Once again it's been quite awhile since I updated everyone, and I'm not going to try to do it all at once! Life doesn't always run the course we have planned or go the way we think it should, so it's always good to know that God knows the master plan, and we are in His care! A couple of weeks ago, my mom was taken to the emergency room and admitted to the hospital, where she stayed for nearly a week. From there she went to Madison Healthcare (nursing home/rehab center) where she will be until she is strong enough to return home. A number of issues surfaced while she is in the hospital, so life has certainly changed! Unless things change drastically, we will be staying in the Nashville area this winter instead of heading south for our scheduled mission projects.


A nice change....a couple of weeks ago, we made a trip to Bethel College, in MacKenzie, TN to see our granddaughter, Alyssa. She was a member of The Memphis Sound, one of the units of the International Drum Corp. Unfortunately, we missed most of the rehearsal, but did get to hear them as they rehearsed their encore number. Even better....we got to spend about forty-five minutes with her before she had to prepare for their competition later that evening. She has grown into quite a young lady, and we really enjoyed our short time with her. Maybe we'll get to see her in a real performance next summer!

(Unfortunately, we have temporarily lost our great wi-fi connection so can't include any photos this time.)

We have a special prayer request...our dear friends, Lee and Esther Smith, have had to leave their current SOWERs project to return to the Tampa area. Esther's sister Beth has just been diagnosed with a recurrence of cancer and her mother (90+ years old) fell and broke her hip. Please lift them up in your prayers.