~Camp Victory, Christian and Bre's wedding, & events leading up to our Comargo Camp~

I cannot believe that I haven't even blogged about Camp Victory, and now Comargo Camp is history! But, then when I look at my camera on my phone...I have over 32,000 pics...I realize that we PACK a ton of things into our lives!  Serving Jesus, serving our family, serving our parents, serving Strait Creek Church and our community, and others!

So, I will post about Camp Victory, and then hope to post about Comargo soon!

The Lord gave us a wonderful Camp Victory!! God's sweet presence was super close.  

PRAYER AND THE PRAYER MEETINGS 

are what help carry this camp!!

In the morning prayer meetings, you will see young children, tweens, teens, people in their twenties, thirties, forties, fifties, and then some very seasoned saints...all worshipping Jesus, praying for camp and bringing their petitions to God. 

Another thing that makes this camp special is getting to be with our dear friends, the Spiveys, the Bryan Jones, The McDowells, The Andrew Smiths, and getting to get better acquainted with Clint and Alyssa, and lots of others.

Also, we were so happy and surprised when we found out that our Sarah, Josh, and Adelynn were going to get to come, Josh's parents the Stampers got to come, as well as a my sister Laura and brother-in-law Daryl, and their Darla, and their son Bryan, who sings bass in the HSBC quartet.

Another plus, is that my big bro Andrew, lives relatively close, and his Grant and Courtney live very close to the camp grounds.  It was so fun to get to go to Grant and Courtney's house for supper. 

Alright, Here goes LOTS of fun pics!

~ENJOY!!~

(A couple pics from Elijah's trip to FL.)

Elijah with Uncle Scott and Aunt Libby.

~One of the last nights Elijah went disc golfing with Matt Maloyed and his son.~

~CAMP VICTORY 2025~

Pics. may. not. always. be. in. order.

We got there on Monday night, before the camp started, so we ran to Denny's with the Jones Family and the Spivey children. Such a fun time.~

~Setting up camp.  Noah was stringing the lights in front of the snack bar.~

~Tuesday evening we had a delightful supper at Grant and Courtney's house!! So fun to be with them!!~

~So fun to have my big Bro Andy join us too.~

~The Lord really helped Bro. Joseph Smith from Shelbyville preach during this camp!!~

~The young people.  Bro. Jaime did a great job with them!~

~Such a hilarious time with the Jones' and the McDowells.  Love these couples!~

Shrimp Paux boy!  Delish!!

~So fun to have the McDowells join us on Tuesday!  Lots of fun laughs, bragging on Jesus, teary-eyed heart to hearts with these people! ~

~Soooo fun to have ADELYNN...Josh, Sarah, and did I mention Adelynn with us!! :-). Love that little baby to pieces!!!! (And love her parents too!)

~So nice to visit with the Jessups.~

~So nice meeting Joanna Brown.~

~Soooo glad to see some of our heroes, Ward and Naomi French!!~

~Noah was a team captian.~

~So fun to be with Bryan and Darla.~

~And to have my sister Laura and her Daryl with us.  Laura got to meet little Adelynn.~

~Fun coffee cup from Julianna...with Stok unsweetened cold brew, and Chobani Oat Milk!  Delish!~

~Adelynn styling!!~

~Benji H. introducing Adelynn to Michelle.~

~Noah enjoys driving people back and forth on the golf carts.~

~Adelynn learned to say "Goodbye."

~The McDowells gave such a beautiful mission service at Camp Victory.~

~Phillip so enjoyed visiting with Daryl.~

~Cousins~

~So nice to see Amy.~

~So fun to get to know the Smiths better.  Lots of laughs with them too.~

~Darla, Laura, Phillip and I.~

~"Uncle David" meets little Adelynn.~

~So fun to have the Stampers at camp too.~

~Macie and Abigail.~

~Saying those hard goodbyes Saturday night, since J & S needed to get back to their church for Sunday.~

~Bre getting baptized.~

~Bre's family~

~My Sweet friend Julianna took this pic and sent this to me.~

~Children's program.~

~These girls were a part of the skit about Jonah.~

~Julia Cole did a good job with our kids.

She had told the kids that if the boys lost with the offering, they would pour a bucket of cold water over Tim's head.  

But, if the girls lost, they could pour a bucket of cold water over her head!

The girls lost, so they poured water over her head!!

~Here are Abigail and Macie giving her a hug!~

~Stripe Sisters.~

~We really enjoyed the ministry of the Careys.~

~Elijah and Noah taking up offering.~

~With my sweet friends Natasha and Briana.~

~It was so fun to get to know sweet Alyssa and her husband Clinton and their sweet girls.  I wish we would have gotten to visit more with them!!~

~Dear Kelly~

~Sweet girls.~

~SAYING THOSE HARD GOODBYES TO THE MCDOWELLS!!  

~I wept!!!~

Later, 2 days before they flew out, 

we got to be apart of their zoom prayer meeting to pray for them!!

~KayLee took these fun pics and sent them to me.~

~Saying goodbye, until Next Camp Victory.~

~Found some Neat old pics.  The Spiveys and us.~

~Elijah~

~Mary and Abigail~

~I took this pic BELOW of little Abigail in Argentina!!

We have been homeschooling since 2004!

Lord willing, Abigail will graduate in 2033!

That is 29 years of Homeschooling...with God's help!

DAY BY DAY GOD HIMSELF IS NEAR ME!!

~Goodies I bought to make fun treats for our Strait Creek Church.~

~Phillip cleaning out the gutters at church.~

~Chris' grandpa Kline passed away.  

Here are Chris, Jonathan, and Kimberly playing and singing for the funeral.~

~Helping at Comargo Camp, getting things ready.~

~Dear Grammy E. always treats her workers amazingly!!~

~I found some great deals on clothes for the grand girls at Dillard's outlet.~

~Look who has learned to pull up.  (she wears these socks, so she does not put holes in her jammies.~

~Soooo good to be home and have my sweet time with Jesus on my own front porch.~

~At CNC one Wednesday night.~

~At Strait Creek CNC ...Uncle Noah has the touch.~

~Going to see Grandpa and Grandma...and showing them Noah's new car.~

~CHRISTIAN AND BRE'S 

WEDDING!~

~Phillip got the privilege of praying for the food at the reception.~

~The food was delicious.~

~We recently have found the neatest tie magnet on Amazon.  It cracked us up when it said, "This magnet will take you from Average to Alpha!" :-D

~OVER TO BE WITH MY PARENTS FOR A NIGHT.~

~Daddy took us to the yummiest pizza place around.

We surprised my sister Laura and Daryl and their family, who were arriving after us.

~Adorable little William.~

~Gram made cookies to bring to eat after our pizza.~

~My Daddy's fun garden.~

~Moma's Mint bed.~

~Abigail comparing her foot size with Gram's~

~When I was about 16, I wrote this poem and stuck it in the wedding book where my Moma had the wedding pics of my 2 brothers and my sister. The last 20 pages were for my wedding pics some day.

Moma was so shocked to see this when she went to show the wedding pics off the next time. :-)

My poem says:

To Whom it May Concern...

I'm the youngest and I'm waiting,

But the problem is, I'm not dating.

The next 20 pages are empty you see

So why not think about marrying me.

(Oops! and My Moma always told me proposing was the guy's job, oh well! HA!)

Love, Heather

~Fun old family pic.~

~Welcome Home, Elijah...from FL!!!  We missed you!!~

~We were so excited that Phillip and Noah could go swimming with us, since they never can.~

~When Elijah was showing us his videos from FL, we had to laugh at this one of his hair. ~

~Fresh summer veggies!!~

~It was so delightful to have my sister Laura and her husband Daryl come visit us for a few days!

We loved it that they could worship with us at Strait Creek Church as well!~

breakfast

We girls ran for coffee and had a great heart to heart!~

~Sean's off to college party.~

~So fun to see all of our dear CNC family!  Some we haven't seen in weeks, due to traveling to a lot of camps this summer, and Daryl and Laura haven't seen in years.~

~These 5 have been good friends for-evah!

~These young men were so happy to have Elijah back.  Elijah is happy to be back.~

~The food was delish!~

~It cracked me up that both Laura and I had similar cups...purple-ish...with the same blue 6:10 Coffee Duck on our straw.~

~Practicing softball for Comargo.~

~Hemming Phillip's dress pants.~

~Cousin Laura teaching the Bible Story on Sunday morning.~

~I love this Bible Safe gel highlighter.~

~Kimberly had us over for a fun little 30th birthday party for Chris.

She did a great job with the decorations and yummy meal.~

~Kimberly made these Mud Hen bars.  Very yummy!

Mud Hen bars are made of up 3 layer: 

A blondie-style base layer, a middle layer made with chocolate chips, and a meringue topping.

~Sweet little Adelynn, one year ago.~

~Sweet, Sweet little Adelynn.  

Josh and Sarah took these adorable pics.~

 ~HEATHER~