Summer camp at Mahaffey was wonderful in July, and August was a restful month. I've enjoyed the summer except for the extreme heat that we had in July. I'm bummed to see it go and the cooler weather come.

We changed the name of our church which became effective September 1. Our new website is www.crosswindsalliance.org.

As I prepare for a new women's study and upcoming events, I look to the one who is worthy of all praise and honor for direction and guidance. May these things glorify Him and advance His kingdom. We pray the Holy Spirit to do an amazing work among us.

June

This month has lots of good stuff for us, though with some of the planning I've had to do since last month, I'm ready for a break in July.

My hubby and I had a great retreat last Fri-Sat., and then some of us women prepared a father's day dinner on Saturday for the men. I have a women's retreat this coming weekend, which should be a great, blessed event, and then we have a governing board picnic here at home the following Saturday.

This coming Tuesday is our women's Wow Night at church. Those nights are such a sweet time, and with our theme "Grab Your Flyswatter," we'll have fun.

The next day after prayer at church, we're going out to lunch with our fellow prayer-warriors. We really appreciate their faithfulness, and we know God has done so much because of their prayers.

The last Sunday of this month is our annual Celebration of Freedom at church outside at the pavilion. With a brunch beforehand and a picnic afterwards, we'll also have our fill of food! We praise God for our country's freedoms. May we use them for His glory.

I pray the Lord gives us nice weather for all these things. He has been faithful to provide it in the past when we've asked.

Whew! June...what a blessed month of weather, events, and so much more!

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Crocheting

Only one of seven showed up for the crochet night. Different excuses and two didn't tell me they weren't coming. But it worked out well with the one who came because I could help her figure out her afghan stitches. I hope to get together with one who couldn' t make it to help her learn how to crochet. I'm working on small projects for the summer camp craft store. I'm enjoying getting together with two other women weekly where I work on my projects while they sew. They make many nice things to give away. I'm thankful that I can make things to give to people, especially for their babies!

Wow! Haven't posted in awhile. Had a great holiday with our daughters all home and now I'm enjoying the quiet month of January. I have three planning meetings this month, though. My women's leadership team has planned a great year of events and we're looking forward to all the God will do through them. The district team is planning district-wide events, and the Area planning meeting is going to make plans for the Butler Area Spring Event. I'm looking forward to having some women over for a crochet night next week.

Past week

What a great time over Thanksgiving having our three daughters home with us! We had some fun family time and played a new game for us called Farkle. Ridiculous name, but it was so funny to say it during the game. The game has been around a long time, but we'd not seen it before. We went to both of our parents' homes on Thanksgiving day, and I enjoyed the time with them and my sister and her family who were there. We missed my husband's sister who wasn't with us this year due to work. I stayed over my folks that night and had a nice lunch with my sister and two brothers the next day. We traveled back home later that day and had a very late night with our daughter's friend and four more of his friends over for a night of games, riddles and fun. I loved having the girls help me decorate for Christmas on Sunday. They have new ideas that I wouldn't have thought of for some of our old decorations. We made gingerbread cookies together, too. They are for the cookie exchange at church so I need to make more for us because we love them!

Happy Thanksgiving!

"Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!"
2 Corinthians 9:15

We cannot not thank Him enough for all He's done for us, especially the awesome gift of salvation through Jesus our Savior.