Exciting!

Yesterday as I was leaving our house to go to the church, I passed several police cars on our road about 1/2 a mile from our house. I saw the helicopter flying low and slow and thought maybe someone escaped form the Federal Prison or Detox facility, both of which are right near us. Here is what the paper had to say about it today.

http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_270073935.html

Only From Wild and Wonderful West Virginia

www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_269112314.html

Confused?

I am not sure what is happening. Either the Democrats have a highly intelligent plan (which is highly doubtful) or they are really wanting the Republican Party to keep the White House. Sen. Biden and VP hopeful has recently been recorded saying that Hillary Clinton was capable of leading the country and probably was a better choice for VP than he was. Then he recently disagreed openly with Sen Obama on the AIG bailout. Then he scolded his party and an Obama endorsed ad that attacked McCain about his inability to use e-mail as inappropriate. There seems to be some serious problems on the Democratic side. Word has it that Biden will drop out of the running on or near Oct. 5 citing health reason and Hillary will take his place. In a recent talk, Bill Clinton said he now understood why so many like Sarah Palin..."people can relate to her", he said. They feel she is real and one of them. All of this suggests that the Democratic Party is seriously fearing defeat come Nov. 2. Oh well, thanks Biden, Clinton and Obama for the good campaign help

Tyler's Dedication

We recently had Tyler dedicated. It was a honor to have our good friend James Plank do the dedication. He has now dedicated all of our children to the Lord. raising kids is quite a chore and each I am reminded how much of God's guidance we need. It truly is our prayer that our kids grow up serving Jesus and finding themselves in Kingdom work.

Anniversary Sunday

Danny Hubble

Doris Hoffman

Sheri Vinson with Tyler

Janet White's delicious cheesecake.

On September 14, our church celebrated our 60th Anniversary. It was also our 2o year celebration for our Bus & Outreach Ministry. Rev. Barry Arnold from the Lebanon God's Missionary Church was our guest speaker. We took time to honor some special people. Rev.
James Plank, the one who started the bus ministry. Ed Schultz, aka. Uncle Ed, who for years shouldered the ministry and now Marvin Beachel. Marvin does an outstanding job and is seeing more consistent and higher numbers due to his burden for the ministry. Then there is Kieth Forney, Peter Brinkmann, Willard Vinson and many others who do many different thigs to help make things go smoothly. Thanks Ladies and Gents for all your work. We are anticipating greater things this coming year.

Old Friends

(L - R) Pam, Janet, Ba (Shirley), Vonnie

James Holden, a die-hard Michigan fan.

Greg Key

The kids had a great time.

Picking up where we left off.

While we were away for my grandpa's funeral, we spent Sunday in Galax, Virginia, home of our first pastorate. Galax is only a short distance from Beckley, WV, so we took advantage of the opportunity to see everyone again. The Galax Haven of Rest Bible Church is filled with some great people and it was nice to spend the day with them. Pastor Ledford was gracious to us as we worshiped with them. Their Associate Pastor, Chad Winter, did a great job in preaching, challenging us to not lose the annointing. We had lunch with The Keys. Shirley, Sheila, Greg & Pam, Sabrina & James and all the kids, thanks for the lunch and accomodations. It was nice to see you all again!

Okey O. McBride, Jr.

Flowers from New Columbia GMC. Thanks
for your thoughtfulness.

Justin, Papa and Kayla viewing grandpa.

Meal time. Pastor Yancey co-officiated the
funeral with my dad.

This past Friday, we received word that my grandfather had finally lost the battle with Parkinson's Disease. It had been a long hard battle, but today he has been granted eternal
relief from the pain and suffering he knew for so long. My grandpa was a spiritual hero to me. The thing that sticks out to me the most, was that he was a man of prayer. Aside from my immediate family's prayers, my grandpa's prayers helped me get my life back in order and answer the call to preach that I had been running from. Talking with him for just a moment, there was no doubt he was a deeply spiritual man. I will cherish many memories of grandpa, but I will greatly miss his prayers. I have found that the consistent prayers of people are a great help in our walk through life, and I just lost a friend who faithfully prayed for me, and many others on a day-to-day basis. Thank you grandpa for your example and love. An old Wendy Bagwell song that grandpa liked is my prayer more today than ever before. It simply goes, "I firmly promise you that I meet you by the river, on the banks of that evergreen shore..."