Catching up!

Still having internet issues and I haven't been online for a few days. It's already September 3rd?!?

I had a full weekend. Our little church put on a concert that we call Spirit Life, on Saturday. This is the sixth year they've done this, and my first. We had 4 young fellows who did separate sets. Three are local worship leaders and one was from Dallas. I liked them all. One reminded me a lot of my Jordan in singing, guitar playing styles and in appearance. I really liked the young man from Dallas. I've asked Jordan if he's familiar with him. His name is Chris August and he has a Stevie Wonder kind of sound. In fact, Stevie was his favorite musical influence as a youngster. (He seems way too young to know who Stevie Wonder is! LOL) I bought one of his CD's called Seasons. I haven't purchased any music in ages and need something to listen to in the car. :)

OH. I guess he was on American Idol and won a Dove award. I'm so out of it! How on earth could we afford him? He must be humble. ;)

On Sunday we had a group of 40 men from the Adult and Teen Challenge program. They were such a great group of guys. They sang and several gave their testimonies. All are in the long-term program for alcohol and drug abuse. They joined us for potluck afterwards. It was quite a crowd for our tiny church, but we sure enjoyed having them!  In the evening a group of us came back together for what we call The Gathering, which means we eat a little supper together (leftovers from the potluck!) then have a prayer gathering. There were about 15 of us, and it was such a good time together. I'm being blessed to be a part of this little family.

It's going to be a busy fall/winter/spring between church ministries, AWANA, and helping Micah with kids and the new baby. Hopefully, it won't be TOO long before I move out here (I'm typing this from her house) where I get better internet and I can keep up with online friends more easily.

Here are a few photos of current ATCs and some 4x4 "Chunky pages" I've made lately for trades.
These first two are for a Trick or Treat swap.

 The 4x4 pages were for a Woodland Creature swap.

Micah and her family are taking their annual Labor Day excursion to Itasca Park and the headwaters of the Mississippi, so I'm enjoying their quiet house and great internet, lol.
Micah took these two pictures a couple of days ago when the internet repair guy was here. She said Sully would hug the guys' legs every time he came back in the house. On his last trip inside he found the kids like this, and said, "The internet must be working!" (They had been running around like wild things before that.)

 A couple of seconds after posting the above photo on Facebook Micah took this photo. Note Sully. He's a sudden sleeper!

 I don't think I showed you this photo either. Micah was doing the dishes and looked down to see this.

He just runs and runs until he can't run any more! I suppose later he'll get sophisticated like the rest of us and realize he should sleep only in designated areas. Ha!

I think that's all of my new news for now. Now for laundry!
Love you guys! Thanks for dropping by!
Shalom to all!