July 2009 Archives

Thursday, July 30

We had an interesting time on the road last weekend! Last Friday night we got to worship with our friends at Crossroads Worship Center in Braggadocio, MO. We shared the stage with the groups, Gloryland and New Ground! We made some new friends and had a wonderful night of worship! Saturday night we sang at Providence Baptist Church in Lafe, AR. Since the church was preparing for VBS at the church, they had it decorated with all kinds of wild animals! It was the first time that we had ever shared the stage with bears, a bobcat and a skunk! Also during the service a gentleman, Mr. Ray Coln, had to be carried out because he had a seizure. Ray’s family said he just got filled with emotion during the song I was singing, “Leaving on My Mind”, and that seemed to have led to the seizure. (He has them often when anxious or excited.) Ray is doing better, so we praise God for that! Sunday morning, we witnessed another young lady accept Christ in Piggott, AR… Hallelujah! Then after lunch on Sunday we noticed there was a large bolt in a back tire on the bus that resulted in a flat! We found an Auto Zone and attempted to plug the tire… but it didn’t work. However, while at the Auto Zone, Bridget and LeeAnn had the opportunity to witness to a young man that worked there. As we left, he thanked us for being the confirmation he’d been praying for… Just goes to prove that God has plans even in bad situations! After the service Sunday night in Jonesboro, AR we prayerfully drove nearly 200 miles with the tag axle raised up to make it back to the house. We are still praising God for a safe, uneventful trip home! Ain’t God good?!?!

Will They Eat It? (Dill Pickle)

The Dill Twins – Ansleigh & Bryleigh eating their first Dill Pickle. And the question that everyone is asking, “Will They Eat It?”

What’s God doing in your life?

It amazes me that people can believe there is no God or that God is dead. He has definitely been at work all around us! On Sunday night we witnessed a young lady come to the altar and surrender her life to Jesus Christ. That always gives us the encouragement we need to keep on keeping on!

Please take a moment to share with our community what amazing things the Lord has been doing in your life! You never know…it just might be the encouragement that someone else needs to hear!

Wednesday, July 15th

Well… the electricity has been out here for nearly 3 hours because of some severe storms in the area. I hope that I get finished with this before the battery dies on my laptop. We rolled in on Monday morning around 3 AM from the weekend. On Friday night we were a part of the Southern Gospel Jubilee in Buena Vista, VA along with our friends Soul’d Out Quartet. With an attendance of over 600…it was a great night! We spent the entire day on Saturday eating, shopping, and eating some more! On Sunday morning we had the honor to worship with the folks at Fairview Christian Community Church in Princeton, WV. We knew that these folks really loved gospel music when we realized the Talley Trio would be in concert at the same church that night! (I hope you had as much fun as we did Roger!) We had to really hurry to make it to Morristown, TN for the evening service at Grace Baptist Church. We had a great time and after the service we had to wrap up the trip with some friends at Shoney’s! You can’t go wrong with the breakfast buffet! Lots of pictures, so check out the photos page.

Bridget has been getting ready for Bunco at our house on Thursday night. The house will be covered up with a whole bunch of loud women. They all sit around and eat, roll dice, and hollar “BUNCO”! I guess I’ll have to find something to do that will get me out of the house. Any ideas? Maybe I’ll take A & B out for a night on the town!

We will be leaving on Friday headed to Indiana for the weekend. Really excited about our first trip to Southwood Baptist Church in Beech Grove and can’t wait to see all of our friends at E. 16th St. Church of God in Muncie and Faith Baptist in Marion. Check out the schedule for details.

Thursday, July 9th

What did you do on the Fourth of July this year? Did you do anything special? We’d love to hear about it!

We spent the entire weekend on the road and had a great time. On Friday night we were in East Prairie, MO for their annual Sweet Corn Festival. The city closes down the streets for a street dance and celebration at 9 pm…but at 6 pm Elm Street Baptist Church provides FREE hamburgers, hotdogs, sweet corn, chips and drinks to anyone that comes out. This year they gave away over 700 hamburgers and hotdogs! We provided the music and entertainment for a few hours and then the church provided an awesome firework’s show afterwards. And yes…we all loaded up and left before the dancing started!

On Saturday we stopped by Bill & Cindy Keinbusch’s house for lunch and enjoyed some great fellowship before headed to McCrory, AR. We stopped and ate dinner at the Sonic when we arrived in McCrory. (It was the only place open!) While we were outside eating some folks decided to start the fireworks early and in the process caught the field on fire across the street. It brought back memories of living in a small town when the crowd started to gather to see what was happening. The McCrory Church of the Nazarene had another amazing firework’s display on Saturday night and also some pretty mean mosquitos! We worshipped with them on Sunday morning and had a great time. We also saw some family and friends that we’ve not seen a very long time. Our weekend wrapped up at Macon Road Baptist Church in Memphis on Sunday night. These folks are just like family and enjoying worshipping with them.

Don’t forget to check out the new photos that have been posted on the PHOTOS page. We have also changed that to allow you to post comments. The last thing that I would like to mention is the addition of a PRAYERS page on the site. We would love for each of you to post your prayer requests and testimonies on this page. We know that prayer changes things and we would love to pray and rejoice with you and those prayers are answered!