Not so far! Abby and I have enjoyed putting in a garden this spring! I am so grateful for brother David starting the tomato plants for me. They survived the car ride, transplanting, local animals, my pruning, and now we will see if they survive the storms. Thanks for all your tips Michael and David! […]

Here between Memorial Day and the Fourth of July, let’s remember and honor the document that has been such a foundation for us. The United States Constitution is much shorter than you may at first think. If you are a good reader you can read it—all of it—in about an hour! How grateful we can […]

What a joy to be back home! My time in TX on the Emergency Response Team at ALERT was full of challenges (like the Caleb Nelson Memorial Race), but also tons of fun.  It taught me responsiveness to people’s needs and skills to help in times of disaster. Through the two months I learned both […]

“…The Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song, He also is become my salvation” (Isaiah 12:2).   In the midst of a collapsing world, we can respond in one of two ways: Fight a host of temptations OR Enter into Christ’s victory; Say “Goliath is too big to fight!” OR Say “Goliath is too […]

I am so grateful for the opportunity to the Lord gave me last weekend to be there for Barbara Sutton’s graduation from Verity! It was so kind of her and her parents to bring me along! I was overjoyed when I heard that Bill Federer was speaking at the graduation! He told us to imagine […]

Thanks to the hospitality of Uncle Tim and Aunt Melba, we were able to include a thrilling hike on Grandfather Mountain to an already-thrilling trip to North Carolina for Matthew & Amanda Wilkes’ wedding. Robert & Kendalyn had hiked this way before. They gave the rest of us an idea of what to expect. James […]

HAPPY  ANNIVERSARY  GRANDPA  AND  GRANDMA We enjoyed celebrating with you!