Happy 'Holley'days!

Well, finally I have a second to sit down at the computer and let you know about our week! We enjoyed having Felicia Frazier here as our guest last weekend. We spent much of the time shopping, working and such— and we made her go with us but she said she had a good time. We did laugh a lot! Somehow she avoided our camera the whole weekend!?! So I have added one here from her sister Jeannie's wedding.

She took the pictures of our Christmas for Christ service for us. Included here are a couple pictures. We had each family bring their pledges or offering with prayer requests listed inside and then we prayed for each one of them for God's blessing on them.

When all was said and done, we had over $900 come in for Christmas for Christ! We are so excited about the great offering! It will be sent to the United Pentecostal Church to help start churches like ours in North America.

Our annual Christmas Gathering was this Wednesday night. We had a great time with 47 in attendance. We ate and watched our year in pictures. We had door prizes...

and gifts for all the children (here's a couple of our new friends)...

Karla had to run to WalMart during the gathering to get more children's gifts because we had more than we expected! A great problem!!!

The church blessed and surprised us with a cash Christmas gift to our family. They are so sweet.

We are looking forward to Mom and Dad being here tomorrow and the Elms coming in on Monday. Things have been so crazy recently with all of the job requirements and keeping the church running that we are looking forward to putting it all aside for a few days and enjoying family.
Have a very Merry Christmas and enjoy some time with those who are important in your life!