Lovely Weather!

Okay... so my title might be a little bit deceiving.  This isn't the usual pretty spring weather... this is the scary,  tornadic, and typical Oklahoma weather! : /  I'll show you a few pictures:

 

Scary, huh? 

 Please pray that we and our friends are kept safe tonight. :D

Thanks!

~Mallory

Chuch News

 

 I wanted to tell you all that I think the Lord has led us to a church to stay for the time being!!  We have been visiting the church for the last few months with some friends. The people have been so hospitable to us and so welcoming, that I feel apart of the family!  But I feel that I shouldn't get my hopes up too much, in case the Lord doesn't want us to become members and remain there.

 I've had a jumble of emotions these last few months.  First, God leads us away from the only church family that I've only known.  Then we're visiting different churches every Sunday, and not feeling that it's where we need to be as a family.  It got so frustrating at times, that I just wanted to give up, and I found my crying myself to sleep at night.  Then I couldn't take it any longer. I cried out to God to ask His forgiveness, and asking Him to do His Will for our family.  Then, and only then, did I see that God was working in ways that I couldn't see before!  I was so focused on what I wanted, that I was missing the beautiful plan that He has for me and my family!  Now I know that even though God hasn't completely answered us, I know that He still has a WONDERFUL plan for us! : D

Thank you to all that have prayed for us, and please continue to for our family.

Your sister in Christ,

Mallory



First Chuch Of God Centennial Celebraiton! September 30-31

 

 

Hello! It's been a few days since I've posted, but I've finally found time to post. This last weekend has been REALLY busy at our church lately getting ready for our centennial celebration!  Here's the events we attended this weekend:

 

On Saturday night, we had a singing in our sanctuary.  All of the old pastors from the years past came back, and sang a few songs for us. 

This is half of the Centennial Choir

 

This is our old youth pastor, Michal Mattocks.  His family has gone through some really hard times a few years ago.  He became really sick, and they didn't know what it was, until two years ago.  They have two sweet boys now, and live in Colorado. We see the family every once in a while, and we love them very much!

 

 This is our current pastor, Andrew Rebein.

 

 

The man on the left is an old pastor, Brother Gable.  He became the pastor a little while after we started attending there.  He is a very sweet man, and really funny! 

 

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Then on Sunday, we had one combined service that morning.  Then that night, we had a big celebration out on our new church property.

Daddy lounging in a chair while listening to the Downing Family playing some gospel music. They played wonderful bluegrass gospel music! 

The Downing Family

We took  our friend's little son, Keegan, that night.  Isn't he handsome? : )

 

He loved playing on the playtoy that looked like Noah's Ark

 

 

We stopped the swing so we could get a better shot.

The church bought a bunch of glow sticks, and Keegan loved them!  

We ended the great evening with a beauiful firework show.

The funniest thing happened that night when the fireworks started.  I've never seen a baby fall asleep during fireworks! 

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Even though it was a great evening, I still know that we won't have many more left... 

We are visiting more and more churches lately, and I'm still having hesitating thoughts about this.  I don't know about you, but Satan has been attacking our friends and family a lot lately. 

 If you didn't read my last post about our church, click here.

 

Please keep praying for our family.  I would really appreciate it! : )

Also keep praying for the leaders of our church.  That the Lord will open thier eyes, and turn it  all around!

 

Thank you again for the listening ear!

~Mallory : )

 

 

Crazy Busy!!

I can't believe that the last time that I posted was on my birthday! I feel really bad, but we have been so busy lately. 
This has been our schedule lately... Monday... school, Tuesday... Homeschool band in Tulsa, Wednesday... Dance all day in Tulsa ( I'll tell you more about that later ),  Thursday... Daddy's day off, and now band has now moved back to town, and but not least, Friday... catch up on school as much as possible! I know... that was kind of a run-on sentence, but I didn't know how to get all that in separate sentences. Ha ha! : )

How was your summer? I hope it was eventful.

My sister Erin and I, also had a craft show last  weekend. It was in Prairie Grove, Arkansas, and it's called the Clothesline Fair. So we have been really busy with that. We actually went there early Friday, and set up our inventory. The craft show was Saturday through Monday, and a little tiring.  But it turned out very well! :  )
Also please pray for my family. We have been going to our home church for almost 16 years, and unfortunately we are in the early stages of finding a new one.  The church has gotten more and more liberal in the last 5 or 6 years.  It's a really long story of how we came to feel this way. But the gist of it is, they're getting so secretive, and impersonal. The sermons are very watered down, and there have been a lot of hurt feelings with the pastor. Again... it's a long story, but I would really appreciate your prayers! : )  I've selfishly been in denial for a long time, but I finally realized ( after a long tearful prayer ) that God is in control, and if He wants us to move somewhere else, than we should obey... it's just difficult.
On a happier subject, I've started dance back a few weeks ago, but I'm at one in Tulsa this year. A family we know through homescool and 4-H, go there, so that's cool that I actually know someone! :  ) It's a Christian based studio, and overall,  a lot more technique than I have ever had! I love it so far, and hope it will continue to be a positive experience.

Well.... I just have to say... I didn't mean to be so negative about my church. I respect a lot of people there, and that's why it's so hard for me to leave when it;s time. It's just been really heavy on my mind lately, and I felt like I needed to share my thoughts with someone!

Thanks for  listening! : )
 ~ Mallory