Some of My Summer Pictures

I'm back again! These aren't all my pictures. I may try to load some more later when I can get around to it. :D
We went to the Memphis Meeting this past weekend and we really enjoyed it and hated to have to leave on Saturday morning. I really enjoyed the sermons and look forward to reviewing my notes sometime soon. I realized later just how necessary it was that we left on Saturday and headed to Georgia. I had been told that PawPaw had really gone down, but I guess I really didn't realize just how much until I saw it for myself and it was quite heartbreaking to see him in that condition. He is at home at the moment, and I'd ask that you keep both my Granny and him in ya'll's prayers. We stayed at with my Uncle Jim and his family which was quite a treat. His two little girls are absolutely adorable and we really enjoyed the time we had to visit with them. We also visited some family and we also had the great privilege to visit Brother Jerry, Sr. in the hospital. By the time we got home yesterday we were all quite tired, but I am happy to say that almost everything is unpacked! ;)

Yes, I feel like travelin' on....

That's right! I'll be hitting the road again soon. Let's see before I go into what I'm going to be doing, I probably ought to tell you what I have done, huh. Well, let's see where was I? Oh, yes, let me tell you some of the wonderful time I had while staying at Kara's house! You're probably wondering what in the world was the 3 a.m. doggie scare. Well, I shall try to briefly tell you the little funny story. My first night at Kara's house, we were sleeping on the couch bed in the living room since her cat's dandruff seemed to be making me to sneeze a lot in her room. Her dog Duby was asleep in his little bed next to the bed where we were. Anyway, Kara and I wake up about 3 to this vicious growling and barking and Kara grabs me and I start gasping loudly and trying to keep myself from screaming. I had forgotten where I was in the midst of my deep slumber and I kept having these visions of a dog jumping on the bed and tearing my head off. Course, after we both realized what had happened we laughed and continue to laugh about it. Thankfully, that didn't happen again during the rest of my stay, but I must say that I did jump when Kara showed me the brown recluse spider that she had just found. We, of course, enjoyed our late night giggles and watching many an old movie as well as some more modern ones. I shall never forget my wonderful stay at her house and thank both her and her family for putting up with me for a week. It must indeed get rather tedious to have someone over who's allergic to the stuff I'm allergic to. ;) The zoo was also a lot of fun, though, I must say, those animals looked rather bored, don't you agree? I think the only animated creatures were those monkeys that kept calling to each other.
Anyway, Kara and I and two of her brothers headed out early Monday (July 3rd) in the G van to head to Boot Camp (Bible study camp for those of you unfamiliar. I've sure gotten some weird looks in the past when I've said that I'm going to Boot Camp.) I'd say that this BC went really well and I really feel that I was able to absorb a lot from the sessions. The theme was "Overcoming Fear" and I have a lot of fears that I need to work on overcoming. Brother Zack also preached on the Christian's proper attitude toward civil government. We also sang many patriotic songs and were able to see some fireworks from across the lake.
Well, finally a very tired young woman made a final homecoming! Dad asked me if he knew me and I asked him if he was that guy that I call Dad. We both laughed and smiled. My oldest brother and his family came in just in time for supper and later Justin surprised us my popping in unexpectedly. Jesse and I enjoyed tossing a football around with my nephew, course, when the game turned into Monkey in the Middle, Jesse practically tackled me trying to get the ball. That wasn't fun because amidst all the giggling my hair got all entangled with the ball and Jesse's arms. Oh, well, it was fun. The next day we spent walking around town and taking to the town's two museums and a few antique shops. We then came home and played Hand and Foot (a card game) and laughed a lot. We then ended the day with watching UHF. Teehee! The next day we went around some to the town garage sale and found a few things that couldn't be passed up. For instance,I found me a coat that cost a dollar that would normally cost about fifty dollars! Ah, you got to love garage sales! After running around town and about getting talked into buying a exercise system that didn't work, we finally came home and played Spoons, Clue, and Life. It was so much fun and I really hated to see them leave early Sunday morning.
Well, the rest of this week has gone well, but I'll have to tell you more later. God bless!

~HandmaidenforHim

I'm Back!!

Yes, my last post was exactly a month ago! Wow, that's hard to believe! A lot has happened in the last month and I am thoroughly tired out, but glad to be home for at least a few days. ;) Well, shall I give you a little bit of a summary of all I've been up to? I guess I shall, but I think I'll wait about loading pictures for another day because I don't really feel like loading them on here at the moment. For one thing, a lot of them need to be edited and down-sized. Anyway, my first week I went to H.H. and I must say that we had a very blessed week there. I've always enjoyed singing hymns and the singing really sounded spectacular this year! We did some recording also and I can't wait to purchase the CD when it comes out. Our high school/college class sang "The Tree of Life" and "Wonderful Grace of Jesus" on Friday night and we also sang "If My People's Hearts Are Humbled" with the junior high class. I also was in an ensemble of girls that recorded a couple of songs that sound really great. What really was amazing was all the overtones we kept hearing throughout H.H. singing. One thing I must say, though, is that it was extremely hot the first part of the week! Thankfully, it cooled down towards the last part of the week, but it was still hot!
Next, we headed on to CM! My brother and I followed some friends of ours to Tennessee and then on to CM. We got to see Stephen!!!! He seems to be doing well and seemed to really enjoy CM. The week went really well and I really feel like I learned a lot from the Bible studies and have a bunch to reflect and meditate on. I also enjoyed visiting with my many friends and playing all sorts of sports. Course, I didn't enjoy twisting my ankle playing volleyball, but after a few days it was okay. It's also too bad that I struck out twice during the girls' softball game before I finally hit the ball. I guess I shall have to tell you more about CM later because I'm running short of time as it is.
Okay, next, I went to my friend Kara's house for a week before BC. We really enjoyed visiting, laughing, staying up late, watching movies, going to the zoo, you name it, we enjoyed it! Course, in all my life, I shall never forget the 3 a.m. doggie scare my first night at her house. HEEHEE!!! I shall have to tell you of it later for, I'm running very, very, very, short on time. I guess I'll have to wait on the tale of the rest of my trip until later. Besides, I'm still pretty exhausted and feel like curling up on the couch with a good book. Talk to you later, my dear friends! God bless!!!