~Local Revival, Our Global Holiness Mission Mission's Convention, Family time, Grand girl snuggles, SVYC.~

Hello! Let's play catch up! I have been enjoying life! I am so blessed by God's sweet presence and closeness.

One Saturday AM, Cousin Laura texted me that she was going to go to the revival at the Roops Church in Masseville. I told her that if I could get my LONG to do list done that maybe I could go with her. It got a little crazy that day, but I was able to go with her. 

 We enjoyed hearing Paul Stetler preaching, and enjoyed seeing our dear friends the Roops, Leslies, and Kemps.

Last week was our Global Holiness Mission (GHM) Mission's convention. It was such a good week filled with thought-provoking teaching, God's sweet presence, and fun missionary fellowship! 

And of course, if you keep scrolling, you will see pics of our adorable Grand Girls!

~Phillip trimming trees behind our house.~

~Mary and I were at the church, getting ready for Sunday, when I got a text from my friend Faith, wanting to know if they could show our old Church to Paul Stetler.  I said that we could meet them there.~

~Cousin Laura and I heading to the Revival at the Roop's church.~

~So fun to see my sweet friend Lila.~

~The next Morning, at Strait Creek Church, 

I told my first ever Children's story.

I do not ever recall telling a Children's story before. 

I have always been the piano player for the children's services, not telling the stories. :-) 

~The Lord helped me.

And little Stella came alive when she saw the animals going Into Noah's Ark!

~The Lord helped cousin Laura as she sang a special that she had written. ~

~Digging in Grammy's purse.~

~Dear Cousin Laura made these yummy cupcakes and sent them home for our kids.~

~I love this true sign that Sarah got me.

"IF YOU ARE PRAYING ABOUT IT,

GOD IS WORKING ON IT!"

~NOAH IS NOW THE ASSISTANT PASTOR 

AT OUR STRAIT CREEK CHURCH.~

With Phillip being the overseer of the Christian Nation Church, he needs to travel to try to visit the ministers at least once a year.

Plus traveling for missions.

So, he needed someone he could count on to help with Strait Creek Church.

It was a special service announcing Noah as the assistant pastor.

We all gathered around him and prayed for him.

Then he gave a good testimony.

It was a touching service.~

~This made me laugh.

Because, if you were to drop into my house, you would NOT find a perfectly cleaned house.

The floors probably need swept, and things might not all be in place, 

but I can serve you some yummy coffee and food and we can have a nice visit. <3~ 

~Our GHM Mission's convention at 

Christian Nation Church.~

Each service another missionary would give prayer requests for his field, and then lead us in praying for that field. 

Here is Phillip sharing on Colombia and telling about 

the Holiness Convention we are planning to have in Colombia this October.  

Prayers appreciated for the finances and details for this trip.

This Holiness Convention would be about 4 or 5 days of services with all our pastors and their wives worshipping together! This is very NEEDED.  Our pastors and their wives live hours apart from the other pastors and wives, and need this Spiritual encouragement.

~Bro. Brady Cope from South Dakota, did a great job speaking to us.  He was very humble, and broken and helping us want to serve Jesus with everything we have! ~

~The Copes have a Stella as well.

So, here is their Stella, meeting our Stella. <3

~The Beckers, The Copes, and our family went to Skyline for a nice visit.

I knew we lived to far away to have them over, so it was nice to get to meet up here.~

~We love Brady and Cynthia...and of course we love our Mission Director and his sweet wife too.~

~A dear minister just gave Noah some good old Holiness books!  

So, now Noah needs some bookshelves.  

Cousin Laura found this one on FB marketplace.

Here, Elijah, Mary, and I are going to pick up this nice bookshelf for Noah.

We are praying for more solid wood bookshelves, 

in God's timing.

~It came from Ohio University.~

~It was fun to have sweet Rosie K. here.

It was sort of a crazy week, 

with missionary convention every night,

but we found some time to be with her. ~

~We girls went to the park.

Here is adorable little Stella in her tiny little stroller.~

~Sis. Becker testified one night.  

She was bawling, and so were we.

She talked about how all her life she wanted to be a missionary, 

but didn't think she had any talents that God could use for her to be a missionary!  

Of Course, that was a LIE, from the enemy!!

Then she sang, "Here am I, Lord, send me!"

On Friday afternoon, My Dear Daddy called me, and we all thought that Moma was having another STROKE!!!  

I was bawling like a baby! :-(

I turned around, and ran back to our house and packed in case I needed to drive to IN to be with Daddy and Moma!

PRAISE JESUS, 

it was a bad Migraine and 

NOT A STROKE!!!!

~Late Friday afternoon, 

All of us missionaries met at Cracker Barrel, 

and the mission paid for our meal.~

~It was fun to see dear Michele and her sweet Mom.

We ladies had such a fun visit, crying, laughing, sharing, being together!

Sadly, I missed getting a closer pic with Cynthia and Sis. Carter.

~At least we got this Fun selfie.~

~Noah and Bro. Bryon.~

~Noah and Bro. Brady.~

~After Church, Phillip and I ran to Jungle Jim's to get Lizano sauce for my Gallo Pinto 

(Painted Rooster, Rice and Beans dish, from Costa Rica.)

~And we got a couple treats for the kids.~

~On Saturday, there was an international dinner.

I made this Tres Leches Cake.

I have always made it in a 9x13 dish, but was happy to make it a layered cake this time.~ 

(Recipe from Costa Rica)

~Making Gallo Pinto~

~Baby Stella.~

~Pastor!

~Connie decorated The fun coffee table.

The 3 coffee pots on here are ours.~

~Abby made these fun matcha strawberry cookies.~

~Dear Sis. Brock, the Sweet Veteran Missionary, 

did a GREAT JOB telling us about her MIRACLE trip to Papua New Guinea.

It was so touching!!

God truly took her there and back!!!!  

Love her to pieces!!~  

~Here comes Stella~

~These ladies did a great job singing in Pigeon.~

~Colombian Coffee Candy to pass out at CNC.~

~I got to sit by dear Sis. Alexander!!~

~The Specials were so special that day.

God's sweet presence was so close during this service!!~

~The Lord helped Bro. Brady!~

~So fun to have Ben and Kylie come.~

~Goofy boys.~

~Stella did not know if she was impressed or not.~

~Stella was dying to go outside with the little girls.~

~So fun to run by and have a nice little visit with our dear friends the Carters.~

~Mary got to sing with the youth choir.~

~My sweet friend Connie and I.

We decided to take a selfie, not even noticing that Kiana was behind us.

Kiana said that she turned last minute, and figured she was in the photo, 

so flashed us the sweetest smile. ~

~Cousin Laura sent me these pics from Sunday night at Strait Creek.

(Phillip preached at Strait Creek on Sunday AM, 

Noah preached there on Sunday PM.)

~It was so neat that Josh, Sarah, and Adelynn could come for a visit!!!~

~Monday AM we had one more zoom call with our dear friends, 

Benjamin and Jaylena McDowell!~

~Adelynn's adorable bunny.~

~Love the fog that settles between the hills here.

Reminds me of the Smoky Mounatins where I was raised!~

~Dear Daddy rotating the tires, so that Elijah and Mary could drive to VA.  

They went a little early for SVYC (the VA Youth Convention) and to be with their dear friends, the Spivey kids.~

~Some of my Spring decor.~  

Some of these were recent CHEAP thrift store finds.

~My Valentine's bouquet from Phillip, is drying nicely.~

~The girls playing games.~

~The girls all coloring in Abigail's "Patch the Pirate" coloring books.~

~Grandpapa reading to Stella.~

~Kissing Cousins.~ :-D

~Sarah made me the prettiest wallpaper for my phone.~

~Saying those hard goodbyes.~

~On Wednesday night, Phillip filled in for Bro. Chet Waters.

It was so nice to see my sweet friend Mrs. Ruby.

The Lord gave us an encouraging service and Bible Study.~

~ After church, We all decided to run to the 1st Stop gas Station next to their church and get some 

ice cream to enjoy.~

~Maren and Mary making cookies.  

They have had a fun few days being together.  

Elijah and Mary also have helped set up for the youth convention this weekend, SVYC.

~Pics taken on Elijah's phone, before they left for VA.~

Please PRAY for Southwest VA Youth Convention (SVYC) 

which starts tomorrow!!

Please pray for traveling mercies for all of us going down.

Please pray for Nate Kline and all other speakers.

Please pray for a special move of GOD on all the young people!!

THANK YOU!!!

~HEATHER~