NEW updates

Just posted some pics and new updates if you’d like to go back a little and read…June 7-present.  Keep watching for older updates to come.

writer’s block

It has been brought to my attention that I haven’t posted anything in awhile, so, over the next few days I will try to update on all of the happenings.  Thanks for staying with us though……

GA meeting

It was  a 3-day meeting in north Gainesville and it was a blessing.  More so, I think, for us, the Pastor and his wife though.  Each night a neighboring church brought their choir with them so it helped a lot with the crowd.  These kinds of meetings are hard for Billy though because there is no real progression of truth.  As a result, he preached ‘one shot’ messages.  They were a blessing, but not as helpful (in my opinion) as a week-long revival!  Pray for Pastor Hatcher and his wife as they continue to serve faithfully at Hillcrest Baptist Church.

Farmington, NM

WE’RE HERE!!!!  I can’t believe that we have the opportunity to be back in Farmington, NM again.  It is good to see Tiffany (diagnosed with Lymphoma when we were here last year)! And good to see all our other little buddies (including the big ones!) I’ll post a picture as soon as I can round them all up!

OHIO AGAIN

Lighthouse Baptist Church, the VERY first host to our VERY first week-long meeting!  What a blessing and honor to return almost 7 years later. We are quite humbled by what the Lord has done in our lives since the beginning of this ministry.  It’s a blessing to be with our friends (the DeLeon’s) again!  The Lord has truly blessed them with 8 children (well behaved, I might add) and with a sweet church.  Praise the Lord for FIRSTS and Praise the Lord for allowing us to still be serving Him!

Surprise, surprise, surprise

Gomer Pyle used to say that…remember?  Ok, maybe some people don’t, but it’s funny anyway, trust me. Last week Billy was asked to preach an ordination for a dear friend of ours, Matt Davis, from Crooked Creek Baptist Church.  So, we made a surprise visit to each of our families!  What fun!!!  Billy’s mom and grandmother didn’t think it was very funny…probably because when Billy knocked on the door he covered the ‘peep’ hole.  Ok, that wasn’t very nice, but we still surprised them.  My parents were surprised too.  My mom was home from church (because of an injury) and Billy let Mesa in the door to greet her…FUNNY!  She wasn’t really sure what to think…she knew it was Mesa, but ‘Mesa didn’t walk that good and Mesa shouldn’t be in Georgia…hmmm..who is this dog?’ When she looked up, there we were!  When my dad got home from church, Billy and I hid and let Mesa greet him at the door..  He was SHOCKED!  It’s rare we get to surprise any of our family and we were just as excited to spend some time with them.  We were able to stop and see Mom and Dad Childs too.  What a special time (we didn’t surprise them…as we didn’t want to be surprised and them not be there

fun pics

Tiger and Mesa are buddies. Here they are sleeping. Tiger was pretty gentle with Mesa.

This is the first time she’s tried to curl up…like she used to.

Progress

Mesa has been doing about the same with her back right leg until today, July 4th!  She actually drew it up and placed it several times.  We were so excited.  For the last several days, we’ve been reaching over, helping that foot plant on the pads, but today she caught on!  We’ve been doing her strengthing exercises and stretches and believe this has helped tremendously as she loves the stretching part!  Also enjoys the massages (which we started when she was a puppy, in the event she got hip dysplasia) so, the Lord really has directed all along!

Welcome!

Welcome to our Family Update! The purpose of this page will be to, obviously, update our visitors on our family.  Christy will be the sole editor of this page and will offer many challenges as well as let you into the details of what goes on ‘behind the scenes’ of the ministry the Lord has given us.  Please feel free to comment and let us know that you are praying for us and that you’ve visited.  Again, welcome and I trust you’ll be blessed by the insight Christy gives. —-Billy