Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Another Wednesday in Virginia



Hey Everybody!
Here is a little update from our past couple of days. Monday we spent in Grove City, Ohio just resting up from our weekend. Tuesday we drove to Roanoke, Virginia where us girls begged to stop at the mall to get in a little shopping time. Well, it turns out it was the worst mall in America! We were all pretty bummed. : (
Today we finished our drive to Danville where we went to Victory Baptist Church. Pastor Branch was so kind to give us about 35 minutes to sing and give testimonies, and to let Bro. Tony bring the message. I hope that the Lord was able to use us to be a blessing and to make a lasting impression on this church.


In this picture, it's kinda hard to tell, but Kyle is busy taking down the sound system while Dustin and Caleb stand and look on. Such hard working guys we have...lol


Bro. Tony is a pretty good photographer


This is Anna. She is in the first grade but when she graduates she's gonna come to Champion! :)


Us with Pastor and Mrs. Branch and Anna

Monday, June 22, 2009

It's Been So Long!

Wow! It feels like it' s been forever since I've been on here! This is the first time I've been able to get on the internet since last my last update. This past week has been crazy busy! Wednesday - Friday we were at the Youth Conference at Gospel Light Baptist Church in Walkertown, North Carolina. It was so awesome! We got to hear Bro. Kenny Baldwin and Bro. Greg Locke preach. The Lord really moved during the conference and many young people were saved.
This past weekend we were in Ashland and Columbus, Ohio. Both services went very well and the Lord allowed Bro. Tony to preach in both churches. The presence of the Lord was especially obvious Sunday night before the preaching even started. It was so awesome to see the Lord working in people's hearts just through the message in song. We were reminded how blessed we are to have our fathers. Not only our earthly fathers, but also our heavenly Father Who loves us more than anyone else ever could.
Here are a few pics from our week, and once again, sorry it took me so long to get them up :)

After a sermon by Bro. Kenny Baldwin the altars were filled with young people wanting to ask Jesus Christ into their hearts. Deanna and Lauren had the opportunity to each lead a girl to Christ.


While at the conference, we had the opportunity to meet groups from many different colleges. We hung out alot with the girl's group from Crown. Though we didn't get a chance to take a pic with the whole group, here is a pic of one of the girls, Melissa Gleockler.


During one of the lunch hours the boys decided to throw out a few free Champion t-shirts. It was a huge hit! In this picture Kyle is winding back ready to throw one...


After we left the conference we stopped for a visit in Mayberry. While we were there we decided to lock up Kyle and Caleb for a while...lol



We stopped at Floyd's Barber Shop to sing him a tune



Caleb and Otis



Since it was so hot outside we stopped to get some milkshakes. This picture was taken in the soda shop


Barney and Andy in the courthouse :)


While on our way to Opie's Candy Shop we ran into Bro. Craig Edwards


The guys with Pastor Strachan after Sunday lunch


Us girls with Mrs. Strachan...yeah Summer's missing...she ran away



Kyle found a little friend named LuLu...he tried to sneak her in the van but it didn't work :)



Me and Summer got to stay with these 5 girls Saturday night. We had a blast!!!
(L to R: Hannah, Kelsey, Erin, Haley, and Alayna Watson)



During the service Sunday night, the Pastor called up all the men to form a choir. Here is a pic of Bro. Tony, Kyle, and Dustin



Us singing Sunday night