~Chris and Kimberly GOT ENGAGED!....Father's Day, & Our Mission Deputation Out West!~

 Life as usual at our house has been keeping us hopping.  :-) 

On May 24th, Chris Kline asked our Kimberly 

to MARRY HIM!!!!  

Here is the "quick version" of 

~THEIR LOVE STORY~ 

that God wrote!

In September of 2019 our mutual friend Regina had Chris and our family over to her house to have some fun around a bond fire.  

The very next day, Kimberly told her Daddy, 

"Daddy, If Chris Kline asked about getting to know me, 

the answer is YES!" 

But, Chris went back to North Carolina and we did not hear anything more from him until we went for a missionary service at his church the following May.  We had so much fun being with the Kline family, so much so that they invited us to stay another day and we celebrated Memorial Day with them. 

But then we went back home and nothing more was heard from Chris.

All this time Kimberly was secretly head over heels with Chris.  :-)

She would find pics of him on Social Media and keep them in her,

 "Recently Deleted photos" album on her phone 

(SO NO ONE WOULD SEE THEM) 

...and every 29 days she would have to RENEW them, because her phone would automatically delete the pictures in her recently deleted album.  :-)

As Mommy, I had lots of talks with Jesus about Chris and Kimberly.  

I told Jesus that I had heard lots of good things about Chris Kline, but that if he was not the ONE THAT JESUS HAD CHOSEN FOR OUR KIMBERLY, then I did not want them to get together....

BUT, IF CHRIS WAS THE RIGHT ONE, 

THEN WOULD JESUS PLEASE "LIGHT A FIRE" 

SO THAT CHRIS AND KIMBERLY COULD GET TOGETHER! :-)

WE SECRETLY PRAYED ABOUT CHRIS KLINE 

FOR 15 MONTHS!!!

In fact, Earl Newton, before he went to Heaven said these words, 

"JUST MAKE SURE YOUR DAUGHTER GETS WITH CHRIS KLINE FOR ME!"

As you know, In December, 2020, God called Kimberly to teach in the school there in Salisbury, NC.   It was not the Klines that invited her down to teach, nor was it our family that mentioned she could help...God used 2 other ladies to mention Kimberly's name to teach at the school.  :-)

Our family KNEW that God was working to answer our prayers and get Chris and Kimberly together.

Little did we know that Chris had been praying something like, 

"Lord, I don't feel comfortable getting to know someone long distance over the phone. 

So, if you want Kimberly and I together, would you please send her down here to NC, so I can get to know her. :-) "

THIS SEPTEMBER IT WILL BE 3 YEARS,

SINCE THEY FIRST 

MET AND STARTED PRAYING ABOUT EACH OTHER!!

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 

~CHRIS & KIMBERLY GET ENGAGED!!~

Soon after we got home from our Recent Mission Deputation in May, Chris had come here and tried to surprise Kimberly. 

Kimberly is like her mother, and is hard to surprise, so she guessed he was coming. :-) 

The next weekend, Kimberly tried to surprise Chris...and succeeded!  

Since Kimberly was so observant and figures out surprises easily, Chris knew that Kimberly would be suspicious that he was going to propose to her if he tried to do anything like take her out to eat, or take her to Pilot Mountain.

So, he played the engagement setting low key.  

His mother Karen loves to rearrange her house, clean, etc.  So, Kimberly never thought anything about it when she came to their house one evening and Mrs. Karen was rearranging their back porch.  The family took turns sitting out on the back porch during the evening, then they all pretended to "go to bed."

Now, it was Chris and Kimberly's turn to sit on the back porch and sip their tea. (Chris and Kimberly enjoy sitting out on the back porch.)

Kimberly was still not suspicious until he started playing his guitar and singing her a song about, "Will you Marry Me?" 

He did such a beautiful job playing and singing to her.

After he finished his song, he got down on one knee and asked her to Marry him IN SPANISH!!!  

He knew his Kimberly WELL!!! 

Kimberly Loves the Spanish language.  

Of course, her answer was YES!!! 

Then they ran in to tell his family their good news!  And then call our family.

We could not be happier with who God has sent to Marry our Kimberly!!!

And So, we are very BUSY with wonderful wedding plans, and their wedding will be here before we know it!! <3

~Here are a couple pics of the back porch where Chris asked Kimberly to marry Him.~

~Since Kimberly is engaged, I get to use my "Mother of the Bride" 

cup to coffee in again!~ 

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

In other news, Phillip had a nice Father's Day! 

~The girls helped me set a fun table for Phillip for Father's Day.  I tied the napkins like neckties.~

~We walked around the house finding things that Daddy enjoyed to use as our centerpiece.~

~Monterey Chicken on the grill.~

~Jesus helped us find this grill on the side of the road.  It can smoke using wood or grill using propane.~

~Our Missionary Deputation out West!~

~On Wednesday, April 20th, we had a missionary service at Fordland, MO Church of God Holiness.

But during the day, before our service, we got to spend time with our Dear friends sweet Becky Arnold, her mother Sis. Bryant, Anthony, and Bryan and Julianna Jones and their family!!!  

They took us around town and treated us to such yummy treats! 

~Bryan and Julianna took us out for yummy BBQ~

~FORDLAND CHURCH OF GOD HOLINESS!~

It was so good to get to worship with our dear friends at Fordland Church of God again.  I think our first deputation in 2004 is when we first came to this church.

We love these people!!  It was so nice seeing the dear Gaylerd Millers again as well!!

~Jesus really helped us and gave us a good service with the dear people here.~

~Kimberly and Paris.~

~Germayne and I.~

~On our way through to have a Missionary Service at our Christian Nation Church in Montana we stopped at Mitchell, South Dakota for the night.  We got to stay in a friend's nice Vrbo for the night! 

~Noah and Patrick.~

~The next morning before I left town, I got to go out to coffee with some dear friends! 

Clarissa and Ashlea and I have been great friends since our AZ days back in 1999-2004.  

It was so fun to have their cousin and her adorable baby join us as well! ~

~Friends~

~We grabbed some ice cream in Rapid City, SD (where my parents and I used to shop when Daddy pastored in Oelrichs, SD.).  

We were trying to HURRY to beat a HUGE BLIZZARD that was coming in!!!~

~Honey,....Jesus had to help us on that trip to Montana!!!!! 

When we would go over Mountain passes the snow would blow so hard that we could hardly see where we were going!!

Like this PICTURE BELOW was the "Welcome to Montana" sign...!  It was just a BLUR!!!

We PRAYED LOTS that trip and were VERY GRATEFUL TO JESUS when we arrived in a lower elevation town in Montana, and we were FINALLY SAFE from the storm. Thank you, Dear Jesus!~

~When we got to Montana, it was so nice to get to visit with our dear friends and Pastor of the CNC, the Deets!  

They graciously treated us to supper at Cracker Barrel

MiKayla and Kimberly. Mikayla works at Cracker Barrel. ~

~On Sunday AM we had our missionary service at the Montana Christian Nation Church. 

Here is Noah playing the offertory.~

~Phillip sharing about what God is doing in South America.~

~Joe Hooper and Noah~

~A cake that Mikayla Deets made...! 

She wrote on it, "Find the toenail!" :-D

~A yummy Pastry that our Russian Friend made.~

~My Daddy would have gone to school with Mr. Paul Taylor.  

We first met him on our first Deputation in 2004.~

~My dear friends, one from Russia and Aimee Deets.~

~On Sunday night we attended the Allegheny Church there on Northwest Indian Bible School campus.~

~We enjoyed having a nice snack with Dan and Sarah Hardy.~

~Northwest Indian Bible School...Nibs!~

~Kimberly and I took a walk near the NIBS campus.~

~It was so nice to be with Joe and Janelle Hooper and family and Joe's brother Josh!

~Joe Hooper and Noah enjoyed playing their guitars together.~

~Huckleberry honey.~

~Then we went to Arizona! We Love AZ! 

Phillip, Sarah, and Noah were all born in AZ!

~We got to go by and have a yummy dinner and a wonderful visit with Daniel and Monica Anthony and their family on the ranch where he works. 

We know what it is like to live far from the Bible Belt and so we wanted to go by and visit with the Anthonys and the Rosengreens and try to encourage them in Jesus! They encouraged us in Jesus as well.~

~Monica's yummy dessert.~

~Monica and her girls, Kimberly, Mary, Abigail, and I.~

~Then we spent night with The Rosengreens.~

~Our family melted when we saw this pic of Shiryl Rosengreen when he was a little boy.~

~Tiffany's yummy cinnamon rolls.~

~On the way out of town we stopped by the Grand Canyon.~

~THE GRAND CANYON~

Mary snapped this Beautiful pic of the Grand Canyon.~

~Heading through Flagstaff on the way down to Phoenix, AZ.~

~The Local IHC at Gospel Center Church~

(This is the church where Phillip was raised and then he later pastored there for 5 years.) 

It was neat that it worked out that we got to attend the Local IHC which was held right before we had our missionary service on Sunday!~

It was so nice being with our dear friends there, including Trint and Janette Castle.  

~We so enjoyed hearing Bro. Dan Stetler and Bro. Andy Stroud preach.

I snapped this pic of Abigail sitting beside Bro. Dan Stetler.~

~Elijah and Noah taking up the offering.~

~Phillip and our dear friend Frank H.~

~We enjoyed being with the Mayhles as well.~ 

~On Saturday morning we took the Castle Children, the Mayhle children, and Our Children up to see South Mountain.~

~We climbed around on the mountains in the hot sun.~

~Then to cool them off on the way back to Gospel Center, we got them Icees.~

Dear Sherron Quinn and I.~

~We enjoyed worshiping at Gospel Center on Sunday morning.~

~Mary sang a special with the Castle girls Sunday AM.~

~We are so excited that Bro. Trint is pastoring Gospel Center! 

When Phillip was pastoring at Gospel Center, Trint and Janette moved out to AZ shortly after they got married. Gospel Center Church was Trint's home church as well.

We so enjoyed having them in Gospel Center Church.  

Now, it is exciting to see him Pastor the Church!~  

~Phillip and I with Dear Paul and Shirley Smith and Dear Sis. Dawn Castle!~

~Sunday Afternoon we had our Missionary Service 

at Gospel Center.~

~Blake and Noah~

~Trint, Phillip, and Tracey.  They all would have attended Gospel Center Church and School together when they were young.~

~Visiting with the Mayhles and Castle's after church on Sunday night.~

~Before we left the kids got to ride on the 4 wheeler a lot.~

~On Monday afternoon our dear friends Mr. Frank and Mrs. Lee took us out for Mexican.~

~Mr. Doug and Elijah~

~Bro. Trint and Phillip~

~Mary and Kaylee~

~Our family as we said goodbye~

~We found this restaurant called "THE PLACE" in Flagstaff, AZ way back in like 2003.  Each time we go through Flag, we try to eat breakfast there.~

Thank you for visiting my blog and traveling along with us as we went on our 3 week deputation out West.  I loved getting to have this visit with you.

Prayers appreciated for our people on the fields.  Sometime before or after the wedding Phillip is praying about God's timing on taking a trip to Colombia. 

~HEATHER~