A Blessed New Year ~

I pray you all had a wonderful Christmas... I went to Florida for a few days and spent Christmas with my family. Mom had a houseful as usual and lots and lots of good food....The rest of TST spent time with their families also.

I just wanted to remind everyone of our upcoming services on New Years Eve. We will be in Waco, GA at Waco Baptist Church beginning at 6:00 pm and then we will go to The Big Tent at 9:00 pm in Ranburne at Exit 205 (off I-20 W) to finish out the old year and ring in the new. What a great way to celebrate and bring in the new year by thanking and worshipping God for all He has done for us. I know that I have truly been blessed this year...

Y'all come on out to one or both of these services and worship with us....
Love to you all ~

Linda

Merry CHRISTmas!!!!!

Merry Christmas to all ~
What a wonderful time of the year...Celebrating the birth of our Savior, Redeemer and Lord -- JESUS!!!! It is ALL about the CHRIST CHILD!!!!

Well TST has taken a few weeks off for the Christmas vacation. Dedra & Jesse will spend time with their families as will Barry & Jill in Georgia. I will be traveling on Thursday to Florida to spend the holidays with my family.

Last Thursday night we went to Andrew and Anna's Christmas program at their school. Andrew's class choir sang and Anna's class choir sang and presented a Christmas skit. Anna did a great job also in her Oriental and Jewish dance recital. We then went to Dee and Jesse's for Dee's famous spaghetti .... and exchanged gifts with each other and the kids...what great fun it was --- Abby had a great time opening gifts...she is such a blessing to us all as are Andrew and Anna....watch for new pictures from that evening.

I know we are so busy this time of year - but let's not get too busy that we don't recognize the child born to save us !!! Tell someone about Jesus - share HIS love with those that are hurting and alone....

I love you all and wish you blessings this Christmas season!!!

Linda

WOW -

Hey everyone --- WOW is all I can say about this past weekend. We had a wonderful time in the beautiful Smokie Mountains. First I want to say thank you to all who attended - It was great to see our friends and families and to meet new friends. Also a big THANK YOU to the groups who were there with us....Face to Face - (TOM the MC), The Hendersons (Sonny aka "Billy Bob Whitequail, III but you can call me "JR" - the MC), The Master's Qt - oh my goodness what a great quartet - with a low down bass!!!, Divine 3 - A powerhouse group with a Divine annointing - Love Song a great new trio with a beautiful harmony - The Suwannee River Boys - a little bluegrass thrown in there - Rachel Renee - what a testimony and tremendous talent - she brought the house down with "How Great Thou Art" on Sat night.... Friday night we had some great new talent at the Open Mic Christian Karaoke - Gary Shadrix (Barry's uncle sang Who Am I), Barry's Dad, Terry, sang He Touched Me (wonder where Barry got the talent -- there it is--) also debuted a new trio --- The Shadrack Trio - consisting of Beremy (Jeremy Thurman - Barry's Bro-in-law and Dedra's nephew), Linza (Lindsey Fristad - Jeremy's girlfriend) and Jilldra (Jill Shadrix - Barry's wife and Dedra's niece) they sang He Saw It All and tore the house up!!!!
On Saturday we went to The Miracle Show - if you folks ever have the chance to go to Pigeon Forge - DO NOT MISS this show....it begins with Lucifer being cast out of heaven and ends with Jesus ascention into heaven.....those sitting around Jill, Dedra and myself probably had a hard time hearing over our sobs....I am so thankful for Jesus coming and suffering, bleeding, and dying for my sins!!! He is a WONDERFUL SAVIOR!!!!! One of the most moving scenes to me was as they removed Jesus from the cross and laid Him in Mary's lap - they began to sing "What Child Is This?" I began to think of the tiny baby that was born to die - what a sacrifice was made for me...I pray "Lord let me remember to always be thankful and never forget what you did for me!!!!"

During this Christmas season let us not forget the child born to die for a lost world. Share His love with others....there are so many people hurting today that need to know there is someone they can depend on - who will NEVER let them down...NEVER leave or forsake them and will FORGIVE them and LOVE them !!!! Let's be the star shining pointing the way to Jesus!!!

I love you all...... Merry Christmas ~~~~

Linda