Lynn's lines

A prayer request and an update

2009-03-24T14:26:00.004-08:00

We just received word that one of the missionaries we serve, Pat and Lisa McCoy, just lost their baby yesterday. Noah McCoy was born 3/13/09. This family has one other child. They had tried for years, but the Lord said wait. He blessed them with Levi, then they found out they were expecting again last Fall. Lisa and I have had many talks about motherhood. That was what she wanted if that was what the Lord wanted. Please pray for them. I wish you could meet them. What a sweet couple. Here is their e-mail if you'd like to encourage them. truth2ak@afo.net (Photo of the McCoys and their first son Levi.)

We are safe at home in Alaska. We now have a new family member. Earl's mom moved up here to live with us. She was needing some assistance, so we made the option to bring her with us. Someone asked me how I could do that. I just looked at them and said "well, I serve missionaries all the time. The Lord gave me a love of serving. If I can't serve my Mother in Law, then I'm a hypocrite." She's very sweet and kind. A true joy as a mother in law. I only pray that she will look at me the same way : )

The Lord worked another miracle for our ministry. He just gave us a plane. It is a Aerostar. It is going to be used to fly the missionaries in style. It's beautiful! Very clean and nice. Earl calls it a Cadillac.

Well, I've got to start some unpacking in my room. Earl is tired of living out of tubs and boxes.

Have a blessed day,
Lynn
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A proud Auntie

2009-01-28T09:35:00.004-09:00

I want to share with you a very cool site my nephew and his future wife put together.

www.karissaanddustin.com

WOW! They did an amazing job on this site. I think they could start their own business.

Lynn
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It's so hard to believe!

2009-01-23T07:24:00.003-09:00

It is so hard to believe that my baby turned 15 today. Man, does time fly or what?

He has grown so much in the last year. Physically, mentally, but most importantly, Spiritually. In May, JD asked the Lord to come into his life and save him. Yes he had "prayed" before, but that was all it was. There were still issues with anger and being dis-obedient. The Lord really got a hold of him at camp.

Isn't it sad how kids can grow up in churches and the sermons NEVER make them think about their salvation? Too many churches today have put salvation on the back row. The right music, right dress and making sure our services are "on schedule" have all become more important than someone's eternity. I encourage you to look at your church. Do they have salvation where it needs to be? Is it preached about? How are your invitations?

That's my sermon for the day. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JD!

Lynn
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Meet Logan

2009-01-16T09:52:00.004-09:00

We received this this morning and thought I'd pass it on.

Have a great weekend!

Lynn
John 15

Try this test

2009-01-14T10:21:00.001-09:00

I found this test today. Very informative. Take it and BE HONEST!

My score was 45. Leave a comment and let me know what you scored. If you see that you need work, stop and ask the Lord to help you in these areas. Remember, you may be the only one that could reach a certain person for the Lord, but will they want to be around you??????

Dr. Phil's Test: Here you go. Try this!

Read on, this is very interesting!
Don't be overly sensitive!
Answers are for who you are now and not who
you were in the past.
The following is pretty accurate and it
only takes a few minutes.
This is a real test given by the Human Relations Dept.
at many of the major corporations today . It helps them get better insight concerning their employees and in their prospective employees.

It's only 10 Simple questions, so grab a pencil and paper, keeping track of your letter answers to each question.

1. When do you feel your best...
A) in the morning
B) during the afternoon and early evening
C) late at night

2. You usually walk...
A) fairly fast, with long steps
B) fairly fast, with little steps
C) less fast head up, looking the world in the face
D) less fast, head down
E) very slowly

3. When talking to people you...
A) stand with your arms folded
B) have your hands clasped
C) have one or both your hands on your hips
D) touch or push the person to whom you are talking
E) play with your ear, touch your chin, or smooth your hair

4. When relaxing, you sit with...
A) your knees bent with your legs neatly side by side
B) your legs crossed
C) your legs stretched out or straight
D) one leg curled under you

5. When something really amuses you, you react with...
A) big appreciated laugh
B) a laugh, but not a loud one
C) a quiet chuckle
D) a sheepish smile

6. When you go to a party or social gathering you...
A) make a loud entrance so everyone notices you
B) make a quiet entrance, looking around for someone you know
C) make the quietest entrance, trying to stay unnoticed

7. You're working very hard, concentrating hard, and you're interrupted...
A) welcome the break
B) feel extremely irritated
C) vary between these two extremes

8. Which of the following colors do you like most...
A) Red or orange
B) black
C) yellow or light blue
D) green
E) dark blue or purple
F) white
G) brown or gray

9. When you are in bed at night, in those last few moments before going to sleep you are...
A) stretched out on your back
B) stretched out face down on your stomach
C) on your side, slightly curled
D) with your head on one arm
E) with your head under the covers

10. You often dream that you are...
A) falling
B) fighting or struggling
C) searching for something or somebody
D) flying or floating
E) you usually have dreamless sleep
F) your dreams are always pleasant

Read the following and add up your points. DO NO PEEK AT THE RESULTS BELOW.

1. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6

2. (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 7 (d) 2 (e) 1
3. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 7 (e) 6
4. (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 2 (d) 1
5. (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5 (e) 2
6. (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 2
7. (a) 6 (b) 2 (c) 4
8. (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 5 (d) 4 (e) 3 (f) 2 (g) 1
9. (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 2 (e ) 1
10 (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5 (e) 6 (f) 1

Now add up the total number of points.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

OVER 60 POINT: Others see you as someone they should "handle with care". You're seen as vain, self-centered, and extremely dominant. Others may admire you, wishing they could be more like you, but don't always trust you, hesitating to become too deeply involved with you.

51 TO 60 POINTS : Others see you as an exciting, highly volatile, rather impulsive personality, a natural leader, who's quick to make decisions, though not always the right ones. They see you as bold and adventuresome, someone who will try anything once, someone who takes chances and enjoys an adventure. They enjoy being in your company because of the excitement you radiate.

41 TO 50 POINTS : Others see you as fresh, lively, charming, amusing, practical, and always interesting, someone who's constantly in the center of attention, but sufficiently well balanced not to let it go to their head. They also see you as kind, considerate, and understanding, someone who'll always cheer them up and help them out.

31 TO 40 POINTS: Others see you as sensible, cautious, careful & practical. They see you as clever, gifted, or talented, but modest. Not a person who makes friends too quickly or easily, but someone who's extremely loyal to friends you do make and who expect the same loyalty in return. Those who really get to know you, realize it takes a lot to shake your trust in your friends, but equally that it takes you a long time to get over if that trust is ever broken.

21 TO 30 POINTS: Your friends see you as painstaking and fussy. They see you as very cautious, extremely careful, a slow and steady plodder. It would really surprise them if you ever did something impulsive or on the spur of the moment, expecting you to examine everything carefully from every angle and then, usually decide against it. They think this reaction is caused partly by your careful nature.

UNDER 21 POINTS: People think you are shy, nervous, and indecisive, someone who needs looking after, who always wants someone else to make the decisions and who doesn't want to get involved with anyone or anything! They see you as a worrier who always sees problems that don't exist. Some people think you're boring. Only those who know you well, know that you aren't.

I think it will warm up some in North Pole!

2009-01-11T15:49:00.002-09:00

As we are down here in SC, our friends in North Pole, AK have been suffering with crazy cold. It has been below -40 for almost 3 weeks. However, wunderground,com says it will warm up starting tomorrow. They're talking maybe +25 toward the end of the week. Now that sounds great and all, but the roads will be a mess. 0 is about perfect after this kind of cold snap. It will feel like spring has sprung. It sounds crazy, but we so wished we were there. The Ice fog has even lifted.

Y'all have a great day!

Lynn
John 15

Prayer request

2009-01-05T17:29:00.002-09:00

I have a prayer request for you tonight.

I just ran into an old childhood friend tonight. She informed me that she has Bronchiole tube cancer and maybe more. They are going for a 2nd opinion. She has told no one else besides her husband. She doesn't want to tell her mom right now for there are other things that are going on in her moms life. I asked permission to ask prayer and she said yes. So I am asking for you to pray for her. She is saved, about 35-38, and has 2-3 kids.

Thank you,

Lynn

PS
I also have an unspoken request that I'd like you to pray about.

Just not bloggy lately.

2008-12-29T09:32:00.002-09:00

Someone mentioned the other day that I hadn't blogged in a long time. My mind just hasn't been that creative lately. We have been gone so much and then I'm dealing with this whole lower back being out. All I can think about is trying to find a place that is comfortable so I'm not in horrible pain. I go to the Chiropractor about 3 times a week. I had my wonderful physical and when I sat up from that dreaded test, I almost tossed my cookies on the Dr.. She asked about what was going on and said that I needed to be on something for the pain. I was for a couple of weeks, but it ran out. So please make this a matter of prayer.

Our Christmas was great, but busy. We visited our families in NC. Christmas day we drove to 3 family units. One 3 hours away. We were tired when we got back. We would love to find some place to go for a week and do nothing. That won't happen.

We are scheduled to leave here in 8 weeks. Yes, that's 2 months, but it sounds shorter if we say weeks. We miss home so bad. JD misses church, friends and his shop area for making knives. Earl misses Church, Folks in Manley, the missionaries we serve, his office space, recliner, his Bunn coffee pot., I miss everything! Church, Mrs. Duffett, friends, the beautiful snow. Mainly having my own home again. My bed....oh do I miss my bed. Most of these are material things. I'm sorry. I'm being selfish today. Forgive me Lord.

Well, gonna close.

Y'all have an great New Year!

I've been every where man..

2008-11-13T16:36:00.002-09:00

I am so sorry that it has been so long since my last update. We have been busy,

This is what's going on.

Jeremiah is still plugging along in school. He misses home more than we thought he would. Keep praying that he gets all the help he needs in Math. We are thinking about doing Alpha Omega next year. I spent a week with a family that uses it, and was very impressed with it. If you have any comments about it, please let me know your opinion.

We have been traveling The New England states over the last month. Let me just say that we picked the perfect time to be there for the fall colors, but that was also a bad time since it was near election time. Very few were were for McCain/Palin up there. Even Christians were voting for Obama. I can't figure that out. We were in all but 2 of our Northern supporting churches. Earl may drive up later and take care of those. We are glad to be back in SC.

Please pray with us as we are looking for a newer vehicle to drive back to AK. We have been given and old, run down Stinson, so we will be carrying that back on a trailer. My van is close to 193,000 miles, and it can't pull a trailer. We drive to NC tomorrow to look at a Suburban. Please ask the Lord to give us wisdom and the finances to cover all of this.

Well, gotta run. Earl is sick and in the bed with the flu and ready for the light to be off. Hope he keeps that mess. JD and I had the wonderful stomach junk last week while traveling back. Glad Earl hasn't gotten that. It was bad.

Lord bless,
Lynn
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So here's what's going on here.

2008-10-06T11:01:00.002-08:00

We have been away from home for 1 month now. 5 to go. We all miss home tremendously, but we owe it to the churches that support us to come and
update them. We are at our sending church's mission's conference this week. Boy do they do a missions conference right.

We are now having Jeremiah tutored for Math. Please pray that he gets the help he needs.

Baby Gracie, the baby that I've mentioned before, passed away last week. The Dr's really pushed for a surgery and I guess her little body couldn't handle it. Todd and Amanda are doing amazingly well. You may go to her site at www.caringbridge.org and type in graciejeanlockyer. Warning there are photos of her in her casket if that bothers you. God has been amazing to this family. Keep praying for them.

Well, y'all take care.

Lynn
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We have arrived!

2008-09-17T07:08:00.003-08:00

Well, after 10 days on the road, we arrived in Greenville SC last Thursday. I have been without internet until last night. Boy did I have a lot to catch up on!

We are living in a mobile home on the property of a family that attends one of our supporting churches. It is very nice and clean! We have 3 guest that come to our fence daily. They are BIG cows. Otherwise known as "The girls." I have other names for them, but Earl and Jeremiah like theirs better. T-Bone, Rib-eye, and Pork-chop. Anyway, it is very quite here, which we love.

The weather just made a change yesterday. It had been 86-90 with like 100% humidity. I thought I was going to melt! Our van's AC has decided it doesn't want to work until the compressor is replaced. $1000. Yea right. I do thank the Lord for the storm and cooler weather we received yesterday. We are cloudy and rainy today and the temp. is about 55. Thank you, Lord!

We leave tomorrow to go visit our families. We will return on Monday.

Lynn
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Trying to exit this place!

2008-08-30T01:39:00.002-08:00

Well, we have been trying to exit stage right for about 3 days. The Lord has closed the door each time.I only have LR. Kitchen an DR to dust and do a little putting away. Then I'll vacuum the whole house. Maybe Sunday Morning. We shall see. Lord's timing matters here.

I'll post along the way to SC.

Lord Bless,
Lynn
John 15

Prayer request

2008-08-22T21:44:00.000-08:00

I have an unspoken that I ask you to pray for.

Lynn

My friend

2008-08-06T23:22:00.002-08:00

My friend, Melissa, did fine during her Thyroid cancer surgery. They removed all the cancer and part of the Thyroid. She came home today. She didn't sleep well at the hospital. I don't think it was the hospital as much as her not having her blessings(kids) near her. She is like me. I want my child with me,regardless.

I think she'll sleep like a baby tonight. Want to hear something? She's just using regular Tylenol for the pain. She's something else, I tell you.

Please pray

2008-08-04T17:38:00.002-08:00

Our dear friend, Melissa is having Thyroid cancer surgery tomorrow at 10:30am(ADST) She is 5 months pregnant. Keep her and her whole family in your prayers. She's an amazing lady, and will be up and at it before no time. You just have to know her. I pray she will take full advantage of her Mom being here to help. In other words, Melissa, sleep and relax.

Lynn
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Just checking in

2008-08-04T17:30:00.002-08:00

Not much has been going on here.

I am doing a little better after my seizure. Still am having headaches, but I won't bore you with that. I still can't drive for another week. My PA told me not to drive to make sure I wasn't going to have another one right away, which I haven't.

Our weather is crazy. It is like 50 and raining. I think any Alaskan would pay for a day of sunlight. We really could use some before the snow flies.

The Lord is working in hearts in Manley. Keep praying. Yesterday there was another baptism. They have enjoyed that. Earl has preached on that and the proper order and what baptism is really all about. The lord has convicted those that have never been scripturally baptized. Pray for the church and us , as our time for furlough is getting closer, and they will be without a preacher.

Well, gonna close.

Lynn
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It's July , Right??

2008-07-23T09:11:00.001-08:00


	Today Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers in the afternoon. Highs around 60. Light winds. » ZIP Code Detail
	Tonight Mostly cloudy with isolated showers. Lows 35 to 45. Light winds. Have a great day, Lynn

I am here, and I Thank the Lord for that.

2008-07-22T10:25:00.002-08:00

Many have read about my last shopping spree at Wal-Mart, so I won't rehash that.
I have been asked how I feel. Well, quite honestly.....not worth a flip. I have no energy, I have a constant headache and a sore arm(my arm is covered in bruises underneath.) and I cry at the drop of the hat. Forget wanting to be by myself anytime soon. If Earl isn't here, I start crying. He doesn't leave me hardly any. and if he does, Jeremiah takes care of me.

I know some of you may say"She just had a seizure!" Well, my friend, it's not that easy. I have been changed. I will never think of seizures the same. My Lord has been there with me to comfort along the way. Thank you for all who have e-mailed or called. A huge thanks to those who have brought meals.

Lynn

Pray for Lynn 07/18/2008 Friday morning.

2008-07-19T06:29:00.000-08:00

I (Earl) received a cell phone call last night from a stressed Jeremiah around 6:30 PM. He was with Lynn at Walmart and Lynn was completely disoriented, confused, and starting to have a seizure. She has never had one, and Jeremiah (14 yrs old) has never seen anything like this before. She had to be taken to the Emergency Room. I arrived at the store in time to ride with her to the hospital. As she came out of the seizure, she was in terror and completely confused.

At the ER, they took a CAT SCAN, blood work, etc… looking for anything obvious. Nothing obvious was found. Jeremiah and I later joked with her that they did in fact find a brain By 8:30 PM she was groggy, had a headache, but was otherwise back with us. She was released at 10:30PM and I brought her home.

As a testimony of our Lords goodness, allow me to share how He was so very gracious to us during this trial. First, Jeremiah was with her and acted like a man...albeit, a scared one. He usually would have stayed home while his mother goes to "Wally World". Second, Tammy Youngblood (a close friend) was the manager who responded to the "Customer in distress" call at Walmart. Lynn was so disoriented, she didn't know her at the time, but she was there for Lynn and Jeremiah. Third, an RN was in the isle when it occurred and helped protect Lynn as she went deeper into the seizure. Forth, someone else from our church here in Fairbanks was there and coached Jeremiah to call 911. Jeremiah is not sure of her name. Fifth, I wasn't in a village with Operation Saturation, hundreds of miles away, with no phone service, bad weather, ...

God would still be God without these blessings, but we rejoice in these "handfuls on purpose". What a kind, loving God we serve.

God was good to us when He gave us friends like those who pause and offered up a prayer for my bride.

More later

Not felt very "Bloggy" lately.

2008-07-17T13:02:00.002-08:00

We'll y'all have been visiting my blog, and all you see is an old post. I have not felt like blogging much lately. I am sorry. Sometimes I enjoy it more than other times.

Much has happened for which the Lord has showed or is showing Himself faithful, as usual.

My dear friend Melissa, who is almost 5 months, was just diagnosed with Thyroid Cancer. She has the best type that you can have. It acts benign. It looks like she will have surgery the first of August to remove that portion of the thyroid. Please keep her and her family in your prayers.

The Lord is still working in Manly. Many are opening up to my husband, Earl. He's just a good friend and listener.

The Lord has given Mission Air Care a new home. It is located on the international airport. It will be strange not having all the hustle and bustle happening around my house. That also means I won't see my husband as much as I do now. He'll leave here in the mornings around 7:30am and return around 5pm. He believes in putting in a full day for the Lord just like a secular job. I will try to post a picture.

The Lord has also brought a new family to Help MAC. David and Tammy Youngblood and kids. They are from NC. They have been an amazing blessing already. They just moved their camper next to the hanger here at the house, today. When we leave in Sept. for furlough, they will move into our home to rent it while we are gone.

Y'all have a great day!

Lynn
John 15

Gas Prices and being a missionary

2008-06-24T11:42:00.003-08:00

We all are dealing with the horrible realization that gas isn't going to stop going up anytime soon. Every time I used to fill up, it cost a whole whopping $30.00. Just the other day it took $75.00 to fill my minivan. I am thankful for that van. I am still amazed how the Lord provided it to us at such a good price, but I am also amazed at the gas mileage it gets. It get almost 23 miles to a gallon. That's great for a minivan. When Earl talked about parking his diesel truck (which has been parked for over 2 months,) I told him he needed to get a van like mine, or better yet, get a newer one and I'd give mine to him. Isn't that a great idea! It didn't work. The Lord gave him a big Ford van that takes almost $150. to fill up. I don't know what gas mileage it gets, but it's not great. He drives every week to Manley to preach. Some have asked how this has affected our ministry. It has hurt more than you know.

Not only has gas gone up, but AVGAS has really gone up. We pay over $6.00 a gallon. In one village where Earl stops to fill up on the way to pick up missionaries, it is almost $12.00 a gallon. What this has done, has put a halt on most of the flying. We still fly some, but many times it's cheaper to fly commercially. The missionaries in the bush has "hunkered down" and are staying put. One camp we fly for has canceled camp this year. That breaks my heart. When we fly the missionaries pay for the fuel and oil. We wish we could do it for free, but we can't.

I sat this morning and figured out that the cost of Earl driving to Manley ever week and the cost of health insurance takes up over 1/4 of our support. That's crazy. I try not to dwell on this for I will start worrying and doubting, and that is a sin.

If you would remember us in prayer that would be great. Between repairs to the airplane and fuel prices, we're a little stressed right now. Today, I will be sitting down and trying to figure out how I can cut down some.

What a weekend

2008-06-17T11:05:00.002-08:00

We had a wonderful weekend. The Lord is really working in Manley Hot Springs. I am pasting my husbands update of our ministry here in Alaska. We really need the Lord to do a mighty work right now.

Greetings,

We’d like to share blessings from this weekend. Our Lord gave us a special day this Sunday (6-16-08). We had the largest attendance that I know of at Manley. Many churches would blush if they had 26 attend the Sunday morning service, but for us, it was a “packed house”! It also represents about 50% of the population of our community! I guess it is all your perspective. We were glad to share God’s Word with the 3-5 who were faithful through the winter, but it is indeed a blessing to see our number gradually increase as we visit house to house.

We also were encouraged to have, what we were told was, the first ever scriptural baptism in Manley. Two teens trusted Christ at Bible camp, and one of the teen’s mother had never been baptized after salvation. Now the place where Earl baptized them was especially nice. Remember the name of the village? Manley HOT SPRINGS. We were able to use the hot springs and the tubs were in a green house with all kinds of flowers and grapes hanging around. What a joy it was for all! Thank you Lord! Check out some pictures at: http://missionaircare.org/site/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=1070

There are some battles we are facing though. Would you please pray for the aviation side of the ministry? The twin engine is plagued with “little” problems that has the potential of grounding us for the rest of the summer. We have committed not to go into debt paying for parts on the credit card, but we are in a tight pinch. Like everyone, our heating oil has gone up 300%, car gas 200%, and we have had to park our diesel truck because of the cost of that fuel. We drive to Manley (3 ½ hrs vs. 30 minutes flying) because of the cost of fuel. All this has tapped our work fund for the plane. We need an electric fuel pump ($1250), an engine driven fuel pump repaired ($800 est.) and we just paid for a fuel servo ($1500)! Would you join us in prayer, that our Lord will keep this plane from breaking down, and that He will provide the funds for these flight safety matters? He is working. He prompted one of the missionaries we serve to donate $1000 towards the repairs. What a humbling experience, for we need more humbling too.

It's easy to send you the good news, and difficult to send you word of our needs. I have been told many times though, "We can't help if we don't know." That's the only reason I include this info.

You folks are a blessing. Thank you for your friendship. Thank you for your prayers.

Bro. Earl

Lynn
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You've got to see these movies.

2008-06-12T00:07:00.009-08:00

A couple of weeks ago, our church had teen camp. I had company that whole week. Lisa P. was staying with me while her kids were at camp w/ my son. One night I wanted to rent a movie. This is something that we never do, because it is still a big waste of money and time. We've been in AK 7 yrs, and we've rented movies maybe 5 times. Anyway, Lisa suggested a movie to me. At first I thought "yea right, a movie about football." Thrill, thrill. I got it anyway.

The name of the movie is (if you've not already guessed) is "Facing the Giants." WOW! This movie is amazing. For those who've not seen it. Don't waste your time renting it, Just buy a copy. It will be watched over and over again. This movie is everything a movie should be. CLEAN, funny and serious. It's was made by Sherwood Baptist Church, in GA.

The Lord has changed me because of this movie. It made me realize that I wasn't giving everything that I could to the Lord, and I wasn't praying like I should, but when I did pray, I prayed doubting. I didn't prepare for Him to answer that prayer. The most important thing that the Lord showed me was that even if the Lord doesn't answer my prayer the way I want, I still am going to love Him and praise Him.

There are some things that I don't agree with in this movie. The music and version of Bible used are the main things. However, the good outweighs the bad. I don't think you'll be sorry.

Another one that this church also made is " Flywheel." It is good also. This was the first movie this church made. The quality isn't as good, but it is still worth it. Again, it has showed me some areas in my life that need changing. The music and the version are not something we agree with, but our family really has been touched by this movie.

I don't usually tell people to watch movies, because there is so much time wasted in doing so, however, I did not consider my time wasted on these movies, for they pointed out some problems in my life.

Lord bless,

Lynn
John 15

Fire update

2008-06-11T23:41:00.002-08:00

Is anything too hard for GOD? Absolutely not.

I had asked for prayer for the Pfaffenroth's. Missionary friends of ours. A forest fire was about 2 miles from the camp that they have in Uranium City Sask. Canada. The last report I had before I went to bed Sunday night was that they had ordered a total town evacuation, because they felt the whole village was about to go up in flames. The winds were picking up and blowing straight towards the camp and town. Mr Pfaff. got permission to stay behind (along with a school teacher that wanted to help him,) after he flew his family out.

When Mr. Pfaff returned, they set up water sprinklers and drenched everything down, and then they prayed together for the Lord to have his will. The teacher is not saved, so this was going to be a great chance to witness to him about God's love, even if He took the camp. Keep in mind they were the only ones in town. After they prayed, they left the camp for town. That is a 15 minute drive. When they arrived in town, they made sure there was plenty of fuel in the plane for them if they had to make a mad flight out.

Well, the Lord started working. The winds slowed down, and then they shifted and started blowing the opposite way, and then basically stopped. The humidity shot way up. Do you know what that means? Yep, moisture.

It stayed like this all night long, then the next morning water bombers came and started dropping water all over the fire. Then they dropped fire retardant also. Then they did back fires to protect everything.

So, as you can see, the Lord did a mighty work, Didn't HE. We are so excited, and relieved. I hope we would still praise Him even if he did allow the camp to be burnt. He's worthy of ALL our praise.

Lord bless!
Lynn
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A prayer request and thinking back

2008-06-08T10:58:00.005-08:00

We just received an e-mail requesting prayer for our dear friends The Pfaffenroths(pronounced fa fen roth.) They are missionaries in Uranium City, Saskatchewan. Canada. They have a church there and run a Bible Camp called Beacon Bible Camp. The only way to get to "UC" as we put it, is by plane. The request is to pray for the Lord's protection of the camp. There are forest fires approaching the camp. Mr. Pfaff. and some other town men are out there spraying down as much as they can. This is such an important request. Beacon has been such a help to that community, and there is no insurance available in the bush of Cananda. If it burns, the Pfaffs will have to rebuild. If this happens, more than likely, we will be there to help. For you see, this is where it all started for us.

While we were students at Bob Jones University, the Lord directed us to the Pfaffs. He was in charge of the Aviation department. He and Earl hit it off. Mrs. Pfaff. is such a sweet, Godly woman, and I was drawn right to her. In fact, when JD was born, the Pfaffs. were the first to hold him. They were like our parents in Greenville. Anyway, we began going with them on summer teams to UC. I think we went 4-5 years. We helped in many areas from building, cooking, counseling, to even running the camp a few weeks. We even had our own "little house" on the grounds that Earl cut all the trees down around and repaired so we could "live" there in the summers. We surrendered to UC, and we just knew that was where the Lord would lead us. We knew the town, we knew the people, we knew the camp, the whole nine yards, but the Lord had other plans. Now the Pfaffs. are full time missionaries there. He has a church, Beacon Baptist Church and he runs the camp. It's nothing like what we had all those years ago. Much nicer. They have electricity there now. We had a generator that we had to crank every morning around 5am, so the hot water tank could warm up. Our water came from the lake in front of the mess hall. Ace Lake. It sits at the end of the airport runway, so every time someone took off, we'd usually get buzzed. It gets a little scary when you in the lake taken a bath(fully dressed.) We girls preferred the "run and jump in the lake" method than the "hocky pokey dance" you had to do to get a shower. We put all our stuff in a little bag and just dive in. Anyway, we knew most of the pilots, and they would spot us and really hold that plane on the lake until the last minute just to see what we'd do. I remember one time a float plane really sent use out the water. We swam so fast! All he was doing was taxiing over for a visit, but we didn't know that. We flew out of that lake. Fully dressed in culottes, t-shirt, and all the under garments, and just stood there acting like we knew what was happening the whole time. One summer Earl and all the adult guys at camp had to go fight forest fires there near UC. Memories! So you can see we had some great times there and we'd more than likely go back to help if they needed it.

Please pray for this situation, and for the Pfaffenroths. I'll let you know how things turn out.

In Christ,
Lynn
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PS
Earl is in Manly today. JD and I are both home sick with bad sore throats and congestion. I think mine is Allergies. We have pollen every where now.

What an amazing week at camp.

2008-06-02T10:50:00.002-08:00

Well, the teens are all home now. Last week was an amazing week. A total of 31 were saved at camp. One of which, was our son. JD had made a profession of faith last year. He really hadn't changed much. He has made some changes already. Some might say that they don't agree with people being saved numerous times. Our feeling on this matter, is this. It is too important to risk not being saved. The Lord knows their hearts. It's not up to us to say if they are saved or not. That's between them and the Lord. We will NEVER try to convince someone that they are saved.

Many of the teens have gone to a Purity conference in Anchorage. We were going to send JD, but he is very sick. I don't believe in sharing germs. I also want him nearby in case he gets worse.

Please be in prayer for little Gracie. She is still struggling. Also, I read a blog everyday from a lady that is going through cancer treatments. Her name is Heather. Her daughter, Emma Grace, had to have a heart transplant when she was a baby. Well, she is in the hospital, and she may be experiencing transplant rejection after many years. Please pray for them.

I have to get moving. I am exhausted and I have no reason to be. I did nothing last week. I got up at 9:30am, and it is now 11:06am and I could go back to sleep right now.

Lord bless,
Lynn
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It's camp time

2008-05-28T04:49:00.002-08:00

Well, it's that time of the year again, Camp time at our church. It began Sunday night and will go through Friday night. Jeremiah has plenty of friends there this year. An old friend's son, Michael, and the Poelman's. A new missionary family to McGrath that we met when Earl was doing an annual on his Cessna 172. They have a total of 6 kids. 1 married and the rest live at home. A 22,15, and twin 14 year olds. Great family. Well, they flew here with their mom, which is here with me. The youngest 4 are at camp also. We drove there last night, and man alive was there some great preaching. I think 6 were saved. We drove out there tonight to give Jeremiah some Claritan for his allergies, and left. We both felt like we shouldn't be there tonight. We want the Lord to do a mighty work in or kid's hearts, but we want them to go forward because the Lord wants them to, not because mom is there and she probably thinks they need to. So please pray for all the kids there this year. There's about 115 maybe. I'll give a report at the end of the week.

Y'all have a great, Godly day!

Lynn
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I am blessed

2008-05-14T19:26:00.003-08:00

I want to give a huge shout out to Earl, my honey. Where do I begin?

He has been so amazing to me the last few days. He has demanded that I stay in the bed most of the day to give my foot time to heal, and for my shingles to heal as well. He is even in the midst of trying to get me a wheel chair. I am not thrilled about that, but I can see his point. I tried crutches yesterday. Crutches aren't for everyone.

Earl has even made me toast every morning and brought it to me. He's never done this before. He knows I'm in tremendous pain from both the foot and shingles. I praise the Lord for Earl so much. I'd praise the Lord even if he weren't helping me during this time. I feel so bad making him do everything. He feeds the crew in the morning and puts stuff out for lunch. I have taken care of supper. Last night they had pizza. Tonight I made Salmon, Shrimp and baked potatoes, and I made homemade Strawberry Shortcake. It was delicious. They just left for church. Earl is preaching at one of our supporting churches tonight.

Can I ask that you pray for Earl. He has some major decisions to make soon, and a very busy time schedule for the summer. Also pray that the Lord would get rid of a fungus he has growing in his lungs. Thank you in advance.

Lord bless y'all

Lynn
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Happy Mother's Day

2008-05-11T01:08:00.002-08:00

I would like to wish all of you Moms a very blessed Mother's day. May this be a very special day for all of you.

I am blessed to have a great, fun, and a hard working Momma. I hope that I will always be a hard worker like she is. You would never guess her age by her activity level or by looking at her. Jeremiah always makes this comment when he talks about his Me Maw. "My Me Maw is something else. She's 73, but she looks 50." To this I can say that he is correct. My mom is a beautiful, vibrant woman. But one thing that I will always remember is that she loved my Daddy, and man alive did she ever take care of him. She did things for him, that most woman would hire someone else to do. All she ever said was "Well, I married your Father for better or for worse." She misses my daddy so much, but she'll see him again one day.

Well, y'all have a blessed Lord's day.

Love ,
Lynn
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PS
Well it looks like my shingles are visiting again. Same place, bigger spot. Hopefully I can handle the discomfort til Monday.

I'm torn

2008-05-07T22:25:00.002-08:00

Tonight I sit here torn up inside. I have some things tonight that are burdening me so. None of which involve us. I thank the Lord, but yet, I feel really bad for the others.

The first is the baby that I have asked y'all to pray about. She now has Hep. C from a blood transfusion. They are trying to decide if she is able to be put on the heart transplant list. Wow, That's something I have a hard time praying about. That would mean someone else would loose their baby, but yet I want her to live. She may not qualify due to the Hep. C. Please pray for Gracie, The Lockyer's, and the Brown Families. I don't know what to do, but pray.

Next, I spoke with someone at church tonight that is really struggling at home. Their spouse has a real anger issue and is taking it out on the family. I've never seen Earl so mad that it is obvious to anyone else. Please pray for "a special person." I again, don't know how to help,
but pray.

And finally, a youth I know is having problems. We tried to find he/she tonight, but to no avail. I thought I could pray with "X", but couldn't find "X." I have a son that when he has a bad attitude, realizes it and comes and apologies. I again don't know how to help, but pray.

I am SO thankful for my life, spouse and child, and I don't know how to help those that are hurting, other than prayer. But, who better to bring these issues to. He already knows all about them. He is also the Great physician, Calmer, and reconciler.

Lord,
Tonight, Please be with these dear one's. Heal, protect and work in their lives in a way that only you can. I Love you Lord, and thank you for all you've done for me. I don't deserve it, but I thank you. In your Jesus' name, Amen

Algebra

2008-05-02T11:47:00.002-08:00

Well, I am sitting at my computer as my honey is doing math with our son.

When I was a senior in high school, the state of NC made a rule that you had to take algebra to graduate, but if you were already taking a different math, you didn't have to take algebra. I was taking Business Math. Which I still love. So when we got to algebra in the school work this week, I didn't understand it. Earl did take algebra.

Yes, I am embarrassed to admit this. I tried to work with him, but it just wasn't happening. So Earl worked with us yesterday and just sat down with him today. I asked where he wanted me to sit, and he told me just to listen. Which I am. I feel like a failure. My heart is sick that I can't teach my son this math.

Earl did tell me he wants me to find JD a math tutor. So, I'm gonna be looking and calling next week. Earl will be in flying school in Champagne, IL. Great. I guess I'll sit and cry and confuse my son more.

Am I the only one that doesn't know how to do this?

Lynn
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Prayer request

2008-04-25T14:11:00.002-08:00

My friend Katie has asked that we pray for her Mom. She is having a hard time breathing. They determined that she has Congestive Heart Failure. Please pray that she will do what needs to be done to improve this condition. Katie's parents are suppose to visit next month, and they still want to, but if she doesn't get better, she won't be able to.

Also, keep praying for Gracie Jean. She really needs a miracle from the Lord. Dr's are saying the only way for her to survive is a miracle or a heart transplant, but she too sick for even that. I have a hard time praying for her. All I can do is pray that the Lord would heal her if it's His will.

Have a great weekend,
Lynn
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Please pray again.

2008-04-21T08:40:00.001-08:00

Attention Prayer Team!!!! Don't mean to be a burden but we need you again. Amanda just called and the Dr.s asked them to sign a consent form as the Dr.s are going to perfom a rather risky procedure now. The Dr.s will be installing a direct line through her liver into her heart for distribution of medicines. the Dr.s feel this is necessary because if Gracie has another episode like saturday they want the ability to respond with immediate medication. Also the line in her groin is just wore out and needs to be replaced but her arteries are just not conducive. They will not be inserting dye so no damage to her kidneys is expected. However they wll be going through the right aorta where her blood clot is and there is a risk of stroke if that should move. Pray that they will get past it with no damage or movement. They feel the clot is as small as it is going to get and basically adhered to the wal of the aorta so should be able to get past it. (With the Lords guiding hand) Also there is a risk of new clots forming anytime a procedure like this is done. Pray that God will keep her from this. They will also be going through her right ventrical and trying to get a good look at it. The Dr.s feel this might be the location from which her fluid buildup is coming from and hope to see if anything can be done to rectify that. Finally she will have to be moved to the 7th floor taken off the vent and bagged by hand during the move to the cath lab and this is always risky and scary. So pray specifically for these items.Thanks you so much. WE BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF PRAYER!!!

One final thing, Gracies little friend, Montgomery is having his first Hypoplasty surgery in South Carolina today. He is just 7 days old. PLEASE PRAY HARD FOR MONTGOMERY AND HIS PARENTS!!

Grandpa Jim

Just got an update

2008-04-20T18:39:00.003-08:00

I just got an update on Gracie.

Greetings prayer supporters, This is Grandpa Brown offering an update on our precious Gracie. Just got off the phone with Amanda and she asked me to give the evening news report. Gracie had a rocky day full of a continuous balancing act of all her varied medicines, wires pressures etc. The Dr.s say this is to be expected in the days ahead. The good news is that by tonight Gracie was bright eyed, beautiful, resting comfortably, stable and holding her grandma Lockyers finger. A GREAT IMPROVMENT CONSIDERING THE LAST 36 HOURS!!! AND ALL DUE TO THE PRAYERS OF GOD'S PEOPLE AND THE MERCY OF OUR FAITHFUL GOD! Also her kidneys are working and she had a good wet diaper. Pray that this stability continues throughout the night giving her time to rest and recuperate for the challenges ahead. The plan is to slowly but surely wean her down from the support and medicines that sustain her. This will be a long process and may have many days of up and downs such as she experienced today. The goal though is to ask God to let it all happen without major setbacks. Thanks for your prayers and love and support. Grandpa Jim

GOD IS GOOD!
Lynn
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What a beautiful Lord's Day

2008-04-20T17:53:00.007-08:00

I have been sitting here looking out the window today, and it is absolutely beautiful. The Chickadee's are loving life outside my big living room window. It is almost 60F out side. It was already 40F when I got up this morning at 8am.

Go figure, I was told not to go to church by my honey due to my foot, and I wake up at 8:00am. I didn't sleep well at all last night. I never do when Earl is not here. I also kept waking up thinking about Baby Gracie.

I haven't heard anything today on her. She is still alive. I called Duke Hospital, and of course they can't give her condition, but the Lady said "Honey, she's still a patient here. That should give you a little answer." It did, but my heart is breaking so much for her and her family. I realized I wrote something wrong yesterday. She wasn't born in April, she was born in March

While I'm on births. Our Governor, Sarah Palin, gave birth to Trig Paxson Van Palin on Friday.
The paper stated that he may have Downs Syndrome. This is The Palin's statement about Trig. "We knew through early testing he would face special challenges, and we feel privileged that God would entrust us with this gift and allow us unspeakable joy as he entered our lives.” WOW. I am so proud to call her my Governor. Our First lady is just that; A Lady! I feel bad for states that have governors that push abortion.

Well, I'm gonna close.
Lynn
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URGENT PRAYER REQUEST for Gracie

2008-04-19T11:04:00.000-08:00

Dear loved ones,

URGENT PRAYER REQUEST : As we were getting ready to go to the hospital Dr. Jaggers called and told Amanda that right now things are looking pretty "grim". Gracie is continuing to fill with fluid and she is not getting rid of it. This is continuing to affect her blood gasses and they have had to put her on the jet ventillator (more support). He is getting ready to do one more test to see if there is a blockage somewhere in her body. If there is PRAY that it might be seen so maybe it can be removed or treated (if that is a possibilty)? She is also in more pain the bigger she gets. They are running out of options now.

PlEASE PRAY HARD!!!!!!!

Update on Gracie

2008-04-18T17:24:00.001-08:00

Much has happened to Gracie in the last few days. Sorry I haven't updated. They put the pace maker in and it is helping. They have had to adjust it some. Her family really covets our prayers. I beg you to continue bringing the Lockyer's and the Brown's to our dear Heavenly Father. Here's the latest below.

Lynn

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Dear loved ones,

just wanted to give a quick update on Gracie this afternoon. Through the night some of Gracies numbers started on a slow but downward trend. In response to this they had to go back up on her ventillator settings (which means more support). She is also more swollen today than she was yesterday (both eyes are unable to open because of all the fluid in her head. They also had to stop one of the diuretics because she was losing too much fluid from her vessels so they are waiting for those numbers to come back into an acceptable range before they can start it again. Also her heart was paced once this morning and while I was there her heart rate slowly dropped and had to be paced 35 times (very quickly and in succession) again to be brought back to an acceptable range. When I left her numbers were starting to go back toward where they should be but this will take some time. Gracie needs your prayers today that her numbers will come back up, that her heart will continue to strengthen, that this fluid will go from her tissues back into her vessels so that she can start to get rid of it, and that she will be able to tolerate the pain and discomfort she feels whenever she is stimulated in any way (right now she can't tolerate hardley anything at all). Please pray. Love, Todd and Amanda

Update on prayer request.

2008-04-04T21:08:00.002-08:00

Good evening,

Here is the latest update on the request I asked you to pray about. Thank you for bringing this dear family to the Lord.

Lynn
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Amanda and I just returned from the hospital where our little darling is resting peacefully. Her numbers are continuing to stay up and we thank the LORD for that. They are talking about trying to wean her down a little more tonight on a couple of her medications and see how she tolerates that. As of earlier this afternoon one of the doctors said himself it looks as though she is beginning a very slow progression upward. For this we are very thankful and PRAISE GOD! We do however have again a specific prayer request. Aside from what I mentioned earlier today in the update, please pray specifically for her heart not only to strengthen but also for it to function properly. Later this afternoon and earlier this evening she has had once again some abnormal arithmias in her heart that once again have her doctors somewhat puzzled. At this time her vitals are not changing when they happen and they have not had to intervene, though sometimes they last for an extended period of time. Please pray that the doctors might be able to find whats wrong if it needs corrected or that the Lord might take these abnormalities away or that they do not worsen so that she might be able to live with them. Thanks again for all the prayers for our darling little girl and the rest of our family! Only eternity will reveal the impact that the prayers and faithful witness of those that know the Lord Jesus Christ as their Lord and Personal Savior have had on the lives of those around them, as they tell the story of our " little gift " and how GOD LOVES HER and US and is POWERFULLY working all things out for HIS GLORY according to HIS WILL whatever that might be.

In Christ, Todd and Amanda

A huge prayer request

2008-04-01T16:14:00.005-08:00

One of our supporting Pastor's sent an e-mail regarding their little granddaughter Gracie. She is only a few weeks old. She was born w/ major heart problem. She is not doing well at all. Please pray for them.

Here is some information on her. Go to www.caringbridge.org type in graciejeanlockyer on the left side of the page. You will be able to read about her and her family there.

Today hasn't been a good day. Many ups and downs.

Thank you for praying for this dear family.

Lynn
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Our Weather

2008-04-01T14:38:00.012-08:00

Today has been an amazing day thus far. Right now it is +52 F. You read that right. 52 degrees.
That is weather I can live with. We are so happy around here to see those temps.. We even opened some doors today. For you down south, when it gets this warm, we get really excited. That means the snow is getting ready to say good bye for a few months. Well, we are suppose to get rain or snow tomorrow. If the warm weather hangs around, it will be rain.

I can't wait until I can plant my Pansies. Here are pictures of mine in the past. They are by far one of my favorite to plant. My absolute favorite is mingled in there. Can you see the Coleus? When I was younger, I worked at a greenhouse. Well my job was working with the Coleus. I did such a good job, and had them looking so nice that they couldn't keep them in stock. The owner gave me a nick name. Can you guess it? Yep, Coleus. Here is a picture of a very nice colored one. I would love to have my yard covered with them. But that would be way to expensive.

Another thing that I like is watching is how Jeremiah takes such good care of his yard. I say "his' because he put this yard in. When we moved into this house, there was no front yard, just trees covering the whole yard. Earl started cutting them down as soon as we moved in. Then in the spring they started pulling the stumps up. Then Earl brought in dirt. Jeremiah covered the ground evenly. He got on his hands and knees w/ a 2 x 4 making sure it was level. Then Earl - brought in top soil. Jeremiah did the same thing. He worked so hard. I felt so sorry for him having to do all that by himself. Earl said to hush because it would teach him a real work ethic. Then we ended up with this.

It raised the value of our property $20,000.00. Jeremiah still takes pride in doing that yard right in the summer.

Well, gotta run start getting ready for supper. Have a great day in the Lord.

Lynn
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The Fence

2008-03-28T10:54:00.005-08:00

NAIL IN THE FENCE

Make sure you read all the way down to the last sentence. (Most importantly the last sentence)

There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His Father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nail hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.

Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence He said, 'You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same.

When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound is still there. ' A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one.

Friends are very rare jewels, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed. They lend an ear, they share words of praise and they always want to open their hearts to us.'

Please forgive me if I have ever left a hole.

Mens Retreat

2008-03-27T09:40:00.003-08:00

Earl and Jeremiah just left for a Men's retreat in Palmer. Our Pastor encourages the teens to come with their dads. This is Earl's first year attending the retreat, I believe. He always scheduled it on his calender, but he would always get a call from a missionary needing a flight or a plane would need to be worked on. Earl is an amazing man. Have I mentioned that before??? He always puts others needs first. I think He needs this retreat. He looks and sounds very tired to me. I ask that you pray for him, please.

My prayer is this; many would be saved, some to put Christ first again, and the Lord to speak to my men if HE sees any areas they need to improve in and for them to be open to the Lord's leading.

Someone asked if I was afraid when they are gone. Not like I used to be. I have many guest in my house that would love to help if I need them. Their names are; Smith & Wesson, Ruger, Cult, Browning, Winchester...the list goes on and on. The most important guest is the Lord. He has promised to never leave me nor forsake me.

Gonna run use my new stove. Then go work out.

Lynn
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My new gift.

2008-03-27T00:07:00.007-08:00

I wanted to post a picture of a gift from one of our supporting churches. We were "Missionaries of the Year." This church asked us for ideas on big gifts, and we gave them gifts we would, nor could never buy ourselves due to the cost. Little did we know we would actually get these gifts, plus tons of other things from them. I don't want to start listing the gifts for fear of forgetting some, and offending those who bought things I didn't mention. I also don't want to make it look like we are bragging, or putting one church above another. Hence the reason I'm not giving the name of the church. They know who they are. I also hope they know how humbled we still are.

My new gift was a new RANGE. It is a flat surface ceramic top, with five burners. Four for cooking, one for warming. It is also a convection oven that is self cleaning. I so look forward to using it for the first time. I picked it up last night, and my men put it in tonight after church. Melissa, what can I bake in there for the first meal?

Well, I'm going to bed now. It's only 12:30am.

Lynn
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Rosetta Stone Give-away

2008-03-20T11:02:00.000-08:00

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This is a $219 program (and believe me it's worth every penny!) and the winner gets to pick from any of these 14 languages: Spanish (Spain or Latin America), English (American or British), Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Irish, Hebrew, or Russian.

This will also include a headset with microphone, and students will participate in lifelike conversations and actually produce language to advance through the program. Rosetta Stone still incorporates listening, reading and writing as well, in addition to speaking. Many homeschoolers requested grammar and vocabulary exercises, and with Rosetta Stone Homeschool Version 3, they're included! For parents, the new Parent Administrative Tools are integrated into the program and allow parents to easily enroll students in any of 12 predetermined lesson plans, monitor student progress, and view and print reports.

To win this most excellent program -- in the language of your choice -- copy these (blue) paragraphs and post it in (or as) your next blog post -- then to enter the contest, go to the original contest page HERE: http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/JenIG/501132/ and leave a comment with the link showing where you blogged about it. And please make sure the link works to get back to the original contest page when you post it. And good luck! The winner will be picked randomly on March 26, and will be notified thru the link they left to their blog pg. And if you have more than one blog, you can post them and enter those separately for more chances to win. Yay for free stuff

Lynn,

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There's no place like home!

2008-03-12T09:28:00.003-08:00

Dorothy was so right when she clicked those heels together and made that statement.

We arrived home last night after being in the lower 48 for almost 3 weeks. We did have a nice time visiting family and meeting new folks, but we were ready to come home the day after we arrived. Jeremiah was in a pickle. He begged to go home. This is an answer to my prayers years ago. We look forward to getting back to our church tonight.

I'll write more later when my house is all put back in order. We had 6 check in bags, 4 carry ons, and we had mailed 10 boxes, so I need to get the bags unpacked. The boxes will arrive in a couple of weeks.

Lynn
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A great weekend

2008-02-18T08:56:00.003-09:00

We had a great weekend!

Our temps. have warmed up so much. right now it's +32. It was above 0 all weekend.

We left Sat. at noon to drive to a village called Manly Hot Springs(3.5 hr trip.). There are a few families out there that come to church. Earl has been filling in as Pastor. I had one lady to make a comment to me that they wished we'd move out there permanently. I told her we leave those decisions up to the Lord. They really do need a full time family there. The ladies get together on their own and do Bible studies. They have chosen some really good studies. One lady is reading "Created to be his Help meet." by Debi Pearl. I have that book, but have had a hard time getting into it. NO it's not that I disagree w/ it. A book has to really catch me on the first page. This didn't, but I told her I would try again. The book was a gift from my friend Melissa

Anyway, we had 9 at church. There was a different feeling in the room. You could feel the Lord there yesterday. Earl spoke on a topic that was needed at the time there in that community. We then went to a couples house that, by the grace of God, are still alive. She had a heart attack, and wasn't suppose to make it. He has Prostate cancer SO BAD. They are dealing with some things right now and Earl broke the word and shared some scripture with them. It was such an encouragement to them. You could see their faces change. We all prayed together and left those dear saints. Their smiles will stay in my mind for a while.

Another neat thing is that they invited us for a town dinner, and we got to meet more of the towns people. WOW! They are so nice. They are cautious, but we totally get that. We plan to go back as a family as much as we can. We told them we wouldn't be there for 3 weeks due to being out of state. One said "But you'll be back after that right?" I told her as much as the Lord allowed.

So, as you can see we had a great weekend. We even got back to our church here in Fairbanks in time for the evening service. We looked a little different though. We were dressed in Manly's Sunday attire. Denim. The Lord understands. Jeremiah did say that he liked not having to dress up on Sundays.

Well, Have a great day. Mine will be busy trying to get ready for our departure.

Lynn
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PS
Sorry for not posting pictures. I can't figure out this new computer. It's not wanting to accept my camera. I guess I'll have to read some instructions. I hate having to do that!

What a surprise!

2008-02-15T11:14:00.002-09:00

I had a big surprise waiting for me when I came home from class tonight.

My honey bought me a dozen of beautiful, yellow roses. He has not bought me flowers in years. I think it was because I didn't bug him about Valentine's Day. I tried to get he and JD something, but I couldn't find what they like.

I also received 4 cards. 1 from Earl and 3 from JD. One serious card, one funny, and one for his teacher. Wasn't that sweet.

I have another request for you to pray about. All I will say is to please for a family that is really struggling. I tried to counsel them some yesterday. Please pray for me as I will try to be an encouragement to this family. Earl will help me through this.(He's such a wise man. He would be an awesome counselor. He's even applied to schools, but it's all about making time right now. He's burning at both ends. Pray for the Lord to sustain him, and that he take his meds for his fungus. This is when it attacks. )

Update on prayer request

2008-02-13T14:58:00.002-09:00

Well, the Lord has said wait on some of the request.

O and his wife are still making decisions.

The one from our family didn't get a yes answer before Monday. Please continue to pray.

My special request is getting better, so I am praising the Lord for that.

Earl still needs prayer for his request.

Thank you for taking these to the Lord for us.

Love,
Lynn
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A request for prayer

2008-02-08T23:22:00.000-09:00

Today, I am asking for a favor. I can't go into any details, but I have some prayer request.

O and his wife have some decisions to make this week.

Our family has an unspoken that we need you to take to throne. We would love to see this answered by Monday morning.

Earl has a couple of things that he is really having to deal with. One just happened. Please pray that the Lord would be glorified, and that the Lord would work out the problem. Then there's another problem that he has been dealing with for quite a while. He is exhausted in trying to make it work. Pray that the Lord will help in the situation. I have seen my husband try and try in this case, but he can't allow the ministry to suffer anymore.

I ask that you also pray for me. I am burdened by an area that is taking a toil on me. It hurts to even think about it.

If you only pray for one, please pray for the unspoken from our family. I'll just say that it IS the Lord's will that none perish.

I will update when these are answered. The Lord always answers prayer. Maybe not the way we want.

I hope you don't think I'm a nut. Just pray.

Love,
Lynn
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A couple of updates

2008-01-29T19:18:00.000-09:00

Just wanted to update you on a few things, and ask you to PLEASE pray for us as we will have my husbands step mother here for a couple of weeks. She is not saved. Earl plans on talking to her about that while she is here. She will be going to church with us. The church we attend always deals with salvation in every service. It'd blow you mind how many churches don't. Sad huh?

The deal with the girls has all worked out. I knew one would. The other one kinda worked out this past Sunday. In my previous post, I told you about the sermons on Sunday night. It dealt with bitterness. Well, my young man went to the girl and told her he had been holding bitterness against her because of some things that were said that weren't true. He asked her to forgive him. She then apoligized for holding anger and bitterness against him because he now works on the bus she wants to work on. So, she asked Jeremiah to forgive her. Which he did. Now all is well. We will however still allow him to only talk to her when we are right there. We don't want to go through this again. God will take care of things if we just stop and allow Him to.

My diet is going well. I have a goal that I am working towards. I will post pictures when I get to that goal. I have and will continue to set goals until I'm at my ultimate goal. Thanks for your prayers and encouragement!

Have a good night,

Lynn
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A wonderful Sunday

2008-01-28T08:52:00.000-09:00

My Sunday was wonderful! How was yours?

I was asked to fill in for my friend Katie's 4 & 5 yr olds Sunday school class and I loved it. Those little kids are like sponges. The Lord really blessed my heart in there. I had flash backs of helping my Mom in her 2yr old class. Now that was something. I lived in Wilmington NC and attended Grace Baptist until the Lord led us to college. In that class my mom taught up to 35, 2 yr olds. They all obeyed!

The morning preaching was also great. Pastor Duffett preached on hidden sins. Not adultery, drugs , etc, but things like being bitter, being frustrated at people and that kind of stuff. Secret because we don't usually realize we do them. We all have that, Don't we? That's the amazing thing about forgiveness. The Lord forgives even those sins we don't know about.

Then, last night we had a missionary from the Philippines. Dave Ferris. He preached on Bitterness. WOW. I think we all were convicted. He really allowed the Holy Spirit to talk through him. Pray for him. He will be away from his family 7 weeks. Some might say that's not long. Well as missionaries, we really learn to get used to our spouses being around, and when they're gone for a period of time, you feel like part of you and your heart are missing. At least I do. When Earl flew for Operation Renewed Hope during the Katrina cleanup, he was gone for almost 1.5 months. I was very lonely, and longed for his hand just to hold at night(that's how we try to go to sleep.) For you that don't have that closeness or don't want that closeness, MAN are you missing something!

Anyway, back to Sunday. It was also my Mom's 73rd birthday. I spoke to her twice. She doesn't know this, but we are going down south for 3 weeks next month to 2 Missions Conferences and we are going to surprise her and show up at her door. Pray it remains a secret.

Well, I'm off to do school. Pray fro me!!!
Lynn
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My baby is 14

2008-01-23T16:26:00.000-09:00

Today is my "little" man's 14th birthday. It seems so hard to believe that he is 14. I don't like it one little bit either! He is now taller than I am. This makes him and his Dad happy.

We will get together on Saturday with some guys from church to celebrate.

Lynn
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It's like an Elephant ice skating....

2008-01-23T16:11:00.000-09:00

I went into town today to get my Birthday boy his cake. Well, let me tell you it was not fun. I felt like I was riding an elephant on ice skates with a tornado blowing it around.

We have had warm temps. for the last few days, and even rain. It rained last night also, and today we are very windy and COLD.

I wish it wasn't Wednesday. I'd stay home all tucked in, but there is church and we don't stay home just to be staying home.

Stay warm!

Lynn
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Please pray

2008-01-23T15:59:00.000-09:00

Please pray for my good friend Melissa. She found out today her dad had a mild heart attack. He will be in the hospital a couple of days.

The last four months have been rough on this man. His dad had a massive heart attack back in October and passed away in November. Then his brother passed away after Christmas. He is a strong man, but the stress level has been high for a while.

I will post if we hear anything else.

Lynn
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What's a mother to do?

2008-01-17T22:11:00.000-09:00

I am so confused. I need your prayers. Here's a some info.

My 14 yr. old has a female friend that he looks up to as a sister. Some things happened tonight, and this dear girl called and apologized for her attitude, but also called to say that my son is too possessive of her. She shared some comments that he had made. I don't see were they were showing him being possessive of her. My husband even agreed with me. I do know how moody a 17 yr old can be though, and how they tend to want everything to meet their approval. Not the first time a 17 yr old acted this way now is it? I told her we would all talk Tuesday night so we can get everyones side of the story and come away with some solutions.

Here's what really concerns me. She also told me about another girl that says he talks to her to much, and it even made her dad feels so uncomfortable that he made her change church buses. This concerns me because I have seen my son avoid these kids at all cost. I have told him that I don't want him hanging around them because of some jokes that I have heard come from them. I have told him to be kind and not rude to them. To be Christ-like. When we first came to church, this girl would come straight over to my son as soon as church was over. This girl even accused him tonight of walking up behind her and giving her the creeps. I was there. He was actually in the room first sitting down eating, then I came in, then this girl. She flat out lied. So this makes me feel like there are other things that she is saying that aren't true. She has no issue being in a group of boys. I've even made a point of telling my son in front of her Mom that it is not proper for girls and boys to be together unless they are in the presence of an adult. I got ridiculed by her Mom.

Anyway, please pray for me as I pray my way through this. The situation with the first girl will resolve because we all are good friends and she has an awesome attitude about wanting to get it resolved. The second situation is eating me up on the inside. Please pray that I keep a good attitude. I know my child isn't perfect, but it really bugs me when I know that someone has lied about him. He is upset about this as well.

Lynn
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Busy, Busy, Busy

2008-01-15T00:42:00.000-09:00

I have been so busy the last week.

My shingles are almost gone, but man, they still hurt! I'm tired of taking pain meds. for them. I haven't been able to work out with them either.

I plan on going back to Curves tomorrow to work out. I was going to go today, but my honey really wants me to stay home when it's crazy cold outside. It stayed around -41 here at our house today. I won't complain though. We have a missionary, David, stuck here due to planes not working. Well, his poor wife, Heidi, and son are in Fort Yukon enduring -52. It started out at -22 this morning, and by 10:00 pm tonight it was -52. I pray she has no problems. Please pray that the Lord allows my honey to get at least 1 plane working(there are 4 here, but all are broke.) and that the weather will warm up. He has a personal cut off of flying. It is -20/-25. If you go down, they won't come looking for you. They don't expect you to live for long in weather like that. So Earl doesn't even attempt it.

My diet has been at a stand still. I am bored with my diet, but I started it again on Saturday. I had to get off of it, and eat something bad(good.). Prayerfully, I've got that out of the way. I want to be a certain weight when I go see my Mom(she doesn't know I'm coming.) on Feb. 21st. Please pray that I will be strong and lose some more weight.

My husband has been so good to me. He has bought a new IMAC for my personal use. We had to get another computer for the hanger and our growing ministry, and our web guy has been on us for a few years to get away from Windows. Well, we did it. The amazing thing is that IMAC's aren't as expensive as we thought they were. We could have bought a Dell for the same amount of money and got less computer and NO SERVICE. Our web guy did a remote login from my old PC and transfered all my old stuff to my new IMAC. I will have to get used to the new system, but so far, I'm likin' it(especially now that I have my right click working on my mouse.

Earl also allowed me to buy new living room furniture. I was in a car wreck almost 2 years ago, and they sent me a check for pain and suffering(which I do have. I have on-going headaches from it.) So I saw this set of furniture at Sam's(my friend Melissa has a set almost identical to it.) and I asked him jokingly if I could get it. After a couple of weeks, he told me to go get it. You have to know how old and bad my other furniture was. I hated getting rid of it. It was a very nice plaid. However, after 12 yrs, a long trip up the AL-CAN Hwy, and people not knowing how to properly sit on furniture, and allowing their kids to flop on it, it was falling apart. So we went and got the new furniture. I am still in shock. It looks so nice in here. I really want different flooring, but that may have to wait. Our wood stove area needs attention more than the floor. I can have the carpet cleaned, but there is fake brick on the walls, and it is falling off and breaking. So we will be looking for stone soon.

Some might say that as missionaries, we sure have bought a lot lately. We do not jump and buy every little thing we see or want. We do not have relatives that give us money either. We have had some friends to give us some for specific things. We save money. I had a family give me money to use as I saw fit to in July. I still have most of it. It's called being a wise steward of the Lord's money. Our son has been trained the same way. He isn't allowed to blow his money as soon as he gets it either. First he tithes 10%, puts 5% in savings and then after looking for a while, he is allowed to buy something that meets our approval. We do not spend his money either. That is his money, sent to him by churches or individuals.

One area we really don't waste money on is eating out. Did you know the average family eats out about 10 times a week! That's a lot of wasted money. We eat out 1 time a month as a family and maybe 1-2 times a month in emergency situations. So we cut way back in that area.

The only reason I said all of this is because I had someone ask my last week how we can afford this stuff. The Lord has been good to us, and we have tried to be faithful to him. "Delight thyself also in the Lord, and HE shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

Lynn

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It stinks. No it hurts!

2008-01-06T10:28:00.000-09:00

Well, I am sitting at home on a Sunday morning. I'd rather be at church. But... I have SHINGLES.

It could be worse. Mine didn't blister up. I felt something under my arm thursday night. When I got home I had a band of a big rash under my arm and it HURT so bad. The next day was worse. I went on-line and looked up shingles because I knew 2 ladies that had shingles a couple of years ago and it sounded just like what Lena and Patricia said they had. When I saw it on-line, it looked just like it. It also said to called DR. Immediately. I did. He felt like it was shingles and told me to come to his house the next morning. Steve had his wife, Stephanie look at them and describe them to him. Sure enough.. Shingles, but w/ out the bad blistering, but NOT without the pain.

I want to say how thankful I am for the PA I see. He and his wife make a great team. No she's not his nurse at the office, but she is at home. She's very kind and allows people to stop in to see him if they need to. I hate doing that because that is his time off. She was great describing the rash to him. You may ask why he didn't look himself? Well, I'm very modest and it was on my breast. She said she had no issue with him looking at it. I DO.

Anyway, he wanted me on meds. and he had samples at the office. He got them and started me on them right then. He said I could go to church tonight. My problem is wearing something close to it. It hurts so bad. It also itches, but I try not to touch it.

I praise the Lord that it's not as bad as it could be. I also praise the Lord for the Schag's.

It's not like that at all

2008-01-01T14:45:00.000-09:00

I have just received a comment about Alaska. It's not what people hear or think.

We LOVE it here in Alaska. You can see God's handy work in this place. We live in the ugliest part of Alaska my husband says (he flies all over the state.) We can only see mountains in the distance. We don't have them right around us like Anchorage or other cities. Fairbanks/North Pole is considered the Interior of the state.

The Interior does get the coldest temperatures, but it’s not that bad. Right now we are at -6. I will take this cold over NC or SC's +30 or colder any day. It is a very dry cold. It’s not at all what you'd expect. We did have few days of -45 a few weeks ago. You learn to stay in during those days unless you have to work. Some schools close when it's that cold, and some businesses don't require employees to come to work either. That type of cold is dangerous to break down in. SO it's best to stay home. That even includes church if you live more than a few miles away. You use common sense during those times. The Lord understands!

Right now we have about 6-8 inches of snow on the ground. This is bad. We need more snow to insulate our septic and leach fields in the winter. Last year we had about the same amount of snow. Our leach field froze. Lovely! (And costly) when that happens, you have to let the Lord thaw it out. We had to have our septic system pumped every 2 weeks for a couple of months. That's $350. each time. It finally thawed in July. We hope we get more snow soon.

We have about 6 hours of daylight right now. Area's like Barrow and Point Hope are the areas that see the most dark. The sun sets there in Dec. (I think) and does not rise again until Feb. Now that does not mean that they are pitch black. It gets light. You just don't have the sun in the sky. We see the sun around 10:30am, and it goes down around 2:30 or 3:00pm. So you learn to get things done during that time if dark bothers you. So far, this year has not been bad. Some people get suicidal during the winter. I can't understand that. I thank the Lord I have a sure hope in the SON, not the sun. We have started gaining daylight now.

Our summers are the opposite. We are daylight 24 hours a day. You get used to that also. We begin gaining daylight at the end of December until we are light for 24 hours a day. Then we start losing daylight again June 21st. We have 100 days between frosts. The temperatures in the summer can vary from 50-95 during the day. The night can dip down to the 40's or even lower. We don't plant anything outside until June 1st just to be safe.

It is beautiful here in the summer, but be ready for some vicious mosquitoes. They don't hold anything back when they arrive. You do get used to them. It's funny. If you're in the sun, they don't bother you as much as they do in the shade. In some of the villages, they could care less about sun or shade. They're just real thirsty!

Well, I hope that gives you a better understanding of Alaska and its weather.

Lynn
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Long time...no blog

2007-12-30T15:36:00.001-09:00

I have been so busy, that I have forgotten to blog.

Christmas was wonderful. It was very quite. I have said before, we are quite here in our house (especially since the TV died), so it was nice. The Lord blessed us with some nice things this year.

JD got quite a bit of Knife making stuff. He's already built one. He just needs to add the Ivory to it. I will post a picture of it when he is all done. He also got a portable DVD player (Cheap mind you,) so he can watch DVD's and play his game cube on. (which was a gift a couple of years ago.) He and Earl have enjoyed their time watching some of our old movies. I can't see it that great, so I don't even bother. He also received some clothes, and the most interesting book. The Dangerous Book for Boys

I got some of my favorite stuff from Mary Kay, Bath and Body works, VS Garden collection, note pads, and some homemade soaps. My men spoiled me this year. I have wanted a new desk for the Living room. The one we had was falling apart and quite honestly, it was ugly as sin. I will post a picture of the new desk also when I'm done reorganizing that area. It is beautiful. Then they really surprised me with a set of Henckels Knives (they got a really good deal on them.) My friend Melissa has some, and I fell in love with them.

My Sweetie, Earl, got some new clothes, coat, pocket knife, tool bag, flash light and some gift cards. He is happy when he gets gift cards. There's just something about a man being able to pick out his own gift. They are practical. They don't need wrapping paper, just money or plastic!

Then we received a box yesterday with mine and Jeremiah's favorite soda. Sundrop. We can't get it here. The sad thing is, I can't drink it. Not on my diet. I may drink 1 one day and not eat anything. We'll see.

I'll try to post again soon.

Lynn
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PS
The gift we got that we didn't like....a virus. Stomach and headaches.

Now that's cold

2007-12-18T22:02:00.000-09:00

Well, we knew it was going to hit us sooner or later, and it has done it. Here is tonights forecast for North Pole.

Mostly cloudy with isolated flurries east of Fairbanks this evening...decreasing clouds after midnight. Otherwise...mostly clear. Areas of ice fog. Lows 20 to 45 below...coldest in clear calm valleys. Light winds.
Right now it's -35.

I finally have my tree up thanks to my friend Katie's daughter Melody. She came over today to earn some Christmas money. The last chore tonight was to get the tree up and finished. It is beautiful. She did a great job. I'd steal this girl if I could.

Lynn

New Recipe

2007-12-16T21:11:00.000-09:00

I tried a new thing today. My mom had told me about a recipe "The Zone" diet gave in their book.
It is a substitute for mashed potatoes. What you do is boil cauliflower and mash as much water out of it as you can get. Then add butter and milk. I used my Kitchenaid to mix them til they are creamy like potatoes. I threw in some mozzarella cheese to hold it together more and for the flavor. WOW, my whole family LOVED them. Earl even came and told me how much he like the potatoes like that. I then told him it was cauliflower. I was so shocked. Even Jeremiah ate the mushrooms and onions in the gravy that I put on top of them.

This is your chance to fool those picky eaters you've created in your home(yes, parents YOU create them by not making them eat it.) This recipe will be used now instead of potatoes.

Lynn
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Diet update

2007-12-10T14:23:00.000-09:00

Just wanted to give you an update on my diet.

The Lord has been so good and has helped me. I started my diet 10-1-07. To date I have lost 34 lbs. I have lost 17.25 inches! That blows my mind. 8.75 were from my hips. Glory.

I could have NOT done this without the Lord. I am weak when it comes to sweets. But I had to just decide that when I was tempted, I had to think about my testimony for Him. I wasn't taking care of this "temple" of His. He is my strength and my portion.

Earl has been great. He keeps encouraging me. This morning he said he was happy enough to a cart wheel, but decided he better not. He's amazing.

I also have to give credit to the Ladies at Curves. I started there a month ago. The music drives me crazy, but the woman are such an encouragement.

So, I'll update you again when I hit the big 50lb mark. I still have a long way to go, but Praise the Lord, it's getting closer.

Lynn
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New picture, New look

2007-12-04T11:36:00.000-09:00

I posted our new family picture, so I also decided to change the look of my post. I tried very hard to do a Christmas theme, but couldn't figure out how to change the template to one. Blogger doesn't have any that I've found. My Friend Melissa says it is easy. She will help me

The Lord has been answering some prayer request around here. Since I didn't finish my list on What I'm thankful for, I'll do it here.

Earl-fungus is shrinking.
Financial- We are refinancing. Rates are low. This will save us quite a bit of money each month.
My Diet-I've lost around 25 lbs. Please keep praying for this
Family getting involved at church
Jeremiah-He is enjoying working on a bus route on Saturdays and Sundays. The little kids are warming his heart. He is so cute talking about 2 specific kids. Pray that his heart stays tender.
Me-Bible Baptist offers so many ministries to work in. I have started doing special music. I have sung "Whatever it takes", and next will be "Fill my cup Lord". I also am helping in the kitchen for visitation(they feed you before you go out on visitation.) I also work in decorating the church. I will be working with the teen girls once my knee gets back to normal(stairs kill me when I go down them. Teens meet upstairs.)
Earl-He so enjoys the services at BBC, visitation, discussing missions with people, Talks with the Pastor and The abortion march on Mondays. Bible Baptist is the only church that does a silent protest locally.

People, It is so important to be involved in a good, active, Bible believing, and Bible preaching church.

Have a great day!
Lynn
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I am Thankful for...

2007-11-24T19:50:00.000-09:00

I sat today and thought about what I am Thankful for. My list keeps growing and growing. So I will start my list here. I will forget some.
Salvation-It floors me that He would save me, love me and never leave me.
Husband-It floors me that he could love me, and better never leave me.
Son-Oh how I love this amazing gift from my Lord. He's such a fine young man.
Family-Though we don't always see eye to eye, we love each other and long to see each other.
Church(both in SC and Alaska)-What amazing Pastors and fellow members we have.
Friends(Here in Alaska and everywhere else.)-They never cease to amaze us with their love
Ministry the Lord has called us to.-We work with some great people. Some are harder to work with, but 95% are jewels
Supporters and prayer partners-We are well taken care of, and we know we are praying for us
Home-Though I would make some changes on the flooring, the Lord has put us in a perfect location that we love. How many pilots do you know that have a hanger next door, and a runway right behind his house?
Being able to home school.-I am scared of some of the Math I'll have to teach, but home school is enjoyable now.
Our Freedom.- Though our country is trying to take God out of our lives, at least we can serve the Lord freely.

Yes, there are thing I have forgotten. Now, what are you thankful for?

Lynn
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All is well

2007-11-15T09:34:00.000-09:00

All is well here in North Pole. We are at a balmy -8 this morning. There is probably 6 inches of snow on the ground. The roads are great. Many ask how the roads are in the winter. Our snow is so different than that snow y'all get in the lower 48. It is very dry and blows off the roads. That was JD's biggest complaint when we got our first snow after moving here(well beside the one about still going to school when it snows.) You can't build a snow man out of it. It's rare you see a snow man. If you do, you know they have worked very hard packing it and spraying it. We had a wet snow one time and JD decided he didn't want to build a snow man, he built a snow duck. It was so cute. I had a flower pot that was a duck. He kept looking at that flower pot and working to make it look just like it. Too cute.

My sweetie is gone again. He is preaching in a Missions conference in the lower part of the state. I got so tickled last night. JD went to the gun cabinet and got HIS hand gun and put it under his bed. I pity anyone who ever tries to get in this house. JD is an Excellent shot. I had a friend that told me he should go into competitions. Anyway, JD is so much like Earl. If the Lord could have made 2 people alike that weren't blood related it is those two. I mean it. It's amazing. The Lord knew we would adopt him. I was looking at Earl's Military class book yesterday, and found Earl's picture. They look alike. Earl's just taller. The Lord is amazing.

I have to share a joke I got from a friend this morning. I thought of Earl, His Brother, Steve and my mother in law, Terry. They were born and raised Catholic and got saved, and now are Independent Baptist. Here goes. It's called Bubba's new religion

Each Friday night after work, BUBBA would fire up his outdoor grill and cook a venison steak. But all of BUBBA"S neighbors were Catholic...and since it was Lent, they were forbidden from eating meat on Friday.

The delicious aroma from the grilled venison steaks were causing such a problem for the Catholic faithful that they finally talked to their Priest. The Priest came to visit BUBBA and suggested that he become a Catholic. After several classes and much study, BUBBA attended Mass...and as the Priest sprinkled holy water over him, he said, "You were born a Baptist, and raised a Baptist, but now you are a Catholic."

BUBBA's neighbors were greatly relieved, until Friday night arrived, and the wonderful aroma of grilled venison again filled the neighborhood. The Priest was called immediately by the neighbors and as he rushed into BUBBA's yard clutching a rosary preparing to scold him, he stopped and watched in amazement.

There stood BUBBA, clutching a small bottle of holy water which he carefully sprinkled over the grilling meat and chanted

"You wuz born a deer, and wuz raised a deer, but now you is a catfish."

Well, Have a great day,

Lynn
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So what's been going on????

2007-11-05T11:05:00.000-09:00

Not much.

Earl was gone for over a week, and things get very quite around here when he is gone. The other reason not much has happened is because last week was the 2nd week of missions conference at Bible Baptist. I worked in the kitchen from1pm til 9:30pm every day of the conference(Su.-W.) The food was amazing. Which is probably why I gained 1 pound during the week. Not to fear Earl, it's already gone!

The diet was at a standstill for about a week, and when Earl isn't here I don't do as well. He is such an encouragement to me. But he lets me know that I shouldn't depend on him. He is right. I need to depend on the Lord. Please pray that I get to a certain goal I have set for this week.

Jeremiah is working hard in school. For those that have kept up on his history, school will never be easy for him. He is trying hard though. We were talking about one language curriculum
today that has been easier and more understandable than the others we have used. It is Mark Twain curriculum. They make it so clear compared to the others that we had used. The other didn't have test. but MT does right in the book. No extra books to buy. I highly recommend it. I pray they have it for 8th grade.

Anyone who knows Earl, knows he is a Ford truck guy through and through. Well, he bought a nice truck while we were on furlough 2 years ago. We drove it up the AL-CAN highway and it started giving him all kinds of problems after we got home. So we fixed those problem and sold it(Earl couldn't work on it due to all the new computerized junk the put on new vehicles now.) The Lord gave him "Old Blue", an old 74 or 76 Ford to drive during May-November. It won't pass the IM test, so it has to be parked the rest of the time. Well, Earl has been so busy, and unable to work on Old blue to get it to pass. We prayed that the Lord would give him time to fix it. The Lord had other plans. A friend of ours DONATED a beautiful 88 F-350 4 x 4 King cab, w/ a matching topper to Mission Air Care. I was so shocked at this truck. Some would say that it is old, but it looks great for an 88 Alaskan truck. It's not a little truck. Which is why I LOVE IT. It's bigger than the moose! I have to use a stool to get in it. We are so thankful to this family. They could have sold this truck and gotten a great price for it up here, but they followed the Lord's leading. This family has become very close to us. The husband is a commercial pilot, and he helps Earl stay current on his flying. He's so concerned for us, and Earl's safety that he will call and find out were Earl is at in flight, or if he's landed. His wife is a home school mom as well. She has been an encouragement to me. So ask the Lord to bless this family. The Lord knows who we're talking about.

Well, gonna close. Have a great day!

Lynn
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Update on Mrs. Becky

2007-10-27T20:19:00.000-08:00

Mrs. Becky is doing a lot better. She is back to normal, and they are back in their motor home. The Lord allowed this to happen we believe. Her sugar level was not high enough for her to go into a coma. The DR's feel there are other problems that caused the coma state. They will be doing an MRI on her next week. Pray that the Lord will give all involved wisdom to pinpoint the problem.

Lynn
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Please pray

2007-10-25T08:20:00.000-08:00

We just got word from a dear friend of ours, Ronnie Starr, that his wife, Mrs. Becky as we all know her, is at Emory in GA having a Dr's appt. for her diabetes, and they gave her some glucose and it put her in a coma. Not what they wanted.

Lynn
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Some pictures of our Winter Weather

2007-10-19T15:32:00.001-08:00

Thought I'd share pictures of our snow storm we're having. It's hard to see the snow flakes because the snow is so small. It has been coming down since yesterday morning. It is really beautiful.

Not much happening.

2007-10-19T11:59:00.000-08:00

Not much has been going on around here. I'll update on a few past post.

The funeral for Thomas Greene(4yr old) was amazing. His parents have already returned to church and his Dad is leading the music as normal on Sunday night. I cried most of the time while he directed. He chose songs that were very fitting. Continue to pray for them.

The diet is going okay. I stopped losing weight after I lost 20 lbs. I am now starting to lose again. My biggest problem is keeping the right foods in the house, or having to eat dinner somewhere else.

School is going well. Jeremiah is plugging along. We're trying to work faster this year so we can go into some 8th grade work before the end of the school year.

Our winter is here. It is snowing right now. We have about 6 inches on the ground. Another 3 inches is expected today.

The ministry is still going. Please pray for us as we travel to Anchorage this weekend for a missions conference. I don't like driving in the winter. The plane is down right now. It would cost too much to fly down. Please pray that Earl can get the Landing gear to work properly. He had it "fixed" by someone else, and they haven't worked right since. You have to be able to raise and lower the gears. Not all airports have a tower that he can do a low fly over and ask if his landing gear is down. He doesn't have peace flying until he has it working properly.

Have a great weekend! Don't forget Church on Sunday!

Lynn
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Update

2007-10-11T09:51:00.001-08:00

Please keep praying for the family I mentioned that lost their 4 yr old. The funeral is today at 4:30 pm (AK time.) Their names are Chris and Jamie Greene(Parents) The Coghill Family(maternal grandparents) and The Gracie and The Greene Family(paternal grandparents. This will be very hard to attend today. Our Pastor will do a wonderful job.

Well, I been on this diet for about a month now. I have lost 19.6 lbs. It hasn't been that hard. although there were times I wanted to just dive into a big piece of cake or something else sweet. But the Lord helped me through those times. I have to be more creative. I am doing a combination of a low calories and high protein diet. I'm getting tired of cheese, but hopefully that will pass. PLEASE keep praying for me. I've not lost any the last 2 days. That bothers me.

Have a great day,
Lynn
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Please pray

2007-10-03T15:47:00.000-08:00

We just got word that a 4 yr old from our church here in AK passed away today. His name is Joseph Greene. He fell off a ladder yesterday and was flown from Fairbanks to Anchorage were he passed away.

This will be very hard on our church, so please pray for everyone at Bible Baptist Church. We have to take comfort that God makes no mistakes.

In Christ,
Lynn
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New diet

2007-10-02T16:55:00.000-08:00

Well I have been on a diet for 2 weeks. So far I've lost about 14 pounds that I gained from a new medication for Fibromyalgia. I stopped the new medication, and started the diet. I have to add that I was hoping that this new med. would help with the pain. After 3 weeks of taking it, I'd gained 25 lbs. I stopped it. I couldn't take the risk of gaining more weight.

I will keep you posted on my weight loss. PLEASE pray that I don't give into temptation(I would love something sweet. Maybe a big piece of Italian Cream Cake Melissa!) 1 Cor. 10:13 gets quoted around here a lot now.

Lynn
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Amen Sister,

2007-09-29T10:30:00.000-08:00

I received this video this morning. After listening a few times to make sure there were no bad parts, which I didn't find any, I decided to post it here. Let me know if I missed some and I'll remove it.

Just sit back and listen closely.

Lynn
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We will miss him.

2007-09-25T19:34:00.001-08:00

During the summer we try to keep the adult squirrel population down around our house due to them chewing holes in the house. Well, after Jeremiah took care of an adult squirrel, a little baby started coming around. Then another. Our dog, Homer, took out one of them. The other little baby kept coming back.

Jeremiah and I have developed a love for this little squirrel. We have named him Baby. Baby will come down the tree to us, and will get about 1-2 feet from us. Jeremiah is scared that he will attack him. Baby will walk past us in the front yard, and even come when we call him.
Our winter is here,and Baby will be hibernating soon. Jeremiah and I will miss him. We even talked today about catching him and keeping him in a cage in the house, but that wouldn't be fair. In the picture you can see the food bowl that Jeremiah made for him.

Have you ever gotten attached to a wild animal?

Lynn
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Thinking back

2007-09-21T12:27:00.000-08:00

Today I have been thinking back to things that have changed my life.

Tomorrow marks 25 years of the most important thing that changed my life. My salvation. I was saved on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 1982. I can remember that day like it was yesterday. I was in chapel at the Christian school I went to. The chapel message that day was "Characteristics of someone that is on their way to Hell." Well, I knew immediately they were talking about me. I almost got demerits because I went in the building before I was suppose to, but I had to find someone to help me. When I told them why I came in the building, they immediately took me to the yearbook room and showed me how to become a Christian. That day I prayed and received HIS free gift of Salvation.

Another was the day I met my husband. I won't go into all the details around that day. I would like to say that I am very blessed to have him in my life. He is an amazing man. I've heard that a lot lately. He is not the type of husband that has to have me at home with him at all times. In fact he encourages me to go do things for others as well as myself. We do enjoy our times together. One thing we do together now is read. Not out loud. He reads his book, I read mine. We just enjoy that time together.

Have a great weekend.
Lynn
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Who does JD look like?

2007-09-15T11:50:00.001-08:00

For those who really know us, this is funny.

This is cool. Try it yourself.

Lynn
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Where did the time go?

2007-09-14T12:27:00.000-08:00

I can't believe I haven't blogged recently. I have been busy, and then there were days that I really didn't have anything to blog about. I DO NOT want to be like some bloggers. They spend a lot of time on the computer blogging. I have 1 blog. That is enough. I know of a lady that has like 4. That's too much time on the computer. I'd like to see her house. Earl would shoot me if the computer took up that much of my time.

School has gone very well since the last update. Jeremiah is working on his own. I get the work out, and in order to which needs to be done first(I know when his attention will start wondering.) This is such an improvement to last year. Of course it is the beginning of the year and the hard math will change that a little I think. I tell him that I am here if he has any questions, and he gets started.

The family is all well. We are gearing up for winter. That is something you have to really plan for up here for y'all down south. Our winter is so different than any weather down there. You have to cut fire wood, start stocking the shelves and freezer, get the snow gear out or buy more(especially if you have a 13 yr old), get the vehicles ready, change the tires over to stud tires, and for us, keep our front yard clear of leaves. Earl hates to see a yard with yucky dead leaves come break-up. It's not good for the grass either.

We are making plans to come out for furlough next fall. So we are getting excited about that. We try to stick to the 3 years in Alaska, then 6-8 months on furlough. Jeremiah is excited. He loves going to Wilmington area and being with family. He also likes going to the beach.

Until next time,
Lynn
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One down, thirty five more to go.

2007-09-10T12:09:00.000-08:00

I am referring to school weeks. I will take it one day at a time this year. I am trying to use some ABEKA math this year. Man, am I scared. I know this to shall pass. I won't be doing ABEKA everyday. Mostly spectrum. Any suggestions? I will need them.

When I graduated in 1984, the State of NC said you had to have a year of Algebra. Well the school year had already started, so they said if you were already in a different type of math, then it didn't apply to you. I was taking Business math. So I have never taken any Algebra. Thus the fear!

I know that is the devil. so I will be doing a lot of praying through the next few years. Please pray with me one day at a time.

Lynn
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I have a 7th grader!

2007-09-05T15:09:00.000-08:00

My little man is growing up so much. He is in the 7th grade now. Junior High School. I remember that year. It was my hardest year. In fact, I had to repeat the 7th grade. Mainly

because I hated the school I went to. The school district made a mistake, and sent just our bus to the wrong school, and they wouldn't fix it. So here's hoping Jeremiah will like his school better than I did mine. ha ha.

We are enjoying Earl being home. He had to leave the plane down in Soldatna. There are some major issues with the landing gear.

We will be hosting a family from one of our supporting churches tonight. The Coats' from Berwick, PA. We stayed at their home while on deputation over 7 years ago.. So it will be nice to see them. They made our stay in Berwick so nice.

Gonna run. I have a house to prepare for possible company.

Get into the Word today. It will make your day so much nicer!

Lynn
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School has started

2007-09-04T10:02:00.000-08:00

School has started here at our house. So I will have to write later. Please be in prayer for Jeremiah and his school year.

Lynn
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He's Home!!!!!

2007-09-03T12:34:00.000-08:00

Earl finally made it home last night. He and Mark Winans drove from Soldotna. Earl is very glad to be home. There's no place like home! I am so thankful to have him back. I just wish we didn't have to start school tomorrow so we could enjoy him. We've had very little family time this summer with him. He was gone so much working with Operation Saturation and flights for other missionaries, but I wouldn't want him to be any other way. He is a man after God's heart.

Our fall is here. The trees are turning yellow, and the leaves are falling. The night temperature is around 38 here at our house. I even saw the northern lights Saturday night.

Have a great Labor day.
Lynn
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Not coming home after all!

2007-08-31T21:18:00.000-08:00

Well, Earl will not be coming home this weekend after all. He was able to take off, but then there were problems. I think he said it was with the landing gear. He had return to MARC Air in Soldotna, and they have the plane back up on jacks tonight. I think that's what he said the problem was. Please, pray for him. He is so discouraged. But he was praising the Lord also for giving him wisdom. He is an amazing mechanic and Pilot. God has blessed him with such wisdom.

I want to give a big shout out to Bob Jones University Missionary Aviation Program. They taught him so well. That is one thing Earl was praising the Lord about today. He was taught how to be a good and thorough A & P mechanic.

Jeremiah is much better. I am sick now. Nothing serious. Just chest congestion, with green junk. PTL for a PA that will talk to you over the phone and then call in a Rx. My PA moved here the same day we did, and we went to the same church for 6 years. He does everything he can to help us. He has helped the whole family. I remember the last time Jeremiah had Pneumonia, he was the one that diagnosed him here at our house, and had an Rx waiting for me to pick up the next morning. Not too many in the medical field do that, do they?

Y'all have a great weekend!

Lynn
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Pictures for those interested

2007-08-30T17:52:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures for those that have asked for more pictures.
I will try to figure out how to put a photo album on this site, and download more pictures
We have a friend that took the bottom 4 pictures. Didn't he do an awesome job?
We took the rest.

Lynn

Jeremiah & The runway we live on

Our Home & the hanger

Reindeer & Baby Seal

Mt. Mckinnley & Baby moose calf

Answer received!

2007-08-30T15:52:00.000-08:00

Well, you won't believe this, but I have Jeremiah's Science and History!

I received a phone call from the school at the church we attend. They have what I need. It is ABeka, which Jeremiah has used before. Jeremiah does well with ABeka. Well everything but their math. But I won't go there.

I am rejoicing. The only thing I need to buy are the answer keys to test and quizzes. I hope they will be on e bay.

A big thank you to my friend, Melissa

Have a great day!

Lynn
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Too much to choose from

2007-08-30T15:03:00.000-08:00

I have set in front of my computer all day looking for Jeremiah's Science and History curriculum for school. I have been reading reviews, looking at sample's, looking at auctions sites, and talking to fellow home school moms. I wish the Lord would drop a note from heaven and tell me what he wants me to use.

Any suggestions?

A very quite day.

2007-08-29T09:51:00.000-08:00

Our day has started out very quite.

I took Jeremiah to the Dr. yesterday, and he has Pneumonia. That boy gets pneumonia so much. He is on an antibiotic and a strong cough syrup. I like him when he's sick like this. He's so cuddly and wants his mom. He normally doesn't like being hugged or anything. Thank you for your prayers for him.

The inspection is going slow on the plane. They found some metal in the oil filter. That usually condemns an engine, but they believe it is from the plane sitting for 3 years, and the oil is circulating the stuff that has settled while sitting. Earl will change the filter and fly it for another 10 hrs and check the oil filter again. It's all in the Lord's hands. It is his plane.

Have a great day!

Lynn
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What a weekend!

2007-08-27T10:29:00.001-08:00

Earl returned home on early(2am) Saturday morning. We praise the lord for taking care of he and the Starr's and their team that were helping in Operation Saturation(OS).

Bro. Starr's(Ronnie) Cessna 207 lost oil pressure before they took off in Selawik. Which means he couldn't fly his plane. Earl was flying Ronnie's Cessna 206 during that stretch of OS. So he flew here Friday afternoon and gathered up tools, and other things that he possibly would need to work on the 207, said hello to us, and picked up some fish for the missionaries in Selawik and then returned to Selawik in our Piper Navajo. They were able to get the pressure up to where the plane could fly. Ronnie flew by himself(In case he went down) in the 207. Earl flew all the baggage from the crew, (they had flown in w/ Earl when he returned to get the tools and Navajo) and Ronnie's most precious cargo, his wife, Mrs. Becky. Earl landed around midnight, and waited for Ronnie to land. He arrived around 2am.

Let me just say as a pilots wife, there is much prayer that goes up for a flight, but when your dealing w/ an oil pressure problem or any other engine problem, 6,000 feet in the air, well, there is much prayer and many tears. When my Daddy died I went to Ronnie and asked if he would take over as my Dad, so he and Mrs Becky have become very close to us. Anyway, there was a lot of praising going on when we heard the plane had made it safely. Now Ronnie has to replace the engine more than likely.

Earl left this morning for an inspection on the Navajo. He is being helped by a Christian organizations that knows Navajos inside and out. He will be gone until Friday

Please be in prayer for Jeremiah. He is sick. He has a Dr's appointment in the morning. I think it is a sinus infection, and maybe the beginning of Bronchitis.

I have an unspoken that I would like for you to pray for. I NEED some answers from the Lord. He knows what the are. Also, please be in prayer for all the medical bills that are coming in for Jeremiah's heart test and Earl's test as well. We know He is able.

Well, Y'all have a great day!
Lynn
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A prayer request from a friend

2007-08-24T12:06:00.001-08:00

Today, I am posting an update from our dear friend's Doug and Sharill. We have known them since we started college. They are friends that will be life-time friends. Storms have come, but that friendship still stands!

I ask you to please pray with them in regards to their daughter. I am even asking you to send a note of encouragement if you have time. They are working so hard at Pastoring a church in Belmont NH.

Have a great day,
Lynn
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"You know, sometimes it is harder to praise the Lord when discouraging news
comes our way, but I'm so thankful that He cares for us and takes care of
us. Psalm 56:3-4 has been very special verses to Keilah and our family
over this past year. It says "What time I am afraid I will trust in thee.
In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear
what flesh can do unto me." How easy sometimes it is to say we trust God
but when we are given news that can bring fear (especially to a 9 year
old) we tend to forget that we can put our trust in a wonderful God who
shows us grace and mercy each and every day!

Well, that's what happened today. We were told that Keilah's spinal fluid
pressure has crept higher than it has been in a few months. Her opening
pressure today was at 37. Over the past few months she has been steady at
25-28 (which is still considered high as a normal opening spinal fluid
pressure is between 15-20). Many of you may not understand those numbers
but the higher they are the worse the prognosis. Keilah has already
suffered some permanent loss of vision. We are now seeking 2nd opinion and
being referred to a Neurosurgeon for more information regarding a shunt.

Please forgive me for going on and on. Our prayer request is this: that
God will show us the direction we need to take that is best for Keilah's
sake and for His glory! WE NEED WISDOM! Keilah continues to suffer with
headaches everyday, some days worse than others and yet you would never
know something is wrong with her. Her spirits are always up and she is
determined not to let any illness stand in her way of being a kid. She
truly has found her strength in Christ. Please continue to pray for her
and for the upcoming doctor's appointments, as there will be several more,
and for the doctor's to have wisdom and for us. Please pray for perfect
healing, if the Lord wills, as we know,..."He can do abundantly above what
we ask or think". Thank you for your kindness and sacrifice of prayer on
our behalf. God bless.

In Christ,
the Conley's"

sharcon4@metrocast.net

21 Years and counting!

2007-08-23T07:48:00.000-08:00

Today is our 21st anniversary. The funny thing is that I am celebrating it alone! I am fine with that. Earl is out working with Bro. Ronnie Star and Operation Saturation. They are in a village handing out Bible packets to every house in that village. So if someone gets saved, well that will be an awesome anniversary, Don't you agree?

Actually, today will be busy. I have to get ready in case Earl comes home today. I also need to get Jeremiah's school schedule done for Earl (our principal.)

One other thing I have to do is try to write some Thank you notes. This is one area that you can pray for today. It has become very obvious that my Fibromyalgia and the treatment are really affecting my memory, and my speech. I will start today writing things down. I told my Mom I feel like I have Dementia, because I am in the middle of a sentence and forget what I'm saying. Earl and Jeremiah could really take advantage of this. There is a very funny side to it. I say things so backwards. There are times that Jeremiah and I just laugh so hard at the way something came out of my mouth. I try to find humor in anything possible. That's just me.

Well, have a great day,
Lynn
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PS
Earl just called after I wrote this. I'll see him tomorrow night. Services are going well, so they will stay another day.

What a wake up call!

2007-08-22T10:30:00.000-08:00

I overslept this morning! I can't believe this happened. Jeremiah is to be at work at 9am. Well, the phone range at 8:35am and woke me up. Yes, that's a praise, but the phone call was a double praise. I can't wait to tell Earl.

We have been praying for YEARS for the Lord to give us a way into a certain village here in Alaska (though it is part of the USA, you can't just land a plane and make your self at home in some of the villages here. You have to be invited.) The man on the other end introduced himself. He then said. "I heard Earl wanted to get something started in _______?" I told him yes. He said, "Well, I'm from there, and would like to help him get in there and get something good there." OH MY WORD, I got so excited. First I thanked him for calling. I told him the Lord used him to wake me up, then I told him thank you for calling about trying to help us get in that village. I explained where Earl was, and he left a number.

This is so exciting, the possibility of getting in that village. Please pray that the Lord will allow us to get something going there.

Why this Blog?

2007-08-21T19:35:00.000-08:00

My husband does such an awesome job updating our ministry's website (www.missionaircare.org.) I have had some to ask why I never do any news updates. Well, I decided I would start a blog so I could give you a place to go to; to see what's going on in regards to my side of the ministry.

In this blog I will try to give a quick update. It may be short, it may be long. Just keep checking in to see what's happening. There may be updates about the ministry or just personal updates about the family, or Jeremiah. I do promise you this; I will always try to bring honor and glory to my Saviour, Jesus Christ! It won't be a pity party spot.

In Christ,
Lynn
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