Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Life In Ministry Is Never Boring

Life has been busy, good, and full of variety. I thought I would share some of our "busy"ness. In a pastor's world, there are many unexpected happenings. We recently had the funeral, or as we say, "Homegoing," of an elder woman of God. Then, mixed in with hospital calls, business dealings, counseling, and so forth, we had a wedding. As we have heard before, "Variety is the spice of life."

A few of my fellow board members of the Western District Ladies Ministries. We were rewarded by our president, Laquita Mullings, with a beautiful luncheon.
Bryn was "Sarah Palin" for Halloween. LOL
Blake and Bryn posing at Starbucks after a family night out.
Bryce was exhausted from a week of finals.
At a recent prayer meeting, many adults had came forward for special prayer. These two little, Spanish speaking, girls waited patiently at the altar for the ministry to anoint them. They touched my heart and reminded me the greatest in the Kingdom will be like these little children.
Comedian Da-vee, pictured with his lovely wife, was the entertainment at the 50th Birthday Party for our friend Ray Perez. It was a 50's theme and the room was full of poodle skirts.
(Da-vee had a dentist make these goofy teeth just for his comedic performances!)
Blake "seriously" practicing his saxophone
A recent new convert gives his testimony of God's redeeming power.
Bryn as an impromtu flower girl.
This young couple were recently wed after a Sunday morning service.
They told Pastor Allard they wanted to be right and not live in sin.
Now isn't that the way to start a marriage?!
It's all good!

10 comments:

  1. Nice pics...

    I like the wedding pic.....

    A while back we married, baptized and dedicated the babies of a young couple who had some unfinished business......

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  2. Thanks, Jana, for sharing your journey! Isn't it grand? My favorite pic was of the new convert wedding. We've had some of them. They are truly my favorite weddings. Just something about doing things for God!

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  3. Jana, It sounds like you've been busy. This is a busy time for us, too. Life is good.

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  4. Sis Allard,
    I love it when you share pictures! Tell Bryn she has good taste in costumes ;). Tell Bryce I'm going to be feeling the same way here in about two weeks as we will be starting finals! So I'm pretty excited I may be moving back to california in a little over a year! I'm applying to several graduate schools out there to get my PhD. Love you guys!!

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  5. Sounds like your life is full of spice. Hope you and your family have a great Thanksgiving

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  6. Are those Bryn's famous pink high heels? She looks like she can actually wear them now!! That's a cute costume!!

    Oh, by the way: you and Pastor busy?! Are you sure??????

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  7. Chandra - yes, those are the famous high heels we thought would fit lil Alice. They are now fitting Bryn. LOL

    Busy???? Never too busy to help someone!

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  8. Chandra - yes, those are the famous high heels we thought would fit lil Alice. They are now fitting Bryn. LOL

    Busy???? Never too busy to help someone!

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  9. Anonymous - Oh, Bryn, I know that is you!!! I like the picture of you and Blake at Starbucks. You two are soooo cute!!!

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