- Holly: Sitting on her day bed, teaching herself to knit, writing a story for her blog.... Go
- Holly: Had a good day!! Thinking about the things she needs to do tomorrow... oh and updating her blog ;) Go
- Is at home relaxing... reading the last chapters in Exodus. Go
I love a good movie. (Also anything that has romance;) It looks like another movie is coming out soon that might be worth actually seeing and not fast forwarding through almost the whole thing (which I have had to do recently)!!
I was just watching the trailer tonight and it looks like it will be pretty good. Here is the trailer.
September 26th you might want to stop in for a movie… that actually promotes the right things. Very rare indeed. 
Here is a song we sang in church today. I love the verses of this song. They seem to have real meaning. I sing this song with all my heart to the Lord tonight. I am so glad I have Him to rely on and depend on. I will have Him for all of life and into eternity!
Today I found a spot on the back porch with my Bible, a few of my encouraging devotional books and my iced coffee. The family is all gone today so it was quiet…( I miss you family) As I poured my heart out to the Lord it seemed like there was a back up! I had SO much to tell Him. Sometimes we slip into the “business” of life or even unintentionally just don’t take the time we need with our Savior, it isn’t our priority, so it slips by. How sad. I feel like I have been guilty. He reminds us we need Him. So, as I was pouring my heart out to the Lord bubbling over really with things to tell Him…. I realized again and anew. He is everything that we need…. if we need a friend, He is Friendship. If we need a shoulder to cry on… He is Comfort. If we need someone to talk to…He is The Listening Heart. If we need something constant and faithful in our lives He is Faithfulness in its entirety. If we need to share joys He is the Sunshine of Happiness and Joy, He is our Song. If we are unclear and don’t know where to go He is Direction and Guidance. If we need love He has shown us He is Love. If we struggle for health, He is Health in its completeness. If we have the desire for more knowledge and wisdom He Himself is Wisdom. If we need something powerful and strong (girls need this) He is Strength and Power. If we need protection He is our Shield (and He will fight ) If we desire to be beautiful, He is True Beauty… See He just doesn’t know about these characteristics He is the manifestation of them!
What an awesome thought that I have Him! If we know we have this Awesome God who IS, why don’t we run to Him more with every need, every thought, every hope, every dream, every joy, every struggle… instead we try to do it alone. What a crazy thought!
I love Him so much. I am so thankful today, I am so happy, because I have Him who IS! He has spoken to my heart in the clearest ways… spend time with Him today. Pour out your heart to him… you will find He is There.
From the Psalm I read today -
50:1 The Mighty One, God the Lord,
speaks and summons the earth
from the rising of the sun to its setting.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God shines forth. (ESV)
Well Folks, we have reached the end of our Tour in Kentucky. We ended it with one of the most beautiful places we have been to.
We went to Williamsburg Kentucky. Williamsburg is close to the Tennessee border. In the morning we went to Calvary Missionary Baptist. We met our friends the Veenstra’s there! It was so good to see them. They took us out to a beautiful meal for lunch and then we went to Cumberland Falls. That was a beautiful place. The falls were so pretty against the rocks and mountains. Truly a beautiful place.
The morning service went great. It was a bigger church then we were used to but the people were so friendly and nice. The evening singing was at a beautiful church way back in the hills. We drove past some rolling hills and beautiful scenery. There were beautiful mountain lakes…
We got to Pleasant Hill Baptist Church for the singing and it was a beautiful little church on the hill by a cemetary. We pulled in and there were quite a few cars the lined the driveway and yard by the church. Horses grazed on the hillside by the church.
We went into the church and there was a wonderful, awesome bluegrass band. They were great. I loved listening to them. Then we sang. They all were so nice and listened to close to us. Afterward they had a carry-in dinner.
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The guys are here! Dad, Dan and Wes drove into Campton yesterday. We are so glad to be all together again! Now I miss the rest of the fam. Life is so good and it’s a beautiful day here in Campton KY. We will be driving home on the 4th as Heidi and I will be going back to work at good ole Lowes Hardware.
We thank the Lord for what He has done in our hearts and in the hearts of others while we have been here. God is so good. We thank Him for going before us and working out all the details of this trip. He really has blessed us and we are thankful for such an amazing trip!
Well, we have been around since I last wrote. It’s been and it will be a full week… pretty much until we leave for home now. It’s been such a good time of ministry.
Saturday we sang at a benefit. That was probably one of the hardest places I have tried to sing because of the sound system and all. We were getting a TON of feedback on ourselves and it was deafening loud for us but it was just right for the people so… we just had to sing through it. I had a ton of fun. Something about being up singing about Jesus I love. That went well and I think we were able to minister to people’s hearts there. It was a neat thing.
And then we beat it over to Hoedown Island. I was still in my high heels from singing… So I went out and did a little ten step IN my heels. I had so much fun. Erma and Evelyn all the way from Michigan our home church was there! It was so fun to have them. They even came to church with us on Sunday.
Sunday morning we drove out to Lee City Church of God. It was a beautiful little church in the country. The Pastor was so kind. And when we sang as a congregation it was a group came up and all sang in different parts and we all joined in. I loved it. It sounded so pretty. While we were singing I looked out the church window and you could see the corn field growing right outside the church window.
Sunday night we were at Rogers Church of God. It was neat to be there. We had a really good group I thought. They were so kind and we all told our testimonies and sang out hearts out. The preachers in both services gave the gospel so clear and really preached it. It was a good service.
Tonight we will be at the nursing home here in town and singing for the sweet people there. I hear we have a few relatives there. We are looking forward to that.
It’s a beautiful day here in Kentucky the sun is shining bright. It’s been so neat to see this dream of mine really fulfilled. To be able to minster to the hearts of people. By God’s grace I believe we have been able to see that happen. God is so good. When Hope gave her testimony of salvation she had the whole church in tears… I guy came up to me later and said you just don’t see little kids like that talk about Jesus. You really never know what kind of influence you can have on someone just by being a testimony to the Lord. 
Yesterday we drove home from North Carolina. It was a long drive. We had scheduled a revival service we were to sing at in the evening but because of a few wrong turns it didn’t work out and we had to cancel. We would have loved to make it out there and we hope we can in the future.
Today is a beautiful day here and we have mainly relaxed from our traveling yesterday. It was a long drive and since we got off the beaten path a little we once again curved and wound around the mountains in West Virginia. Now West Virginia has mountains! It’s amazingly beautiful there….
Tonight I am hoping we can have Macaroni and tomato juice for supper and fried corn bread. If you have not had this meal you need to. Simple go to the store and get macaroni and tomato juice and Martha White Corn bread mix. It is the best!
We have a little friend who has been hanging out with us today. He acted like he was hungry so, Hope being the little mercy that she is, wanted to feed him. He might be hanging around for a while now… He is so cute he just plops down in the front yard and listens to us chat. It’s really kinda cute. Here Hope is sitting with him. I took it just a couple of minutes ago. I think she is eating a pop ice. 
This morning I had my devotions out on the porch. I was reading in the book of John. I was reading of the acts of Jesus and his healings. I am also trying to study up for when I speak to the girls here at the Bethany home. I am thinking that the Lord would have me speak on His Love for them. I want them to realixe and know how much we are worth to Him. Therefore we don’t need to run to other things…. such as relationships, friends, drugs, and all the other empty things. We don’t need them at all for happiness. All we need to is to fall more deeply in love with Jesus. It’s a life long source that we will always drink from if we invest in. Jesus says, and I know this is true, that if we drink of Him we won’t thirst anymore for anything but more of Him. Oh that I would drink more deeply of Him day-by-day….
This is a cute church in the middle of the mountains on the border West Virginia and Kentucky. I thought you would like it Dad.
I hope that you all are enjoying this beautiful summer God has given us and counting your blessings on the front porch….
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June 6th we will be really close to Butcher Holler. We will be recording for a TV program there at a church way out in the country. I tried to get directions and I think I will have to call back again and get them a second time. I think right now I have… “Go left after you go through the holler, then turn back right just after you pass the fence post, on down through the wooded area and so on…” I love it.
If you don’t know about Butcher Holler, you should. It’s the home-place of Loretta Lynn, known as the first lady of country music. I hear that it is beautiful back there and I am looking forward to maybe visiting. The girls went last summer when I couldn’t go.
Things are coming together for our trip. I still have a lot to do and I am feeling the pressure… I still need to print out our info on each of the churches and make sure I have things organized (NOT my thing) but I am excited and happy about this ministry. We pack up the van take off for Portersville, Ohio in one more day after this. I feel the distractions looming and the pressures that are sure to come… but I know I need to face them with a lot of sweet prayer… what would we do without it.
Blessings to you all we thank you for your prayers….
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- Holly
I want to share one my favorite bluegrass songs with you. Rhonda Vincent wrote this after the great Bill Monroe died. He was so good at what he did a lot of people say he is what made bluegrass what it is. This song is cute if you listen to the words. It’s talks about heaven and does it look a little like Kentucky. I have a feeling it just might….
Here is Bill Monroe’s homeplace.
I love Rhonda Vincent’s voice and her bluegrass I want to be like her when I grow up!
Here in Michigan there are so many, many, many people from Kentucky. It amazes me. I can always tell the ones that are from Kentucky. I say, “Your from Kentucky aren’t you” They look at me, a big smile comes on their face and they get just a little more at home, a little more southern accent and far away look in there eye… they miss their home. They came here just like my Grandma with my Mother years ago to work in the factories.
They say, “Oh, I miss it!” I know a little of how they must feel. They have the mountains in their blood and it’s just a whole different, relaxed way of life in the mountains. This opens the door for me to tell them my sisters and I like to sing gospel music and we will be going back and traveling through the bluegrass to sing there.
I know of one little girl whose family came to the city to work in the factories. They only lasted a few months and went back the mountains of Tennessee. She said they would live without the money, and added comforts of it if they could just live in the mountains again. So they packed up their things and went home.
This reminds me of a sweet book we found a long time ago. It’s one of my mom’s favorites. We read it to Hope all the time. “When I was Young In The Mountains” If you haven’t read it you should, it’s a cute book.
As I was sitting here typing this out my family threw and an old journal I had on my bed. I opened it up and I was journaling from the porch of Grandma’s in Kentucky -
Thursday July 14th 2005 6:00 pm
“I’m sitting on the front porch of Great Grandma Hatton’s house rocking. It’s amazing to think my mom used to do the very same thing when she was a girl growing up. Even my Grandpa lived here when he was growing up.
Grandma came over for Sunday dinner. We ate a good meal of fried chicken. We sat on the porch and visited with the guests that stopped over, it was a beautiful day. The day was coming to an end soon while Grandma and I talked all about the days she grew up here right in this very town. She told me of how she got saved at the age of eight at the revival service. She talked about the days she would swing her babies on this very porch (one of them was my mother). She has so many memories all within this small town between the hills…..
I love watching the mist rise off the mountains in the mornings and the moon in the evenings shining just above Granny’s house where I am stting this evening… I see God at work back in these beautiful hills of Kentucky. I see not only His hand of beauty in the rising mist off the mountains but I see He still working and changing hearts, lives and families. Just like He did for my mom, He never fails. He changes hearts and lives.
July 15 Friday
“Tonight the mist hangs low between the mountains and the humidity is high and it’s warm…..”
A little of my journaling from the mountains. I am looking forward to God’s work He has for us this summer. I look forward to the small girl, like my Grandma, in the revival service who might be eight years old and God will change her life forever… I better get to planning I have a lot to do still…
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I have seen so many of these reusable bags lately. “Eco Friendly” “Eco Chick”, “Kiss Me I’m Organic”, “Save The Earth” bags. It’s all about saving plastic bags. Almost makes me laugh. Actually it does.
The other day I was heading in to one of my favorite stores, Target, to spend a gift certificate a dear friend bought me when I saw an “Eco Bag” I wanted! I know. I am crazy. I always laughed at them before. But this was cute! It was an “Eco Target” bag made with a bunch of recycled target bags. So I got one. I LOVE Target.
Yesterday while working, a girl said she didn’t want any of her stuff in bags. I said,
“Oh! Your one of those “Eco Chicks”
She laughed and said “Yes.”
I said, “Well I am more like save the babies and not the plastic bags”
I thought to myself, “WHO CARES about plastic bags? Really? Am I just crazy or does this seem crazy? Somehow I cannot make the connection in my mind. I just knew that she would be upset and not say anything or give me a nasty look but to my surprise she laughed and said,
“Your right, your right.”
I would love to find a bag, one of those “eco friendly”, reusable bags that have a baby on it and say something about, “Forget the plastic bags, save the babies” I don’t know, just an idea. Makes more sense to me.
