Well, we are finally up and running in the 20th century. Amazing! It is about time. So much is happening in our lives today and will be so exciting to share with our faithful friends, family and supporters. It will be challenging to find the time to blog, but I am believing God will provide the way, as He does for everything else in our life.

Just a few hints into what is currently going on. As most of you are aware, it is "hunting season", and yes, that means I am a hunting widow. Life does center around this season in our household and has for almost "25" years. Our son and grandson have already been successful, so the "heat" is really on for Randy.

I am currently enrolled in our church's ministry program "Elevate" where I am taking bible college classes as well as being a servant of the Lord. It is such a privilege to serve in this capacity. However, serving the Lord is not always easy but is always fruitful. Our church has an outreach center located in the inner city called the "Baton Rouge Dream Center". One of the programs we host there is a reading readiness program for children ages two to five. This allows us the opportunity to teach them some basics prior to Head Start or Kindergarten. I also volunteer at a women and children's shelter and assist there in many, many, many ways. There is always something to do in one fashion or another like babysitting, cooking, transporting, tutoring, mentoring, conducting bible study and just loving on those children. I also help at our Dream Center in Donaldsonville where I work mainly with the small children. And, of course, anything else God may order in my steps. The weeks are pretty full as you can see.

Randy recently returned from a mission trip to Honduras where he along with some other team members spent a week cooking at various locations, women and men's prison, Zion Church, children in Zambrano and another village and a small church in the "rough" part of Tegucigalpo. All and all, I think they cooked almost 5000 meals. It was a life changing trip for him where he came back a totally different person. Watch the video that a friend of ours put together. It makes you feel as though you are there. The video connection is at the top of the page. ( i am still learning how to do all this) THAT IS FRUIT "GOAT EYES" ON RANDY'S EYES......pretty freaky...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D3V3NC_j2w

It is amazing how God puts certain people together to get a job done. Well, this is what happen a couple months ago to me. While serving at Angola one Saturday, God placed this precious lady in my path and we connected. With her connections and efforts, she introduced me to a gentlemen that had been blessed with some Nike tennis shoes. I was so grateful to have the opportunity to help him distribute these awesome shoes to the needy children in and around Baton Rouge and Donaldsonville. What a huge blessing! The amazing thing was just a few weeks prior to this I was gathering shool supplies, uniforms and backpacks for needy children and praying for tennis shoes, as this would complete the "back to school package". Tell me, God does not answer prayers. He is faithful. However, you also better watch what you put out there. Check out my living room as I labled several hundred pair of shoes to distribute.