AWESOME NEWS!!

I know for some of you parents out there, there was no greater achievement that your child did then when they went to the bathroom all on their own with not prompting from you. Well that is the case with us this week. We started having a pretty bad week from finding out that the first pastor from Josh's church was resigning, to the President from Arlington Baptist College, our school resigning in June.
When Daniel finally went in the toliet, a number 2 I might add, I was tickle me pink. It is 1 small step for us and 1 large step for Daniel. We are finally closer to having him potty trained!!! PTL!!!!!!!!!!!!

As one year closes....

I hope that when everyone reads this they think long and hard about the year they had. If you have any mistakes that you made or any apologies to be made FIX them. As this year closes I am reminded at how awful I have treated my family at times. I know I need to fix the mistake, and I am taking the first step: Acknowledgement. I am not however going to make it a new year's resolution to fix it, cause if I mess up I will feel twice as bad. I am though going to make a commitment to try and not do it this year. I hope that as the new year comes upon us everyone stops and thinks about the year that they had!!

Trip to Mobile

Well so far the trip to Mobile has been an experience I will never forget. Daniel is such a good boy when we are traveling. He knows that if he is good and not crying all the time that we will soon be to our destination. We started out our trip to Mobile late because I could not get Josh to wake up. Instead of leaving at 7 a.m. we left at 8:30 a.m. Which put us getting into Mobile around 9 p.m. It made for a long drive.

Daniel was a good kid for most of the trip. He got reallly figety the last hour of the trip. His booty was going to sleep and he did not know what it was.

We are having so much fun visiting Josh's family. They all want to see how big Daniel has gotten. It is hard to believe that our little boy is now 3. He turned 3 on the 13th of this month. I hope to post pictures as soon as we get home to our computers. Will try to post more later.

Daniel loves to sing!!

I was able to get Dani singing on video finally. He won't sit still long enough to get a decent recording. Hope you enjoy!!

Josh sent this as an email update

I thought I would let everyone know how things have been going.

Christina, Daniel and I are all doing well. Christina is tired and ready for school to be out. She has been undergoing a great deal of dental work. They are pulling some teeth, fillings, corns and dentures.

Daniel will be 3 in December. He is still trying to get the hang of this potty training stuff. He has been talking a lot and singing: Jesus loves me, the B-I-B-L-E, the wheels on the bus. He is really excited about Christmas and loves Christmas trees. He has already opened one of his gifts and we rewrapped it.

We are approaching the final weeks of our fall semester at ABC. I have learned many great things about God, the Bible, myself, American history, speech, grammar and missions; however, I am a little disappointed in myself this semester, because I have not worked as hard as I have in the past. I have sat under, I believe, one of the greatest professors so far in my college experience. She has taught me so much and has been a great challenge to me in my spiritual life.

We recently joined Tabernacle Baptist Church, which is where we feel is going to be a great place to worship, grow and serve. The pastor and his family are wonderful examples to all. His sermons are powerful, challenging and thought provoking and he loves the lost and has a vision. He has been on several mission trips to help train national pastors in India. Most importantly they pray for and support our ministries.

My family and I have been holding worship services at Eden Terrace Assistant Living Home for about six months. We have thoroughly enjoyed this ministry and have seen a lot of fruit. We have an average of 10-15 in attendance each week and have seen at least one profession of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. I preached a sermon called,"The self-righteous Pharisee and the humble publican" and challenged them to come to me after the service and tell me if they had trust Jesus as their savior. After there service, Gene, one of the faithful ladies came to me and told me that she had trusted Jesus as her personal savior.

This work is challenging physically, spiritually and emotionally. A few residents are in their mid to late nineties and a few are 100. Some of them have Alzheimer or Dementia and are slowing losing their memory. It is painful to build relationships with them and then watch them slowly go down hill. I have learned so much about God, the Bible, preaching and evangelism in these past six months.

We are planning to be in Mobile, Alabama to visit family friends from December 12-22. Please pray that God would open the door for us to go and that he will keep us safe as we travel.

Oh Turkey day Oh Turkey day!! Oh wait, we eat HAM!!!!

Well today was Thanksgiving, and as usual we celebrated it with my family. My mom makes the Ham, Stuffing, Mashed and Fried Potatoes. I make the deviled eggs, dessert, veggie, sweet potatoe and green bean casserole, and this year brought the rolls. All in all it was a good day. It was definitely a time to be thankful!! We have so much to be thankful for. Josh has awesome health, I have a wonderful husband and a healthy little boy. Please pray for my mom as she broke her pinky toe this morning. I am posting just a few photos of Thanksgiving as I did not get to take very many. We will be in Mobile the 12-22 hope to see everyone there!!

Update on photos.

I thought I would let everyone see some updated photos of us. I haven't taken any photos until recently due to not knowing where our camera Charger was. Here are just a few. I am posting another one with photos of Thanksgiving. Love ya'll!!