I'm finally posting

I was told Wednesday night at church that I needed to update my blog. So here I am. Sorry it's been so long. But we've been sooo busy.

On August 10-12, we had an awesome revival with Bro. Smith. It was such a joy to have him and Sis. Smith with us. They are so awesome and down to earth. I just love fellowshipping with them.

After revival we went directly into Vacation Bible School on the 13th-17th. We had a great VBS. It was called Avalanche Ranch-A Wild Ride through God's Word. We only had 13 kids in attendance but our kids really got alot out of this VBS. It taught them to be strong in the Lord and care for others. They have behaved a lot better since then. Especially my kids. Dalton has been helping me around the house without me even asking. That was worth a week of VBS by itself. HA

After that I spent time catching up on housework and washing clothes to get ready for the Assembly.
On Thursday before the Assembly, I got in my van, which was only a 2005 with 40,000 miles on it. And everything shut down. My electric doors wouldn't open, my windshield wipers wouldn't work, my speedometer and gas gage wasn't working and then a mechanical warning light came on.
So Friday we took it to the Service department and they said it would be at least $700 to fix and they wasn't absolutely sure that they had the correct part. So if it wasn't that part then they would replace the other part that could be causing the problem and that would cost about $500. And they would need to keep it the whole week we were at the Assembly, because they had to order the part. So we called around to some rental car places, and the cheapest van that we could find for the week was $450. So then we really started praying, because we were fixing to have to spend between $1150-$1650 plus whatever it was gonna cost us to go to the Assembly. It wasn't looking good at all. So while we were at the service dept., Will tells me to find a salesman and see what the rebates were for the new vans. Long story short we found out there was a $5000 rebate and Will gets a $2500 discount because of his job on top of that. After going to 3 car lots on Saturday, we finally found one that would work with us. We got a 2007 Town & Country van for only $10 more a month than our other van. God really answered a prayer. He saved us alot of money and we are back under a warranty with this van and no worries for a while. God knows what we need when we need it.
After all that, we finally got to the Assembly on Tuesday morning and was able to sit back and enjoy. The Assembly was great. There was such a spirit of unity and the Lord was very present. Some of my favorite highlights were the VLB march (of course I've got to croak for my own pond), the Bessemer bell choir (another croak), Sis. Princes' message (AWESOME), the tribute to Bro. Pruitt in the ABM program, Bro. Smith's annual address(another AWESOME), Bro. Hawkins message (we are so excited that he is Alabama's new state Overseer). There were many others but I can't quite remember everything right now. You'll have to order the DVD's (right, Becki). Ha!
When we left the Assembly, we took a very short trip to Virginia. Will's mom and dad wanted us to come and see if there was anything that we wanted of his Grandma's (she passed away last year). We picked out several things. I got 2 of her iron skillets. I am so excited. I've always wanted some old ones instead of these new ones that you buy that aren't really that good. So now I have 2 and I know how to cure them because there are instructions in the WMB Cookbook (which is very good too). Very good job Sis. Smith. You deserve some kind of medal for typing all of that.
So now we are home and I will post pics of VBS, the Assembly and my new van as soon as I can. Hope all of you are doing well. Till next time.
Kristal