Monday, November 23, 2009

Pray For Sarah

Sarah and Donnie at The Crown College Sadie Hawkins Day...
I told her it was kinda weird, ''Donnie and Sarah'' you know my cousins~

Hey Ya'll this is one of my friends Sarah K.,
with her guy Donnie.
I got some pictures today,
so I thought I'd share one with ya'll.
She goes to The Crown College, me and her have been friends since I was 14.
She is so great, we were texting today(something we do alot lately) and she was just talking about going home and some things that were on her mind. So I want ya'll to be praying for her, she and all the other Crown students will be going on break for Thanksgiving... she can't go home, so she'll be going half way to her Grandma's. Pray for a safe trip!
Well I guess that's all for today...

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Old Fashioned Sunday

Old Fashioned Day, a day when we look back to a simplier time... When men and ladies dressed their very best to go to church, Preacher's preached with fire, songs were song with volume and power! The Good ol' days!
I love Old Fashioned Sunday, though the service is not very different from our regular service..we are an old fashioned church every Sunday... but it just is soo neat to step back in time!!!

Me at Church...


Mama and Daddy with their Old Fashioned clothes..
I picked Daddy's vest out...pretty cool uh?


The Fundamental 3


Donnie and Rachael...I love Donnie's BigMac overalls...I love BigMacs!!!

Donnie played his banjo, and Rachael played I'll fly away... Ahhh it was good to hear him play again, it brought back good memories.


Juan one of our Buskids, was facinated with my Hat pin...so were all the other men in church...it was funny....I took this picture of him acting crazy on the way home~ !that's Jaun!





Uncle Don, Sarah, Molly, and Aunt Amy



Katie, looking like a very grown up young lady...



Katie, Bethany, and Molly at church...



Daddy acting crazy...



Getting ready for tonight....



Tyler on the bus...Juan took this while he was acting crazy!



Bethany looking like a princess




Jennifer a true Gibson Girl




Me and Daddy ready to hit the town....




Me with my hat on....



One last picture...My Family

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Basketball Season, YAY!!!!!

Hey Ya'll, yes it's finally Basketball season!!!! I love going to the games at Sarah's school, seeing old friends from elementry school, watching the guys play, and trying to do the cheers with the cheerleaders. Ah, fun times!
Last night, after I taught piano, me and Jennifer went to the first home game this year!
We met Sarah, Megan, and Everett there, and watched part of the girls game and all of the guys game...Sadly they both lost~:(
But still was a really good game, they fought hard to win...it was very stressful!
Here's some pictures...oh and Sunday is Old Fashioned Day at church... my friend Dave says we have alot of special days at our church...hehe I guess we do...oh well I love it!


Get the Ball!!!! Oh No someone fell~


Cheerleaders...



Good one~


Go Chargers!!!!!



Everett, Megan, and Sarah...I like Megan's Shirt...use that in a Sentence...


video
Here's a video of the Charger's trying really hard to win...

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

A Very Special Testimony

This is a story about a little boy, who was the oldest of his two brothers and one sister.
They lived in a rented Farm house, and were a poor family...God had a special plan for this little boy.

He lived a hard life, growing up...because his Daddy was a drunk.
His Daddy beat him, and his mama. This made the little boy very mad! Sometimes he would get in fights with his daddy, one day when he was 16 he got into a very bad fight...and ran away from home. Now a young man, he was very mad and bitter, he claimed to be an atheist and even said that man came from monkeys! He wanted no part of God!

He began to hang around the wrong crowd, and even considered dropping out of school. But one day a teacher, pulled him to the side and asked him to please stay in school, to please try and make something of his life. He had great respect for this teacher, and worked hard to graduate.
He moved back in with his family, but still refused to talk to his Daddy...

One day he decided to date a very pretty girl, who had gone to high school with him.
This girl went to a Presbyterian church, during a Revival she asked her boyfriend to go with her to the service that night. The preacher...( who just happen to be a Baptist preacher) was preaching on Heaven that night. The young teenage boy that had gone just to be with his girlfriend, was listening to every word the preacher said. He's heart was melting, the conviction was there, he could barely stay in his pew. The preacher preached on how wonderful heaven was, things this young man had never heard! The service ended without the young man going forward, without a decision being made.

But the words that were preached that night stayed with the young man, he couldn't sleep, couldn't think... He had so many questions about God, Heaven, and Hell.

His girlfriend told him he needed to get saved, but she herself couldn't tell him how.
After weeks of asking, worrying, and conviction... The young man's girlfriend told him to go see her Brother-in-law, who was a preacher. So he finally went to the preachers house, there on his living room floor the young man knelt and asked the God that he now believed in, to forgive him of his sins and save him!

He asked his Daddy to forgive him, and he told him that he loved him. His daddy didn't understand...but he never beat him again. When he was 19, he felt the Lord calling him to preach. He at first ran from this, he had a dream of making money...and he was afraid the Lord would send him to Africa! So he ran...but the Lord wanted him to preach, and so after the Lord showed this young man, that he was God. In the Hospital this young man realized that he couldn't run from God's will.

So he surrendered to preach, where ever, and whatever God wanted.
When he was 21 he married his high school sweetheart, and started a life together...serving the Lord. His wife wanted children very badly, but Doctors said she couldn't have any, it would have to be a miracle. After nine years of praying, and treatments after treatments, and doing all they could do, they went to a Great Man of God and asked him to anoint them with oil.

This Man of God prayed over them, but told them that they must leave it in God's hands...if he wanted them to have children, then nothing could stop them from having them...but it may not be God's will.

So this young man and his wife finally left their desire for children in God's hands,
and just a couple months later, a miracle occurred. They were blessed with their first child.
God continued to bless, souls were saved, and five years later God blessed them with their second child. Year's passed and the Lord gave them two more bundles of joy,
giving them all together four beautiful little girls.
After 19 years of praying, His daddy finally walked the aisle of the young man's church and recieved Christ as his Savior!!

Through this Man of God, many souls were brought to Christ.
Many lives changed, Young men called to preach, Many children brought to church who have no family to bring them. He is a missionary in his community,
a respected, humble, Man of God.
Without this Man I would not be here, I would not be saved, I would not live in a Christian home. I love this Man! Because the story above, is my Daddy's Testimony.

1 More Wonderful thing about the South...

If you read the post below... I just wanted to say something, In the South especially where I'm from the words Merry Christmas...are still spoken in stores! I can see little by little, the changing of things. My Daddy will not allow Happy Holidays, because we don't want Christmas to change! When we go to Walmart, Target, and Lowes, people say Merry Christmas~ and a happy new year! It's a good thing to live in the south, I hope it never changes!!!!
But We as Christians, must remember the Reason for the Season is Jesus Christ... Because if we forget that, then don't expect the world to remember Merry Christmas!

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Twas The Month Before Christmas


Sarah C. emailed this poem to me...It is soo sad, but true!
So I want to be the First to wish Everyone a...Merry Christmas!
Please read this!


Twas the month before Christmas*
*When all through our land,*
*Not a Christian was praying*
*Nor taking a stand.*
*See the PC Police had taken away,*
*The reason for Christmas - no one could say.*
*The children were told by their schools not to sing,*
*About Shepherds and Wise Men and Angels and things.*
*It might hurt people's feelings, the teachers would say*
* December 25th is just a ' Holiday '.*
*Yet the shoppers were ready with cash, checks and credit*
*Pushing folks down to the floor just to get it!*
*CDs from Madonna, an X BOX, an I-pod*
*Something was changing, something quite odd! *
*Retailers promoted Ramadan and Kwanzaa*
*In hopes to sell books by Franken & Fonda.*
*As Targets were hanging their trees upside down*
* At Lowe's the word Christmas - was no where to be found.*
*At K-Mart and Staples and Penny's and Sears*
*You won't hear the word Christmas; it won't touch your ears.*
*Inclusive, sensitive, Di-ver-si-ty*
*Are words that were used to intimidate me.*
*Now Daschle, Now Darden, Now Sharpton, Wolf Blitzen*
*On Boxer, on Rather, on Kerry, on Clinton !*
*At the top of the Senate, there arose such a clatter*
*To eliminate Jesus, in all public matter.*
*And we spoke not a word, as they took away our faith*
* Forbidden to speak of salvation and grace*
*The true Gift of Christmas was exchanged and discarded*
*The reason for the season, stopped before it started.*
*So as you celebrate 'Winter Break' under your 'Dream Tree'*
*Sipping your Starbucks, listen to me.*
*Choose your words carefully, choose what you say*
*Shout MERRY CHRISTMAS , not Happy Holiday !*

Please, all Christians join together and wish everyone you meet during the holidays a
MERRY CHRISTMAS Christ is The Reason for the Christ-mas Season!

Honesty Award Again~


Hello Everybody~ Jason gave me this Award! Thank you, Jason! Don't worry about the comment thing~ We are praying for you, and hope you make it home for Christmas, safe!
Since Lindsay already gave it to me, and I already listed my 10 things...
I'm just gonna give it to some people!
Here's the Rules for ya'll...
1.Say thanks and link to the person who gave you the award.
2. Share ten "honest" things about myself (in some of these cases, I have discovered that the word "honest" is synonymous with "embarrassing").
3. Award this to seven people who's blog design/content I admire or who have encouraged me, and inform them of their win and of the rules of this award.