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Well it has been quite a while since I updated this site. Sorry about that! I am going to attempt to catch up on where on earth we have been.
Back in December I did a concert at the New Hope Christian Church in Columbus, IN. Goodness it was such a fun night! I was honored to have my parents and my Aunt and Uncle at the concert. Even some of my cousins showed up and laughed at me! The New Hope congregation is such a sweet one and it was so nice of them to ask me to come sing. Pastor was great to work with, and we appreciate his help and kindness! Thank ya’ll again!
I sang at Los Fresnos Baptist Church on February 2nd. Los Fresnos is one of the stops for the Pro Rodeo circuit, so that first weekend in February is always busy with cowboy type things. I do a concert on that weekend at the church and sing more of my country style songs. It’s always a fun spot and time. It also seems to bring in new people to the church that might not come to the regular services. So they use the concert as an outreach. Then I get to sing for the Sunday morning services the next day. Again, Thanks to all those great people of LFBC.
On the 4th, the Palmdale RV Resort all turned out for a concert there. The group that lives here is so friendly! And they are always doing stuff. They had a pot luck dinner right before I sang and goodness, everything smelled wonderful. I will tell you, the whole time we were in Texas it was WINDY! Most days were nice temps, there was even one day it was in the 90’s. But, that wind was something.
We had a couple of days we were able to visit some of the other parks and churches to see about singing there next year. And we spent time at the Valley Baptist Retreat. That was actually our base the whole time we were in Texas. The retreat is an old orange and grapefruit grove that was given to the Valley Baptist Association. They now let groups come in for retreats and get togethers. But they also let retired folks come in with their RV’s and help around the place for their keep. A lot of them help pick some of the fruit that the retreat sells. But other jobs are helping in the office or Clothes Closet that is open to anyone. Every morning there would be Mom’s and kids and others checking out the Clothes Closet. It’s a great spot for your group retreat.
We had some meetings to attend to for the Christian Resort Ministries organization. And then the last concert was at the Tip O’ Texas RV Resort. Lavon and Janice Walters were such a great help in letting us come in there. It was on Sunday afternoon and we had a good crowd. Everyone was so nice! We used my videos for this concert too and it was neat to hear the comments afterwards. We had some video we use during the song “This Is My Father’s World”. Pictures of the mountains, flowers, babies (human and animal) and just all the things that God has blessed this earth with. He is in control! But a sweet lady (a CO native) stopped by with tears in her eyes. Because of her health she is unable to live in CO. And all the pictures just reminded her of all that she missed. She thanked us for the reminders of blessings God had given her.
We got home just hours before a snow front moved into our area. And yes, that is a blessing! I love seeing the snow on the trees and mountains. My Lord is so wonderful to me, how I love Him.
In March it was back to Texas again for the South Texas Gospel Music Association Convention in San Antonio. Boy that was fun. I got to sing, eat and mingle with some mighty sweet ambassadors for our Lord. I spent a morning at the Eisenhower Street Baptist Church and then sang up in Austin for our friends at Living Waters Baptist Church. I love singing “Cool Water” with those fun people. They always join me on that song, and I guess I’m just going to have to bring them along on the tour, they are fabulous!
Heading back to Colorado we stopped off for concerts in Cortez, CO and Naturita, CO. I’ve sung before at First Nazarene in Cortez, so what a great treat to return and spend time with Anthony and that body of friend! Then it was over to Naturita to meet a new congregation at the New Hope Church of God. It is amazing we never met all these people before. Naturita is the little town that is not far from where my husband Dewey (with family and friends) camps during hunting season. Now when he heads over there in the fall, he’ll be able to call them by name! We had such a wonderful time on that Sunday. I was blessed to sing in the morning for the service and then have a concert in the evening attended by members of several churches from the area. I’m already looking forward to getting back over there!
Alright, have I caught you up pretty well? It has been a great winter, especially here in Colorado. A great winter is lots of snow, and we had lots of snow! I did get to do some skiing and snowboarding. Goodness I don’t know if I’ll ever get better at snowboarding. My backside will thank me profusely when I do finally get better! I’m getting ready to head up towards Idaho next month. And in the next few months we’ll be in Texas and out east in Pennsylvania. Let us know if you’d like us to stop in to your church or event. We’d love to minister to you.
We have such a wonderful Savior to tell the world about. I pray that He uses me to be a “farmer” spreading the seeds of His love. How about you? Are you a “farmer” for our Lord too? See you soon!
In His love,
Sherri
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