Living Above the Sun Ministries

MERRY CHRISTMAS YA'LL! HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD ONE!! MAY YOUR TURKEY MAKE YOU FAT, YOUR HAM MAKE YOU EVEN FATTER, MAY YOUR SWEET TEA MAKE YOU HAVE TO PEE ALL THE TIME, MAY ALL YOUR DESSERT GO STRAIGHT TO YOUR BUTT AND HIPS AND THIGHS AND EVERYWHERE YOU DON'T WANT IT. UGH!! I'M KINDA SCROOGEY THIS YEAR, SORRY. CHERISH YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY, ENJOY MOMENTS WITH THE PRINCE OF PEACE, READ THE STORY OF JESUS LIKE IT WAS THE FIRST TIME. YOU HAVE ANOTHER YEAR AND ANOTHER CHANCE TO MAKE MEMORIES AND LIVE. YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOUR LAST CHRISTMAS WILL BE SO TAKE EVERY MOMENT TO HOLD THOSE YOU LOVE, AND TELL THEM HOW MUCH YOU LOVE THEM. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!! LOVE, ALLISON AND MILLIE

Here are a few pictures of our Christmas production at church, December 11-14 2008, we had 7 performances to do!! I loved every minute of it. I have missed doing it this week. In complete honesty. IF you missed it this year mark your calender for next year, it's something you don't want to miss. I know we get really busy this time of year, it's easy to do. Our theme this year for Christmas was "A Brand New Christmas". Sometimes we get caught up in what really doesn't matter. What really matters is a little baby being born in an manger, the hope of all nations. He was born so we could live forever cool thought huh? I wish some of you reading this blog could have a pastor like my pastor, I am so thankful for my pastor. God has been gracious to us in every aspect of life, whether we have little or a lot, if you belong to Jesus you have more than the richest person could ever own. I'm thankful Jesus is mine! Merry Christmas!

Have you ever played with a Whee-lo? This is the most popular toy in my family when we all gather together. It has been in our family probably since it was released in the early 1950's. All the grandchildren have found it be most entertaining we still play with it to this day. Who would have guessed such a simple toy would last for 40 years in a family entertaining children and adults alike? We've still got the original from the 50's. I'm sure all the grandchildrens children will play with it as well. They don't make them as good as they use to. You can find them at Cracker Barrel. Maggie Magnetic, Inc. produced the first Whee-Lo toys in the early 1950’s. The toy was very straightforward in its design, consisting of a red plastic wheel with a magnetized axle and a j-shaped, two-pronged piece of curved wire. Just this same, this minimalistic setup offered plenty of mesmerizing entertainment. The fun began when you placed the wheel within the wire loop, then a...

The day after Thanksgiving. Can you believe My Aunt Anna, Aunt Linda, my cousin Laura, and myself got up and went shopping? What were we thinking, what's wrong with us? We got some door buster deals. I got up at 5:00 and they came and picked me up at 6:15. We started at Michael's, then went to Koals, the line was horrendous in there and we just left. We had good luck in Old Navy, I found a few things in there for church. My Aunt Linda is so good to me, all my family takes care of me. I'm glad...I'll return the favor someday, I'll take care of them in their old age. They're still young. We went one other place I don't remember the name, there was a bunch of make-up in there and shampoo and conditioner, and hair stuff. Then we went to Mickydees and ate some breakfast. Then Grandmama put us to work...I'm happy to help my Grandmama in anyway I can. We raked leaves thats an endless job. We got the majority of it done. Then I crashed and slept for a ...

I do hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving week, full of special memories with family and friends. We here in Kingsport Tennessee party hard. Had a wonderful time with each other. Actually all week I've been sick, fighting allergies and sinuses for one and Monday I was throwing up...nice I know sorry for the details. That's bad to have before Thanksgiving of all times. My Aunt was also sick this week so we kinda took it east on the eating tried to not do to much damage, it's hard to say to no to good food!! We had about 22 people at my Grandmamas. We were pretty tight in this house but I love it. I love to be close to my family and those I love and just feel the love. It's chaotic around here sort of all the women tend to all try to fit in the kitchen, and all the men are either outside throwing football or watching it. We have a normal menu we do every year...have it down to a science. Of course we eat Turkey, a good ole' Tennessee ham, squash and zucin...

This is my cousin Ben, the one who left for the Marine Corps last month. Doesn't he look so good? We are so soo soooo proud of Ben. We sure did miss him a lot this Thanksgiving but we received a nice note from him so the whole family could read it and my Uncle has been keeping us posted on Ben on a website sort of like a blog. We've never had a Marine in our family before, we've had Army, Navy, Air Force, that I can remember. What an honor to be related to someone who has fought for our beautiful country God has so grately blessed us with.

Tuesday we got to see Josh McDowell at our church. He was fantastic! He had a lot of good things to say. In the first part he talked apologetics to us, why we believe what we believe. It was very interesting to hear what he said about it. I'll give you all his websites for you to check out and even see the powerpoint presentations we saw. He's old, but he doesn't act it by any means. He had on some funky shoes, oh and best of all he drives a yellow jeep! Hollar! Here are his websites you can checkout. www.josh.org/talks www.joshmcdowell.blogspot.com He is a very wise person.