Eggstravaganza!!!!

We had a great time today celebrating Easter with our mission kids and families. Melinda, the manager of Villa Nueva, partnered with us to to sponsor an egg hunt for the children.

Several families came out to enjoy the festivities and refreshments.

It was time for the egg hunt! The kids and were really excited. The parents were excited too. Everyone was hunting...moms, dads, and kids.

Each egg had a surprise inside or candy.

Even the smallest hunters had a great time. Praise God for a risen Savior. Happy Easter!!!

How Do You Define a Frend?

It is said in the Bible that everyone is appointed to die. Try as we may to keep this day from coming, we will all still face this point on the time line. I like to use the analogy of a hair. If you place the creation of the earth on the left and infinity on the the right, then place a single hair at some point on the line then one can see how really short life is. James, the writer of the New Testament book that bears his name, reminds us that life is like a vapor—here today and gone tomorrow. (James 4:14) It is quick!


So while we are on the subject...let me ask you a question, "How will you be remembered?" Or better than that, "How would you want to be remembered?" On the day you die what would be the one thing your minister would focus on as he speaks of the time between your birth and your death? I believe the greatest thing that could ever be told about anyone would be concerning their friendship and relationship with God. I would be honored if a minister could stand and say “Keith was a friend of God.” I have been told my whole life that I would be known by the company I keep. What a testimony if it could be known that I kept company with God!


If there was ever a man in the Bible it could be said was a friend of the Most High God, it would be Abraham. God always speaks from His perfect knowledge. God says, “Abraham was a friend of mine.” Friendship can be summed up in three words. The words which quickly come to mind are those that measure every friendship. A friend is loyal, trustworthy, and committed. It is that simple. Those words describe what it takes to be a friend to people and it takes the same three words in action to be a real friend of God.


By his willingness to trust God with his life, God held Abraham up as an example of a giant in the faith for us to follow. In other words, his legacy speaks volumes concerning his walk with God. That’s exactly what God desires for us. God’s desire for each of us is that our commitment to Him is more than just Sunday morning, but that it is 24/7. God desires that we live with such a holy passion that every single moment of each day be totally committed to Him.


Today ..."Good Friday," let us remember the friendship our Lord Jesus displayed for us. Despite his trial, harsh treatment, and crucifixion he remained a true friend of mankind to the end. He never once violated his word to die so that we could have a second chance. He remained loyal, trustworthy, and committed to the end.


Take a moment at 3:00 pm this afternoon to remember what he did just for you.

Thanks War Hill!

We had a great time with War Hill Christian Fellowship yesterday. They came out to lead our Saturday program and to hang out with our kids. We really enjoyed having them!

They were really a lot of fun and the kids really enjoyed playing with them. It was also good to have Victor from Youth Outreach United there as well. He has been on site several times and is always a blessing to have around.

War Hill's youth pastor Christi Garner says the church is trying of be outward focused and to loose the bad habit of being internal and comfortable.

Our partner and good friend Meghan Faircloth led the kids in the Evangi-egg presentation. Each egg is symbolic of one day of passion week. She really did an excellent job.

It was also good to have Cornelia there too! As our Saturday program develops it allows her to be involved. The kids really love her.

Please pray for our ministry. With the recession, we have suffered a 30 percent drop in our financial support. if you would like to donate you can click on to donate button on this page or you can visit our website at http://www.thetablemissions.org/. No amount is too small and every donation is tax deductible.

We love you all!!!

Catching Up On Things

This past week was really a busy one. We worked on several fronts to advance the Gospel. In our business things are never cut and dried. Adjustments regularly have to be made at a minutes notice. Understand when you deal with different cultures like we do, it pays to have a patient attitude.

Last Monday we had 22 kids show up at the mission along with 7 volunteers. it was a mad house!! Praise the Lord for the extra help. Wednesday we virtually had the same numbers with only Meghan and I to handle the load. Looks like its time to do a little reorganizing.

On Wednesday several MSC Missionaries had the opportunity to meet with Jeff Hammond President of NAMB at Clarkston International Bible Church. We all had the opportunity to tell him about our individual missions etc...

The last half of the week has been rain, rain, rain. We really need it, but it makes it hard on ministry. People just don't come out of their homes in a deluge.

I am sorry about the lack of photos, but my photo storage site is down which makes it impossible to retrieve them. I'll truly to edit this post and ad photos later.

We really have the potential to make huge strives this year. Pleas pray for us on two fronts. One that we can mobilize our volunteer base with greater efficiency. And two...the Lord will provide us the resources we need in in this recession.

We love you All !!!

We Had Major Fun Today!!!!

We spent most of our day in the mission field with great partners and good friends.

This is our future summer missionary Kati McLean. She is a good friend of the Harrell family and a former youth group kid. Cornelia, Kaitlyn and I took her on a tour of our mission area today.

After the tour we met up with Parkview Church to have a ton of fun with some of our complex kids. Weather permitting...we try to have someone in the complex every Saturday to be involved with the kids and share Jesus love. Parkview is one of our most faithful partners and we appreciate them for all they do.




Then every one sat down and had a snack and listened as the Gospel was shared.

Thumbs up on an awesome job!!!!

It was also good to have Cornelia with me today. Cornelia has not been able to join us because of her work schedule. It felt great to have her along.It also felt great to have Kaitlyn with us as well. Kati and Kaitlyn have been great friends for a long time. Kaitlyn is also considering becoming a summer missionary assistant as well.

The kids had a great time too.

Public School Ministry Update!!

This week I have had the opportunity to engage several students with the word. Several of these students have been branded has hopeless or impossible kids. Some of these kids simply have a bad family life, and with the current economic problems it places extra strain on their parents.

Yesterday I worked with the intervention department. This is the schools equivalent of a police station. They bring all the kids that get into fights, disrupt class, harass the teacher, harass other students etc.. Policy states that no student shall violate another students right to learn.

I was called to pick up two kids from music class yesterday that got into a fist fight. It's funny how the aggressor is the one that always claims to be innocent. Just like our kids at church eh. Once brought in to IR you have to interview the student...and many times you find out that most of these kids have some major things going on in their lives. If you don't mind being branded as a cop then its really a great place to minister.

Sometimes I find my self really feeling troubled at all the obstacles facing these kids. Nevertheless many of the teachers feel that angels fly around this school. You know I agree.

Please pray for this school. I can't mention it by name,because I don't want to blow my cover. If you would like to know you can email me at keithandcornelia@gmail.com.

God bless you all!!!!!

We're Back!!!

Hello everyone! Well it's been a while since we last blogged you. We have been so busy that we just have not had time to do the blog.

Since we last talked we were surprised with very cold weather and SNOW! Hey you know how unpredictable that March weather is here in Georgia.

This video was taken off my back porch. Man isn't that just beautiful?

This is our daughter Kaitlyn (pictured above)...She was really enjoying the snow. Just look how large the flakes are.

Unfortunately we were not able to visit our mission on Monday, but we did get there today.

Snow was a huge topic at homework help today. We herd all about it today as we returned to our regular schedule.

We were able to finally get our newsletter out today, so if you have been wondering what happened to it you should have in your box tomorrow.

I am going to try to get on track with the blogging thing, so stay tuned for more tomorrow.