We helped do a “Western Theme VBS” in June in Chambersburg, PA. We took pics of all the children (in VBS) of this pose……..but we thought that we would just show you some of our family in this pose. Isn’t David HILARIOUS here?!!
Jill
Nurie can’t STAND the way her chin looks here…..LOL!
Handsome Timothy. He looked like an authentic cowboy!
Renee
Phillip
Samuel
Cheerful Gabriel
Tessie
Hannah
Olivia
We are thankful that we had a past couple of REALLY busy weeks doing VBS, Revival Services and presenting our work at a church we had never been to in Ohio. Now we are home and have the rest of the month of July off! It is the first time I have had this much time at home since December! It feels like such a treat and I have a whole list of things I want to get done before leaving. We have just a few closer meetings in August and then in the fall time, our schedule gets pretty busy and full again. The Lord knows just when we need more time at home. He is SO good to us! Below are some more pictures of our last trip.
David & the Pastor and a couple of other men, played the “policing” cowboys in this skit – telling Timothy he MUST come to VBS! It was SO funny!
Pastor Fleck
With these tough guys…….Timothy had BETTER obey!
Well, it looks like he didn’t cooperate………so they must carry him out of the church!! LOL
It was such a pleasure and surprise to meet a distant relative on the Lupole side (Cindy Drage) show up to one of the church services. She had read our itinerary and had seen where we were going to be. We were about a half hour away from where she lived and it was our honor to meet this sweet lady!
This girl rededicated her life to the Lord in VBS.
Nurie specifically prayed that God would help her to be able to lead someone to the Lord. This girl was one person that did get saved! Her name is Ny’jaya. Nurie was THRILLED at this answered prayer!
From there, we headed to Ohio to my nephew – Levi’s – graduation from highschool! He is the first grandchild (of my-Jill’s- parents) to reach this milestone. It is very emotional because it was also GOODBYE for Levi….as he has enlisted in the military and will be going to basic training the beginning of August……sniff, sniff. Levi loves the Lord and wants to continue to serve Him in the military, but he does feel peace that this is what God wants for him. Guns, knives, and action have always been Levi’s interests. Bonn voyage, Levi!!
Boy cousins playing games.
Lisa hugging Ma.
Fun, outdoor games!
This was me – arriving and seeing my Aunt Brenda who came to the graduation party with Uncle Jon and their grandaughter – Mikayla.
Sister cuddle time with Sadie & Sofia at night in the RV.
SOOO cute!
Kisses
We were honored to go from there to Pastor Gresham’s church in Ohio for their revival services. Our family and the Rogers Family (the Mom & Dad pictured above) were the special singers for the week.
These are some of the Rogers Girls.
Mrs. Gresham & I enjoyed some sweet time of fellowship.
Preachers at the meeting.
This sweet lady – Mary Wright- and her husband graciously allowed us to park in their driveway. Mary is due with her 7th baby soon!
We then headed to this church.
This is the Pastor of this church- Pastor Drummond. I have known him and his sweet wife since I was a teenager.
Mrs. Drummond
Kaylee & I
We then headed on to Dennis & Lisa’s church – Anchor Baptist Church and had a GREAT time there! They were all such a HUGE blessing to our family. I, unfortunately, forgot to get pictures when we were there. However, we met kindred spirits while there!……..smile.
Well, as I mentioned earlier, we plan to be home the rest of July and only have a few meetings in August. I have already made phone-calls to the local jails and prisons to try to come up with a time that I can go into those facilities and share the blessed hope of the Gospel with the female inmates. Also, I have a meeting to meet with the manager at a local Pregnancy Crisis Center to try to volunteer my time there and perhaps give our “Choose Life, Not Abortion” Gospel tracts to them to pass out to the ladies? Please pray with me regarding these ministries becoming a reality. David has been VERY busy at work in the print shop since getting home and he already has a LARGE amount of John & Romans that he has compiled and designed a sharp looking cover for. We are just SO honored to be serving the Lord full-time! We try to stay busy – to be found worthy of all of our dear supporters support. Well, I must go. I have a radio broadcast I do weekly, and I am due to send in another series of those devotionals (geared for ladies).
One more thing I would like to mention is that our church is heading up the “God Bless America Crusade” for this upcoming Sept. 11th Sunday. We look forward to helping out with those efforts. The prayer is that 2,000 souls will come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ! Please pray that these efforts will not be in vain and that a nationwide revival will start right here in West Virginia!!
I OWE It AAAALLLL to my Jesus, Jill Rodrigues
(P.S. Be on the lookout for our News Letter & Precious Moments soon!!)