Let's Finish out 2009!

I think it's a good time to go ahead and finish out 2009 so we can move into 2010. LOL! So... picking up where Gene left off, here we go.

In October we celebrated Cameron's 18th birthday.How can that be? I'm not much over 18 myself. HAHA!! It was so much fun! We surprised him a couple weeks before his birthday with a weekend to celebrate. Sis. Bernard & Lindsey came in on Friday and completely shocked him. Then on Saturday we had a party at our house & surprised him with a car from us and Grandpa & Grandma.I was quite emotional.... It was definitely a day he will never forget!

We were so blessed to attend General Conference in St. Louis. I always have so much fun seeing friends and family.
When conference was over, we took a few days in Branson with Wendell & Linda and Nathan & Ronda. We had a blast!!!! I LOVE laughing with family........there is nothing like it!

At the end of October, we had our Fall Blast weekend. We had somewhere around 400 at our annual festival on the 31st. It was so awesome! Bro. & Sis. Borlik, children's evangelists, were with us for the weekend.

In November....

We attended the wedding of Kristopher & Ashley Prince. Cameron was the bestman. It was a beautiful wedding.

Evangelist Mike Easter was with us for a week of special services. During this week we had a Community Day at Spudder Park. There is so much to tell about this event. God spoke to Gene through a man who was there - he told us to keep doing what we are doing; we will see the vision fulfilled; keep reaching out and they will reach back. It was just incredible. Also, we had a door opened to us in to the Police and Fire Departments of Wichita Falls. Can't wait to see what God does through these efforts.

Of course, once you get past the middle of November all the holiday celebrations begin. We had a great time through December.

We had the largest crowd ever at our annual Christmas Concert! They even had to put out extra chairs. Word is getting out in Wichita Falls!!! We had one church that brought their college & career group to our concert as part of their Christmas party. Another church dismissed their evening service to come to the concert.
Our family had a great Christmas time with Dad & Mom Holley and Wendell & Linda. It was quite different this year because there was so much snow! It was unbelievable. Not sure I'll be "dreaming of a white Christmas" for a while. LOL!

All-in-all, 2009 was a fabulous year. Life Tabernacle has grown and many things are happening! God is blessing! I'm so glad to be part of what He has planned for us this year. I hope you all are enjoying the wonderful move of God wherever you are. We're moving forward!!