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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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Saturday, September 17, 2011

Prayer Requests...

I want to thank each of you who take the time to read my updates and pray for our family and the ministry here in Manta!  You are all an incredible blessing to our family and we don't take that lightly.

Tomorrow after the services Tony, the kids and I will be traveling to Guayaquil.  We appreciate your prayers for a safe journey there.  Monday morning, I will be flying to the US for 3 weeks.  Yes, you read that correctly, 3 weeks!   Most of the first week will be spent with one of our faithful supporting churches in their Missions Conference.  This wasn't something that I actively sought out, but it is a special door that the Lord opened for me, and I am excited about going and praying that God would use me to be a blessing and an encouragement.  After that, I will return to TN and spend 2 weeks at my Mom and Dads.  I have medical exams and check-ups schedule, and I appreciate your prayers as I take care of all of that.  Also we are going to try and clean out a storage unit that we have there, and maybe have a "garage sale".  :-)  (it doesn't seem to matter where I go, I have "stuff" waiting for me to sort and clean out!  Why is that do you think?!  Maybe because I'm a "pack rat" and want to hold on to EVERYTHING!...well, I am, but I have to say, after seeing some of those shows on tv, I'm not really that bad! LOL!!)

I am grateful that the Lord is giving me the opportunity to see 2 of the girls and their families.  Jonathan, Lexi and Ren will be at the Missions Conference in VA. and Mike, Mandie, Ioan and Saranna are planning to come to my parents the last week-end I am there!

While I'm away, I really would appreciate your prayers for Tony and the kids, here in Manta.  Also for the Ladies Ministry at our church.  The leaders wives will be organizing the October Ladies which is the 2nd Saturday of the month.  They will also be organizing a baby shower for one of our faithful ladies.   It is really exciting to see how much these ladies have grown and their willingness to take on responsibility for the ministry.

One other special request is that the Lord would open the doors and that Tony would find favor with those in authority and that we would be able to get our "new" car registered.  I would explain the situation to you, but it wouldn't make any sense...truth is it doesn't make any sense to us! LOL!    It just seems that for some reason the "computers" aren't "talking" to each other between the different agencies, or for that matter cities...even though they are suppose to be all "networked" together now.   Anyway, we know that God has not been surprised by any of this.  Thank you for your prayers.  

I am praying that each of you receive blessings beyond your imaginations, and that in each of your lives, your homes and your ministries, God is glorified!

Joy
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