Home Sweet Home ~~~ Sherry Camperson

Saturday morning of the ladies conference, I decided to go to Sherry Camperson's session on Home Sweet Home. Sherry is the first born daughter of Dr. Curtis and Geri Hutson. She's always a favorite of mine. Here are my notes from that session...

Home is the beginning and the end of the day. Home is where your story begins....

Women guide the atmosphere in the home. Every home has an atmosphere and "mom" is mainly responsible for that atmosphere. We have the ability to influence our family's attitude toward home. If we enjoy our home, our family will enjoy the home.

Biblically, we are to keep the home. If the home is in disarray, we blaspheme God.

Here are five senses to make your heart at home:

Sight ~ Look around your home. Notice your family. Take time to decorate pleasing to the eye, but take time for your children too. Be attentive to your husband.
Have inspirational things for them to read and look at.
Don't throw your keepsakes away. Use them around the house and display them attractively. For instance, she said she had a basket made of popsicle sticks she made when she was a child at VBS. She painted it black and now she serves bread in it at the dinner table.
Decorate for comfort. When someone enters your home they should feel comfortable and relaxed. Not like they've just entered a mansion and can't touch anything.
Decorate so that people will know that the Lord is there.
We miss opportunities to fellowship with others because we don't have things in order or because we don't have "wonderful" things. People could care less about what we don't have and just need our fellowship.

Hearing ~ The home should be a place where sweet words are heard. Proverbs 25:11 "A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver."
A~appropriate words
P~Pleasant words
P~Pure words
L~Lovely words
E~Encouraging words
S~Soft words
Sometimes people just need a listener. We don't always have to give advice or come up with an answer. Sometimes it's good just to listen. Our home should be a place of therapy for others.

Smell ~ Our home should have pleasant smells. Smells that make memories for our families. Maybe it's smells from the kitchen or familiar candles. The home should be filled with nice smells.

Taste ~ Men spell love F-O-O-D. A warm welcome for family and friends always includes food. Learn to cook! You don't have to become a chef, but learn to make familiar dishes your family will love and remember. Set a gracious table. Don't save the good china for company. Let your family know they're special too.

Touch ~ Touching announces to your family that you're there for them. It lets them know they're loved and makes them feel secure.

The Sweetness of the Lord ~~~ Reba Bowman

Our first speaker for the conference was Reba Bowman. If you Pastor's wives are ever looking for a wonderful speaker, here she is! She was funny and inspirational. She was an excellent speaker and the Lord used her to speak to my heart and many others. She was a blessing. Here are my notes from that session.

Do you enjoy your life? If not, what will it take to enjoy your life?

There will be times to laugh and cry in our lives. When the trials come, the Lord will do one of two things. He will either knock the trial out of the way, or He will walk us through it. Either way, we can enjoy life knowing and resting that He is in control. If we trust Him, He will show us that He is, I AM!

The trials we go through in life are things He uses to help us grow and beautify us. Everything is beautiful in His time. He is still faithful and good. Life is a gift. Enjoy it! Heaven will be a wonderful place, but don't walk around in the doom and gloom until you get there. Enjoy life now. Show others that you can enjoy life with Christ. Faith will change your walk and attitude and maybe take smoeone to Heaven with you. Life is hard.....but God is GOOD!

Be occupied with enjoying life. Don't live in the past or dread the future. The past is the past and God is already in the future. To enjoy your life, you must enjoy the Father. Your sweet time comes from time spent with Him in His word and in prayer. When we enjoy our life with Him, we honor Him.

He doesn't always give us what we want, but he ALWAYS gives us what we need. So stop griping about what you don't have and rejoice over the things you do have!

Do you have a distorted view of God? The prodigal son viewed his father as a law giver. But instead returned to a father full of grace and mercy. The eldest viewed his father as performance based. He felt he had to earn or win the fellowship of his father. How do you view your Heavenly Father? Do you view Him full of grace and mercy or are you constantly trying to earn and win His fellowship. He is not performance based. He loves us unconditionally. We can not earn or win His fellowship. All we have to do is seek it out. When we do that, His love pours out of our life. And when His love pours out of our life, that is when life is sweet.

Thanksgiving Dinners and Cosmic Bowling

Tonight was our Ladies Thanksgiving Dinner at the church. It was so good and we had such a great time.

I cooked a turkey that the church purchased and a pan of dressing. Although, my dressing was a tad salty. I was really embarassed to say it was mine. So I didn't. As a matter of fact, I wrote someone else's name on the pan. just kidding!

Mrs. Ava had us sing Patch the Pirate's Attitude Gratitude song after we ate. You know, it's hard to sing with a full belly. But it's a cute song. Have you heard it?

Normally I write a skit for our ladies meetings, but this time I just read something to the ladies I thought was cute....with exclamation, of course. Several people thought it was funny and wanted a copy of it so I thought y'all might like it too.

When I was a young turkey, new to the coop,

My big brother Mike took me out on the stoop,

There he sat me down, and he spoke real slow,

And he told me there was something I should know;

His look and his tone I will always remember,

When he told me the horrors of ..... Black November;

"Each day you'll be thick, where once you were thin,

And you'll grow a big rubbery thing under your chin."

And then one morning, when you're warm in your bed,

In'll burst the farmer's wife, and hack off your head;

"Then she'll pluck out your feathers so you're bald'n pink,

And scoop out your insides and leave ya lyin' in the sink,"

And then comes the worst part" he said not bluffing,

"She'll spread you apart and pack you with stuffing!"

Well, the rest of his words were too grim to repeat,

I sat on the stoop like a winged piece of meat,

And decided on the spot that to avoid being cooked,

I'd have to lay low and remain overlooked;

I began a new diet of nuts and granola,

High-roughage salads, juice and diet cola,

And as they ate pastries, chocolates and crepes,

I stayed in my room doing Jane Fonda tapes,

I maintained my weight of two pounds and a half,

And tried not to notice when the bigger birds laughed;

But 'twas I who was laughing, under my breath,

As they chomped and they chewed, ever closer to death;

And sure enough when Black November rolled 'round,

I was the last turkey left in the entire compound;

So now I'm a pet in the farmer's wife's lap;

I haven't a worry, so I eat and I nap,

She held me today, while sewing and humming,

She smiled at me dearly and said

"Christmas is coming........"

Isn't that cute?

I went to this meeting and didn't have my camera! Can you believe that? But my friend, Meghan, allowed me to take pictures with her camera and I'm hoping she'll get those to me soon.

After the ladies dinner, the youth group met to go Cosmic Bowling. It was a very interesting atmosphere. The kids had a great time and it was fun watching them. Hannah let me bowl one time in her spot but all I had on were socks. OK, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to guess what happened to me. Yep...wipe out. And wouldn't you know Mrs. Liz would get a picture of me on the floor? Just a little tip here...never count on the non skid tabs on your socks to keep you from sliding when you go bowling.

So that was our night. It was fun. It was adventurous.

Tomorrow we'll be attending the wedding of Bruce's cousin. It'll be good to be with the family again.

Extreme Makeover (from the inside out)~~Sherry Camperson

A little time of silliness between sessions. This is LeAnna. Nice, huh?


Elizabeth~These girls are so nutty.


One of the bathrooms in the gym was decorated as an ER.


So LeAnna decided to make her dreams of becoming a doctor come true.

Saturday's lunch consisted of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Blueberry or Banana Nut Muffins, Assorted Danishes, Bananas or Apples, Milk, Orange Juice, or Coffee. Doesn't that sound wonderful? It did to us too. But we got there too late and it was GONE!!!!! WAHHH We'll get there earlier next time. For our breakfast, we decided to share mints. lol

Sherry Camperson did another session on soul winning. It was a real "push" of encouragement to soul win. Especially when she talks about her daddy and what a soul winner he was.

Soul winning should be a priority. She told the cutest story of when she was a very little girl, about 5 or 6 years old, and she was so concerned about her Grandfather because he wasn't saved. So she would diligently give him the plan of salvation every time she saw him. And every time she would witness to him and give him the plan of salvation he would ask her, "Sherry, are you going to get saved?" And she would always say, "Well, no, I'm too young to understand." I thought that was so funny.

You cannot overdose on soul winning.

1. Why be a soul winner~Because we are here to tell others about God. II Corinthians 5:15 "And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again."

2. Hell is real~It's not a pleasant thought, but Hell is a real place. Luke 16:24 "And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in that flame." This is not a parable that Jesus was telling. We need to always keep the fact that Hell is real in the forefront of our minds.

3. Jesus is coming soon~We don't know when, so there is a sense of urgency. There are lives at stake. We also don't know when any of us will die. If the Lord touches your heart to witness to someone, even a stranger, not just someone you know personally, OBEY him. You never know!! If they reject him, you are not guilty of their blood. You've done all you can do. All that is expected.

4. Winning a soul is everlasting value. Soul winning is never a waste of time. The devil can't undo salvation.

5. Rewards for soul winning~There are crowns of rejoicing. There is joy when someone is birthed into Heaven. And crowns are given to those that do the birthing. The soul winner! Even after we are gone from this earth, we can still be receiving rewards for soul winning by the testimony we leave behind. Sherry Camperson is still getting letters of people accepting Christ from things they read by her dad. He is still collecting rewards, even though he has been gone for so many years. So you still earn rewards when you die. Our work on earth can continue baring fruit. Proverbs 11:30 "The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise."

Curtis Hutson said, "If you're afraid to win a 6ft tall sinner, find a 3ft tall sinner and win him! Just win SOMEBODY for Jesus!"

It encourages your children to be soul winners when you are a soul winner. No one is qualified to carry the gospel and tell others about Christ. But we are expected to do it.

A sin sick soul needs the balm of Gilead. Salvation will save a life forever. We can't rescue everybody, but we can rescue all we can. People may tell you no, but don't give up on soul winning. You won't catch fish every time you fish. But it's still worth fishing.

Always be prepared. Use tracts. Have them everywhere. Your purse, your pockets, your glove compartments, etc.

Be creative. Send a bunch of tracts tied to helium balloons! You never know who will find one on the ground and read it.

Prescription for a Healthy Marriage

We went back to the gym for a snack Friday night, which consisted of assorted cookies, pastries, chips and dip, coffee, hot cider, pepsi, and diet pepsi. It was yummos!

This is Brenda and Kelly T. Kelly's daughter is holding up the bunny ears. Boy! The lack of respect for parents today......;)


A group of our ladies...


A group of our girls....Hannah, Jessie, and Cassie


Elizabeth (bunny fingers girl)



LeAnna being crazy



Dana enjoying a chat with her mother, Mrs. Carolyn



Mrs. Ava, Crystay, and Tammy



Cammi...Remember the video of the boy singing I'm Going Higher? This is his momma.



Kellie R trying to hide from my camera.....HA! Keep tryin' Kellie!



April....bless her heart. Pregnant and so very tired that night. She enjoyed her time, but she was ready to lay down and get some needed maternity zzzzzz's.


Pam



The next workshop I attended was with Sherry Camperson. She is the oldest daughter of the Hutson's. She has got to be one of the SWEETEST ladies! She ADORES her family and it just radiates off of her.




This workshop was called Prescription for a Healthy Marriage. She had a handout with blanks to fill in, so I'm going to copy that. She also had an EXCELLENT tip about pumpkin pie. If you'd like to know that tip, ask me later. ;)

Sometimes conflicts in marriage are created when couples make each other unhappy by deliberately hurting one another. But most often conflicts in marriage are caused when couples fail to make each other happy simply because they are not aware of each other's vastly different needs. So, who needs what? We'll focus on the needs of the husband.

What is love? Love is the unselfish desire to meet the needs of the cherished object. Know your husband's needs and make it your goal to meet them. This is love.

Exchange the GOLDEN Rule for the PLATINUM Rule.

Instead of doing unto others as you would have them do unto you, do unto others as they would have you do unto them.

Deuteronomy 10:12,13 "And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to FEAR the Lord thy God, to WALK in all his ways, and to LOVE him, and to SERVE the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, to KEEP the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?"

RESPECT (FEAR)

While you long for family commitment, he desperately needs your admiration. You need him to be proud of his family; he needs you to be proud of him. Your husband is vulnerable to your opinions of him.

I got tickled when she said this because it is so true. Every once in a while Bruce will say something like, "I think I could be a doctor" or "I think I would be good at skydiving" or "I could be a sculptor." And I always answer back, "You can, baby!" or "You WOULD be good at that." Now, whether or not I truly believe that, he believes I believe it. And that makes him feel good to know that I have confidence in him. He knows I have a high opinion of him.

All relationships need respect and starts with it. He wants a sweet spirit from us. Respect his property and his privacy.

If he wants to talk, stop whatever it is you're doing and listen to him.

Choose to overlook his faults.

It wasn't the apple on the tree, but the pair on the ground that brought sin into the world.

"She" needs a protector. "He" needs a companion. Make him a leader by being a follower.

Recreation (WALK)

While you have a great need for conversation, your husband has a great need for you to be his recreational partner.

Learn to walk together. To play together. Find time to have fun together!

Men like their quiet time. They all have a "cave" and like to go to that "cave."

In our case, Bruce's cave is his workshop or sitting on the couch with his guitar.

Respect the cave, but he's ready for recreation, play with him.

Romance (LOVE)

While you can't do without affection, your husband cannot survive without s*e*x*u*a*l fulfillment. (I added the stars so people googling wouldn't think this was a perverted site. Thanks for that tip, Pam!) While you are attracted to his honesty and openess, your husband is drawn to your physical attractions and differences. Titus 2:4 "That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children." We need to taught how to love our husbands. When we say our marriage vows, we promise to obey. If we live by our vows and obey our husbands, we will love him. Show him physical affection. Be pretty for him. An attractive woman is made....not born!

Regard (SERVE)

While you need financial support, that is enough money to live comfortably: he needs peace and quiet, that is domestic support. While the home is your world, the home is his castle, his occupation being his world.
He is at work more than at home. When he comes home, he doesn't want to be bombarded with what's falling apart in the house and how the children disobeyed all day. He wants to be served. Greet him at the door with a kiss. Try homecooked meals for a change instead of frozen dinners or eating out. Men LOVE a good homecooked meal. Figure out his favorite recipes and make them for him.

Restrain (KEEP)

"Keep" is a military term, meaning the "last line of defense." While you need his protection, he needs your obedience of submission. Submission is not your punishment for being a woman; submission is your passport to happiness. View God's commandments as expressions of His love and protection, rather than restrictions to your happiness.

I remember someone saying once that submission is 1% action, 99% attitude. This is so true!

Submitting to another = for the glory of God. Learn what makes him tick and things that tick him off!

IF YOU KEEP ON DOING AFTER YOU GET MARRIED WHAT YOU DID BEFORE YOU GOT MARRIED IN ORDER TO GET MARRIED, YOU WON'T GET UNMARRIED!

Bethel Ladies Singing To Rescue A Sinner Like Me

Click here to hear Bethel Baptist Church ladies singing To Rescue A Sinner Like Me. They are the ladies from Kay Chandler's church. You'll need to turn up your volume a bit.

Be A Light For The Lord ~~Donna Janney

We ate our meals in the gym. All along the walls of the gym were the different tables or booths set up for shopping. WOO HOOO!! There was also a purse store and consignment shop. Everyone LOVED the consignment shop!


Me...I really dislike this picture, but I think it's the only one I got on my camera.


There were 12 bathrooms decorated by ladies in thier church. Each bathroom had a basket for you to drop your name and church's name, entering you in a drawing for a giveaway. I didn't take pics of all the bathrooms, but here are a few of my favorites.

Amy and Pam found a fireman in the hall. No, Amy....he's not real!

This one was my favorite. This bathroom was my favorite last year. Last year it was a massage room. You can click the label at the end of the post to see last years. Anyway, I just loved the little fireman. So cute!

This one had a garden theme. It made me want to come home and plant something....but I didn't.

The theme of the conference was Rescue 911 Emergency. First aid for the heartbroken, treatment for the ailing spirit, help for the distressed mind, care for the emotionally drained, and more! Here are our ladies, who eventually made our way to the balcony because we could see so much better there. Plus, Kellie had a place to nap during the seminar. LOL JUST KIDDING, KELLIE!!!!!!!! (((HUGS)))

The theme verse was Psalm 91:1 "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty."

Our first speaker for the night was Sis Donna Janney. She is one of the three daughters of Dr. Curtis and Geri Hutson and everytime I have heard her speak, it has been a joy, a blessing, and an eye opener into my personal life with Christ. She spoke on us being a light for the Lord. Sorry, this is the best pic I could get of her. :'(

Matthew 5:14-16 "Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in Heaven."

When people see us, we should be knows as the a Christian. We need to be a light for the Lord.

1. Candles give light. They're not just pretty to look at, they give off light. We don't want to shine for the beauty outside, but for the beauty in us, which is the Lord Jesus Christ.

2. Candles have to be lit. John 1:4-5 "In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not."

Jesus Christ is our power source. The closer we are to Christ, the brighter our light will be.

3. Light reveals the dust. Don't point out the dust in other's lives. Worry about your own dust. We should live our lives so that our light (CHRIST) is a convicting power for others. That's not to say we're not supposed to preach and teach against sin, but we're not supposed to point out other's sins in their lives all the while ignoring our own.

4. Candles are molded and fashioned by the maker. Christ is our Maker. We need to resemble our Heavenly Father. Be an imitation of Christ.

5. Candles set a mood. As Christians we can set a joyous atmosphere. Ephesians 5:2 "And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a scarifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour." Be a sweet lady, pleasing to the Lord.

6. A candle wick is in the center of the candle so that it shines longer and brighter. Christ is our wick. He should be the center of our hearts.

7. Candles need oxygen to burn. We need the Holy Spirit. Don't focus on just the (don'ts) of Christianity, but have a mixture of the dos too. We tend to focus on "Don't wear pants" "Don't cut your hair" "Don't go to movies" and yet we never focus on the "Do pass our tracts" "Do help your Pastor" "Do volunteer to work in your church" "Do be an encouragement to others." We need a mixture of the don'ts and the dos.

8. Candles shine more brightly on clean surfaces. We need to have integrity in our lives. When you do not trim the wick of a candle, it causes soot to build around the glass that it sits in. Just like a candle, our wicks need to be trimmed. Psalm 119: 83 "For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes." We become dirty if we don't keep oursleves groomed in Christ.

9. Matthew 6:23 "But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!" Don't let the light go out. Be a people of light. Our lights may flicker, but we mustn't let it go out, for it could help to save someone.

Our Christianity should never just sit and be pretty. Burn for Christ as a sweet smelling savor.

Ladies Conference, Gospel Light Baptist Church, 2007

Hannah and I left the house Friday morning around 8:00 AM. We were so excited about our trip and couldn't wait to get started. We stopped for a bite of breakfast, ran to the bank, and picked up Mrs. April before heading to the church.

When we got there, we loaded up, had prayer with our Pastor, and hit the road. We drove for a good bit before stopping at the Concord Mills Mall for lunch and power shopping. What a great time that was! I love that mall. I found Hannah a light kit that goes to a Japanese lantern I bought her the last time I was there. I don't know why I didn't get the light kit to begin with. That was so crazy. Anyway, I shopped with Mrs. Cammie, Mrs. Kellie, Hannah and her friend Jessie. We all met for lunch in the food court. Well, most of us did. Shopped a little more and was back on the road.

After everyone showed what they bought, passed around the brownies and other homemade treats, we settled down for the rest of the trip.

We arived at our hotel around 3:30. We stayed at the Baymont Inn....I think. Now I can't remember the name of it. LOL Anyway, we made it to the Gospel Light Baptist Church for supper. They fed us our choice of shaved roast beef or ham hoagie sandwiches, grilled onions and green peppers, shredded cheese, potato chips, dill pickle spears, orange or lime sherbert, iced tea, lemonade, or coffee. Sounds yummy, doesn't it? It was!

There were booths set up in the gym where we ate and we had a chance to do a little more shopping before the first session.

We made our way into the church and that's where it got good! I'll share more about that tomorrow.

I'm Back!

Hannah and I got back home around 9:30 last night. We had such a good time and there is so much to share with you. I have pictures and videos, and notes and stories. Of course, this being Sunday morning, I don't have time to post these, but when I do have time, I know you'll be blessed. I still have two notes to share from Brother Benny Beckum, so my posts this week will be on those notes and then the ladies conference.

The conference was at the Gospel Light Baptist Church of Walkertown, NC. Brother Bobby Roberson is the Pastor there. The Hutson sisters, their mother Geri, and Sharon Rabon were the speakers, and as usual, they were great! I wanted to go to all the workshops, but we had to choose which ones interested us most. :'( But it was such a blessing to be there, with my church sisters and we had a great time of fun, fellowship, and growing in the Lord.

I MIGHT post something this afternoon, but then again, I MIGHT come home and nap!

It's good to be home and I'm looking forward to and expecting blessings from today's services.

Fall In Love With Jesus

We had our fall ladies meeting tonight and the theme for this meeting was Fall In Love With Jesus.


Brenda (on the right) was there with her sister, who has graced our presence quite frequently lately. I know it thrills Brenda when her sisters come to church or church functions with her.

Our guest speaker tonight was the lady on the left. She is the Pastor's wife of a sister church in York, SC. Her name is Diane Seamster and I enjoyed her so much! She was great. Not to mention she had this terrific deep southern accent. At first, I thought she was from somewhere deep in Savannah or Charleston, but she's originally from Virginia. Go figure! And of course, my sweet Pastor's wife is Mrs. Ava Goodman, there on the right. I do love my Mrs. Ava!!!!

The lady on the left in this picture is someone from Mrs. Seamster's church that traveled with her tonight. She was so sweet.

This is Bless and Mrs. Willie. Mrs. Willie is one of our bus kids parents. A couple of months ago, she accepted Christ into her heart and has been faithful to church ever since and has been working in the bus ministry. She has been an absolute blessing and joy to get to know. Her husband came to church last week and got saved. Praise the Lord! And if I'm not mistaken, Bless is the one that led Mrs. Willie to the Lord. Correct me if I'm wrong, Bless!

Here is Mrs. Kellie Ross and her lovely daughter, Laurel. Laurel is such a sweet little thing. Just like her mommy!

This was the shadow box in our foyer as we walked in.

The bulletin board...isn't it pretty?

The food line...

Mrs. Seamster used an acrostic on the word FALL.

F - Give God FIRST place.

A - Be in ABSOLUTE OBEDIENCE to God. There are three reasons we will obey.

1. Because we fear God's wrath.

2. Because we try to score points with Him

3. Because we love Him.

Are you in absolute obedience and if so, why?

L - Living For Jesus. Are we sold out and dedicated to living for Him?

L - Longing to see Him. Do we have a longing to see Him face to face?

It was a wonderful time of Bible study and focussing on falling in love with Him.

Normally we have door prizes that Mrs. Ava hands out, but tonight we were all surprised to see that there were no door prizes. However, we were all pleasantly surprised of what Mrs. Ava DID do. It was so sweet. She filled a basket full of Bath and Body things and a gift certificate to Missy Huffstetler's hair salon and gave it to Mrs. Willie from us. Mrs. Willie cried and hugged Mrs. Ava and it was so sweet. She got up and testified and I didn't miss getting a door prize at all. I don't think any of us did. It was such a blessing.

Justin asked about our former Youth Pastor, Brother Mark Leonard and his wife, Amy, today

wondering how they were doing. So I looked them up on the Internet, found their number, and gave them a call. They weren't home so I left a message. I felt a little bummed that I didn't get a chance to hear her voice But then tonight at the meeting, after the devotions, Mrs. Janet plugged her ipod into the sound system and wanted us to hear a song. It was Mrs. Amy singing a song she had written, We Need To Fall In Love With Jesus Again. So not only did I have great fellowship, fun, a wonderful time of devotion, and blessings, but God did let me hear Mrs. Amy's voice tonight. So I called her when I got home and we talked for quite a while. She was humbled that her song was being used to bless this evening.

After everything was over, I took more pics. This is Amanda (on the right) and her mother in law. We were happy to have her MIL with us tonight. We did, however, miss Amanda's mother, who is battling cancer right now. We love her and are praying for her daily.

Mrs. Mott and Freida...Freida will be starting treatment tomorrow for the cancer she is recovering from. We'll be in daily prayer for her also.

Three generations of crazy women here....From left to right is Mrs. Vondie Owens, our associate Pastor's wife, Mrs. Becky, Mrs. Joann, and Donna. Sitting is Mrs. Queen, one of the SWEETEST little ladies God ever put on this earth. A prayer warrior for sure and for certain.

Mrs. Owens and her daughter Missy Huffstetler.

Me and Hannah

Meghan and Pam.

From left to right is Tammy, Kendra, Mrs. Vicki, and Mrs. Janet. Again, three generations.

April and her momma, Mrs. Linda

And last, but not least, April and Meghan comparing bellies. They're due about the same time. Are they not adorable??

We had a really wonderful time. If you do not attend your ladies meetings, you should. You will be an encouragement to those who see you there and the meeting will be an encouragement to you.