Prayer of Praise!

We have had a bitter sweet experience this week. Our son Jaime was involved in a fairly serious auto accident. Praise the Lord he walked away relatively uninjured. As for the car it is going to be a total loss. It seems that Satan just continues to place road blocks in our path to derail us. This photo doesn't do justice to the severity of damage inflicted on this car. This is a loss we really could not have afforded to endure, but the most important thing is Jaime above any piece of metal.

We had a large group of kids at the mission on Monday for homework help. We were able to help many kids with homework and gave out school supplies donated by Peachtree Baptist Church.

We also had the opportunity to speak to their women's group last Saturday Morning. Thanks to Carol and the ladies for the opportunity! Cornelia and I really enjoyed telling you about our ministry work.

Wednesday we had to cancel our home help because we were locked out of the office. I guess they had to go to a meeting. It happen from time to time.

I have also been sub teaching several days this week. I had the opportunity to share Jesus with several kids. Its truly amazing how God keeps sending kids and adults alike who want to hear a word from the Lord.

Please pray for our family as we press on despite Satan's failed attempts to stop our work.

We Love You All!!!

Back on the Job!!!!

It felt really good today to be back in the field after taking vacation time off last week. Cornelia and I really missed work, but we really needed the vacation time to recharge our batteries and spend time with our kids.

This morning we met with two new partner candidates from the Villa Nueva complex Mechelle and Carolyn. Both are praying about the possibility of working with us. We are glad that they are showing interest and both would be a great asset to our work there. We all met with Tim Cumnmins for lunch and had quite an extensive time of discussion regarding faith, outreach, and community involvement. We are praying that God reveals to us how to pug them in to our work

We left there and headed to Hunnington Ridge to meet up with our newest field team Edurado and Shelia Zamora. They are currently assigned to Hunnington Ridge in Norcross. We try to get to know as many missionaries as we can. They are really good people and we look forward to getting to know them. They will do a really good job there because of their background and their fluency in the Spanish language.

This is part of our team working in the Norcross area. We really have a lot to do up there.

It was good to be with the kids at Villa Nueva today. We are excited about the second part of the school year and getting back to helping with homework. But most importantly sharing Jesus with the lost.

This is our hand made attendance list. Please pray for the names on this list that these kids will come to a saving knowledge of Jesus.

God Bless and We Love you All!!!

Last Day of 2008

I had a good time today meeting with one of my best friends from high school . We have not seen each other since 1996. It was really good getting reacquainted and sharing war stories about high school days and talking about our current lives and families. Its truly amazing how much our lives have paralleled over the years. It was great to see you again Terry.

We have a group coming from Campus Crusade for Christ tomorrow to distribute food boxes to needy people of our complex. Frankly they may not have enough to cover the current needs of the many that live there. Nevertheless we are so thankful that they are doing what they can to help.

Thanks for reading our blog and we hope you have a blessed New Year. Also to those of you who supported us prayerfully and financially this year...we could not have done it without you.

We Love You All!!!!

Merry Christmas

Hey...we would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas. We hope you all had a blessed day with family and friends. We are taking a little time off and won't be blogging for a while.Our December news letter went in the mail yesterday. We would like to invite you to read it so we can update you on the progress of our ministry. You can also visit our website at www.thetablemissions.org for additional information about our ministry. See you soon.

We Love You All!

It was a Great Day

Today we went to the mission to check on the kids and to clean our mission up. Boy was it filthy from all the Christmas and homework activity last week. It took a good hour to get it back in shape. We sure had fun telling the kids about Jesus and sharing the meaning of the candy cane with them.

We are so blessed to have a Savior that is willing to give up everything in heaven to come to earth just because of His unconditional love for us. Yesterday we were ministering to families at one of our mission sites. One of the kids asked me if we had a Christmas tree. I told her yes. I asked her why? She said that her family could not afford a Christmas tree. It made me sad to know that many kids there may never have the joy of something as simple as a Christmas tree. The management company at this particular location has placed a beautifully decorated tree in the big window of the office. Kids are constantly hanging outside just to look in the window at the tree. The kids tell us this is our tree...see how beautiful it is!

Do you take for granite having something as simple as a tree in your home? Are you thankful how well God has blessed you? Would you be surprised to know how many people in your neighborhood are having to forgo gift giving this year because they can’t afford it any longer?

God sent his son (Jesus) into the world that he might save his beloved mankind from their sin. Jesus came here in the form of a baby. He grew into a man in stature and was set apart for one mission...to take all the sins of all men to a rugged cross as the ultimate gift for all mankind.

Today was my uncle and aunts 50th wedding anniversary party. My uncle Charles is my mothers brother. He is pictured here with my Aunt Louise. It was also good to see my cousins too! We don't see each other very much because of varied schedules. It was great to do a little catching up. By the way I am the oldest of the bunch. Praise the Lord i am the handsome one. My cousin Karen refused to get in the picture with us because she did not want to ruin her reputation.

This is a group shot of the Horton family. Boy don't they clean up good? I sure do wish we could get together more than we do.My dog Sam has been under the weather today. I don't really know whats wrong with him. He acts like he has a virus if a dog can get one. Two weeks ago Sam was a hero. Some one broke into one of our cars and then tried to get into our house through the side door. My daughter and one of her friends was here alone. My daughter said Sam barked hysterically and ran the intruder off. Sam is our hero!!! He is still just a 10 month old puppy but he has a big dog bark.

We love you all and are praying for you during this season of peace.

Merry Christmas!!

Mission Update!

The kids at the mission got out of school today. They will be on Christmas break until after the first of the year. We will probably swing in a couple of times over the break just check on them.

Parkview Church is coming tomorrow for a little outreach event. Kind of a mini backyard bible club.We will swing in there tomorrow to pray with them. They have been there before so they really don't need to be supervised. We appreciate their partnership.

Please pray for families that are doing without things for Christmas. Many people are even hurting for basic food needs.. I sure wish we had the financial resources to help them. A few 50 dollar gift cards would really help out.

We plan to be at the mission on Monday at regular time to see the kids one last time before Christmas. After that we plan to take a little time off the be with family and celebrate Jesus' birthday. We have had a busy fall and need to recharge the batteries.

Thank you to all who have donated to our mission work this year. We really appreciate what you do for us more than we could ever express. Please pray for us as we begin a new year.

We will be sending our newsletter out early due to the holidays. Please read it and tell us what you think.

We Love You All!

Ministry Full Speed Ahead!!

To those who count it joy when they meet trials of various kinds...

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for wholeness and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11


Praise be to God in the Highest. Worked on administrative items this morning and caught up on email. Began thinking of articles for the newsletter.

This afternoon we did homework help at Villas Nueva. We had about 20 kids show up. Megan Faircloth did a lesson on the symbolic meaning of the candy cane. We hung out with the kids for a while. Two girls were having a disagreement for the bus ride home...we got all that straightened out. Now they are friends again.

School will be out starting next week. We decided to go back on Monday to check up on the kids. We have a couple of adults that need counseling. We plan to check up on them as well.

We Love You All!