Willow Winter Carnival

As you all know, we live in a community of about 1600 called Willow. This is the place that people come from all over the world to go salmon fishing during the summer. During the winter, however, we get to go to the Willow Winter Carnival. I thought you would all get a kick out of seeing the schedule (like the best Alaskan beard contest).
http://www.waco-ak.org/index.php/Carnival09/Schedule

Although we won't be able to go on Friday nights because of the youth group that we do (we usually have between 30-40 people that we bus in for this), we are definitely going to try to go on Saturday! Hope you enjoy seeing what we do for fun in the frozen north!

God Bless!

Happy Birthday Merrill!

Merrill, on your birthday, I just wanted to let you know how special you are. I hope that today is wonderful! You are such a blessing to me, your boys, your family, and all those who know you. God bless you on your birthday and always. I love you!!

God of This City

While listening to this song, I am struck by how true these lyrics are. He is the God of the city we are in whether it is in Alabama, Alaska, or wherever. If we put our trust in Him and allow Him to work through us, then “greater things have yet to come”. I think that the words are so powerful, and in fact, are a praise to our Father who is our all in all. There is no one like Him and He has great things planned for us. Praise God!

"God Of This City"

[Verse 1]
You're the God of this City
You're the King of these people
You're the Lord of this nation
You are

[Verse 2]
You're the Light in this darkness
You're the Hope to the hopeless
You're the Peace to the restless You are
There is no one like our God
There is no one like our God

[Chorus]
For greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done in this City
Greater thing have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done in this City

[Verse 1]

[Verse 2]

There is no one like our God
There is no one like our God

[Chorus]

For greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done in this City
Greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done here

There is no one like our God
There is no one like our God

[Chorus]

Greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done in this City
Greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done here

Happy Wednesday!

It's the middle of the week and we have been having a great one! We pray that you have too. We are all busy, busy, busy. Merrill is giving finals this week, Corban and Collin have been working hard in school, and I have been up to my eyeballs in study material for my Liberty classes! I started off the week with Parent Teacher Conferences on Monday. Those all went well, and I am thankful for that. I have a really good group of kids and am excited at what all they are learning!
We are working on our newsletter and will have it out by the end of the month.
God Bless You All!

What a Trip!

We had a wonderful time in Alabama for Christmas! We thoroughly enjoyed seeing all of our family and friends. It seems as though the time went by too quickly, but we were glad that we got to spend it with all of you. When we got off the plane it was a shock to our system. We had been in the heat down south and returned to 4o below zero temperatures! Although we don't mind the cold, that was a big change for us!
Since our return, we have jumped right back in feet first! Merrill preached at a New Year's Eve celebration at a neighboring church, we all went back to school, and I began my classes at Liberty University. We are currently planning our winter events. First of all being the Valentine Banquet in February followed by an Associational Youth Rally in March. We are excited about all of the things God has planned for us!