Lucky the destructive dog

I have come to the conclusion that Lucky is the most destructive puppy we have ever owned!  He's almost nine months old and I think he's done teething, he just likes to tear things up.  I've bought him countless toys described as "tuff", "for aggressive chewers" and so on and he's destroyed every single one of them.  Day before yesterday he tore a tennis ball to pieces.   Last night we stayed with the Manzano's and when we left for church this morning I put Lucky in the bed Sissy got for him.  We left our bedroom door cracked to cool the room off while we were gone.  When we got back this afternoon we find out from the Manzano's that Lucky came to greet them when they got home...he had torn a hole in the door of his bed and got out.  Don't you know he was a happy dog when he escaped that bed?  He had the run of the house practically all day.  

Time flies..

I can't believe it's been over a week since I last posted.  I'm gettin' a little more used to the hot weather here..and plus it's cooled off a few degrees.

We're still parked in San Bernardino at the Strattons church.  Friday night we had an outreach and got sixty-five bible studies!!  Also, we had several receive the Holy Ghost in Sundays service.

We are still going to the Manzano's church once a week too, to do a bible study class..not much else new for the moment.

Onward christian soldiers..

After five weeks of being parked in Pasadena we are movin' on to San Bernardino..bout forty-five miles east. Bro. & Sis. Stratton pastor in San Bernardino www.gatewaychristianfellowship.com
Is anybody enjoying this HOT weather? Yesterday, when we pulled into the church parking lot, the thermometer on my car read 109 degrees! I was afraid to let Lucky run around on the pavement because the pavement was so hot! I thought my jelly shoes were going to melt on my feet..lol - thank the Lord for two AC's! I blacked out most of the windows in my trailer to keep some of the heat out..call me a redneck if you want to :0) If you've ever lived in a fifth wheel you know their not well insulated..yes, I feel like I'm living in a cave - but it's a "cool" cave (meant literally).

Golden times..

This past week I found out there is more in LA than the big city. On our way back to Pasadena from Lancaster Wednesday, we drove through the Angeles National Forest. It was BEAUTIFUL! On the left is a picture I took of some flowers I thought were pretty. Part of the forest had pine and other trees (looked like wilderness I would see in Alabama) and some parts looked like desert, like where these flowers are. The forest was relaxing to drive through.
At the moment we are still parked in Pasadena. We had a great service with the Browns on Wednesday and Sunday. Three people received the Holy Ghost Sunday!

Whew! 'Nother week..

I can hardly believe another week has gone by already! Time flies when your havin' fun. A lot happenin'! The only night we had free this week was Monday..we had a lot of the same as last week. Tuesday we had an evangelism class at the Manzano's again, Wednesday we had evangelism class with the Browns, Thursday night we had revival service with the Elms, Friday night we were invited by the Browns to a Youth Workers Retreat in Ontario where Shane gave about a ten minute commercial about Evangelism on Purpose. The guest speaker for that evening was Robbie Emery who did a FANTASTIC job - http://www.apostolicimpact.com/
Saturday we did an evangelistic outreach with the Elms church.
We got eighteen bible studies! It was a miracle just to get people to stop long enough to do the surveys since it was about 105 degrees outside. And today (Sunday) we were with the Elms for their a.m. & p.m. service and with the Browns for their 12 o'clock service...the temperature dropped to 103 today :0) I don't remember the last time I sweated this much! It was a three-shower day. The picture to the right (that Shane & I are in) was at the Elms. Bro. Elms is pictured by Shane and the remaining six are all girls from Taiwan who are staying here for a month to help work at the Mission in downtown LA (one of the Elms works). The girls were SO sweet! I loved listening to them talk and I asked them a ton of questions about Taiwan. Also, they all received the Holy Ghost in service Sunday. Yesterday after Outreach Bro. Elms took Shane and I to the Mission they have downtown (on skid row). I was SO impressed. A Taiwanese sister by the name of Sis. Ami runs it. They feed the homeless once a day and hold services for them once a day. There is a great need for this kind of ministry here. Today was our last services with the Browns and the Elms, I'm going to miss all of them..
not sure what's next yet.

This Weeks News

What a busy week it's been. Starting last Tuesday night we were back at Bro. & Sis. Manzano's in Lancaster (Quartz Hill) - the picture of Shane teaching is at their church that night. Wednesday we held service with Bro. & Sis. Brown (Pasadena), Thursday we were in service with Bro. & Sis. Elms (Los Angeles). The picture of the church is where they pastor. Saturday was Evangelistic Outreach in Pasadena (pictured above is Shane doing a survey)...we got nineteen bible studies! Oh, and today (Sunday) was a.m. service in LA, noon service in Pasadena and p.m. service back in LA. God moved mightily in all three services. Whew! That's all for now..

Our three Nephews - so sweet!!

Left to Right: Jachin, Greyson & Caleb ~ Spring '08