Welcoming a New Blogger!!

Kristy (Brinker) Houston is now blogging! Everyone go and make her feel welcome and post lots of comments!

http://www.kristyandjonathan.blogspot.com/

Welcome Kristy! I'm so excited to be an aunt!! :)

Katie

Please pray for my dear friend from home, Katie (Hammontree) Whitlow. (picture is of all of our best friends from high school at my wedding, namely, Katie) Some of you know about Katie's battle with Leukemia just last year. The cancer has returned and seems to be more aggressive from what we've heard. We also just found out that she is pregnant which changes everything. They don't know if she will go through chemo and bone marrow transplant again because they believe this baby is a miracle from God, seeing as Katie wasn't "supposed" to be able to have children after going through her treatments last year, they are believing that God can heal without the help of any medicine that may hurt the unborn child.

I know Katie would hate for anyone to let even an ounce of doubt creep in that God will not heal her fully. I'm believing with her and her family that the Lord God in Heaven will show us once again his love and awesome power through Katie's astounding faith. Please stand with us in prayer for Katie's life even if you don't know her personally. I can tell you that if you did know her, you would never be the same. She touches every life she meets because the Lord is leading her life, fully.

Thank you.

Kelee Update!

Thanks to Skype, I am able to talk to Kelee more than I ever dreamed! We've actually been talking once a week to once every two weeks at least. I miss her so! She is doing just great, and has already done some pretty cool things. She LOVES the family she's living with and she says that she lives with one of the more wealthy families in the village (which of course is nothing like "wealthy" to us).
She was also telling me about how in South Africa, especially where she is, it's like going back in time to the 60's as far as racism goes. When she meets the "white" Africans, they cannot believe that she's living with the "blacks" they say. Some of the things she was telling me were seriously blowing my mind...racism is a major problem there, but I know that Kelee can at least plant some seeds of equality with God's help.

I will post more pictures when she sends them to me. Keep our little ambassador for the Lord in your prayers!
Eating smores with one of the local women at a bonfire. (by the way, they are telling Kelee all the time that she is too skinny. Being fat is a beautiful trait in South Africa!)
(Right) This is Kelee receiving a gift from some locals. They all LOVE Kelee:)
I thought this was hilarious. Kelee came across a giant COW HEAD while walking through a kitchen one day! And if you know Kelee, this was probably very cool to see:)