~My poem about...IHC & ME!~

~Kimberly snapped this picture of me watching IHC on Wednesday morning this year.  The rest of my family was around me in our room.~

~Mary "Singing" along with IHC.~

~IHC & Me~
Before I can even remember I went to IHC. 

That's when we became "Best Friends"...~IHC and ME!~

My excitement would build as we grew closer to Dayton

I'd try to spot the buildings close to where my IHC was waitin'! =)

My Daddy didn't make much $ back then you see,

So, my brothers gave their lawn $ so we could go to IHC.

Moma brought all our own food and we ate in our hotel

It was delicious food...crock pot meals with a yummy smell!

Each year I'd arrive with my 2 braids, new bloomers, and shiny shoes

I would come in carrying my dolly...I was "big news". ;-)

I always LOVED going to children's church--WHAT FUN!

The best songs, stories, and teachers under the sun!

I would have rather gone to IHC than have Christmas each year.

I'd rather experience IHC than receive gifts so Dear!

 Through the year I'd plan my IHC wardrobe months before... =)

Then help pack--I couldn't WAIT to go out the door!

Getting to be with my dear family and friends...OH! What Bliss!

 IHC... the 3 BEST days of each year...I NEVER wanted to MISS!

I later came with Phillip my fiance' to IHC

And my parents announced our wedding in the Dayton Daily! =)

Later God called us to pastor out in the West!

But we got to go to IHC 2 out of 5 years...I was Blest!

Then God called us to spread His Word on the mission field.

HOW WOULD I LIVE WITHOUT MY IHC?...But my heart to God did yield!

It has been 4 years since we've been to IHC

But due to "live streaming" we still "Attend" from Colombia you see!

We still dress up, make food, and gather our family around...

To watch each IHC service--ENJOYING each and every sound!

Our family feels so BLESSED to get to hear and "BE"

With our Beloved family and friends worshiping at IHC!

We sing the songs, and worship and cry as a family!

Lord willing, we'll be in Dayton 2013 and we are H.A.P.P.Y.!!  =)
                                     ~written by Heather...during IHC 2012~

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~In between IHC services we run downstairs and cook up a quick meal or snack and bring it back up to our room to see the next IHC service.  Here's Elijah yesterday with his monkey and our little snack of baked potatoes, a special baked pot. topping, and my homemade pumpkin bread.~

~Here's Elijah and Mary eating...with the white chair as their "table". =)~

The Lord is giving us a wonderful IHC 2012...our family can't wait till next year!

~Who are our friends?~

A few days ago I was reading in my Bible for my devotions.  I wasn't really "enjoying" the chapters that I was reading...for my blood BOILS when I read II. Sam. 13 about Amnon defiling his sister Tamar.  But something stood out to me, that I later pointed out to my 3 oldest children.
Amnon knew in his heart that it wasn't right to do what he was wanting.
BUT...then in verse 3 it says, "But Amnon had a friend...and Jonadab was a very subtil man!"  I told my kids that our friends can make or break us!  Whom we chose to hang out with is a very serious thing.  We WILL BE Influenced by them!  It could have been that if Amnon wouldn't have had a friend...that we would have never even have had to hear/read this horrible story in the Bible!
Due to his "friend" Jonadab's influence...Amnon not only COMMITTED AN HORRIBLE SIN...BUT LOST HIS LIFE TOO! 
I told my children to not ever be let it said OF THEM...that,  "____________  had a friend who was very subtil and led ______________ to do wrong!
Our friends can control our DESTINY! 

~Since I've been back to Colombia I've received both my March and April Better Homes and Gardens magazines.  YEA!  That's a nice gift from parents for my birthday present...and My Best Friend Jesus got them here safely knowing how much that mean to me!  (When our apt. guard handed it to me, I squealed with delight!  Later when we left the office, my timid Noah asked me if I hadn't been embarrassed to squeal like that.  =)~

 ~Kimberly got into a baking mood last night (I wonder WHERE she gets that from?! =) And baked up 3 different desserts.  Her little brother Elijah was GLAD to help lick the spatula and bowl from her brownies!~

 ~My sister found me a super cute jean skirt at our FAVORITE kind of store (second hand stores) and sent it to me.  It was made with the front panel missing...but she knew I could add some jean.
I did add some jean this week and voila I  have a fun new jean skirt!  =)
I am enjoying it!  Thank you, Laura!~

Have a blessed Lord's day!  And for those of you getting ready for IHC...we are praying that God will come in a very SWEET way in the services!  We plan to listen to/watch every service, if we can.
 

~Bed rest...AT IHC! =)~

I went last Monday for training on how to check my blood sugar 4 times a day, and what and how much to eat to help with my gestational diabetes, and I'm being careful. This will probably help reduce the fluid over time and could help baby not to get too big. I just went today (Friday) for an ultrasound and non-stress test on baby and he looks great, PRAISE THE LORD.
For those of you who didn't get to attend the Inter-Church Holiness Convention (IHC) and are curious, baby and I did get to go to IHC. =D We tried to use a wheel chair as often as possible, and shared a room with our family in the Crowne Plaza hotel right across from the convention center, which helped baby and I out a lot. It was WONDERFUL getting to be there at IHC and feel GOD'S WONDERFUL PRESENCE, hear great preaching and singing, and see family, friends and fellow bloggers. =) Here are some pics from IHC for you to enjoy.
~Nicole Cassady and I finally got to meet each other...after emailing and checking out each other's blog for MONTHS. Just like I thought before I met her...She's a dear. She gave baby a nice gift of 2 adorable outfits. Thanks, Nicole.
~Noah and Bryan trying out my wheelchair. NOTE THE "IT'S A BOY" BALLOON that I had Phillip buy and we taped to my wheelchair . =D~
~My Daddy just published his 3rd book and this picture is of him showing his book to us. (The book is dedicated to we 4 children, our mates, and our Moma! =)~
~Enjoying a snack in the room!~
~Our kids all ready for Wednesday of IHC...and the younger ones were EXCITED to be heading to children's church!~
~From L to R: Moma, Heather, Natasha and Laura enjoying Women of Worth. We ladies had a very good time laughing, sharing, crying, etc.~
~My sweetheart pushing me in my wheelchair. =)~
~Fellow blogger, Leanna and I. She is due one month AFTER me...look at how HUGE I am compared to her. The difference is that this is my 4th baby and I have the extra fluid which is making me look like I'm carrying an elephant. =)~

~Noah and Bryan eating green frosted donuts in their jammies.~
~Our happy family on Thursday of IHC!~
~Noah and Bryan in line to go up on the platform and sing with the Chapel of the children.~
~Sarah and Darla in their matching dresses getting ready to sing with the children.~
~Kimberly and Brittany ready to sing.~
~The Chapel of the Children... where at least 300 children (including ours) were singing for Jesus up on the platform.~
~All of us eating at the Spaghetti Warehouse. My sister and family, my parents, the Kemps, Sis. Sproles and us.~
~Our kids in the last IHC service.~
~~The Mass choir; which is all of the Bible college choirs singing together.~
~My dear Sister Laura and I...tired after 3 long days of IHC...but VERY HAPPY that we got to attend!~

~"Our" Missions service at IHC!~

(Throw away your magnifying glass...our dear friend Gaylerd Miller just sent me a closer view of Bro. Plank and My Moma speaking to us on the phone! =)

As I already mentioned, I (WE) LOVE IHC...but could not attend this year. BUT THANK THE LORD FOR THE STREAMING AUDIO, we got to "attend" every service in our home here in Colombia. IT WAS AWESOME! It was the next best thing to being there! =)
Some of you may have heard that during the Wednesday afternoon International service, Bro. James Plank telephoned 4 missionary families and interviewed them LIVE in front of the IHC crowd. We got the privilege of being one of the missionary families. Since we were listening to every service on the Audio Streaming...WE HEARD THAT JAMES PLANK WAS HAVING SOME OF THE MISSIONARIES' MOTHERS TALK, BEFORE HE CALLED AND TALKED TO THEIR MISSIONARY CHILDREN! THIS WAS A TOTAL SURPRISE TO WE MISSIONARIES! So, I sat by our computer and wept while Moma talked about my sister Laura Hausman's and my missionary call, (while Keith Bailey was calling Phillip on the cell phone preparing us to talk to Bro. Plank)...then James Plank got on the phone with us, and we talked to him and got to talk to Moma too. She was crying and I was crying, and it was a VERY touching, SPECIAL time. Although before the phone call we did have butterflies in our stomachs. =)

~Be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Eph. 6:10~

(James Plank also called my brother-in-law Daryl Hausman in Romania, Sally Sebo in Romania, and Marc and Melodie Sankey in Mexico!)
A dear friend Linda Massengill took a couple pics while Moma was on the platform and sent them to me! =)

(NOW...IF YOU GET OUT YOUR MAGNIFYING GLASS...you'll see that this is when Moma and Bro. Plank are talking to us on the phone! =)


(This is a pic of Janet Sankey talking, and all of the Mothers sitting on the platform, including my dear Mother!)

~Inter-church Holiness Convention~ (IHC)

Oh, It's IHC time again, I wish we could go!
I've only missed attending 7 years of my 33, you know!
To walk in and smell the familiar smells
And see all of the books, Cd's and pads and pens for sell.

To see familiar faces, dear friends, and greet each other,
And spend happy times with my Father and Mother.
To feel God's presence in a very special way...
Yes, I'll miss it....but I guess I'll be OK. =)

All of you that get to go....COUNT your blessings and enjoy it for us! =) We are praying for a special sense of God's presence in the services. Dad Sankey wrote me that we might be able to hear it live by going to a certain link. YEA! I have already listened to the first IHC service and cried and was praising GOD! I tried to put the link on here, but the blog won't let me! SORRY! =(

Since we were in Costa Rica at Spanish school last year, our last year to attend IHC was 2005...so I've included a few pics from that year!

MaryBeth, Heather, Susanna, & Kelly~





My precious Kimberly, Noah & Sarah~



Kimberly and Sarah singing in the kids choir~




Michelle, Susanna, Heather, Janet, & Kelly~


Trust ye in the Lord forever; for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength.
Isa. 26:4~