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Prayer for the Blackwell's

Dear Family, Please lift up Pryor and Sue Blackwell and their family during the hard, dark days ahead. As most of you know, his son, Brandon, only 16 years old, took his own life earlier this week. Please also pray for travel mercy's for all who will be attending the funeral, including Joel, who is on his way to Dallas now.

God is good and sovereign all the time, I pray that hearts would be changed and grow closer to the Lord through this horrible tragedy.

Blessings!
Shari

Happy Birthday Jana!!

I hope you have a wonderful day celebrating YOU!!!

Which one is Ava??

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Alana and I are working on uploading pictures

Ava AKA "Sleeping Beauty"

Well, we had a great time at Sleeping Beauty's birthday party at Central Market! It was a little hot and humid for most of us, but Sleeping Beauty didn't seem to mind the heat at all, even in her full length, long sleeved gown!

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Okay I am having trouble linking the Blog with Picassa , so I will just post them. Tara has been hounding me for pictures

Dog update

Well, we have had no takers on the dog as of yet, but it's not for lack of trying. Sally and Lee were able to pull some strings and thanks to Emily Matthews (KCEN TV host) he made his first TV apperance. I have attached the clip if you would like to send it to someone. They were able to get him neutered thus prolonging his life and give him a much better chance at not being put down.


Help The Temple Animal Shelter

See the video of our puppy!

Anyone need a dog?

Lee and Sally found a great looking male black lab about a week and a half ago near Lee's Mom's house in Temple. It looks to be about 8 mths - 1 year old and about 50 lbs or so. It is a really sweet dog and had a collar but no tags. They held it for a couple of days and posted signs that they found the dog, but there were no calls. They then took it to the Temple animal shelter with instructions to call before they put it down if no one adopts him. Unfortunatly the shelter has 65 dogs and not enough space to keep all of them. They promised Lee they would give him a couple of days to find someone before they took any action. Sadly enough, they called yesterday and thus this post.

I'm guessing no one in the family needs a dog, but if you know of anyone looking for a dog there is a picture attached. He is at the Temple Animal Shelter at 31st street and Ave M just (on the other side of 31st from the Gober Party House and Santa Fe Hospital). Please give Sally a call to let her know someone is taking him (972) 955-9304.

First day of school

Gracie and Jacob are having a fabulous start to the 2008 school year!!! They both love school and their teachers!!! Gracie, of course is an angel in class and quiet as a mouse! Jakey boy, on the other hand, has been labeled the "class clown" and is having quite a lot of fun living up to that title!!!!! Nana, please keep on praying!!!!:)

Click on the link above to view a few photots....
Blessings!
Shari

Prayer Request for Melissa and Nate

As you remember, Melissa posted about the answered prayer for the rental of their house a couple of months ago. There was a sweet old man that was going to rent it for his son and daughter-in-law.They held the house for him until his son was to get home from Iraq in August. They passed up opportunities to rent it during that time but had committed to the man to hold it for him. The week before his son and family were to move in, his daughter-in-law found out that she has cancer. They are going to remain in San Antonio for the next couple of years while she takes chemo. Obviously, our hearts go out to their family, but the house was now up for rent again. A few weeks ago, a young man committed to renting it and even had his employer (a reputable pharmaceutical company) send a letter to Melissa saying that they would be paying his moving expenses. She received what looked like an authentic cashier's check (even her bank could not tell if it was real or not), but a few days before he was to move in, he called her and said that he needed her to wire him the money that his employer had overpaid. They had made out the cashier's check for a couple of thousand more than needed. Luckily, Melissa was suspicious and to make a long story short, the whole thing was a scam. Again, they passed up some other opportunities to rent it during the time all of this was going on. As of now, it is for rent again, but school has started so that takes away the opportunity with college kids, and Melissa and Nate are paying 2 mortgages!! Please make this a serious matter of prayer!! They obviously need to rent it very soon!

September Birthdays

We have several September birthdays coming up, so happy birthday to all!!
Matt - September 10
Ava - September 15 (She is sooo excited!!!)
Jana - September 18
Cody - September 29
You are all very special, and I hope your "special days" are memorable!!
Love,
Alana

Military Coin

Okay as most of you know I was given a coin the other day by the Comanding General of Ft Hood. I was teaching an aquatics class and this silver haired man came up. I thought he was an officer there to check up on one of his soldiers. I introduced myself and shook his hand and proceeded to tell him about the classes. Then I invited him to join the class and promised him a good work out. I had NO IDEA I was asking a 3 star General to join a swim class. After the class was over I looked more closely at the coin and read "Commanding General" I still didn't get the connection. It wasn't until I showed it to one of the active duty soldiers that I realized the significance of the coin. Oh well ignorance is BLISS.

Justin is home!

Dear Praying Family, Justin got home safely from Iraq late last night !!!!! All I know is that Malena met him at the airport late last night and they called Brad this morning to tell him that Justin was safely back in Dallas. Brad will see him later today. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your prayers for Justin while he was in Iraq. In my joy and deep graditude to our loving and faithful Lord, my heart and prayers go out to the families who have loved ones who will not be returning. May the Lord's Presence be a shield around those who are still in harm's way. Nana 1