~HEATHER'S HIGHLIGHTS~: September 2020

Hello! Hello!
Well, I can tell that the quarantine is over here in our part of the woods, for we are Always on the RUN now, working for Jesus, helping others, etc.! Thus, I am just now getting to catch up on my blog!

Here are a lot of pics to enjoy!

~The Friday before Comargo Camp, the Jr. Church kids had a fun party at Scott and Sarah's.~

~COMARGO CAMP! 2020~

~A fun little welcome basket since Phillip was the youth worker at Comargo Camp.~

~We got to enjoy using Dad and Mom D's 5th wheel. It was fun to hang fun lights on the canopy.~

~Phillip was asked to do the youth at Comargo camp.

That included giving devotionals and playing games in the afternoon with them.~

~Phillip pulled out his artwork that he had drawn years ago for Richard Sparks and used this story along with other material.~

~The 3 Little Pigs that wanted to be successful Christians.~

Moma Pig telling them Goodbye, after she had "given it all she had"

to instill Christian Principles into them.~

~There they go...

The First pig was very Thankful to Jesus for His blessings, but had never asked Jesus to save his soul.

The Second pig had asked Jesus to come into His heart, but had never given Jesus full control.

The Third pig walked in the light of Holiness and was saved and sanctified.~

~The 2nd Pig being blown away.~

~The 3rd Pig was very wise...

because he spent time in God's Word every Day...

To help keep the devil away.~

~Jason Susan and his son Ryan built a nice Human Foosball for the youth to enjoy.~

~Barry and Monica Whitaker were the singers,

Bro. Keith Ledford

and Bro. Mark Hunter were the evangelists.

Jesus met with us and Kingdom work was done for Eternity!!

~Helping Grammy in the kitchen.~

~Noah, Kimberly, and Sarah were such a HUGE BLESSING helping Daddy set up for the youth games each day.~

~Craft time.~

~Dodgeball~

~Dodgeball.~

~Photo Bombing...Katrina. :-) ~

~The Whitakers, Bro. Ledford, and Bro. Hunter sang a nice trio together.~

~God's Sweet Presence was so NEAR!!

TIME AROUND THE ALTAR.... is one of the MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF OUR COMARGO CAMP!!!

~It was so nice to have Holly and a couple of her siblings here.~

~The Stampers took us Holtman's Donuts.~

~Cleaning tables~

~Searching for lost balls in the field.~

~Laura and I with our precious Daddy and Moma...we had NO IDEA that right after camp we would nearly lose him!!!

~Noah helping serve.~

~Our little annual MK meeting.~

~Washing dishes.~

~Gram, Brittany, Heather, and Kimberly~

~Daryl, Laura, Moma, Daddy, Heather, and Phillip~

~Samantha snapped this pic of us praying together before Daddy and Moma left camp.

I am SO GLAD she got this pic.

Just a few days later is when Daddy got soooo sick and we could have lost him!!!!

~Getting ready to sing for the kid's program Sunday night.~

~Phillip wanted a pic with dear Bro. Cambell.~

~Here are some nice pics that Sarah Susan captured at Comargo Camp.~

~Phillip and I were privileged to get to work with all of these wonderful Young People!!!!

Thank you, Sarah Susan, for taking this nice pic!! ~

~Working on the Boy's Room~

~Grandpa came down to help us on the boy's room.~

~Over to our dear Friends, the Eckert's House. Playing Games.~

~In the meanwhile, Dave and Regina took Phillip and I up on a 4-wheeler ride.

I successfully did a 360 flip off of the back of the 4-wheeler. :-(

But, Thank God, my back didn't get killed like I was expecting!~

~The Men at our church praying for healing for Tim.~

~Phillip and Dad rebuilt Dad's basement stairs before Dad's knee surgery.~

~The stairs turned out so nicely.~

~Happy 6th Birthday to Abigail!~

~Elijah built her this little doll house.~

~We got her a cute mask, for the times when she has to wear one.~

~We invited the Stamper family over, to surprise Abigail.~

~Daddy praying a birthday blessing over Abigail.~

~Gramp and Gram's nice card.~

~Grandpa and Grandma's nice card.~

~Sweet Aunt Carole is looking down from Heaven and enjoying when Abigail wears these sweet smocked dresses that Aunt Carole bought for her! This one is "Little Red Riding Hood." ~

~Jake and Kate come over for Sunday dinner. So, we made homemade choc. chip cookie bars, and pumpkin late, and homemade ice cream as some of our treats. ~

I Love my Sweetheart's Hands!

I love Pumpkin Spice Late!

I LOVE God's Word!

I love this picture!

~With my Sweetheart, I am Home!~

~Cheryl Dyer asked if Phillip would officiate at her Mother, Sis. Horsley's grave side service in West Union, OH. Phillip considered it a privilege to officiate.~

~Nichole, Naomi, and I.~

~Our family sang at the graveside service.

Here we are with our dear friend Cheryl Dyer.~

~On the way home we took the kids to get some ice cream at a ice cream shop someone told us about.~

~Elijah and Mary's chickens are starting to lay their beautiful Easter Colored Eggs.

They are selling them now.~

~A Dear Neighbor has opened up her pool for our family to enjoy!

We don't have a ton of extra time on our hands, but

we have loved getting to swim a few times.~

~Our 2 Dads Got SO SICK!!~

On Aug. 26th my Daddy had 6 teeth pulled.

The next day he went to the doctor for a routine check-up and she sent him Straight to the ER!!

He had had a heart attack sometime before that...

BUT GOD CREATED A MIRACLE AND WHEN THAT ARTERY COLLAPSED,

HIS HEART OPENED ANOTHER ARTERY!!!

AMAZING!!!

We could have lost him back then!

On Thursday, Aug. 27th he was rushed into surgery to have a stent put into a second artery,

that was 99% clogged!

We could have lost him that day!

He came home on Friday, Aug. 28th, and we left our Kimberly there to help take care of him and my Moma, whom we call Gram.

He started getting a fever, that would not go away.

On Wednesday, Sept. 2nd, He was sent back to the ER.

He had a Very serious infection in the site where they had inserted the Stent.

He was weak, and had No appetite, and was talking about going home to Heaven.

We were all PRAYING for we weren't ready to let him go to Heaven just yet.

He was put on very heavy antibiotics and Kept in the Hospital from Sept. 2nd-Sept. 7th!

~Daddy is Home now, Praise the Lord!! He has been through A LOT, so is still taking it easy.

~Meantime, My Father-in-law had a knee replacement on Tuesday, Sept. 1st.

The next morning when he was supposed to come home He spiked a fever and stayed in the hospital until Friday, Sept. 4th.

He is home and healing, but has still been feeling pretty miserable.

We took Sarah up there to help take care of Grandpa and Grandma.~

~On Aug. 29th, our Dear Friend and Brother, Ron Arnold went to Heaven. (Green and Black shirt.)

We are all saddened still, not that he is in Heaven,

but that we all Miss him here so Much!!

Please pray for his sweet family!!

~Darla and Bryan come to visit us!

We still had not paid them back for allll they did to help us move.

So, we tried to treat them special and took them to get coffee.~

~We made carnitas.~

~We took them out to The Greene Beanery for Coffee as a little Thank you

for allll they did to help us move!~

~Phillip has a birthday!~

~We were missing Kimberly.~

~In Downtown Greenville~

~Bro. and Sis. Leonard Sankey Celebrate their 60th Wedding anniversary!~

We have been close friends ever since I started attending their school in Bedford, IN, when I was 11!~

~It was so nice to see Mrs. Rhoda Webb!~

~So fun to see my big brother Andrew as well!!~

~On Sunday, Sept. 6th, Phillip was in charge of both services and preached both services at our Christian Nation Church. There were a lot of people out of town for Labor Day, but Jesus met with us.~

~We had a volunteer pumpkin come up in our garden! How Fun!~

~Mary reading while snuggling Sarah's "Fuzzy Bear."

Mary and Abigail were missing their big sisters since they were both gone helping

care for their Grandpas.~

~Labor Day!~
On Labor Day, we did quite a bit of labor.
We worked together on the Boy's room.~

~I stayed busy in the kitchen cooking our acorn squash, stuffing it, and cooking other yummies from our garden.~

~I took the kids and Phillip some iced cold Peach Snapple tea, to cool them off.~

~Mary and I making Pumpkin Scones.~

~If you can decipher my writing, here is that Pumpkin Scone recipe.

Our family likes to add Chocolate Chips.~

~Elijah cracked me up with his "protective ear gear"...nerf bullets! :-D
He had a really short job, or we would have had him get something better.~

~We ended our Labor Day Meal with these Red, White, and Blue Oreos.~

~Cincinnati Trump Parade!~
Kimberly and Sarah were away taking care of their Grandpas!
Phillip, Noah, and Elijah were away helping a Preacher's family work on their very fixer-upper house!
So, it was just Mary, Abigail, and I.
So, we decided to ride along with Dave and Gina in the
Cincinnati Trump Parade.
It was a Blast!!!

~"Uncle" Dwane, Abigail, and Mary all had matching hats.~

~Such! A! Fun! Patriotic Atmosphere!!!!~

~One tired Trumper!~

~We invited the Eckerts over for Sunday dinner.~

~Being together~

~Abigail started taking piano lessons from Dear Martha Miller!!~

~When a Boy practices his guitar...in the country!~

~When that same boy finds a huge bull frog.~

~We Went to Pick Up Our Sarah!!~

Sarah stayed 13 days with Grandpa and Grandma,

helping take care of Grandpa after his knee surgery.~

~Then we all drove over to IN and picked up our Kimberly!~
Kimberly stayed 20 days with Gramp and Gram helping care for Gramp after he had his stent put in his heart.