Want to say

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MOM & DAD!

Don't want the day to go by without saying Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad.

We are so sorry we are not able to be there for this special day. Would have loved to be there. I pray that this day is a special day for you.

Though we are not able to be there our heart and thoughts are with you.

We Love You, Mom and Dad.

You are the "BESTEST" of Parents that anyone could ever have. Since God has blessed your home He will continually do so. As we have watched your lives from before till now God has brought you a long ways and to think of all those years He has brought you through.

We Love You, and I pray God blesses you with many more years to come.

Below are some pictures that we wanted to share. Some are older some are newer ones.

Christmas 2008


Christmas 2007

This was taken at our Going away Party with our church

in Grand Rapids, at the Parsanish. 2008

Taken also at the going away Party

Christmas 2008

Our Good Byes At Mom & Dad's

When we were Home for Easter 2009,

Great Grandma helping Evan with some shucking of peanuts.

I believe this was Monday morning after Easter at Great Grandpa and Grandma's.

Ruth with Grandpa while home for Easter.

Ruth with Grandma

This isn't a real clear picture, but it is a picture of Ethan doing his first oral report on a country,

which was Italy. He is just left of the Map with a picture card held up in front of his face. It was the angle the picture was taken. he really didn't have it in front of him completely.

When the Academy and Hope International Missions

had the Festival.

A couple of pictures in front of cars at the Car Show.

Wish it could have been more. Just wanted to let you know we

Love and Miss you Both,

May God Richly Bless and Keep in the center of His Will.

Enjoy the rest of the Evening.

WOW

Women of Worth

This is where the ladies of the church meet

together and have an evening out.

This was the Kickoff for the season.

We have a lot of fun, I really had a great time last night.

Tuesday, October 13, 09.

The Theme for the evening,

Circle of Friends!

Great subject. Sister Ruth Vernon, share with us the workers for the new year.

They have several things that you can participate in.

To name some:

1. Secret Sister's

(This is where you exchange your name, then

you get someone else's name, they don't know you

have them. Through out the time you send them encouraging notes, cards, gifts. What ever, they are trying to guess who you are. But you do to try and keep it a secret, then at the end of the season of WOW, they will reveal).

2. Sunshine Basket

This is where ladies turn in small wrapped gifts, to be placed in a basket. The basket is taken to someone that needs some encouragement. They open a gift a day. I recieved one of these baskets when I had my surgery. It was so much fun to have a gift to open each day. You even get something from someone maybe you don't know. That is really neat. I want to say "Thank You" to those that participated in that for me. It was up such an uplift. Thank you!

3. There are prayer groups

The ladies will meet together for prayer for the children.

4. Bible Studies

~ Either wanting to hold one in your home.

Or attending one.

5. Only One Lighted Candle!

This is where ladies meet together in Dr.Connie Palm's

and we work on things to make for the Mission Field's. It might be things for VBS, or someone that is sick. There are many things that the things are made for.

Then at WOW last night we also played a game which was really neat.

The Speaker of the night :

Sister Kristina Black

She was a wonderful speaker. Thank you Kristina, beautifully done. On Cicle Of Friends.

Below are some pictures that were taken at one of the tables. I had forgot my camera, so I am borrowing their pictures.

In this picture is Tiffany Peterson, behind her I am sorry I do not know her name, if you look over on the right of her is me. There is a gal on the right of the picture, with long hair hanging down, I am left of her
Beings it is fall they decorated with fall colors. But to go with the theme, they used circles of some kind. Notice the circles are the candle, the bowl, then the berries on the branch.

Here is one of the main center pcs.

Can you see circles in this picture?

More circles!

Then here are some cookies, circles with circles on them, plus a "friend."

More circles, these lifesavers were spread all around the dessert table. They did have other kinds of foods, like meatballs (circles), veggies and dip. Cheese and crackers, (more circles).

Then at the end of the evening, we had a "Circle of Prayer", at each table all the ladies at their table stood and held hands and had prayer. It was beautiful I thought.

Thank you Sister Vernon, and the ladies who were all envolved to make it what it was to make it all fall into place. It was a beautiful evening.