~Full Eclipse, Chris and Kimberly are expecting, IHC 2024~

Our family got to run up to hang out with my dear in-laws, and see the eclipse. They were in the full coverage path there in Greenville, OH.  We spent Sunday night, April 7th, with them, and then, on Monday, April 8th, we hung out with them and Michael and Beth and family, saw the eclipse, ate lots of food, and then jumped into our very loaded van and ran to Gatlinburg, TN for one of my Favorite times of the year...my beloved IHC!!! 

I wrote this on the way to IHC.

For as long as I can remember I have attended IHC.

My parents would sacrifice each year to take us to IHC. My sweet Moma would make plans way ahead and take yummy food for us to eat in our hotel room.

My brothers owned a lawn business and helped pay for our hotel since my parents were at our Christian school in Friendville, TN, and only made like $35 a week!

When I was a little girl I told my parents I would rather have IHC than Christmas gifts!!! (And I still feel the same way.)

I always got jumping up and down Happy about IHC and planned my outfits weeks in advance!!! 

As a little girl, I would come doll baby in hand, as a teenager wearing my first heels, then…

The year Phillip and I got engaged my dear parents announced our engagement in the Dayton Daily!!

After we got married we started bringing our own REAL Live baby Dolls!!

(IHC 2008. I came in a wheelchair because I was so great with child, and They said that I couldn’t come to IHC unless I rode in a wheel Chair.)

When God called us to Pastor in Phoenix, I was devastated the 2 years or so that we couldn’t come.

When we were in language school in Costa Rica, I wanted to quit school the last month just to attend IHC. (But we stayed there.)

As missionaries to Colombia and Argentina, we would sit around the computer and watch every single service and worship from afar. 

I am carrying on the tradition my Moma started by bringing all of our food to eat in our room!

No lines, no hassle, very relaxing!!

I try to buy fun snacks and drinks and have a variety of sandwhiches and something hot in the crockpot!

After seeing the eclipse, we are on our way to my Beloved - IHC - Interchurch Holiness Convention

I cannot wait to see all of y’all and worship Jesus together!!! (The photo below is from IHC last year, and that is me standing to praise my Jesus!!)

~Food I gathered to feed my family and lots of friends at IHC.~ 

~Chris & Kimberly are EXPECTING a baby end of October!!!!  We are SUPER DUPER excited to be having another grand baby!!  As you can see she wrote #rainbowbaby.    

Back in August/Sept. Sarah and Kimberly were BOTH EXPECTING!!!  

Those babies would have been 11 days apart.  

But, when we nearly lost Sarah with her ectopic pregnancy, 

2 days later Kimberly lost her baby as well.  :-(   

It was a DEEP valley for our family!  I drove down the road begging Jesus to give us BEAUTY FOR THESE ASHES!!! 

But God was faithful to be there for us and help us heal!

Now, Sarah's baby is due end of July (She's 25 weeks along) and Kimberly's baby is due end of October (she's 12 weeks along), so these 2 precious babies will be like 13 weeks apart!!!!  

Praise Jesus!!! Phillip and I absolutely cannot wait to be 

Grandpa and Grammy!!  <3

Yesterday, I got to go with Chris and Kimberly to their ultrasound and their adorable baby was bouncing everywhere!! Sooo cute!

~After the ultrasound we met for coffee.~

~You might be able to tell that 9 year old Abigail has 2 older sisters that are expecting.~

~So fun to have Timothy and Patrick at our church, Sunday, April 7th.~

~Solar Eclipse at Dad and Mom Dickinson's~

~Beth helped Kimberly trim her little puppy Chiquita.~

~Cousin Bath time...Abigail and Ava.~

~I made a double batch of my cinnamon rolls to enjoy during the Eclipse.~

~These have cream cheese coffee icing.~

~I asked Michael to take a selfie of all of us who were watching the eclipse.  

When I noticed that he wasn't including himself in the selfie, he said, don't worry, 

I got a pic of myself first. :-) ~

~Thank God for Beth's twin sister Amy, who got all of these glasses for us to use.~

~There's Michael again. :-) ~

~Us ladies, minus Grandma.~

~Then Grandma came out to be with Grandpa.~

~Greenville, OHIO, is in Darke County.~

~Kimberly's Chiquita wearing the glasses.~

~Mary took the glasses and put them over my camera and took some pics of the eclipse.~

~At the time of the eclipse, it grew Cold and dark, and was so neat!~

~Someone posted this.  So neat.~

~IHC!~

We got to Gatlinburg, TN at 1:00 AM Tuesday, April 9th.

The next morning, it was a delight to see the dogwoods in bloom!~

~And my beautiful mountains!!

I moved to TN when I was just 6 months, and was raised about 45 mins. from the Smokys until I was 11.  So, Tennessee is my Home!  God's country!~

~Elijah and Levi lived in the pool, before services started.~

~Our Global Holiness Mission took us all out for a yummy lunch!~

~I got Shrimp Alfredo!~

~Dear Corrie gave me a matching raincoat like hers!  

It was like my best friend all week, since it rained off and on each day!~

~Rob and Stephanie Ryan and family sang for singing around the piano.~

~Adorable Sarah and her baby bump!~

~Dad Sankey!~

~Ashlea, Addisen, and I...Matching in our greens.~

~Mary and Maren.~

~My nephew Bryan singing bass in a special group.~

~Noah, Patrick, Elijah, Sammy, Grayson, Jaxsen, Caleb, and Cameron.~

~Xena, Abigail, and Lexi~

~Jeremy Fuller.  

The Lord helped everyone of the preachers!  

God's sweet presence was so close!!

I understand that there were some native grandparents who attended IHC to hear their granddaughters to sing.  

They do not speak English.  

After Jeremy Fuller spoke, they told their granddaughters that they heard the sermon through the interpreter.  The granddaughters insisted that there was Not a translater, but the grandparents went on to tell all the points that Jeremy Fuller preached!!  God translated that sermon for them!!

The Grandpa got saved Tuesday night, and the Grandmother on Wednesday morning!  PRAISE JESUS!!~

~Bro. and sis. Harry Plank.~

~Heather, my Sweet friend Mrs. Diane K, Sarah and her baby girl bump.~

~Bethany and Sarah~

~Mary and some of her friends~

~Heather & Heather~

~Our dear friends Benjamin and Jaylena McDowell and their sweet family did a great 

job singing for WOW!~

~Sarah, yours truly, Clarissa, Andrea, and Julianna.~

~My Sweet friend Joanna did a great job speaking.~

~Heather, Sarah, and Becky Arnold.~

~Addisen and Mary~

~Abigail and Elli~

~Elijah and Cameron.~

~Souls seeking Jesus, and drawing closer to HIM is 

what IHC is all about.~

~We got to go out with our dear friends Benjamin and Jaylena McDowell and their sweet family!~

~Hobe Sound choir singing.~

~My sweet niece Darla playing for the Hobe Sound choir.~

~Our dear nephew, Lucas, who works his head off for IHC.~

~Elijah and Mikah~

~Rollin Mitchell~

The Lord really helped him.

~It has become a tradition on Wednesday night of IHC, for us to open up our room, and spread out lots of snacks on the bed, thus we call it my "Bedspread snack."

~There were 34 of us that night, and we had a blast!!~

~After nearly everyone left, we saw this huge bear behind our hotel.~

~I got invited to an early morning breakfast with some sweet friends 

at the Log Cabin Pancake House.~

~Was happy to meet up with my dear brother Andrew there.~

~Such a sweet group of ladies, all my friends.~

~Loved the pretty dogwoods!~

~Our Abigail.

Cannot believe that we only have 1 child left in Children's Church.~

~My dear friend Kim Hoffman.~

~Great Uncle Andrew trying to win over adorable Eva.~

~Sarah looks so cute with her baby bump.~

~Chapel of the Children~

~Abigail and her new friend Kallista Engle.~

~Abigail & Kallista~

~Abigail and her favorite cousin Bryan.~

~Kallista, Abigail, Kelsey, Aleah, and Alyssa.~

~Phillip and Bryan visiting.~

~While across the way Noah visits with some of his friends.~

~Our kids and their friends ready to sing in the youth choir.~

Dad Sankey and Bro. Plank.~

~Maren, Mary, and Addisen, with Addisen's cousin Grayson beside her. ~

~Youth Choir~

~Sarah visiting with Aunt Nesi~

~Friday after IHC we spent some fun time with Josh and Sarah and the Stampers.~

~The girls enjoying some water before we left the hotel.~

~When I showed Sarah my rain jacket that Corrie had given me, Sarah told me 

that she has the very same one.~ :-)

~I've heard of the apple barn, but had never been there.~

~We met up with the Spiveys and Nickersons.  

(I wanted to grab a selfie with all of us, but didn't get a chance.) 

~Their fried apple pies are amazing!~

~This boot is a size 22!~

~Supper at Mel's diner before we left TN.~

~And of course we stopped at Bus-cee's on the way home.~

~I had a sweet time with Jesus on my front porch after getting home from IHC~

I enjoy my blank journal that Danny and his wife from Colombia got me with my name on it.~

~President Hardy did a great job preaching on Holiness!!  Here's some quotes.~

~Fun with such sweet friends.~

~Abigail praising Jesus in Chapel of the Children.~

~Silly Abigail and Elli~

~So fun hanging out with my sweet friend Ashlea!!~

~And of course, we had to coffee together.~

~So fun to see Joanna and her adorable baby.~

~So fun to see Sis. Wanda as well!~

~Sunday night was Youth service at CNC~

Our Kimberly played the piano, and did a great job.

~Tim did a great job leading the service.~

~Chris did a great job leading the singing.~

~Noah sang in a quartet, and Jesus helped them.~

~Mary sang in a ladies group, and Jesus helped them.~

~And the Lord helped Zack as he preached.~

~Pastor visiting with Zack afterwards.~

~Friends~

~Fresh Asparagus from our garden!  Yum!~

~Blossoms on our apple trees.~

~Snapped a pic of this cute cup at Bus-cee's on the way home from IHC.~

~Actual picture of our beautiful eggs that "our girls" lay for us.~

~THIS IS MY FATHER'S WORLD...

AND THOUGH THE WRONG SEEMS OH, SO STRONG, 

GOD IS THE RULER YET!!!!!

~HEATHER~