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Abigail's 4th Birthday

Abigail celebrated her 4th birthday last week. I cannot believe how my baby girl is no longer a baby. The Lord has truly blessed us. Click on the link below for memorable pictures of her special day. Enjoy!

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Oh No....Potty Training Time!

Recently, I made the decision that I needed to start potty training James before Noah (baby #4) arrives. I knew that James was ready because he knew when he went & did not like to stay in his mess. So, I planned it all out & got the supplies needed. That morning, Micah left for school & Brent went off to work at the church. So, James, Abbie & I went to the bathroom to start the "potty training." I took out a pull up, gave it to James and explained to him that he is a big boy & will now wear pull ups & go to the bathroom. He looked at me and said 'pull up for Micah, Jimmy wears diaper.' So, I thought..........minor stumbling block, we can get over that. Next, Abbie & I took turn showing James how to sit on the potty and then it was James' turn. My Jimmy looked at me, screamed 'no,' jumped off the potty and refused to come back in the bathroom. Now that is a major stumbling block......I knew that we could not move forward if he is afraid of the potty & won't even come in to the bathroom.

I know that  I've potty trained the other two kids, but I cannot remember all that I did then (pregnancy causes me to be very forgetful). I went online and looked for ways to help him with this fear. I even tried some of them (i.e. decorating the potty seat with his favorite stickers). Nothing was working. When my husband called that afternoon, I told him about my problem. He calmly said to me 'I can get him to sit on the potty.'  I am not a betting person, but I told him no way & I bet that he couldn't do it either. Later that evening and after family dinner, my husband picked up James and carried him off to the bathroom. I heard him telling James that he is a big boy now & that he needs to start using the potty. I heard James objecting and seconds later I heard the two of them singing. I thought no way! Minutes later, my husband walked back into the kitchen without James. I asked where is James....he replied proudly 'sitting on the potty.' I was dumbfounded.........I don't know how he did it, but I was and still am very thankful for my sweet husband. I am also very thankful to God for His wisdom. He instituted marriage because He understood that we needed one another. Where I may be weak my husband may be stronger and vice versa. I gladly lost a bet that day....but I sure wish that he would finish what he started with James and fully potty train him for me.

Pray for me as we continue on this journey of potty training. Take care!

Happy Potty Boy

Abbie posing with her little red hiding hood sweater (she wanted her picture taken since I was taking pictures of James).

Ladies Conference

This past weekend, I had the privilege to take three ladies to our 1st Deep South Ladies conference. Two of the ladies are members of our church and the other is a very good friend of mine, LaQuita Gresham, who lives in Mississippi. It was a great time of fellowship, even better, it was a spiritual refreshment. Our speaker was Mrs. Francie Taylor from Minnesota. She spoke on 'becoming a better sister friend', 'the virtous woman', 'ruling over your emotions' and 'the secret life.' She was a true blessing! I pray that I will have an opportunity to hear her again.

Here are a couple of pics from the conference:

The four of us with the guest speaker, Mrs. Taylor (pink & black in the middle)

The four of us

Check out her website www.keeptheheart.com You will enjoy it!

Many Firsts

This past month, I have experienced several 1st time experiences. I am so thankful for them and what the Lord has done through these experiences.

First Day Of School:

My oldest, Micah, had his 1st day of school last month. Like most moms, I had a very hard time with that. I couldn't believe that the time had come for me to let go of him just a little bit. I kept thinking of the day he was born. I am so used to having him under my watchcare all day long. However, the Lord reminded me that Micah is trult under His watchcare and will always be. Praise the Lord for that! Micah loves his school, his friends and his teacher and I know that the Lord is taking care of my baby.

My little girl, Abigail, also started school this month. My Abbie is different from my Micah. Micah LOVES to learn, Abbie on the other hand is not all that interested, though she is a very bright girl. We homeschool for about 1 1/2 hr on school days. Yet, on Abbie's 2nd day of school and after her 1st 10min. lesson, she looked up at me and said "is school over yet?" She is not in love with school like Micah, but she sure loves getting dressed for it because she getst to wear a uniform (thrift store shopping).

First Hurricane in New Orleans:

The Lord was so good to us. We do not pay much attention to the news like we should (I think). So, we did not know that a hurricane Isaac was heading our way till the Sunday prior to its arrival (2 days before). When we did, my husband decided to that we should leave that Monday after taking care of the church and making sure the people we are ministering are well.. The Lord blessed us and we went to Houston,Tx. We stayed with strangers to us but brother & sister in the Lord. We thank God for the Sloans...they are true servants of God. The Lord also took care of our church and home while we were away. We receive no water damage to both and were able to be in our home by Saturday evening and have church Sunday morning. God is so good to us!

First Baptismal Service

To make a long story very short, the Lord blessed CBC with a baptistery. We only had to pay the price of gas to pick it up in Marshall, TX. Then on the 9th of September, we were able to baptize 2 individuals into the membership of Crescent Baptist Church. We anticipate many more baptismal services in the near future. God is truly good to us. My husband and another member had plans to build a baptistery from scratch to save on money. I tell you the Lord is truly building His House at CBC ("Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it..." Ps. 127:1a).

Fishers Of Men!

This morning my husband decided to teach a lesson to the children that obedience to God produces the right fruit (out of John 15) during our family devotion. He went on to ask each child a question to get his point across....it went like this:

Dad: Micah, what kind of fruit will an apple tree have?

Micah: Apple

Dad: Abigail, what kind of fruit will an orange tree have?

Abigail: Orange

Dad: Now, what kind of fruit will a follower of Jesus have?

Micah (with much enthusiasm): Fish                                     

 He was so very proud of his answer and all we could do was laugh. We knew that he was thinking of the song "I Will Make You Fishers Of Men." I sure love the way children think...so very simple!