What I learned at LCA

First, LCA was Life Christian Academy. This was a private school we had at our church around 20 something years ago. I had the privilege of working there with our children. Hopefully they learned from the school as much, if not more, than I did. I learned:

Put God First. Easy to do in the Christian school, not as easy in a secular school. But…definitely the things to do in your life. It is the only way to live.

Consistency. Every day at the Christian school the teachers had a devotional time before beginning the day. Everyday Bro. Johnson had something to say with the word consistency in it. I have learned that consistency in all things works.

Every Child Can Succeed. Children are unique and God has plans for each one of them. Each one can be motivated you just have to find the key. You need to know your children so that you can find the key. Motivation can be in the form of bribery, verbal, or time spent doing something the child loves to do.

How to Discipline My Children (out of love not anger) My mother use to go nuts when she was mad at something we did. The school taught me if the child sinned to give them a lick with the paddle for each offense. Tell them how many they are getting and then send them to their room. Go in and pray with them and sometime later in the day make sure you touch them on the shoulder or hug them and let them know you love them.

Prayer First. Starting the day out with prayer really makes the day go better.
Fasting should be a way of life. We use to take a day a week to fast. It was so much better taking that one-day each week instead of doing it every now and then when you think you need to for something special.

Hiding the word of God in your heart is so valuable. There is nothing better to put in your brain then the word of God. All the scriptures that the students had to learn I had to learn. Or maybe I just learned from hearing them so much. But lessons like, to have friends you must show yourself friendly, and I can do all things through Christ, will ever be a part of me.

Thanks LCA, and thank you Lord for all the wonderful lessons you have taught me.

We Grew Old Together

We grew old together. We grew up together. When I fell in love it was in high school. I married my high school sweetheart. We grew up and grew old together. Nobody knows you like a spouse you started dating at 16 years old. Someone you knew since you were 15.

I read somewhere that the lose of a child will more than likely split up a marriage, or in some cases bring you closer together. I guess there are only two ways to go with a marriage anyways. But I do know that if you are married and lose a child, no one knows how you feel when you lose your child. But you do know that the one you loved, the one who loved that child as much as you is feeling as much pain as you. You share your lose for the child you both loved. With time you understand that others have felt the same kind of pain, but you share this particular loss with your mate.

You age together, some gracefully, others not so gracefully. As you age together you stay the same age difference as you have at all times. You enjoy each stage of your life together. It was fun to be young together, it was fun to have young children together. It was wonderful watching the children grow up and become young adults that only you two can share the same pride in. No one can love these children more than you and your spouse. So where am I going with this, I don't even know. Just enjoy growing old with your spouse.

Rambling 'On

Guess I was just way to serious for everyone with my last post. Or no one has any better ideas on what to do with this kid. But that's alright, he is in God's hands. I believe in miracles and it will be a miracle to see him as an adult living for God. And I do believe I will see this.

God gave us these two boys to raise. I say us because it is a family matter. God did not teach me to swim to have me drown and he did not give these boys to us to show them truth to have them lost. Even Jennifer has truth inside of her. She may be running from God, but she knows wherever she runs He is still there.

God is in control. Control of my health, control of my future. I received 50 days, which is the limit from my coworkers for sick days. That means I can take off 50 days before the end of the school year and still get paid. Of course I will only use them if I am sick or doing chemo. God is good.

Have a great week everyone. God bless.

Thankfulness

I am thankful. Thankful for so many things that I could not list them all. I am thankful to be alive. I am thankful that God chose me. I am thankful for truth and living a life where God is number one. So the question I pose to my cyber friends is how do you teach thankfulness? I am at my wits end trying to get it across to one of my teenagers. Let me tell the story. If any of you other teenagers read this he will never know about this unless you tell him. So whatever, it would just be one more thing that he can get aggravated with me for.

First I bought him some tennis shoes for school. I bought them at Wal-mart. Big mistake. He would not wear them. Refused to wear them. I finally gave them to my nephew, who has appreciated them and wears them. My son has worn his old ones rather then wear a non-name brand. Well guess what, they are falling apart. He needs tennis shoes. Well, I went to Wal-mart and got the cheapest ones I could because he might not wear these either. Why waste my money. He told me I could go and get name brand ones at Payless for $20. Now it is the matter of name brands. I refuse to buy name brand. Some things are worth it, and some are not.

While at the store today, he goes into the other son's room and helps himself to his basketball. Why? because he left his outside after being told repeatly not to and it was stolen. So I tell him he owes him an apology for going in his room, that hasn't happened. And where is the basketball that he took from his brother's room? You guessed it, outside. He left it outside. And I am the mean one.

He goes to school and gets in trouble for telling the teacher he doesn't want to do that job, he wants a different one. What? And he wonders why the teacher is upset.

He wants to get a license and wants me to go online and help him get it. He thinks you can go online and get it for $25 and then I can teach him. NOT ME! I know my limitations and teaching a teenager to drive is way past them. Sorry you will have to go through driver's ed. just like the older ones.

So what is an old mother to do? I think the boys learned about being thankful when we went to do Street RAGE on the other side of town. They saw the way others lived. Now these boys came from some bad situations, so why does one expect everything and not want to accept what you want to give. I have tried to tell him it just makes it that much harder for me to want to give.

Ok, Ok, I will try and put this behind me. But really if you have any suggestions that might work I am open to them.

TGIF

Yes, thank God it's Friday. I know people say you are wishing your life away when you wish it was Friday or whenever, but...Thank God it's Friday! Just got home from school. I need to share what I learned from one of my kids today.

If I get a Chihuahua it will take away my cancer. Chihuahuas heal cancer. This little eight year old told me this because his mother "use to be a doctor, she works for the city now". Soooo... I really don't want any more dogs, I'll just trust in God.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Blogging for Kids

I was reading an educational magazine today that was talking about blogging for children. I thought that would be neat as long as we could read posts before posting them. The kids would read more and write more. (and maybe we could open up blogs through the firewall)

Whatcha think?

Grade Book Online

I love it as a parent and hate it as a teacher.

As a parent I get to sit at my computer, at home or at school and look up my children's grades. I can click on the grade and see what made that grade. This has really cut down on the zeroes one of my sons was getting for not turning in work. In fact he hasn't had a zero in the gradebook in the last two six week marking periods. And so far so good for one of them this six weeks. The other has all kind of excuses that I will let go by for a week and see if he has corrected the problem before I send an email to anyone.

As a teacher I have to make sure all my grades are updated for the progress reports that go out. Of course then you have Mrs. Concerned Mother calling about Johnny's grade because he has 75 and he had a 90 last marking period. Well we have six more weeks to go and a lot of grades. I am sure Johnny will bring it up. How come there are only a few grades for this three weeks? and so on and so forth. You have to make sure your parents understand your grading system. Like if homework is not turned in I just take off 10 points from the work that was done in class. So they may have seen an 83 on the paper but when they look online it is a 73. The joys of teaching.

But all in all I love the grades being online for me to look at anytime for my kids. Of course I don't understand why the high school teachers don't have the grades up every week like we have to.

If you are a parent of a child in the WFISD school district you really need to ask about getting an account to check your child's grades online. You will love it. (and it will keep your teacher on her toes)

Now as a teacher, ask the teacher before blaming her for trying to make your child fail. Believe me, no teacher wants to make a child fail.

Grade book online has an A+ from me.

Snow Memories

I remember the year that it snowed so hard my mother tied a rope to my brother and then to the house so he could cross the driveway. Across the driveway was the hay barn that also housed a horse, that needed to be fed. You couldn't even see across the driveway. The rope stay tied to the barn door for a few days. The snow covered the cars and the tractor that year. The only thing you could see from the car was the antenna and the only thing on the tractor was the pipe. We were off school for a week. The snow plow came down the street and had to keep backing up and plowing or pushing. Then it would stop and back up and push some more snow out of the way. When the snowing finally stopped we were able to go play outside. I am sure my mother kicked us all out. We dug out the tractor seat and sat in it, and made forts galore. You were never suppose to make forts in drifts but what else would you do. We made forts out of blocks of snow and had snowball fights.

Snow was so much fun as a child. The man down the street always made a makeshift ice rink. I began ice skating with a pair of skates that had two runners on the bottom. You would have to stop every now and then to clean out the runners. We called them gutters. I have a nice scar above one knee from falling as a teenager. The end of the skate went through all the layers of clothes and into the skin. Still ice skating was so much fun.

Toboganning. When I first came to Texas I heard a man ask where the tobogans were in the store. I was thinking what is he asking for one of those for there is not enough snow for toboganning. Well, it was for his head. Another story all together. Joe and I went toboganning on a date. We were in love but not married yet. He was on the front of a long tobogan and his brothers were behind him. The first one has his legs folded under the front of the tobogan and the rest had their legs around the person in front of them. As they sped down the hill they headed straight for a concrete wall. The brothers started piling out. Now in Joe's defense it is hard to see when all the snow is flying in your face so the next thing you know Joe is laying on the ground next to concrete wall and the tobogan is broken. My bad sense of humor kicked in and I could not stop laughing. Joe was so mad at me. He was saying how can you say you love me and laugh at me, I'm hurt. Oh well, he got use to it over all our years together.

The last memory was the reality of the weather in NY. Our car would not start and Joe brought in the spark plugs and put them in the over on warm. After a few minutes he took them back out to the car and put them in and then the car started. The next winter we were in Texas.

I love getting just enough snow to make a snowman about once a year. Stay warm all my northern friends, it was up to 50 today and felt great.

Sitting at Home

Here I am sitting at home. Was running a fever last night and early today. Seem to be doing a little better. Still aching all over. But no one really wants to hear that. I need to get dressed but don't feel like that. Been living off of Tylenol.

My brother came over to do some maintenance that is long over due. David had jumped on the garage door and broke it. The pool was backwashed the other day and still leaking out. The hinge on the back gate is broken. Look at all the things that go to pot when your husband is not here to fix them right up. He got the pool stopped from leaking and we need to get parts for the rest sooooooo hopefully everything will be fixed soon. Enough gripping.

Had a wonderful service Sunday morning. Missed Sunday evening with the elevated temp, feeling sick, and aching. Hope everything will be back to normal for tomorrow. This week is my week off of chemo and I was looking forward to having a feel good week.

God is still in control and He is so good to me. Jody said one of her boys says she was becoming more like her Aunt Barbara. I hope that was a compliment. I know it wasn't meant to be, but I would take it to mean that God is making a difference in her life. Glory to God.

Joe's father asked to go to church yesterday. The first in over 30 years. He is 78 years old and having a lot of health problems. We are all praying that he will get his life right with God before He calls him home.

Love the Weekends!

Not that I hate my job. I love my job, but I love weekends.

Jason came up from Dallas to visit. It was great to see him. Joseph came over also and I just love having my "boys" around. Jason and I played cards and he cooked breakfast this morning. His father use to always cook breakfast on Saturdays. Then Jody came over to hook up my high speed internet, Thanks Jody. You are the greatest. So now I am going to get spoiled and be able to put more pictures up and all that. I hope you all will enjoy it.

And of course Sunday is the Lord's day. My day of rest. I go to church, go out to eat, come home and take a nap. Wake up and go back to church. Sometimes we go out after church and sometimes we just come home, Either way it is a day of rest and refreshing. Since we missed last week because of the weather I can't wait for tomorrow. I hope everyone has a very restful weekend

Like Him

"Oh, make me what You want, dear Lord, a vessel You can use!"

I prayed with heart sincere and true-His will is all I choose.

I did not know the tools it took to mold me to His will

but as He worked, I tried to be obedient, calm and still.

It wasn't easy when I felt the chisel sharp and rough

Chip off the refuse from my heart- I cried, "Lord, that's enough!"

And then I felt the wheels go round to turn this pot of clay

In dizziness I cried, "O Lord! I can't stand this today!

Some other time perhaps I'll yield and let You work in me,

The chisel and the wheel are more than I can bear, You see!"

And then I heard His whisper sweet: "My all sufficient grace

Is yours each moment of the day until you see My face.

I never give you more, My child, then you can ably bear.Though harsh it seems and rough to you, My strength is always there! So if you want my will My child, and like Me want to be,

You'll have to yield to chisel sharp, to wheels that shapen thee.

you'll have to feel the furnace hot that tests you to behold

The vessel that I want of you-a thing of purest gold!"

And so my yielding heart cries out, "Yes, Lord, make me like Thee!

No matter what it takes, dear Lord, just work Thy work in me;

Make me a vessel pure and clear and likened to Thy Son,

That all the world may see and know Your work in me You've done!"

by Willa Mae Whitney

Creature of Habit

I am not a monkey do. I am a creature of habit. Sitting in the same place at church. Eating at the same place of business for over 10 years every Sunday afternoon. Loving the same color and using it in my house, on my blog, and wearing it. (I'll let you figure out what that color is) When I take classes, go to seminars, I tend to sit in the same location in the room. So at least I am not a monkey.

Brandon is 16

Brandon turned 16 today. He's the blonde. It was just six years ago that I picked him up at the Children's home to bring him to the house for his 10th birthday party. It was just family and friends and we knew he would be moving in very soon. It was the next weekend to be exact. He loves pizza and had asked for pizza,

in fact he wanted his own pepperoni pizza. Well, I got him one then and got him one today. He wanted just family for his birthday and that is what we did. Aunt, Uncles, and lost of cousins came over and I brought home six pizzas. Brandon had his own but only ate half of it. He did better when he was ten. LOL. Happy birthday Son. How you have grown.

Looks like School on Time

I got up to check the computer to see if school is delayed and it looks like school on time. So everyone stay warm today and enjoy your peace and quiet. We will be locked up in the school with all the kids, it will be too cold to go outside for any kind of recess. They will be "excited" after a three day weekend.

Cancers Myths and Reality

I thought I would give you all a little cancer true/false test. I was looking on the internet about plastics in microwaves, which the plastic industry says is just a myth and there is not enough toxins to hurt anyone, just a mouse. Soooo... we will just leave that one out. So take a quiz and see how you do. I learned something:

1. What someone does as a young adult has little impact on their chances of getting cancer later in life. (true or false)


2. There is currently a cure for cancer, but the medical industry won't tell the public about it because they make too much money treating cancer patients. (true or false)


3. Electronic devices, like cell phones, can cause cancer in the people who use them. (true or false)

4. Regularly eating meat cooked on a charcoal grill will increase cancer risk. (true or false)


5. The risk of dying from cancer in the US is increasing. (true or false)

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The answers are:

1. True
2. False
3. True (Some scientific studies show a link, can not be dismissed as false. )
4. True
5. False

1. Is true because young people make choices that do effect the rest of their lives. Like smoking. Bro. Elms preached one time about this, yet young people do think nothing can happen to them. They are so young. Well, think again young people.

2. There are even books that claim they have cures for cancer. I do believe that if they had the all out cure we would know it. Something like that could not be kept a secret for long.

3. Interesting. This is the one I learned and it talked about certain brain tumors. Kind of scary.

4. And I love a good steak cooked outside, or a pork chop, or a chicken, or a hamburger, or....oh well you get the picture. And the more cooked the worse it is.

5. Thank God for this one, cancer is becoming more curable each year. The numbers are more because there are more people, but not a bigger percentage.

Hope you all learned something. And if you want to check it out yourself: Cancer Myths

and girls don't be afraid to read about the symptons of ovarian cancer.
or......
frequent urge to urinate
wieght loss
lower back pain
adbominal swelling or bloating
plevic pain

soooo.... probably more information than you want to know, but something to put in the back of your brain. Ladies, if you have any of these problems and go to the doctors and they find nothing. Have them do a simple CA125 blood test. Although this is not a 100% for sure indicator, it could save a life.

Freezing Cold Outside, Had to Adapt

It is cold outside. Church was cancelled because of the weather so we are stuck inside one more day. The boys and I got around the computer and watched and listened to church from Louisiana and then I cooked "Hunans".

It wasn't as good but I was just trying to make memories. I cooked some pizza and chicken fajita rolls. (instead of egg rolls) I also heated up some honey barbque wings instead of Hunan's chicken wings. They seemed to devour it with the same gusto they devour Hunan's every Sunday. Then for dessert they had gingerbread with cream cheese icing instead of cheesecake. It was the best I could do with what we had. LOL It was fun.

I did get to bake 24 cookies and do three loads of wash on a Sunday morning which I never get to do. If I at home on a Sunday I am too sick to do anything. So, this was a switch.

Once again I might try to get my high speed hooked up. We'll see. I have to read up on it and then see what I can do.

Stay warm friends. Put those fuzzy slippers on.

Frustrated

How frustrating. I tried blogging the pictures first through this post, that didn't work. I tried updating my flickr badge because that was messed up, now I don't have anything there. And now I have one picture with no captions. I am giving up for now. Check back later and maybe I will have straightened out this mess.

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Pic from Vacation

(David and Brandon)
Originally uploaded by bouellette.geo.

Vacation

Here it is Saturday and the ice is covering the outside. I thought I would take this time to show some pics of our trip around Texas at the end of the year. We had a wonderful time for those of you who never missed us. LOL We went to MD Anderson and went to Galveston between doctor's visits.

Then we shot over to San Antonio to visit the in-laws. We went out to dinner at the Alamo Cafe which is really neat. Very resonably priced and has different rooms from different places in Texas. When you walk it, it looks like you are outside. The next day they cooked for us. Joseph helped. We had shrimp, sausage, potatoes, and corn on the cob cooked over a fryer but with water and some kind of Louisiana seasoning.

Next we went to Bro. Gene's and Sis. Karla's for service. It was awesome. The presence of God in that small place could have moved the walls over. We had service with them, I testified even though I didn't have to. (dont' ask) and then we went to Panda Express. I know I have already told you all this but I thought it would be better with pics.

Well I am not seeing the pics here yet, but let's hope they make it to the blog. Have a great day.

Okay, so I am having a hard time getting this pics online, bear with me. I may need to hook up this high speed internet stuff I got in the mail a week ago.

I am Blessed

I am blessed in the Lord. I just feel like I attend the best church anywhere. I also know that most of you feel the same way about your church so maybe I should say I serve the best God anywhere. Because it is God that is in our churches and it is God who makes the service what it is. At least I hope He does at your church. ;-)

God always gives me just what I need. As service started last night I just started crying. I couldn’t seem to stop crying. I was just tired. I was telling God I was just tired. I figured out a while ago it is okay to tell Him things like that because He already knows. I feel bad because people notice and sometimes I think they are feeling sorry for me. Please don’t feel sorry for me. Sometimes I feel like I need to get control of myself and not cry, but then will I get what I need from God?

Then Bro. Orange came and delivered the message. It was wonderful. Of course if you heard the message I am sure you would have heard something different, so you can go listen to it at our church’s website. But, God had just confirmed that no matter where I am He is with me, I am in His will, and He will see me through to the end. I stand on His promise that He gave me at the beginning of this trial. “This sickness is not unto death.” I am reassured every time I get down that He will see me through. Even though I do not get the promise when I want it, the promise is still mine and it is from God. He cannot lie.

Kids without Parenting Skills

OK, I am on my soapbox. Now I know why most of our parents don't have parenting skills. Because they were kids when they became parents. I had a child say today that his/her mom was going to be 24 tomorrow. Well he/she just turned 9 a few months back. I said, "Didn't you just have a birthday?" He/She said, " Yes I'm 9 my mom was 14 when she had me. So another student speaks up. My mom was 14 when she had my brother/sister. And then another, My mom was 15 when she had me. Well no wonder they don't have any parenting skills. They were kids when they became parents and never had their teenage years. Of course our great country is doing it's best and we now give parenting classes for parents of students. But as you guessed it those that need it don't show up. They don't even know they need it. I remember conferencing with one of these parents and after I had made a suggestion for a consequence the question was can I do that? And where were the parents of these teenagers? Not using their parenting skills. I know some will sneak around and you can't help that, but don't we know where our young teenagers are and who they are with? Ok, I will stop. Don't even get me started on all the kids in my classroom that are being raised by Grandparents because the parents just don't want to be a parent or take responsibility. Of course that leaves me with the two that I am raising because one just didn't want to mess with them anymore and dropped them off at the children's home and refused to take them. I always thought a parent's love was just there and responsibility, well I didn't know it needed to be taught to our children that children are a responsibility.

You (I) Can Make a Difference

I have thought and thought on what Bro. Elms preached the other night. I thought about the book I read to my second graders titled "Making a Difference". This book is about conservation and I read it to the students and then we make a class book. How we can make a difference. Well I started thinking along the spiritual realm and making a difference in God's kingdom. Then I thought of the "roll it forward". Whatever that means in my mixed up brain. Sooooo........ Bro. Gene you have made a difference in my life. I watched you living for the Lord as a teenager and then as a young adult and now. Well it made a difference in the way I brought up my boys and my expectations for them. Joseph James, you made a difference in my life. You gave me a reason to live and a reason to live right. You made it a joy to get up in the morning and made life so worth while. And of course Jesus, you made everything right in my life. You are there all the time and I just don't know where I would be without you. And sooooo.... I want to make a difference this year. I want to bring some more children or adults to church. I want to share more of what Jesus has done for me and what he can do for others. I want to be an encourager like my husband was. He always had something good to say to someone. So for whatever it is worth, I am making a difference and you do to. As we teach our children all our actions have consequences. Good and bad sooooo we can make differences, good and bad. I sure don't want to be bad.

Christmas is put away, and Jason is gone.

What a day. The younger boys and I have put all the Christmas decorations away and Jason came by this morning to say goodbye. It is a sad day. I know he will come back often, but it is just not the same. I am glad he is getting on with his life, but..... Oh well. I went to chemo on Thursday and had my CA125 test. This is my cancer marker numbers. It is suppose to be under 30. Well it sure rises fast and does not go down as fast. In fact it seems to take forever to go down. I was so depressed because I was waiting for my miracle. Everytime I go to MD Anderson I want them to confirm that God has taken the cancer away. Well, that didn't happen. And my CA 125 went from 45 last week to 70 this week. I sure don't understand but I am still trusting in God. Not feeling very good isn't making it any easier.

Five Things You Probably Already Know About Me

Thanks Carla. I will try and give you some unneeded, worthless information about myself. Here goes:

1. My brother and I use to ride our bikes in the middle of winter in NY. How? My parents rented the farmhouse on a milk farm. When the cows were out we could ride our bikes up and down the barn. Nice long barn with an open area down the middle.
2. In high school I was one of those "at risk" kids. My parents were divorced and I did not apply myself to my studies. I took regular classes instead of college prep. I graduated with a hairdressers license for NY state. My vice principal would be shocked to know that I teach at a recognized school in the state of Texas.
3. The first time I met Joe I didn't like him. He was too forward and under the influence of alcohol. He kept coming over to my house while our parents played cards and was sober and we talked, for hours. It took a little bit of time for him to win me over but not too long. He always was very attentive to me. We met when I was 15, started dating at 16, married at 17, almost 18 and stayed married for 32 years. He kept his vow and we stay married till death did we part.
4. We lived in Key Largo, Florida for about 7 months. We lost our daughter there to SIDS and we moved to Texas. We have been here since 1976. Can't stand Florida to this day.
5. I started to write I am the only one in my extended biological family filled with the Holy Ghost, but Praise be to God, my niece was filled with the Holy Ghost and baptised in Jesus' Name last year. I have loved living for God since 1980. God is good.

And now it is time for someone else. I will tag my sister-in-law in NY, Margaret, and who else has not been picked.(thinking..........) My first daughter-in-law and only one right now, Kim, and I guess that is it. Love you all and think back, way back.

Back to Normal...

as we know it. The kids came back all excited about what they got for Christmas. For those of you who don't know I teach 18 little eight year olds. They may be a little younger or a little older than the exact age but that is the average for a second grade classroom. And 18, yes 18, in a room built to teach no more than 15. Oh well, some would say it is cozy. LOL I have been reading and reading and convincing myself to be upbeat. I have been reading some of Joy Haney's books. They are great, very uplifting and positive. Of course the bible has been part of my reading material and it has only positive things to say to me. So I am not to worry about the doctor's report and I am trusting in God. Trusting in God, Trusting in God, just say it over and over again. I am doing my best and thank God He knows it. He knows how I feel so there is no use in pretending I don't feel sad at times. No need to let the miserable world see that though. But....I am rambling. Sorry. I am trying to keep this blog updated. Don't want you to get bored seeing the same thing over and over again. Chemo tomorrow so keep me in your prayers.

We're Home!

What a trip. I have spent way too many hours in the van. It was a nice, short vacation. We went to MD Andersons for the doctor and Thursday we went to Galveston with our friends. It was very cool with the waves and the wind. I really enjoyed the site seeing we did.

Next we went to San Antonio. Joe's brother has built a new theater room in his house so we watched a movie each evening with them. We had a nice visit. The boys went to the flea market and then we all went bowling.

Last, but not least we left early Sunday morning to make it to church in Pflugerville. What an awesome service we had with Bro. and Sis. Holley. We went to their new Chinese eating place with them and went by to see their new home. It was great to see them and sad to leave them, yet God has them right where He is using them to further His kingdom.

And Home, there is no place like home. I took a short nap before going to watch night service. Bro. Elms did great and then we went to the fellowship hall for breakfast. Now it is time for bed.

Check out my pics to the right. You might find a picture of someone you know, or maybe even yourself. :-)

Everyone, HAVE A WONDERFUL NEW YEAR!
2007 "I Can" and let's watch the Holley's Great Adventure.