wow i’m goin to enjoy this …. hope to see some response.  well- sorry this note is so long.  i’ll try and make it shorter next time.

It has been a treasure to me on this 9 week trip to see Grace desiring to pray and worship all by herself.  Jeshua, of course, imitates whatever his big sister does. And in this case, that is a good thing… 

One night Grace told me “Did you see me dance for Jesus, mama?” She and another girl had been twirling in circles with their hands raised.  Their little mouths moving and eyes half squinted… half real and half pretend…so sweet! It brought back memories for me of my childhood worship…

 Also, on this trip one night as I walked around the sanctuary praying before service in Charleston, SC, Jeshua was walking around behind me repeating what I was saying “luyah, esus…”  (Hallelujah, Jesus)   My heart rejoices because I know this is the beginning of something eternally beautiful! 

“I have no greater joy than this

yes you did. right here at the brunswick public library with grace tugging at your sleeve and bro. mark watching jeshua outside and grandpa looking over your shoulder giving dubious instructions, you completed the first in what we hope will be a fascinating series of logins. congratulations.

Nov. 3, 2006

     We are rejoicing as last night 5 new people received the Holy Ghost at Bro. Melindez church in Charleston, SC!  It is so beautiful to see the words written in the Bible come to life!  What an adventure the Lord has taken us on. He keeps opening up new doors for us to minister.  In the last 9 services we have seen a total of 9 people received the Holy Ghost! 

“Oh magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together” Ps. 34:1

 We are also rejoicing in God’s provision!  We came on this loop up the East coast from Florida to S. Carolina with only 3 schedulings.  So far the Lord has opened up many unexpected opportunities to minister!  We are thankful for the following Pastors which have opened their doors and hearts to our ministry: Bro. Adams, Bro Watts, Bro Mathis, Bro. Smith, Bro. Melindez, Bro. Clayton, Bro. Wheatley, and Bro. Reyes, Bro. Holland, and Bro. Mullen …

     We are currently in an extended revival with Bro. Wheatley, the Georgia District Superintendant.  We had scheduled 2 services with him, but we thank the Lord that it has been extended to 7 services!

9 ,no 10pm. well ,11 where you garzas are tonite. driving into the dark toward brunswick, hope to see you before sunday. to do that it will be necessary to leave this computer terminal and say goodbye to grandma merna.we thank the LORD for the way he has blessed your ministry efforts this past week in the charleston south carolina area and look forward to teaming up with you again east of the okeefenokee. see you soon if i don’t get started too late. love grandpa

anyway i could use some typing practice.and as your team member who just had to come home to missouri last monday, who left you and bro. mark and grace and jeshua to do the work of the evangelist in southern carolina, this helps me to feel like i’m contributing in some way. just a few words added to your cyberspace ministry. grandpa

i (grandpa lance) have been over to the webmaster (uncle eric’s) house tonite. he cooked up some spaghetti and meat-balls. we (grandma merna and i) brought some salad,bread,cantelope and cookies. we all (everyone including aunt lydia) enjoyed playing with little ian. uncle eric decided to give dakota (the grandog) a bath because she smelled like she had been rolling around in some dead fish. then we checked out crista’s blog to see if she had any entries. couldn’t find any so i explained to uncle eric (the webmaster)that i thought she was experiencing technical difficulty and he demonstrted the process to be just a few easy steps and so now i’m back home posting this entry to crista’s blog  under the user name “mark” . trying to remember how to add a bit of artwork or a photo to the mix like he showed me earlier and looking forward to having a blog of my own. this is what happens.

hi. grandpa hereby demonstrates that eric has taught him how to blog.and like it!