No Way!

James (my baby boy)



During our Wednesday night services, Pastor Givens always ask everyone for prayer requests or praise report. This includes all of our children. So, it came to James' turn...this is how the conversation went:

Pastor Givens: "James, what is one thing you are thankful for?"

James: "Thankful for Bible."

Pastor Givens: "You are thankful for the Bible?"

James: "Bible"

Pastor Givens: "That is good son! James is the Bible the Word of God?"

James: "No, NO WAY!!!"

Then there was laughter. "No Way" is James new statement. He has been saying it quite a bit lately. He answers that with almost every question and with lots of emotions. It doesn't matter if I ask him questions like "you love mommy?" The answer is "no way!" I'm not sure where he got it from, but I am so afraid that it might be from mommy.

Talk you you all later.

Happy Mother's Day!

I found this story online and wanted to share it with you all...

Tug-O-War
-Author Unkown

A family of three moved to the coast and bought a house on the beach. The only child of this family, really enjoyed snorkeling, so he went out with his friends shortly after the family moved in. The children were swimming and playing, and had no idea of the beast that lurked beneath the water.

Suddenly a 450 pound alligator grabbed the young boy and pulled him underwater. As the other children ran screaming to safety, several neighbors came outside to see what was wrong. Just as the child's mother arrived, she saw her son briefly break free of the alligator. He was racing as fast as he could to safety as his mother reached out for him. He was almost to shore, but the alligator was faster and was gaining on the boy quickly.

Just as the mother reached out and took her son's hand, the alligator grabbed his leg. At this point a tug-o-war began between the mother and the alligator. Finally, the adrenaline in this mother won, and she pulled the boy free of the alligator's jaws. The boy had several lacerations on his head and leg, and had broken many bones in his leg.

These wounds healed, but the boy would never forget the incident.

But when he told his story, he didn't show the scar on his leg or his head where the 450 pound alligator had attacked him. He showed the scars on the back of his hand, where his 95 pound mother had drawn blood with her fingernails pulling him to safety.

This story made me think that the devil and the world is after our children just like this alligator. We (as moms & dads) must fight with all that we have for them (with love & nails)!

                            Happy Mother's Day!!!

The Lord Must Build The House!

I cannot help myself, but I must brag on how God has been good to us. Psalm 127: 1 says "Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it:" God has been so good to us these past few weeks. Just a quick overview:

-Week 1 - Bro. Butler (from our home church) came down & blessed us with an 8-passenger van.

- Week 2 - Pastor Sebrell (home pastor) came for a visit & was a great encouragement to us. That week we had the greatest attendance in our Wed. night service (14).

-Week 3 - Lord blessed us with a building to rent (not the neighborhood we thought, but in the neighborhood where He wants us to minister).

We spent the next weeks preparing the building. We receive help from our dear friends, LaQuita & Daniel. Pastor Jackson & his wife, Mandy, from Metairie also came to help us in the project. We also receive lots of church items from different churches. Then this past Sunday, we had our 1st morning service. God answered my prayers and blessed us with 5 new visitors and that evening 1 soul was saved. Amen & praise the Lord!!!! I am so excited... God has shown us once again He is at work & this is His house He is building. All things in His timing.

Here are some pics (we accidentally lost some of our pics, this is all that I have):

Church Van

Preparing to paint!

Setting up chairs

Setting up nursery

Sanctuary 1

Sanctuary 2

Nursery

Pastor Givens

Attendees on 1st service

Nursery kids

New convert

Hope you enjoyed...talk to you later!