We lost Dad to this world on December 14, 2010, and is work here for the Lord, his hope for rest and eternity with the Lord is now. He was baptized on Jan. 20, 1962, he was 87 years old. He was the most humble man I had ever known in my life, his love for the Lord was inspiring, truthful and his example was always to gloifiy the Lord. He was married for 58 years to the Love of his life and hers. And had 4 daughters which he loved very much. Had 8 grandchildren and 6 greatchildren, My Father always carried bible tracks with him in his pockets, and passed them out to anyone who would take one. He would wait in the front of the grocery store while Mom shopped and strike up a conversation with anyone who would listen about the bible and of couse invite them to church. He was the most patient man I ever knew (guess he had to have with 4 girls and 1 bathroom) he used to take Mom and us girls to the store and sit and wait in the car -reading the bible-waiting for us! I remember when I was growing up having bible studies in our home with the house full we would show bible strips on the portable screen, and then there were times we would pick others up for church and we had a station wagon, I remember having 20 people one time in the station wagon (of course seat belts were not used at this time) When the kids were little they lived in VA, he made a wagon to pull the kids in the wagon with the lawn mower, he made us all many things out of wood, we have coffee tables, lamps, tables, plant stands and he made us baby cradles for the babies and even made Carissa a doll cradle. Mom and Dad loved and Lived for God in all our daily lives, I hope and pray to work toward being together with Lord and him someday! Thank you all for your thoughts, prayers through his illness and his hope for eternity.

I have just returned from a trip with my husband to New Orleans, he went for work for some training he had to take he has been there before and he wanted to me to go this time, so we were able to site see in the evening, saw some of the devastation of Katrina, nothing like I am sure it was 5 years ago, a lot still needs to be done, still a lot of homes need to be rebuilt, there are homes that are still bored up. Anyway enjoyed visiting there, but when you go away to other places makes you think how blessed you are in your life, (maybe it is good to get away and step back sometimes) we found a congregation to worship on Sunday night had to travel almost 50 miles to get there one way, as far as I could tell it seemed like a sound congregation (only one visit) but the Church was Southside Church of Christ, in Gonzales, LA the Preacher was R.J. Evans, there were very friendly and even sent me a card to thank me for our visit, it got here before I got home, I had never been there before, we wanted to get some souvenirs for the kids, after going to Walmart, Kmart, and not finding any in any of the stores, ask someone where to get souvenirs, they said you had to go to French Quarter, the travel books showed these places to be very pretty, I personally didn't see it that way, (MY OPINION) it reminded me of Sodom and Gomorrah I told my family, or sin city some call it. The aquarium was beautiful one of the best I have every seen. And the Plantation was my favorite, beautiful place but some sad stories, life for many there. Loved seeing the Mississippi River, and the steam boats. We tried to find a closer place to worship on Wednesday, found Louisa Church of Christ, which turned out to be a liberal, they were very nice as well, I was able to leave a calling card from Northridgeville coc. Anyway kept thinking how blessed we are in Ohio to have so many Sound Church of Christ congregations to attend and visit.

My Mom has my Dad at home, they came home while I was away with my husband, my Sister (Nana) and her husband (Jose) have been seeing to all their needs and have made them both as comfortable as possible, Mom said she is happy to have Dad home with her, she said she missed him, she said she hopes and prays God will give her the strength physical and spiritual to take care of him until he is to be with the Lord. My sister has everything made as easy for Mom to handle, she has learned how to do Dad's feeding tube, put the medicines in the tube and all his other needs. Her Love for Dad and the Lord are an inspiration to ME!

Went to see him last night and we sang a little. He was happy to see me as I was happy to see them both! Feeling thankful today for all my blessings.

2 Corinthians 4:16-18
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

Thank you all for your continued prayers for Our parents.

Life is very busy right now, our family is getting ready to bring our Father home, Life will very hard for my Mother, she has said she thinks he would want to be home, even though most days he doesn't know what is going on around him, with the dementia. We sing hymns with him in the nursing home and it amazes me how he still can remember so many of the hymns. In this illness he has shown me that God is with him, so many hurdles we have been able to get over and I know that without God's Grace we could not have gotten this far (Matt. 19:26 And looking at them Jesus said to them, "With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.) On Dad's "good" days he still tries to "teach us" if we speak to loud he tells we should not argue we tell him we are not just have big mouths! He is still my "Dad" in so many ways he is still kind to everyone, and they (the aids) ask us if he was always like this and we said Yes, always. The aids caught us singing in the room the other day and she was amazed how he could remember the words.( 1 Corinthians 11:1 Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. ) So I believe that he is teaching us still. Might be hard to understand, just I think about all the times my Dad presented the Gospel to others and even this disease can't take the Lord away from him! (Psalm 48:14) For such is God, Our God forever and ever; He will guide us until death.) Couldn't sleep so thought I would write or post. Would appreciate your prayers in the coming days for my Mother and Father.

I have a new grandpuppy his name is Clark, he is a black lab and he is 9 weeks old all black, they (Carissa and Stephen) got him on Wednesday, of course he will never replace Krypto but he hopefully will fill some of the void. Sorry don't know how to put pictures on here, maybe we she will be able to soon, they have been very busy. And of course his name is Clark. He keep Mommy and Daddy up most of the night Wednesday, getting used to his new home.

Hello All, we have some sad news Carissa and Stephen's dog Kripto was hit by a car tonight and after being taken to ER he had to be put to sleep, please remember Carissa and Stephen they are both very sad, if you have ever had a pet they become a part of your family, if you will, your child they both are very upset, Abby is visiting as well and hopefully be of some comfort to them both.