Through The Fire Featuring Colton Deane

 Hey Friends,

Thank you for visiting. We are delighted to have you drop by! 

We have a treat to share today. Here is another video that we recorded while in Florida. 

Mom and I had a blast singing with Colton! He is awesome! Thank you, Colton, for allowing us to sing with you and for allowing us to share it with others!

Gerald Crabb wrote this amazing song, Through The Fire, which the Crabb Family first released around 2000. It quickly gained a spot on my favorites list. This song has ministered to me many times. The message never gets old!

I was so happy when Colton pulled the song out while we were singing. I hope you enjoy a glimpse into our fun at Beams of Light Holiness Church! Our audience this night was Bro. Phillip and Sis. Deidra Deane, my Gran, Papaw Danny and Farrell Stearns. They were great cheerleaders!

See you all tomorrow!

Odie

See You At PFYC

 Hey Friends,

Back in January, I told you that it was time to plan for PFYC 2025. Did you make your plans? The time is now. You have a couple of days left. Click here to find out more information.

It is PFYC 2025 week. People from all over the country are converging on Pigeon Forge for this event. We are headed that direction today. I am looking forward to seeing many friends!

I am excited for what will happen in my life this weekend! We will hear wonderful truth from the word of God! And experience great worship services! 

The theme for this year is Landmark.  I am hoping that it is a Landmark year in my life! I already have a few spiritual landmarks set up from past years of PFYC. I am going with my heart open, ready to receive.

If you cannot be there in person with us, please join us in prayer! Young people and the rest of us in attendance need to hear from God. Oh Lord, please let this be the best PFYC yet.

Thanks for reading! See you tomorrow.

Odie

Weekend Wrap Up 3/24/25

Hey Friends,

Can you believe the pace at which we are zooming through March? To me, it seems like the month just began yesterday, and now we are in the last week of it.

We had a fabulous weekend full of family, friends, fun and church! I think that’s an excellent recipe for a wonderful weekend! 

Let’s rewind to Thursday. We met our wonderful family/friends, Pastor E.J., Sis. Lacey, Reese, Carter, Hudson and Stella Lamb for lunch. 

Most of you will not be surprised at our lunch of choice. Yes, we went to Acapulco, which was as good as ever! The fellowship was even better! We love this family so dearly. I always leave feeling refreshed when we spend time with them! They have a way of cheering me up!

It was the first day of spring, but the weather did not get the notification. It was quite cold. I even saw a few snowflakes! That did not stop me from enjoying a free ice cream to celebrate the first day of spring at our local Dairy Queen. We enjoyed it from me inside of our heated car with the heated seats on! It sure tasted good

As I mentioned in Yesterday’s Sunday Sanity post, we went to our home church at DRPC. bro. Andrew Blevins preached, and it was great to be in service with our church family!

On Friday, I was not hitting on all eight cylinders; my head was throbbing. I chose to spend the day at home resting. Mom went to visit some of our family that evening, and she did not take any pictures. 

Saturday morning we visited with some more of our family. It was great to see all of them! Thankfully, I felt much better. 

Saturday night found us a little less than an hour away. I found that the Martins were going to be in concert. We have always enjoyed the Martins music for many many years. They were just as good as ever! I will share more about that in a later post. 

Sunday morning we were back at DRPC. Our Pastor taught a wonderful Sunday school lesson. 

I snapped a few photos during service. I could not pass up an opportunity to document my cousin Katie behind the Bible stand. 😂

The kids choir. 

Then we were blessed to hear Bro. J.R. Alexander preach. It was great to have Bro. J.R. And Sis. Teresa home visiting. 

Sunday evening, we were in service at The Anchor of Hope in Lebanon, Ohio.

we love our friends at The Anchor so much! 

A few months ago, Pastor E.J. Lamb asked us to come and sing and Uncle Danny Morgan to preach. The Lord blessed us with a wonderful service! Uncle Danny preached really really good! Mom and I were blessed to be part of the service!

I will wrap up this post with my pictures from Sunday night. See you all tomorrow!

Odie

Making Memories With Gran and Papaw

Hey Friends,

Thank you for stopping by to visit! It brings me joy to have you here with us for a moment of your day. I hope you are having a great Saturday. 

Are you ready for some pictures? I have photos from our recent trip with Mom’s parents (my grandparents). I do not think most of these have made it to the Blog yet, but today is the day.

It was great spending two weeks with Gran and Papaw! We were thrilled to take them on a road trip with us. Mom and I got to show them several things that were important to us. 

Most of all, we were able to introduce them to many wonderful people who have been influential in our lives! They were able to put faces to the names that they had heard about for so long. We were happy to take them to some out favorite churches. 

In the process, we made many wonderful memories! I tried to document several of them. I even snapped some photos while we were taking cover from a possible tornado in the area while in Mississippi. You actually can fit four people in one little interior room.

You may realize that food, ice cream and Buccee’s were reoccurring highlights of the trip! 

In total, we visited three different Buccees along the way. Two of them we went to coming and going, for a total of five Buccee visits in two weeks. 

I lost count of all the good meals we ate and all the ice cream we consumed. By the end of the trip, my Grandmother was grounding me and my Papaw from having any more ice cream.

Besides introducing them to a bunch our wonderful friends and road family, It was great to enjoy some warmer weather. We love the sunshine. 

Gran Papaw experienced Lamberts cafe for the first time, and that was a huge hit! They also liked getting to see the Gulf Of America! we went on a few drives. Papaw was looking for an alligator in the wild, but they were elusive to us. We did get to show him the USS Alabama.

We had a great trip! Thanks to Gran and Papaw for riding along with us! I love you all!

I hope you enjoy the pictures. I will see you tomorrow.

Odie