Stillwater's First Concert & Cookout!!

Today we had our very first concert and cookout. The current owners of Stillwater Lodge & Retreat graciously let us hold on open house on the property so that folks could see what it was like. The Cookout was a great success!! About 130 people came and 7 area churches were represented. We received very positive respones from all and several churches said that they would consider supporting the Ministry. Thank you so much to all who came, to those who donated items, to those who sang (especially Calvary's Mark, a VERY good group, who donated their sound equipment for the evening. I have their contact info if anyone is interested:)). There are so many of you that I can't begin to name them all. I do have to say a very special thank you to my Mom, Dad & brother (Bessie, Dave & Chris Lechner) and also Bill, Gina & Nicki MacLellan for coming all the way from FL to help out this week. (They're on spring break.) And to Mylanie, thanks so much for all the running around you did for me to save my tired legs!!

The Fate of a Kite!!

We had a sunny day today and decided to go out and fly our kite. It flied so beautifully for about 8 miniutes. Can you see where it went?

Reidsville Baptist

We had a great evening with Reidsville Baptist church on Wed. We able to play, preach and present to the folks there. Thank you Pastor Carter and church for the kind reception and the many who lost of questions about the ministry. It was great to so a good sized congregation even on a Wed. Keep up the good work in the many bus routes and academy you have as well.

Ephesus Baptist Church!!!

Thanks to the kind folks at Epehesus Baptist in Raleigh NC for having us play, present and preach. We enjoyed being there. Wendy was able to sneak into their handbell choir for a few minutes and really enjoyed that. Pastor Greg did a great job of making us feel welcome. We look forward to going back in a few weeks and seeing there Live Last Supper drama. If you are in the area it will be April 9 at 7:30 pm. God Bless you all may we ask everyone to pray for the lease option proposal that we are working on for the camp.

We were able to have home school field trip day today and we also added a pic or two of the trip! We went to the NC aquarium at Kure Beach.

Thank you Benson Grove! Thanks to our new home church for a great reception and also all the great friends we already made. We had wonderful time preaching presenting and playing on thos past Sunday night. We look forward to much more involvment with you all. Let remind all the viewers that we have heard about on the blog that you can follow the blog and also post comments. (this gives us some good feed back) Thank you God for sending a new pastor to Fellowship Baptist, God bless you all and we pray for Br. Larry as he begins his pastorate there.

Things we've learned since moving to NC...

1. Wrong turns are unaviodable & maybe even necessary to learn where to go & where NOT to go!!
2. Electric blankets are great!!
3. Outlet stores are to be visited frequently (especially Bath & Body Works & Yankee Candle!)
4. Sweatshirts and jackets are required.
5. You will always need one more document for the government office you're in (DMV, Post Office, etc) expect to come back at least twice!!
6. Things have a way of multiplying when you put them in a box!
7. Hangers are easier to pack than unpack!
8. If you go to the butcher shop, be prepared to sit a spell & share a story!!
9. If you need it, someone probably has it in "the barn"!
10. No matter how many times you turn down it, Walden Pond Rd will still be a dead end!!

I need a goat!!!

Since our return from Pa we have been buried in paperwork and I would love to find a goat to feed the paper too. But truthfully God has really blessed with a lot of help in getting our 501c3 acpplication process to roll smoothly. We have some wonderful help from some Christian Cpas in the triangle region that have made the process go much easier. We have also been writing the bylaws of stillwater, setting up church meetings, and some where in there a few odd jobs to help the bills. We will be having our first board of directors meeting within the next two weeks.

If friends would like to listen we will be preaching at our new home church Benson Grove Baptist on Sun night. Their services do not start until 6:30 pm so many of you may be home from 6 o clock services by the time the message starts. If so listen in at Bensongrovebaptist.org and click the listen live link. We will post a pic next week of the church.

An open house at Stillwater Concert and Cookout is being planned at Stillwater lodge for April 11th. More details will be on the way soon.

All who are in the Florida Ga region please check out the camp calvary page with upcoming camp info.