Well I am almost caught up. Almost. But I wnated to take a moment and thank you for your prayers why we were in Mexico on the mission trip. God answerd them. we all returned home safe.
Why we were in Mexico we built a church with four classrooms and an office. The foundation had already been poured and we built it from the ground up. Ther area we worked in did have some electricity and the pastor wanted to wirre the building, so we bought the sheetrock, but he and members of this church will hang the sheetrock. This church had been washed away be a flood sometime late last year. It is an amazing sight to see a building like this go up and see lost people being toughed by the hand og God.
We also had a medical team and a childrens ministry team. They saw over 600 people the five days we were there working. At last count around 62 professions of faith had been made. Glory to God for that.
Another neat thing was that the local government came by and welcomed us. This has never happen in the eight to nine years I have been going on this mission trip. But even bigger than that one of the ladies with the Secretay of Health and Human services came to know Jesus. Usally the government and its employees are not friendly to or receptive to Christians. This alone show you the nead we have to send messangers to a lost world.
Again thank you for your prayers.
Remember "Monticello, It just feels like Home."
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Blogging
I will not have any new post up for the next week. I will be on a mission trip to Mexico. Please pray for our success and safety.
I am traveling with the Tri - county mission team with churches from Lawrence, Marion and Walthal counties. We will be doing evangelism, medical and building work during our time there. I ask for your prayers that Gods will, will be done and that you pray for our safety as well. This is a very troubled part of Mexico we will be working in and your prayers are welcomed and needed.
Remember, "Monticello it just feels like Home."
I am traveling with the Tri - county mission team with churches from Lawrence, Marion and Walthal counties. We will be doing evangelism, medical and building work during our time there. I ask for your prayers that Gods will, will be done and that you pray for our safety as well. This is a very troubled part of Mexico we will be working in and your prayers are welcomed and needed.
Remember, "Monticello it just feels like Home."
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
New Senate District
Well the Mississippi Senate has released it's proposed new senate districts. In our district, Senate District 39
The portion of Simpson County has been removed and the Northwest corner of Marion County including Columbia has been put in.
I wonder what you the voters in District 39 think about this? Geographically Simpson County was directly above Lawrence County. Marion County does border us, but not to the degree Simpson does. Both counties are rural in nature, when Simpson was in neither Magee nor Mendenhall were part of the district. The new district does include Columbia.
In my opinion it's about a wash for District 39. Simpson and Lawrence county both lost population in the 2010 census and to keep the districts equally populated this was most likely the easiest way to it.
So I would love to hear your comments on it. Click on the comments button and the end of this post and let me hear your thoughts about it.
Remember "Monticello it just feels like Home."
The portion of Simpson County has been removed and the Northwest corner of Marion County including Columbia has been put in.
I wonder what you the voters in District 39 think about this? Geographically Simpson County was directly above Lawrence County. Marion County does border us, but not to the degree Simpson does. Both counties are rural in nature, when Simpson was in neither Magee nor Mendenhall were part of the district. The new district does include Columbia.
In my opinion it's about a wash for District 39. Simpson and Lawrence county both lost population in the 2010 census and to keep the districts equally populated this was most likely the easiest way to it.
So I would love to hear your comments on it. Click on the comments button and the end of this post and let me hear your thoughts about it.
Remember "Monticello it just feels like Home."
Friday, March 4, 2011
Mississippi Muncipal League Youth Summit
I have had the honor of serving the Mississippi Municipal League (MML) as their youth committee chairman this year. Our first big event starts today March 4th at Delta State University. It is our MML Youth Summit.
This is the fourth year of the summit and it will be the best yet. DSU is a beautiful campus and the officials their have bent over backwards to help us. The City of Cleveland has also worked very hard to make this a successful summit.
We will begin this evening with a welcoming reception. Then on Saturday we will have a general opening session and then break out to smaller breakout sessions. I am proud to say that the breakout sessions are actually ran by youth themselves. And Monticello and Lawrence County can be proud to know that two of the sessions will be presented by youth from Lawrence County. We will have a session on TATU. Teens against Tobacco Use. Under the direction of Kasey Ward, Diamond Kelly and Mitch McCloud will conduct this session. Then we will have one presented by Kaleb Smith on Teen CERT (community emergency response team). It should be noted that Kaleb was to be aided by Rebbecca Smith, but she and sponsor Roshanda Alexander will be at the Big House cheering the Lady Cougars on to a a state championship.
In addition to the breakout sessions we will have two general sessions. Our keynote speaker is Patrick House. You may remember Patrick from the Biggest Looser T.V. show as he was last years winner. I am proud to say that for the first time in the history of the Youth Summit we will also give away a college scholarship to a senior in attendance. I know it will be a great weekend, and I am proud of our youth for stepping forward.
Remember "Monticello it just feels like Home."
This is the fourth year of the summit and it will be the best yet. DSU is a beautiful campus and the officials their have bent over backwards to help us. The City of Cleveland has also worked very hard to make this a successful summit.
We will begin this evening with a welcoming reception. Then on Saturday we will have a general opening session and then break out to smaller breakout sessions. I am proud to say that the breakout sessions are actually ran by youth themselves. And Monticello and Lawrence County can be proud to know that two of the sessions will be presented by youth from Lawrence County. We will have a session on TATU. Teens against Tobacco Use. Under the direction of Kasey Ward, Diamond Kelly and Mitch McCloud will conduct this session. Then we will have one presented by Kaleb Smith on Teen CERT (community emergency response team). It should be noted that Kaleb was to be aided by Rebbecca Smith, but she and sponsor Roshanda Alexander will be at the Big House cheering the Lady Cougars on to a a state championship.
In addition to the breakout sessions we will have two general sessions. Our keynote speaker is Patrick House. You may remember Patrick from the Biggest Looser T.V. show as he was last years winner. I am proud to say that for the first time in the history of the Youth Summit we will also give away a college scholarship to a senior in attendance. I know it will be a great weekend, and I am proud of our youth for stepping forward.
Remember "Monticello it just feels like Home."
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