LGNS 11/17/09

Hello everyone! Hope everyone's week is going well. In case you did not get the note from Lisa, I just wanted to send this out in the blog. There will be no LGNS this week. Hope everyone has a good & safe week. Keep your kids (& yourself) free from all this sickness that is going around!

Chad

LGNS 11/3/09

Hello everyone. Hope your week is going well. Lisa has done another remarkable job with the newsletter (even added some GREAT HUMOR this week). With no further a due..... LGNS 11/3/09

LGNS 10/25/09

Hello everyone. Thanks to Lisa we've got an early LGNS this week! Great job Lisa. Hope that everyone has a great week this week. Here's the link to this week's LGNS:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AbGzJ2mpFcHxZGNuM3AzZDRfMzExZGhtY3E0YzU&hl=en

LGNS 9/27/09

Hey All --

First off -- For those of you who were in class today... I just wanted to say that the Easter Bunny has always been good to me. My mom and dad always made it special for not only myself, but my sissy as well (we never had a "store bought basket either). Matter of fact Cupid, the Great Pumpkin, Turkey Day, and Santa (along with Birthdays or any other holiday you get a gift on) have ALWAYS been good to us and no matter what our parents always made them special for us with unique and undeserving gifts -- just wanted to clarify that. (Where do you think I got my ideas of baby baskets?)

Okay secondly -- ANDY you were RIGHT (you may never hear me say that again -- Ha)!!! There is not a time listed for the pumpkin patch class social. It may be 1:00 (Andy's executive decision). We will have more information on that in the next week or so... Remember there is a coupon in the East TN School coupon book for the Oaks Pumpkin Patch -- not sure about Knox County (but probably)??? You can save a little on the admission. GET IT ON YOUR CALENDAR!!!!

Lastly -- HAVE a GREAT week and hope you and yours stay healthy!!!

As always if you have any updates, please let me know.

Lisa M. Cline for
the Hodson LifeGroup
your CONNECT Leader
494.6444

LGNS 8/30/09

Hey everybody. Hope your week is off to a great start. Is this weather great or what? Fall is in the air!! Here is this week's LGNS. Thanks Lisa for your hard work.


-CB

LGNS 8/23/09

Hello everyone. This week's weather has been great so far, hasn't it? Hope that it continues & hope that everyone is having a good week. Here is this week's LGNS.

Chad

LGNS 8/16/09

Hope everyone is enjoying their week. View this week's post here.


Chad

8-9-09 LGNS

Sorry about it being late. Here is this week's LGNS.

LGNS 8/2/09

Here is this week's blog.


CB

LGNS 7-26-09

Good morning everyone! I hope that everyone enjoyed yesterday as much as I did. It was a great day, both lifegroup and the service were terrific. Attached is the LGNS for this week. Thanks Lisa, for getting it together so quickly for us. Everybody have a great week.

Chad

LGNS 7/21/09

Howdy everybody,

Here is this week's LGNS. Apologies for missing yesterday. Hope everything is going well. Hope that everyone has a good week this week.

Chad

7-12-09 LGNS

Hey everybody!

Sorry, but this has gotta be short & sweet. Here's this week's LGNS.

Take care,

Chad

7-5-09 LGNS

Hey everybody. Here is this week's LGNS. Thanks Lisa for your hard work. I hope that everyone had as much fun as I did at the parade this weekend.


Chad

Pics are up

Hi everybody,

I've got just a few pics up on our blog site. (Just the ones that were sent by e-mail) I am going to work on the ones that were given to me & add those to what I have created. I just thought that I'd pass the word & let you know that I went ahead put together (started anyways) what I have been asking pictures for. Please continue to bring pictures to class, so that I can add your family's picture to the site.

Chad

Update on Thelen-- 7/1/09

Hey

I saw Tim called on Mike's phone.

I guess there isn't much change. His pain is starting to kick in more, because he is trying to move around in bed and things like that.

Just keep praying for him, my dad and brother taking care of the baby. We are just all rotating between Mike, baby, and household duties/errands. Someone is always with Mike (usually me). A very big praise that my brother is a teacher and out of school this summer. Then, my dad had also recently decided to partially retire. So, he wasn't going to be working right now anyway. I'm also thankful we did move, so we are closer to my family during this time. A praise too that my dad and brother had been so involved with the baby since her birth. I'm very thankful for my dad and brother.

Pray for Mike. All this is treatable. I think its just a lot for him to handle. He really thought this would be an overnight stay at the hospital. I've been trying to slowly tell him he will probably have health care at home as well. I don't think he really believes me right now. So, we will probably be trying to talk to work and see if he can do some from home. Of course I know he misses the baby so much.

Pray for Leah. I know she is in good hands, but I still worry about her. Its hard for me to handle the balance between her and Mike.

Pray for the second surgery. I think my dad might help me try to look around for a surgeon who may have more of a specialty in this problem. We will talk more to his current surgeon and see how many surgeries she has done like that. Just want to get the problem fixed, so it doesn't happen again. If he just recovered at this point he would most likely get the infection again.

Thank you for the prayers!

Laura

Update on Thelen

Tim

Tim talked with Laura today and this is the rundown:

• Mike saw a specialist today and was sent straight to surgery. He had an abscess that was septic.
• Sepsis/septic: Sepsis: Commonly called a "blood stream infection." The presence of bacteria (bacteremia) or other infectious organisms or their toxins in the blood (septicemia) or in other tissue of the body. Sepsis may be associated with clinical symptoms of systemic (bodywide) illness, such as fever, chills, malaise (generally feeling "rotten"), low blood pressure, and mental status changes. Sepsis can be a serious situation, a life threatening disease calling for urgent and comprehensive care. Taken from web site/address: http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=5449
• The abscess was drained and it was very deep; however, the doctors think he will make a full recovery.
• He will be in the hospital for one week.
• After returning home, he will receive home health care for at least one week

Specific prayer needs:

• Mike is in a tremendous amount of pain because of this. Pray for relief from the pain.
• He is also unable to Leah at all and probably will be unable to see her for duration of hospital stay.

He is in Oak Ridge Methodist Medical Center. He cannot receive visitors as of yet. Tim will funnel me updates as he receives them in which I will gladly pass on to you all. Please keep them in your prayers. There is a praise in all of this. He does have a wonderful vacation/off work policy so they will be fine, I believe, financially through all of this and with his position at the job. However, please continue to pray that this holds true for them.

The family covets your prayers for them.

Talk with you soon....

Lisa M. Cline for
the Hodson LifeGroup
your CONNECT Leader
494.6444

Yearwood Update

Here is an update from the Yearwood family.....

Breakfast_Rotation

Hello again,

Thanks to Lisa, she put together a breakfast rotation sign up sheet. I just put it in a little spreadsheet, so everyone can fill in our names where needed.

Chad

LGNS 6/28/09

Hello everyone,

Hope your week is starting out alright. Attached you will find this week's LGNS. Everyone have a good week.

Chad

Pictures

Hello again,

As soon as I can get some more pics in from everyone, then I am going to start putting together our "LifeGroup" special photo website on our blog. So, bring in those photos.........


Chad

LGNS 6-21-09

Hello all,

Here is the link to this week's LGNS. Hope everyone is doing fine.

SPECIAL NOTE: BRENT HAS EXTRA T-SHIRTS FOR THE 4TH OF JULY PARADE !!! SEE HIM FOR MORE DETAILS................

Knight special delivery

Knight special delivery...................

Recipe Swap

Upcoming recipe swap - 6:30 in the fellowship hall on Friday June 26 with Sheperd's and Jones' LifeGroup

LGNS 6-14-09

Hello everyone. Hope that things are going well for everyone. I just wanted to let everyone know that this week's LGNS is up & ready to "explore." Also, as a reminder... I am still needing some pictures from some people, so if you have them, please either bring them to class on Sunday, or e-mail me them (bates.chad@gmail.com). This way I can make a few changes to our blog. Have a good week.

Chad

Camping over Labor Day weekend

Hey guys,

I realize this is kind of premature, but the summer has started off fast so I know Labor Day will arrive before we know it. Our Life Group has planned to go camping over Labor Day weekend hopefully at Greenbriar Island in Gatlinburg. What I need to know from you is if you plan to go, and what you will be camping in (tent or camper) If it is a camper I will need to know what size. I also need to know the dates you will be staying. I will then call Greenbriar to see if there are enough slots for all of us. The starting date will be Friday, Sept 4. Our family is planning to stay the whole Labor Day weekend, but you may do whatever works for your family. I just need to get the ball rolling for reservations. You can email me, or post to the blog. Have a great rest of the week.

Ginger

Laney's Praise

Hello Everyone,

I just wanted to send an update on Trevor. Craig and I truly appreciate all of your prayers for him. He saw the neurologist a couple of weeks ago, and he said that Trevor has probably escaped any long term effects from the complications he had at birth. He said that "we can't say that for sure, but it appears that he has". He does want to go ahead with another EEG just to see how it looks since he did still have some seizure activity on the last one, otherwise it was nearly normal. This is a praise because if you are going to have abnormalities, you want it to be seizure activity because it is treatable, the other stuff is not. So even if it does still show seizure activity, they may not even treat him unless he begins to have symptoms.

Also, Trevor saw the growth and development doctor this past Friday. She gave us a very good report. Everything she looks at was either "normal" or "great"!! She again reminded me of how very blessed we are to have him. She told me that a true knot (this is what caused all the problems , he had an actual knot in his cord and it was very tight, which completely cut off his oxygen supply) is very serious and lots of times the babies don't survive, or can have serious long term effects. So the fact that he is alive and doing so well is amazing. He's our miracle!!!!! May all the praise and glory go to God, who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think (Eph. 3:20).

Craig and I also want to thank you all again for the giftcard to Babies R Us. We are so blessed to be a part of such a giving and loving group of people. We love you all.

Now, I would like to ask for your prayers once more. Craig is battleing his 28th or 29th kidney stone (I know , it's insane!). This one is apparently huge, and the chances of him passing it are pretty slim. So, he goes in tomorrow to have it busted. Thank God for lithotripsy!! Please pray for him as he undergoes the procedure and for his recovery.

Thank you all again for your prayers.

In Christ's Love,

Tracy

Bring Some Pictures

Hello everyone:
This is Chad. I was working on the website today & had an idea come to me, with something that I wanted to do with our website. If everyone could, could you please bring your "favorite family photo" (at least a 3" x 5") to class Sunday morning. I am going to do something a little "creative" to change the look of our site around a little bit.

Thanks,

Chad

LGNS 5/24/09

In case some of you could not open this week's blog for some reason or another, here is a link directly to it.

Recipe Swap- from Brandon

The Girl's Recipe Swap is at our house on Tuesday, May 12th. I guess everyone that's coming needs to bring a recipe and enough instructions for everyone that is there. And then enough to leave for me : ) Just kidding.

Anyway,
here are the directions to our house.
Turn up Sharp Rd. (the road that goes up the hill next to the church that is next to the perpetually being built house).
Turn on Lula Bell--the third road on the right.
We are the third driveway on the left. Our house is a tan split-foyer and we have a white picket fence around the backyard.
Our address is 8000 Paradise Dr. and our phone number is 938-0969.

Thanks,
Brandon

5-3-09 Prayer Requests

Hello everyone. First, let me apologize for not posting the blog last week. Although I was just a little bit busy with moving and everything (thanks to everyone who helped), it is still not an excuse. With that said, here are this week's prayer requests.

5-3-09 Prayer requests

Brent's "Live It!" Notes

Hello all,

I am attaching a link to Brent's, Live It! notes in the Blog for everyone. Just thought that I would post it in the Blog. Everyone do your homework!

Chad

Prayer Request from Ned

Hello,

I have a friend who is in his mid 40's who called and told me he had a doctors appointment and it was revealed he had a possible life threatening heart condition. He is not sure and it may be nothing but he goes to a specialist the next few days to learn more. He asked that we pray for him. His name is Taylor and he is a great guy and he has given clear testimony that he loves the Lord.

Thanks,

Ned Rossini

Update on Tracy & Trevor

I just got back from visiting Tracy and she is doing good. She is excited because they were in the process of releasing her early (today instead of Thursday). Tracy and Craig were going to Children’s as soon as she is released to visit Trevor. They didn’t seem to have much new news on Trevor. She said he is doing fine right now but to continue praying for him. They do not know when he’ll get to come home.

Heather Humphrey

LGNS 4/12/09

Here is this week's LGNS. Hope everyone has a good week.

Bates' Moving Date

Hello all. I know that we had asked in class before something about needing help on the day when we are going to be moving. Well, we know when that date is going to be now. ;o) We are going to be moving into our new house on Saturday, April 25th. I am not for sure about the times yet (i.e., the time that we are going to begin moving, but it will be early in the morning).

So, as Leslie & I asked before, we would really appreciate whatever help that we could get on that day moving out of our apartment and into our house. We will let anyone that is going to help us know more exact details as time draws nearer.

Thank you & hope to see you all on Sunday,

Chad & Leslie

Siggers' Showing

Hey

If you get this in the next little bit will you email it out.

They are going to show our TWICE tonight! The first is from 5-6 and the second is 6:30 til 7:00. We just reduced the price this weekend. We are praying it sells this spring!

Thanks,

Ashleigh

Removal of older LGNS postings

Hello everyone...

I removed some of the older "LGNS" postings, in order to make the blog easier to read. If there is anyone who wishes to have a copy of some of them, please let me know, b/c I have them archived & I will "dig them out" & send them to you. Have a good week.


CB

Chad's Grandfather (Pop)

Hello everyone. I wanted to write & let you know about something that I didn't ask for prayer requests yesterday about, b/c we (as a family) were still waiting on results, etc. My grandfather had to go to the ER this weekend b/c of chest pains. They thought he may have had a heart-attack... To make a long story short, I was called this morning by my dad & told that they performed surgery on him last night, they had to place one stint inside one of his arteries (fortunately not the "main" artery). He was still in pain, however seemed to be resting well this morning. The doctors are waiting on the "course of action" to take next, depending on how my Pop (& his heart) react to what has been done so far.

I would just like to ask for prayer for both he & my Granny while they are going through this. Thank you all.

Chad

Cline Family Request

Please pray for Mike's grandmother, Inez. She is home from the hospital, but she is very weak and it does not appear that things will get any better. They are keeping her medicated very well to alleviate pain, but... Pray for his Aunt Neta as she is the primary caregiver for Maw and she is struggling very hard with this. Neta does not deal with death at all so this is beginning to take its toll on her and she is letting her health slip some because of it too. Thank you so much in advance for your prayers for them.

More Prayer Requests

Hello all. There are more prayer requests that we need to pray for members of our class. They are listed below....

Cline:

I have just received word that my brother-in-law's mother has passed. Please pray not only for him, but the entire family as this as his mother was not financially prepared for this event nor was the entire family. Pray for the burial process and that it can be taken care of without too much controversy or family strife.

Thanks
Lisa

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Sherrod:

Please pray for the Sherrod family. Things are "iffy" with the place that Randy works because of the auto industry and GM being their primary contract. The Sherrod's know that the Lord will provide for them through all of it. They appreciate your intercessory prayer.

_____________________________________
Rossini:

Hello,
I wanted to give an update on my grandfather and say thanks for the prayers but I am asking we continue to pray for him. As I stated yesterday, he had a series of strokes over the past few days. The doctors say he will have to be in a wheel chair, he can't drive, and can't be left alone. Also, his condition will never improve (according to the doctors). As you can imagine this is hard on the family because he is such a strong guy and an all around great person. Really what I pray for though is for God's will to be done. I pray the family accepts God's will and puts their faith (Forsaking All I Trust Him) in Him knowing that God knows exactly what needs/must/and will be done. It is also my prayer that my family members who do not truly know God and do not have an intimate relationship with Christ will come to know him during this process. On a personal level for me, I have every ounce of faith humanly possible that what ever will happen is carried out by God himself. This is a great knowledge to have because I also know He is the True King and Master and His ways are so supremely perfect that whether I understand them or not is an irrelevant part of the equation. I praise God for this situation and something to think about is: if it hurts this bad on the inside for me and my family, and God who loves us so much, it must pain him to hurt us yet he would allow this pain in our lives, just imagine what it will be like to be in His presence for one brief moment when the pain of this world seems like a drop in the ocean compared to the glory of being with God in heaven. (As Pastor Phil says, you have to know the bad news before you know the good news so the good news is truly good news.) Please pray these prayers and intentions with me.

Thanks,
Ned

Rossini update and continued prayer request

Hello,
I wanted to give an update on my grandfather and say thanks for the prayers but I am asking we continue to pray for him. As I stated yesterday, he had a series of strokes over the past few days. The doctors say he will have to be in a wheel chair, he can't drive, and can't be left alone. Also, his condition will never improve (according to the doctors). As you can imagine this is hard on the family because he is such a strong guy and an all around great person. Really what I pray for though is for God's will to be done. I pray the family accepts God's will and puts their faith (Forsaking All I Trust Him) in Him knowing that God knows exactly what needs/must/and will be done. It is also my prayer that my family members who do not truly know God and do not have an intimate relationship with Christ will come to know him during this process. On a personal level for me, I have every ounce of faith humanly possible that what ever will happen is carried out by God himself. This is a great knowledge to have because I also know He is the True King and Master and His ways are so supremely perfect that whether I understand them or not is an irrelevant part of the equation. I praise God for this situation and something to think about is: if it hurts this bad on the inside for me and my family, and God who loves us so much, it must pain him to hurt us yet he would allow this pain in our lives, just imagine what it will be like to be in His presence for one brief moment when the pain of this world seems like a drop in the ocean compared to the glory of being with God in heaven. (As Pastor Phil says, you have to know the bad news before you know the good news so the good news is truly good news.) Please pray these prayers and intentions with me.

Thanks,
Ned

2 Prayer requests

Here are 2 prayer requests from class members:

LifeGroup Member: Ned Rossini

This is Ned and I wanted to get a prayer request out for my grandfather. He had a series of strokes this morning and he is at the hospital. He lives in Arkansas and we are not sure how he is doing. This has happened before and he was fine but we are waiting for someone to get a definite statement and let my family know what is going on. He is almost 90 and any health issue is serious when you are 90. He is a strong guy so I think he will be alright but if you would pass this along I would appreciate it.

Thanks,
Ned Rossini

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LifeGroup Member: Tarah Goodman

Our friend Amanda is having surgery tomorrow to remove the tumor on her vertebrae. It is about an 8 hour surgery and extremely intensive. Please pray for their entire family and for the doctors that will be working on her.

Thanks,

Tarah Goodman

Problems Posting????

Hello everyone. I just wanted to make sure that no one is having trouble posting to the blog. I received some e-mails from Lisa this morning with prayer requests attached to them, which I will definitely pray for, however I wanted to make sure that everyone is also still able to post to the blog, so that these prayer requests can also go out this way to everyone in the class.

So, if you are having any trouble, please let me know.

Thanks,

Chad

LGNS 3/29/09

If you cannot view this week's blog, let me know.....

bates.chad@gmail.com



CB

Prayer for Courtnee

Hey guys,

I am not sure all of the details yet, but Courtnee Mattioli's mom is in the hospital. She has a mass on her lung. They were hopefully going to do surgery today sometime. I will post more as I know. Please keep Courtnee, Courtnee's mom, and her family in your prayers.

Just heard from Stephanie Yearwood, and her mom will have a biopsy on her lung tomorrow and surgery on Friday. She is on iv fluids and having blood transfusions. I will update when I know more.

Moving Help Needed

Hello everyone. This is just a call for help. It's a little early, but we wanted to go ahead & get the word out. Leslie & I are supposed to "close" on our new house on April 24th. If this, is indeed, the date that we close, then we are going to move that Saturday & Sunday (25th & 26th).

So, guys and girls, we are asking for help moving on those days. (or either or). We will have the stuff packed & the moving truck, etc. The only thing that we will need are able bodies to help us move. We would really appreciate the help.

Thanks alot,

Chad and Leslie

3-22-09

Hello everyone,

Sorry it has taken a little longer than usual to get this week's newsletter out. Here it is though...

If you cannot see it, contact me @: bates.chad@gmail.com.

Have a good rest of your week,

Chad

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dcn3p3d4_120zgrrb8ff&hl=en

CareGroup Roster

Here is the CareGroups roster as of 3/21/09


(Leaders) Mike & Lisa Cline
Bradley & Laura Dunlap
Randy & April Sherrod
Pat & Denise Chrzanowski
Danny & Amy Stewart

(Leaders) Tim & Heather Humphrey
Jonathan & Jenny Buhl
George & Wendy Sneed
Michael & Laura Thelen
Andrew & Erin Wood


(Leaders) Ned & Tabitha Rossini
Chad & Lora Davis
Josh & Susanne Hipsher
Daron & Amanda Long
Tim & Crissie

(Leaders) Brent & Allyson Hodson
Craig & Tracy Laney
Kevin & Tarah Goodman
Justin & Megan Morris

(Leaders) Andy & Ginger Pritchard
Luke & Andrea Coffey
Brian & Jill Morton
Chad & Leslie Bates
Jeff & Stephanie Yearwood
Courtnee Mattiloli

(Leaders) Brandon & Jill Belue
Jonathan & Ashleigh Siggers
Tony & Leanne Hedrick
Todd & Marilyn Mynatt

3-15-09

3-15-09 LGNS

Prayer Request for Chad Bates

Good morning everyone. Yesterday on the way to church, Chad Bates had a car accident on Beaver Creek. He is really sore today so please pray for him and PRAISE GOD he wasn't hurt too badly! Continue to pray for him and that his soreness will ease up soon. Thank you!

-Allyson

Prayer for Ashleigh

Hey All --

Please continue to pray for Ashleigh during her time of recovery. She was doing well with her pain management until yesterday when the pain started to escalate. She went to the doctor today in a lot of pain and is now at home on new medication. The pain medication seems to be working for her right now while she is laying down. Please specifically pray for her to be alleviated from the pain laying, sitting, or standing. Please pray for her recovery and that things will progress in a timely fashion. Pray for those who are helping care for her during this time.

Ashleigh thanks you for all of your intercessory prayer before, during and after her surgery.

Lisa M. Cline for
the Hodson LifeGroup
your CONNECT Leader

Pray for us

Hey guys,

Okay, Ty and Andy both have the flu! We are going on vacation this Friday. Pray for everyone to get rid of this yucky stuff before we leave. The whole family is now taking Tamiflu to help prevent/lessen the symptoms.

Ginger

Calendar of Events

Hello everyone,

Thanks to Lisa, we now have a "Calendar of Events" section created. I am working on it and will soon be adding it to the blog site. Just wanted to let you know to be looking for it soon.

Chad

March Meal Madness begins Tomorrow!

March Meal Madness begins Tomorrow!

Drop off your food items in the blue barrels and then report the
number of items to Brent each week. They will be updating March Meal Madness
bracket will be each week. This will be located in the foyer.

The food collected will be distributed by Mission of Hope.

REMINDER:
Week 1 (March 1) Cereal
Week 2 (March 8) Canned Goods
Week 3 (March15) Nonperishable Meat
Week 4 (March 22) Boxed Grains
Week 5 (March 29) Instant Foods

Lets all pitch in an support this ministry oppotunity with the Mission of Hope.

Tim

Urgent ministry needs within the church

Hey everyone,

As your Serve leader for the class I have been made aware of several urgent ministry opportunities within the church.

Urgent Needs:
Preschool Department: One leader and one helper to lead music time for 3,4, and 5 year olds during the second hour. Three volunteers are needed to lead the PreK class during the first hour.

Youth LifeGroups: We have an urgent need for a 7th grade boys LifeGroup teacher.

Divorce Care For Kids:Male Safe Keepers - Male leaders to work with the children on Monday nights 6:00 till 8:30 pm. This is a 13-week program and requires little prep time.

Please let me know if you are interested in serving in any of these ministry opportunities or if you would like further information.

Tim

Hey Chad! Have you all found anything this week?

New e-mail

Hello everyone,

Just wanted to let everyone know that Chad Davis has a new e-mail account. I have changed it in our blog settings, but I also wanted to go ahead & pass it out to everyone. So, here it is:

Chad Davis' new e-mail: chadmpa@gmail.com


Have a good day.

Sorry Chad and Leslie

I am so sorry that it did not work out for you all. We will definitely keep you in our prayers.

Unhappy News

Well, we have bad news to share. The townhouse, which I told you that we had found is now a NO GO! The owner told me on the telephone today that she has decided to stay in the townhouse herself, so Leslie & I are asking for your prayers again, as we are in the "living quarters" mode again. There is not very much available, as far as what we are looking at right now, and it seems to us that we have seen almost everything.

We are looking for a townhouse / condo 2 or (preferably) 3 BR, 2 BA, if anyone hears of anything, please tell them that you know of someone that might be interested in it. Thank you, and hope everyone has a good week.

Chad

Answered Prayers

Hi everyone,

I am writing to tell everyone thank you (1st of all) for the prayers, which Leslie & I asked for, about us seeking for a new place to live. This past week was very hectic for us, as our current place of residence, well basically "lied" to us, about our lease & when we could get out of it. This put a "damper" on our plans of when we were moving, as well as were we going... "we thought." Then, we went back to look at the townhouse that we had found again last night & the owner is willing to work with us, considering our conditions, so we are going to be able to move into the place which we liked the best; out of all of the places, which we had visited.

We are going to be moving out at the end of April (refer to the lease problems about the prolonged date), however we are excited that we have found a place to live. Again, we both thank you very much for all of your prayers, without them, this could not have happened in such a timely matter. Everyone have a good weekend.

Chad

Update to Blog

Hello everyone,

I do not know if anyone has had any difficulties recently with reading the blog publishing, but I wanted to try something different. So, I have gone back to the way that I began posting the LGNS newsletters. I have placed those newsletters on the right-hand side of the page, because I thought that it would make it easier for everyone to find and locate those. I went back to December & updated everything.

Hopefully everyone will find this layout easier to read & see everything that is going on. And, also, it makes it easier for whenever you want to make a post back to the blog. Please let me know if there is something different that you want me to do & I will see what I can do for you.

Thanks,

Chad