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4/27/2015

It's just a couple of weeks until Mother's Day, and I would like to give my mom a special present! The catch is, I need your help!
The Post Newspapers is having a "Mom is the Bomb" contest. I have entered a photo of my Mom, naturally hoping that she will win. The prize is a "Mom's Night Out"- a hotel room and dinner at a nice restaurant! There are only forty entries in the contest, so I know I have a definite chance.
The winner is decided based on the number of votes the photo receives. Since many of you know and love my Mom, I'm hoping some of you will take the time to vote for her. The whole thing is a complete surprise so far, and I'm really, really hoping to win and REALLY surprise her!
Here's the link to vote!
http://thepostnewspapers.upickem.net/engine/Details.aspx?p=A&c=170796&s=76833910
If you know of someone who knows my Mom but doesn't read my blog, would you mind passing this on to them? I know my family and I would appreciate it so much!
Love you, Mom! (Even though you have no idea what is going on! :))

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A Joyous Easter

4/15/2015

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I don't know about you, but I love Easter Sunday! Of course, I love celebrating Jesus' resurrection and the hope that it brings to us as Christians. But I also enjoy the life and vitality that pours out of people's hearts on this special day. Everyone at church seems to smile and laugh effortlessly. Add to all this the fact that SPRING is here now and Easter Sunday is one joyous day!
Mom, the official photographer of the Perkins family, took a few photos of this special Sunday morning service.

The lovely Easter breakfast put together by the church ladies

Mrs. Nolan and lots of happy Kojima kids!

Had to have a picture taken with my future sis-in-law!

Mr. Bidlen, Andrew, and Elise Newman

Mingling and eating before the service

The service itself went really, really well. We had fifteen visitors who were either there for the first time or hadn't visited in a long time. Praise the Lord, several raised their hands for salvation.
Now we are doing follow-up visits to be an encouragement and witness to those visitors. We pray that God will continue to do a mighty work in their hearts!

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Become the Right Person

4/15/2015

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Recently, our pastor preached an excellent series of messages on marriage and the home. The one thing that stuck out to me the most was this simple but thought-provoking statement he made:

Don’t just look for the right person – BECOME the right person

That was really what I needed to hear just then. Like most girls, I spend probably too much time fantasizing about my future husband. Some of the things I think about aren’t just fluff, though. I like to make mental lists about what his strengths and virtues must be. It’s not wrong to want to marry a great godly guy – after all, I wouldn’t want to marry some immature person with poor character.

But I do think we fall too often into the trap of thinking more about HIS spiritual state than our own.

Maybe these kinds of things are on your list of “future husband qualities”:

A godly leader

Willing to learn

Hard-working

Honest and open

Passionate about soul-winning

Gentle and sensitive

Devoted to his church

Selfless

And the list could go on and on! Wouldn’t it be great to marry someone with these characteristics? Well, I firmly believe that these “dream guys” do exist. I would even go so far as to say that there are mature, spiritual men who are praying about marriage.

Do you think they are on their knees before God asking Him to send them a physically attractive spouse? How about an extremely talented girl who wows everyone around her?

No, I’m sure they are praying for a godly, submissive young lady. Someone who puts Christ first in her life and serves Him out of a joyful heart. Girls, are WE meeting the criteria?

Imagine how God could work if all young people, guys and girls alike, just followed Christ with all their hearts. What if, instead of looking at everyone around us, we made sure that our own lives were clean and surrendered? I know that’s what God desires.

I definitely don’t want to sound preachy, because I’m as guilty as anyone else. I need the Lord’s help every day!

Next time I pull out my mental list, I’m going to use it as a mirror of my own life. I don’t need to be a godly leader, but am I submissive to my authorities? Am I willing to learn and grow?

Only God knows when the right time will come to finally meet THE ONE. It may be tomorrow or it may not be for ten years. Until God clearly leads and directs, I know I want to be working on becoming the right person.

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Hang in there, Folks

4/15/2015

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We're trying to fix some computer glitches, so please excuse our writing sabbatical! Hopefully things will be up and running soon!

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April 07th, 2015

4/7/2015

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We Need Your Help!

A Joyous Easter

Become the Right Person

Hang in there, Folks

April 07th, 2015

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