~HEATHER'S HIGHLIGHTS~

~I love these pics that my nephew by marriage (Lucas Wilson)

took of My Phillip speaking at Men Arise.~

The Lord really helped and gave them an Amazing Men Arise. God's sweet presence was soooo close. The last service lasted around 4 hours.

Then our guys rode thru the night to get to the Denver airport, and then flew home.

They Slept Saturday night, and by 2:00 A.M. the next night/morning we were driving Phillip back to the airport to fly out to Colombia!!!

I was so concerned about him, but God has been helping him!!

~That's our Noah right in front of his Daddy.~

~All our guys, missing Elijah, who was with the other guys taking pics for Lucas.

(And missing our son-in-law Josh Stamper, because he was in the other group.)~

~We were so happy that Josh and his dad and brother got to go too!~

~Flying back to me.~

~PHILLIP GOES TO COLOMBIA~

After Phillip got beyond security, he met our dear friends and they bought him breakfast.

PHILLIP HAD A NICE VISIT AND SERVICES WITH DANNY AND MILEIDIS IN CODACI.

Phillip enjoyed being with Rigo and Ilse and family and church.

(I'm sure he took more pics, but I only have this one.)

~Phillip had a nice visit and a good service or services with our dear friends and Co-workers

Pastor Alberto and Sis. Alba.

(Thank you so very much, Bro. Alberto, for your help making the plaque for Bro. Otoniel.) ~

~In Barbosa, Phillip presented a nice plaque to Dear Bro. Otoniel for all of his years of Service to God as a Gideon and for building a church there and pastoring for Jesus. They have suffered a lot for Jesus' sake!

(Bro. Alberto in Medellin was instrumental in helping Phillip make the plaque.

Thank you so much, Bro. Alberto.)

~Phillip enjoyed a yummy meal with our friends Carlos and Gloria and their Donna Sofia, and some of their friends.

It was because of them and their Daddy offering to license Phillip as one of their ministers, that we were even able to stay and work in Colombia.

For you see, we had come to plant churches, but in order to get a Colombian Religious visa, we had to have a Church to register under.

So, when we went in to a music store to buy a keyboard, Carlos helped us. We exchanged phone numbers, and went our way.

And that night, the Lord wouldn't let Carlos sleep.

The next day, he called and asked how he could help us.

Not only did Gloria's Father license Phillip, but her brother rented us a house in his name!!!

(He had never even met us, until the day of the signing...) He rented the house, and we just paid the rent. He had NO IDEA if we would pay our rent or not, or ruin his name.

ONLY GOD...had Dear Carlos and Gloria and their family Love, accept, and HELP us!!!

May Jesus continue to RICHLY bless them!!!

~And of course, it was awesome being with our dear friends and Co-workers Pastor Jimmy and Sis. Farly and their Natalie and her Diego and Gaby.

(As well as Jimmy's parents and Sis and family, and other family members and church.)

God gave them good on-line services and Church services.

We Love our Colombian people so Much!!!!!

And our Argentine people as well!!!!

The Good Lord willing, my Phillip will come back Monday night / Tues. morning!!!

PLEASE PRAY FOR HIS LAST SUNDAY IN COLOMBIA, AND A

SAFE TRIP HOME FOR HIM!

Also, our Noah is out of the country doing Kingdom work, and needs prayer!

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~While Phillip has been in Colombia, I/we have stayed very BUSY!

Please enjoy all of these FUN pics, including A Lot of our Adorable little Adelynn Elise!!!

One afternoon, Sarah and Adelynn met the girls and I in Florence, KY. We needed a pick-me-up so looked up a coffee shop and found this adorable one!

We so enjoyed the pretty coffee shop and being together.

~Adorable little Adelynn always has a little worried look on her sweet little face.~

~That Wednesday night we got to take Adelynn and introduce her to our CNC family!

Here's Abby holding her.~

~And the Pilmores.~

~And Adelynn got to meet the Best Pastor in the World...our Pastor Eisenhart.~

~The next Day being Thursday, I invited the Kemps over.

Of course, I enjoyed "Shopping my house" for things to place on my table for a fall table scape.

~I found these dishes at Kroger back in 2009, I think.~

~U. Bill and Bro. Kemp had a nice visit together.~

~I served a simple soup, salad, and bread and made a pumpkin dessert to serve with Ice cream.~

~Our Chris preached for the first time that Thursday night at Strait Creek Church and the Lord really helped him.

He preached on Why we go to church!~

~Mary drew this on the chalkboard in the Sunday school room at Strait Creek.~

~Beautiful Northern Lights.~

(I never got a pic of Mary for her birthday, so we took one before we ran out the door to GBS Homecoming.)

Sweet Mary!

How we Love her to pieces!

We cannot imagine our lives without her!

~God's Bible School Homecoming~

~Mary and 2 of her sweet friends.~

~Cousin Laura was so happy to be there, and received this fun shirt. (she attended GBS for a little while years ago.)~

~My Sweet friend Leanna and I.~

~U. Bill and Cousin Laura seeing Michael and Beth for the first time ever or at least in years.~

~I snapped this pic of when my man sang at HomeComing a yr. or two ago.~

~I grew up hearing the name "Bubby (or Buddy) Liles."

He had sang in a quartet with Daddy at GBS.

Daddy could not sing baritone, so Bubby (as they called him back then) SANG BARITONE and my Daddy SANG BASS!

Moma and Bubby Liles graduated together from GBS High School.

Years later, he would sing bass for the Florida Boys.

One day, when we lived in Friendsville, TN, and my brother Lincoln was around 17 or so, he told Daddy that the Florida boys were going to be in Gatlinburg, and asked if he could go.

He told Daddy that they were coming on a Sunday, but asked if he could go in and tell Bubby Liles who he was (Edgar Bryan's son) and ask if he could send his admission back later.

Daddy said that that would be fine.

I well remember that Sunday afternoon that the rest of us sat outside under a nice shade tree while Lincoln went inside.

(Daddy and Moma made $35 a week back then, so they wouldn't have had the money for any of the rest of us to attend and send it back later. Lincoln was going to pay his own way.)

When Lincoln walked in and asked for Bubby Liles, he got to meet him.

He then told him that he was Edgar Bryan's son, and asked if he could mail his admission fee back! Bubby Liles said that that was Fine!

Then, Bubby Liles said, "Where is Edgar Bryan?"

He then signed a record and brought it out to us,

so he could see Daddy and Moma!

I grew up hearing that special record.

So, you can imagine my shock and HAPPINESS when Bubby Liles sang a solo during GBS Home Coming this year.

He left before I got to talk to him. But we plan to get in contact with him soon.

~I sang in the Alumni Choir. I am on your right in the Mustard yellow suit coat.~

~After service, It was fun to hear Jamie and Matt play the piano together.~

~Dear Mrs. Diane and Myself. I love her to pieces.~

~U. Bill meeting Bro. Garen Wolf.~

~A yummy drink they passed out, which I enjoyed sipping as I watched my Mary play volleyball.~

~It was fun to hang out with Michael and Beth!~

~Chris & Kimberly's family come for a visit,

and for Kimberly's Baby Shower.

This was at church.~

~Jeremiah and Elijah riding bikes.~

~I literally walk around looking at things in my house, to find things to add to my Table Scapes. :-)

These are just plastic plates that came from Family Dollar years ago.

~Back then, I fell in love with the colors on these plastic plates, when I saw them at Family Dollar.~

~It was so fun hosting Chris & Kimberly and their family!!

We ladies laughed until we nearly cried telling stories!!

It was so fun to get to know Hannah and Emily better!

Kimberly made the delicious meal, I just set a fun table and made dessert.

(Josh and Sarah were on their way, so that's why we have 2 empty chairs.)

~For a simple dessert I just made some "fried apples" with butter, brown sugar and plenty of cinnamon, and used them to top vanilla ice cream.~

~Uncle Noah and adorable Adelynn~

~I made some mini Sweet Onion Muffins to take to Kimberly's baby shower to go along with the yummy soup Grammy Eisenhart was going to serve.~

~Cousin Laura got to hear our Amazing Martha play, "No One EVER cared for Me like Jesus!"

Though I have heard Martha play that a gazillion times while I was in choir....

I cried that day hearing her play it again!

IT IS SO TRUE! OH! WHAT A SAVIOR WE SERVE!!!

Sweet Martha was my piano teacher, and now is my girls!!!

~Mary and her sweet friend Klarissa.~

~Kimberly's beautiful Baby Shower from our Christian Nation Church!~

Our Pastor's wife, whom we affectionately call "Grammy Eisenhart" always does an AMAZING job with bridal and baby Showers!

She found these adorable cupcakes at Weiss Bakery on Route 28 and had them make them for Kimberly's baby shower!

~Denise Truesdale or whom we call "Aunt Nesi" did a beautiful job decorating for Kimberly's shower.

~It was so nice to have my Sweet Moma and Kimberly's "Gram" at her baby shower!~

~The girls and I got to help set up for Kimberly's baby shower.~

~Here is that wonderful Grammy Eisenhart I was talking about. She works herself silly for all of us! Dear Jesus, please bless Grammy!!!~

~Menu:

Chicken Noodle Soup

Beef Veg. Soup

Broccoli Cheese Soup

Apple Salad

Grapes

Rustic Italian Bread

My Sweet Onion Muffins

Adorable fall Cupcakes

~And our party favor was a fun mixture of Caramel Corn and Reg. Popcorn.~

~When Kimberly was a baby, Teresa Campbell from my parent's Church in Oelrichs, SD, mailed this adorable black dolly buggy to her!

Here is Kimberly pictured with that doll stroller.~

~And here is that very same doll Stroller, (which Chris recently painted beige.)

Aunt Nesi did a great job decorating with Kimberly's doll stroller.~

~My Sweet Moma, Kimberly's Gram and Kimberly.~

~Grammy Eisenhart found these adorable pumpkin drink dispensers to use for Kimberly's

"A Little Pumpkin is on her way" baby shower! ~

~We were so happy that Sarah and her real-live-Doll-baby-Adelynn could be there!!~

~Adelynn and Brittany's Natalie get to meet.~

~My Moma prayed for the Baby shower.~

~Kimberly was very much Loved-On by everyone there that night. It meant A Lot to her and to us!~

~Grammy E. made a yummy coffee drink.~

~Moma, Adelynn, and Myself.~

~Brittany and Kimberly have been close cousins for years.~

~We were thrilled Brittany and Natalie could come!!~

~Gram, Kimberly, Brittany and Natalie.~

~Aunt M and Adelynn.~

~Mimi holding sweet Adelynn!!~

~Abigail and her sweet cousin Ava. We were so glad that Beth and her girls could come!~

~Kimberly & I.~

~So fun that Beth and girls could come!!~

~Sadly, I forgot to take a pic of all the girls at their tables, but I snagged this one of my Sweet friend Kelly. (That's Sarah's Mother-in-Love.)

~Mary and Kimberly. Where have my "little girls" gone to?

~Kimberly and Cousin Laura.~

~It was so Awesome that these ladies could come all the way from PA to celebrate Kimberly.

L to R: Chris' cousin Emily, His oldest sister Hannah, and to the right of Kimberly is Karen, Kimberly's Mother-in-Love, (and she is my sweet friend too!)

~Cousin Laura took these pics.~

~Goody, there are some of the Stamper young ladies in this pic. ~

~This is what Mary, Abigail and I gave Kimberly and baby...~

~A little swaddle and a bow for baby girl.~

~Back At Home with my company the next day.

(U. Bill and Cousin Laura are staying with us until God sends them the right house.)

It was nice that Daddy and U. Bill got to visit.

Daddy would have pastored U. Bill in Olathe, KS.

~We all got very excited when Little Adelynn came out of her room.

Gramp and Gram loved getting to be with her.~

~Uncle 'lijah.~

~I hardly remember it now, but by this pic, I guess I made brunch for everyone that day. :-)

~Gramp and little Adelynn.

~In this pic, it looks like she has a hallow.~

~Sarah snapped this pic of Grammy and Adelynn taking

"a little rest" together!

I ran all day the day of Kimberly's shower with music lessons, etc. and

then with getting home around 11:00 P.M., I was exhausted.

~When my oldest brother Andrew started dating Vonnie Sankey, he came home telling us that they have the tradition of doing puzzles together at Christmas time.

So, we started doing that as well in our house.

Now, our family does puzzles together.

Here is Gram and the girls working on a puzzle.

~Gramp, Noah, and Gram~

~Noah preaches His First Sermon!~

~Thursday, Oct. 17th, Noah preached his first sermon At our

Strait Creek Church!

The Lord really helped him!

He reminded us that we are in a

Battle for our souls and he Urged us to PRAY MORE!

~The girls and I ran over to help Kimberly get ready for Baby Girl Kline! We cut tags off of the new clothes and got them ready for Kimberly to wash.

Then helped fold them when they were dry. And of course, we drank coffee while helping.

~She has some cute little clothes!~

~My Birthday is Nov. 6th. I may be turning 51 this year, but I STILL LOVE birthdays and gifts and Celebrations! ;-)

I normally go up to hang out with Josh and Sarah and we all go to Amish Country for my birthday.

But this year, Kimberly was due at the end of Oct. and I needed to be near for when Baby decides to come.

(BABY GIRL KLINE is "running the show,"

and is still content to stay with her Mommy.

Hopefully, we will get to meet her soon.

PRAYERS APPRECIATED!)

So, the weekend after Kimberly's baby shower, found Elijah, Mary, Abigail and I heading to Josh and Sarah's to hang out with them, and to go up to Amish Country.

Aunt M got this adorable bear outfit for Adelynn before she was born.

It was so fun to see her wear it.

~Aunt M and Adelynn~

~Uncle 'Lij and baby bear.~

~We always stop at Hershberger's for some donuts.~

~I love Fall!!~

~Amish Country has so many fun and cheap thrift stores!~

~Adorable Adelynn was a trooper.~

~Aunt "B" and little Adelynn.

(Our dear Argentine friends called Abigail, "Abibi," so the name "B" stuck with her.)

~All ready for church on Sunday morning.~

~She is such an adorable dolly!!!~

~How fun to get to hold sweet little Adelynn while her mommy did a great job playing the piano for Jesus.~

~God's sweet presence was close during their service.~

~A cute little soap dispenser Sarah and I got on Clearance.~

~Then the kids and I drove back to our Strait Creek Church for our service that night.~

~Bro. Mills preached for us that night from the life of Samson. He reminded us that we all have an enemy of our souls and not to be sleepy and let him win.

~Then after Church that night, the kids and I ran up to be Grandpa and Grandma. I haven't seen them in months, and wanted to see them.

We also got to help Joshua Dickinson celebrate his 11th birthday.

(I was trying to get a selfie, but Isaiah was NOT cooperating...

~so I turned my camera and got a pic of Isaiah.~

~Sophia did a great job making Joshua's cute cake.~

~Look who came back to see us! Love that little Adelynn to pieces.~

~I have been taking Kimberly to Cinci for her doctor appointments, and for last minute shopping before baby comes. Here she got herself a drink and me a donut.~

~We melted when she found this adorable little hat at Once Upon A child.~

~I was thrilled to run and see my dear family last week, but also thrilled to be HOME this week and "play house" in my very own home.~

~Pretty leaves just outside our Strait Creek Church.~

~Noah Preached for his 2nd time at our Strait Creek Church. He reminded us that...

if you can't Pray through, try Praising Through!!~

~Elijah puzzl-ing. :-)

~The kids, U. Bill, and I went to Rocky Lake State Park and had a picnic and played pickle ball.~

~I didn't know how well I would do, (because remember my right shoulder quit working on me, )

but I got to where I can serve it pretty good.~

~There was a double rainbow on the way home.~

...and yes, that is leaves on my dash. ~

~This was our wood choppin' crew.

Last Saturday, U. Bill rented a log splitter and this crew right here chopped lots of wood.

Dear Lord, please bless uncle Bill, and the rest.~

~While some may think that Nov. 1st is the time to pull out Christmas,

in our Home Phillip prefers to celebrate Thanksgiving before we put up Christmas.

So, years ago I found a solution that helps my heart.

It is called a Fall Tree!

I first did a Fall tree back in Colombia days, and have done it several years since.

I really enjoy seeing it in our dining room.

WE ALL HAVE SO MANY BLESSINGS FROM GOD ABOVE FOR WHICH TO BE GRATEFUL!!!!

~My Fall tree is the perfect mixture of

auburns,

ginger orange,

creams,

golds,

leaves,

pumpkins,

wooden mushrooms,

and fun signs.~

~Last Saturday evening, Our dear mission's director and wife, Mark and Kristal Becker took the kids and I out for supper.

Bro. Mark challenged Mary to make the tallest cone she could.~

This one was "tipping over" ...

So she made another one for me.

~Kimberly was due Oct. 27th!

However, The day after she was due, when it was evident that baby girl was "snug as a bug in a rug" and wasn't going to make her appearance any time soon,

we invited Kimberly to ROAD TRIP with us up to SURPRISE Aunt Beth and the Cousins

and Grandpa and Grandma!

(Fun Fact: Kimberly was CLOSER to her hospital at Aunt Beth's house, then at her own house. :-)

~Look who else came with us!!

Sarah and Adelynn were in town and we were so happy to have them and Kimberly with us!~

~Aunt Beth and the cousins were surprised!

We left our Elijah, Mary, and Abigail with Uncle Michael, Aunt Beth and kids for a few days.~

~And it was SUCH A BLAST to SURPRISE

Grandpa and Grandma!!!!~

~Look at all her ROLLS!!!! ~

~Kimberly and I hurried to vote early...just in case that baby were to come.~

~On Wednesday it was back to Cinci for another doctor's app.~

~And we decided to surprise Isaiah, who hadn't gotten to meet his little cousin Adelynn yet.~

~It was "Love at first sight."~

~My Sweet friend Kimberly Neuenswander bought these adorable matching Christmas jammies for our babies! SO cute!!!!

We melted!

Thanks bunches, Kimberly!!!

~ I was looking thru Kimberly's baby book and found her adorable foot prints.~

~Last Friday morning, the kids were still at their cousins,

so Noah offered to take me for breakfast! So sweet!

We decided to go to Holtfield's Coffee Station in Hillsboro.

We were standing in line, trying to decide what we wanted to order, and there was a gentleman in front of us.

I asked him if he was a regular and if so, what was his favorite.

He said that he was one of their very first customers from when they first opened, back around 2009, but that he just liked

black coffee.

We chatted and he found out where we were from, and we told him that we had moved out here from downtown Cinci and we were thrilled to be in the country!

He complemented Noah's fun Trump Sweatshirt!

By that time, it was his turn to order.

So, He stepped up and ordered his black coffee and muffin and then turned to us, and told us to have a good day...and at the same time he and us both said, "God bless you!"

Then Noah and I ordered our Butter Pecan and Turtle Coffees and a blue berry muffin to share.

That is when the lady told us that

THAT GENTLEMAN BEFORE US HAD

PAID FOR OUR ORDER!!

Sooo KIND!!

I ran to see if I could see him to wave at him and Thank him,

but He was gone!

~Phillip normally cuts his own hair and Noah and Eijah's.

But, since he is still in Colombia, Noah needed to find a barber.

This is the first time that Noah has been in a barber's chair since Argentina days, around 10 years ago.

This was a very nice barber right beside White's bakery and less than $10!!

(Of course, Noah gave him a nice tip.)

When he asked Noah how old he was, he was shocked when Noah told him 20!

He thought Noah was lying.

He told Noah that he would guess him at 14. :-D

Noah told him that he guesses that that will be to his advantage if he can stay young looking for years to come. :-)

~Mary sent me this fun pic of her and Sophia's outfits for Sophia's 16th birthday party tonight. So fun that the kids got to be there for her party. Wish I could have gone too.~