Matthew 28:19

"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit."

That's our mission.  That's our job in this world.  We are to GO.  Here is a video of a song that Ruthie learned on our last mission trip:

With that being said (or sung!) I wanna talk about the mission trip that Ruthie and I took at the first of March, and the one Randall is on right now.  

The first weekend of March, Ruthie and I went to Oklahoma City and attended a Lay Witness Mission (LWM).  We had an amazing time.  The church was huge, but it was struggling b/c it had 2000 members, but only 200 in the pew Sunday morning.  They had everything, but something was missing, hence the reason for the LWM.  Randall and I work with the youth, along with two of our youth that join us.  This time, Randall wasn't able to join us.  It was hard, but with his job, it's tough to get his vacation to where he can do everything.  This time, my brother-in-law went with us!  He was awesome to have along!  I can't say that we did an awesome job with the youth, mainly b/c they didn't talk, but I sure pray that we got those gears turning in their heads!  The adults, man oh man, you could see the Spirit moving with them!  It was amazing.

This church was directly across the street from where the OKC bombing took place.  One story I just HAVE to share.  Three churches in the area suffered damage from the bombing. The amazing thing- out of the three, their stain-glass window was in a million pieces, EXCEPT for the head of Christ!  AWESOME huh?  We had the opportunity to go through the memorial and the museum.  It was tough.  I wasn't very old when it happened, but I can still remember the footage from that day.  The memorial was even more touching at night.  I have to share this photo I took:

Today, Randall left on a ten day mission to the Philippines.  Needless to say, it's been a rough day.  Randy keeps asking where Daddy is and Ruthie's shed tears many times throughout the day.  Me too.  It's tough, but I can say that I am beyond blessed to have a husband who loves God more than us.  That's what God calls us to do.  That's exactly what he is doing.  Randall HATES to fly, yet he went.  He knows we miss him and he misses us, yet he went.  It's dangerous, yet he went.  That's our job- TO GO!  Please be in prayer for him and the other five that joined him on this trip.  I am missing him like crazy.  It's gonna be tough tonight when I head to bed, but I just have to pray that he is safe.  I love the fact that he's out there sharing God's word to the people of the Philippines!  Not only do they get to share His Word, they get to hand out Shepard Bags and help put on a roof!

Here is a link to the group that we go on our over-seas mission trips with- http://www.eimworldwide.org/

Crazy busy...

but.....it's for God, so it's worth it!

Two weekends ago, Randall, Ruthie, Kristen, Corey, and I headed to Wynne, AR for a Lay Witness Mission (LWM). This was our second mission like this. Last summer, a man from our church approached Randall and asked him if we would like to be the youth coordinators for some of the missons. The first trip, we had no idea what to expect and were BLOWN AWAY by the youth. We enjoyed it so much. Words can't even describe it. This time, we had another amazing trip. I didn't get any photos, but my friend Kristen did.

Last weekend, we had a southern gospel quartet convention in Plumerville, AR. We took our youth and our youth did a drama for them. I am a huge fan of southern gospel. I was blown away by quite a few quartets! The youth were amazing and so well behaved. I wish I could share some photos of the youth, but I don't feel as though I have permission from parents to share on here. Although, I will say I finally got Facebook, and I have truly enjoyed chatting with my family, church family, mission family, and friends. I did post the photos over there, but you have to be a friend to view them.

This upcoming weekend, we have a revival coming up. Randall will be taking Randy to the Beast Feast Thursday night. Friday night- revival, Saturday day- Youth Explosion, Saturday night- revival, and Sunday day- revival! SOOOO EXCITED! Please say a prayer for our church that the Lord works in amazing ways!

So, that's what I have been up to lately. Time is going by so fast. The weather is warming up, so I am hoping to get some photos taken this week for my P52.

I will share this photo of my niece (who I am soooo proud of!) joining the drama. She's holding a sign that says "HEALED."


Here's my two handsome men!