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I would love to invite you into my home to have a cup of tea with me. We could sit in my sunny kitchen and talk about all the things that are going on in our lives. I could share with you the news I hear from my grown daughters. How my grandkids are growing. We could laugh together over the funny things that they have said. It would be fun to share the ins and outs of our family life, and talk about our latest creative projects. We could share what God has been teaching us, in our personal lives, and encourage each other on this walk of faith. We could pray together, laugh together, and even cry together. Since most of us will never be able to sit down together face to face, I would like to invite you to join me here. So come on in and have a cup of tea with me.

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Joy

Joy

About Me

Crossville, Tennessee, United States
I am a 61 year old, wife, married to my best friend for 40 years. We have been blessed with 6 children, & 13 grandchildren. I love mentoring women in their spritual walk & in the everyday. I have a diverse background, having spent over 30 years living and ministering in a small South American country. Now my family resides in a small town in the lovely state of Tennessee. We have experienced the blessing of adoption, but also the hard of dealing with a child with RAD and other mental health issues. You can live life with the cup half full or half empty the choice is yours. I choose half full.

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Monday, April 30, 2007

Busy Week... (aren't they all?)

Good Monday morning to each of you! The last week was pretty much a whirlwind for our family, but we are so excited at all the Lord did and allowed us to do!

Wednesday afternoon, as Tony was taking me to the doctor, he got a phone call and the owner of the apartment we rent for church had decided that they would like to rent the first floor apartment to us after all. This was after getting word from him earlier that they weren't interested in renting it to us for the price we could afford to pay. So now we have some more rooms to use for Sunday School and will be spending time over there this week to get it cleaned up and ready for at least 2 classes to move into this coming Sunday and hopfully we will be able to add a nursery starting the 2nd Sunday in May.

The annual Ecuadorian Pastor's wives retreat was a great blessing this year. There were 32 Ecuadorian ladies that participated and we had 7 US missionary ladies attend. It was a great time of fellowship and studying God's word together. I will try and post some pictures later on today.

We had good services yesterday. There were 53 in Sunday School and 73 in church. We had 2 first time visitors. After the service we celebrated the Lord's Supper. Teddy was sitting by me and after the "bread" had been passed out, he was looking very intenting at the little piece I was holding in my hand and then he looked up at me and whispered, "That's a piece of his body?!" :-)

In the afternoon, I had the ladies that have been participating in our Ladies Bible Study, "Jesus the One and Only", over to the house. We had our last study and then just enjoyed a special time of fellowship together. It is always so humbling to me to hear the testimonies of what the Bible Study has meant to each of the ladies. So often I feel that I have just failed miserably to communicate in Spanish, and then to hear how the Lord was able to take my feeble attempts to teach in Spanish and use it to work in their hearts! It is such a blessing.

We hope to actually sign the contract to buy the property for the church this week. Tony will be putting down a 1/3 of the cost and then we will hae 90 days to raise the rest of the money. Please be praying with us that the Lord would touch the hearts of our churches to make this a reality. The people at the church are very excited as we take this next step.

God bless you as you serve him this week, wherever he has placed you!
Love,
Joy
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