Seventeen Children attend Redeemer's VBS

Thank you all so much for praying. God blessed our first VBS( Vacation Bible Saturday). John was Noah and we had a great balloon rainbow. When my new friend, Sandy came at 7:00 am to assemble the rainbow, she decided to donate it to the cause. Two little nine year olds were the puppet voices of the animals on the Ark. It was their first puppet show performance. We were all amazed. We had twelve volunteers who worked faithfully all day. Then John recruited the men's Bible Study to come and clean everything up. We know at least one new family with two children who will be coming to church tomorrow. It was so much work since John and I created the materials. It was well worth the effort. One of the teachers donated all the materials. Thanks to Oriental Traders and the Lord's great mercy, we pulled off a marvelous day.

Recruiting for VBS in California- August 25

Today, Sam, a sixth grader in our church, and I passed out flyers in close neighborhoods to the church for our VBS Saturday. Yes, I see these vans driving to the beach, but this one was parked in the driveway of a house we left a flyer at. Sam and I had a great time. Please pray for children to come. The church has not had VBS in three years. We are asking God for 25 children. We only have about 4 school age children whose families attend regularly. We are prepared for 25-35 children. Let the little children come!!!!!!!

My Texas Cousin's Reunion

The guys went boating and the girls went shopping.

The First Annual Opal Reunion

At Heather and Troy's wedding, two of my cousins decided to have a cousin reunion. There are 10 of us and we have never gotten together. Seven of the 10 were able to meet in Boerne, Texas outside of San Antonio, Texas. Jill and Mike Keith, the youngest cousins hosted this wonderful reunion. All my brothers, their spouses, and my mother were there. John had to hold down the fort in California.
My brother Pat made his famous margaritas. Jill and Mike, along with the great help of Jill's mom Mary, gave a Texas style Barbeque. It was fabulous. The children of the cousins had a blast. It was their first time to be together.
We plan to make it an annual event. Next year it will be in Kemah, Texas at my brother Mike's house.

Nephew David and Rachel's wedding

This past weekend our famiy all met in Dallas for yet another family wedding. David and Rachel both went to my University of Texas. The wedding was complete with an amazing groom's cake. David led a group of french horn players in a beautiful rendition of "The Eyes of Texas." David is the one who arranged all the music for Heather and Troy's wedding. We are all staying in Troy and Heather's one bedroom apartment. They have been amazing as newlyweds to just let us all move in. The grandchildren are sleeping well and Mark is entertaining us all.