My Church

5 years ago my Dad was burdened to start and independent baptist church in Lewisburg, PA (about 20 min from my house that I live in now) We lived in West TN at the time and when my Dad told me, I was devastated! I spent 2nd grade to 8th grade there and I had all of my plans made for high school and college and what I wanted to do. God had other plans for me! =) We moved to PA August of my 9th grade year and Started a new church, Faith Baptist Church, in March of 2002 in Lewisburg PA!
We found a building in the side of a chinese restaurant (that was a miracle because land is EXPENSIVE) and we had our first service March 25, 2002 with 15 people! The church is being blessed and we run between 60-70 every Sunday! I became the church pianist at age 15 and my brother became the music leader at age 13! We have seen so many things happen and we have been through many trials and tribulations. We are still looking for a pianist now that I am at Crown and my brother will be here in the fall, the Lord willing, and my Dad is having a hard time losing both of us.
Our church has been wanting to buy land for quite some time now and land is (in the area we are at) round about $100,000 and acre! Which is CRAZY! We knew God would either supply the need or show us where we could find the land that we need. About 5 months ago my Dad ran into a man that was selling land about 5 miles away from where the church is now. He made offer after offer to Dad but God started working in the man's heart and the Lord willing our church is going to purchase 35 acres of land from that man for $1,500 and acres =) The church unanimously voted to purchase the land and the Lord willing we are going to build on the land this summer. The Lord is great! And no matter what He brings you through He always knows what is best for you! =) Pray for my Dad as many decisions will be made within the next few months concerning building!

My Birthday!

My parents always buy me one big gift for my birthday and I picked to go to a UT Women's basketball game (of course!) But everyone knows my luck with things like that and there one home game left was on a Sunday =\ So I didn't get to go but I decided that I would really enjoy going to the Dixie Stampede! Amber never had been there before so it made it interesting. We got there early and listened to the bluegrass band and sang "Rocky Top" and had to keep composed when "Sweet Home Alabama" came on! =) We had a waitress named Fabeola who dumped sweet tea all over as Amber yelled and we both laughed and laughed! Everytime the fireworks went off both of us about jumped out of our seats because we were so scared! Wow! We had a really good time!?! Pretty much we embarrassed each other to death but I wouldn't have it any other way! But here are just some of the pics that we took. Some of them were a little dark. But the NORTH side won! and I got a flower from one of the horse riders and it was just an awesome birthday! Happy Birthday to ME! =)