Justus Samuel Colley has Arrived!!

I wanted to let everyone that Luke and Jessica had Justus at 2:11 AM this morning (Oct. 31). She was 34 weeks and 6 days along, but her and baby are doing great. He weighed 5lbs 10 ozs and was 19 ins long. They are at Willow Creek.

We will have a meal signup on Sunday in class, please be in pray for them as they prepare to take him home.

Prayer Requests - 10.26.08

Gayduseks - Pray for Shelly as she has a meeting this week with the Centerton Planning Commission for approval to watch kids at home. The meeting is Tuesday night.

Tidwells - Please keep Laura's sister in your thoughts and prayers, as she is separated right now heading towards a divorce from her husband.

Bennetts - My brother-in-law's sister, Lisa, was just diagnosed with stage 3 Hodgkins Lymphoma. Pray for Lisa and her husband Mark as they deal with this and start Chemo this week. There is a 75-80% success rate with this cancer so pray that Lisa can be in the percentage.

Upcoming Events

I wanted to let everyone know about some events that we have coming up, so please mark your calendars.

OCTOBER:
Oct. 25th - we were supposed to go to the Corn Maze, but have decided to cancel that
Oct. 31st - Fall Fest (be sure to look at sign up sheet to see when you work)

NOVEMBER:
Nov. 2nd - Flynt Baby Shower (during class time)
Nov. 16th - Build-A-Basket Sunday (we will be building care packages for Homebound Members of church)
Nov. 22nd - Progressive Thanksgiving Dinner (Wingards, Hands, and Roughley's houses)

Please let me know if you have any questions. Also, I wanted to let you know that our class has an email address now, so please feel free to email any suggestions or prayer requests there. fbcfoundations@hotmail.com

Middletons (Snacks/Appetizers) Schedule

Mon., 10/20 - J&D Simpson

Wed., 10/22 - Roughleys

Fri., 10/24 - Rings

Sun., 10/26 - Swarengins

Tues., 10/28 - Flynts/Addingtons

Thurs., 10/30 - Hands/Bartmiers

Sat., 11/1 - Caplenas

Kolt Lee Middleton has arrived!!!

The Middletons had their baby this morning. Kolt Lee was born at 8:49AM measuring 8lbs 9ozs and was 20 ins long. Mom and baby are doing great. They are at Willow Creek.

We will have a sign up sheet on Sunday for meals, however, they will be a little different this time. Since they are having a lot of family in town right now, they told me that they were just needing appetizer type things or snack stuff that the kids can grab. I will have more information to come, just wanted to give everyone a heads up.

Prayer Requests - 10.12.08

Hands - Pray for Emily's job situation. She has a possibility of a part time position. Pray that everything will work out so that she can be at home more with Jaxon.

Rings - Pray about witnessing to a young woman who has a baby and has been staying at the local women's shelter (she is a nanny for a single mom who is their neighbor).

Bennetts - Praise! Desiree's ultrasound showed that the baby is healthy. Her official due date is May 3rd.

Langfords - Pray for Craig's knee surgery on Thursday morning. Pray that he will react well to the anesthesia and that Michelle will have the patience and energy to take care of Craig and the boys the week Craig is off work. Also, pray that Michelle would be able to find someone to help her watch kids a couple hours a week.

Fall Fest - Fri., Oct 31st

Fall Fest is quickly approaching, and we are looking for volunteers to man the 2 booths that our class is responsible for that night. This is a great opportunity for us to reach out to the community, so I hope that you all can take part in this ministry. We will be doing Plinko again and helping man the Preschool Inflatables, and we will be working in 30 min shifts. Please let me know if you would like to sign up for a shift. Feel free to sign up in different shifts than your spouse if you would like to have one of your with you child while the other one works.

Inflatables:
5:30 - 6:00 PM (Setup):
6:00 - 6:30 PM: Hands
6:30 - 7:00 PM: Swarengins
7:00 - 7:30 PM: Kelly/Shelly
7:30 - 8:00 PM: Rings
8:00 - 8:30 PM (Takedown):

Plinko:
5:30 - 6:00 PM (Setup): Jeff Simpson
6:00 - 6:30 PM: J&D Simpson
6:30 - 7:00 PM: Tim/Warren
7:00 - 7:30 PM: Bennetts
7:30 - 8:00 PM:
8:00 - 8:30 PM (Takedown):

Hayride - Sat., Oct 18th

We will be having our class Hayride on Sat., Oct 18th at Jeff Simpson's farm. We will have directions this week in class, and I will be sure to post them on the blog. Here are some key things that you will need to know.

3:00 PM - Meet at Farm (we can fish, play games, etc so please come prepared)
4:00 PM - Eat and hang out around fire
6:30 PM - Leave on Hayride

There will be a charge of $10/family, so please plan to bring money this coming Sunday if possible (Oct 12th).

Here is who I have down to attend, please let me know if you would like to sign up to come:

Flynts
Wingards
Rings
Hands
Swarengins
Bennetts
Simpsons (J&D)
Roughleys
Bartmiers
Addingtons
Caplenas
Klamms

Prayer Requests - 10.5.08

Tidwells - Jonas is sick. They are not sure what he has, but he has been running a fever.

Rings - Continue to pray for the health of their business. They still need more work to come in for the winter. Things are getting better, but they still need prayers.

Bennetts - Desiree has an ultrasound Monday morning. Pray for health for her and baby. Also, pray for Mark as his schooling is getting really busy.

Thank you

We received a thank you card from The Murphys:

"Thanks to all who cleaned. What a blessing to come home to it and not have to worry."

Thanks again to those who went over to their house while they were out of town to clean.