, most of all with the Bingo. When the BINGO cards came out people geared up for a serious game, some folks even moved to another seat so they had room to play. It was so funny watching peoples faces when they were just one number away from winning, and the teenage boys were hularious when they won, they sounded like little girls.
It was a lot of funny, and even Corey and I won a prize each. The prizes were stuffed animals and mugs stuffed with candy out of rummage, or course they all had the "love" theme going on.
It was a fun night, and more or less none stressful except when i spilt some grounds of coffee and steaming hot water on me and the floor, oh well later on i'm sure i'll look back and laugh, you know after the burns go away, just kidding i didn't get burned but it did sting a little.

Keep on praying for us, and if you're ever curious about anything or want me to write about something specific just let me know and i'll be glad to.

<>< Happy Valentine's Day

Another week

Well i hate that it has been so long since i wrote but things here have been pretty normal and somewhat average. We did have some random visitors over the past couple weeks, the group from mexico stopped here, actually we had three different groupings of folks within the one Mexico team, to stop by. Then we also had Ms. Anne stop by to do crafts with the kids on a sunday afternoon, she is from pennsylvania and has been coming down here every winter for the past 23 years. It was really nice to see folks and get to talk to them no matter how short the time.
We are gearing up for a Valentine's dinner and bingo night this saturday and we are right in the middle of selling krispy kreme doughnuts.
Everyone is doing well here and the weather is actually starting to warm up, it won't be long before it's 90 degrees here.
Please continue praying for Corey and I and for the ministry here and have a great day.