We are so proud of everyone who went to LTC.  It was a wonderful experience for the adults who went and our youth.  This past Sunday was a joy to watch them do puppets and to have Josh Alkire deliver his speech.  It wasn’t long ago, Josh was sitting in our classroom being taught as a small child.  It is so inspiring to see the way our kids are growing up and becoming fine Christian examples.  We have high hopes of our young ones we have now to do the same thing.

One memory of LTC was the elevator.  It went very fast, but you had to wait a long time for it to come to the floor.  Sometimes you had to go up so you could eventually go down.  There were eight elevators, but they never stopped in a timely manner.  We learned to get down quickly; you had to take the stairs which made us very sore!  The elevator was so crowded; we worried if we would fit, or if there was too much weight for the elevator.

We began to wonder, "Is this how we view prayer?"  Sometimes when we pray we want answers very quickly but we have to wait.  At times the answer to our prayer leads us in a different direction than we anticipated.  We continue to pray often, but why does God not answer us?  Instead of waiting for God’s answer, we try to come up with our own solutions, which are not always the best choice.  We worry God will not answer our prayers or wonder if His answer is the right solution.

At the start of our ministry, we asked God to bring us families, but he brought us children instead.  He is bringing more members into our family, and He is doing it HIS way.  Let us continue our prayers for our congregation, add the prayer of patience to wait for His answers, and then a prayer of thanksgiving for His response.

In Him for the Children,
K & K

Thank you for the response to the Welcome Basket effort.  Please continue to contribute popcorn or monetary donations so that this may continue to be an effective work.

The Ladies Retreat is April 30th.

Ministry Response Sheet - you can turn these into any Elder, Deacon, Mike, or Cherrelle.

Special Sunday Luncheon - April 17th (3rd Sunday).  Special guest will be Paul Wingfield, minister, and Bill Kritz, one of the elders from Tri-Lakes, Colorado.  Paul will be preaching on Sunday morning.

Ron & Geraldine Hill have a new phone number - (210) 568-7079

Diane Larned has moved to 2413 Abilene North Apt. # 146

Helena Orr is now in 303 A at Windcrest

There will be a special speaker during Ladies Class, speaking on money management - all are invited to attend.  The meeting will be held in the small auditorium at 10:00 and lunch afterward at Abuleos.

There will be a special luncheon today at the Mabry’s home for all young families.

A good-by party is planned for Kip (Kipruto Soimo) at the home of Betty Kennamer on the afternoon of Saturday April 23 from 3:00 till 4:30.  One of the gifts will be a money tree to help him with his expenses of getting settled in at M.D. Anderson in Houston, where he will be doing graduate studies.  If you would like to participate in the money tree, please give your gift to Gladine Stirman, Bonnie Hood, Eunice Guild, Erlene Smith, Dorothy Minor, or Betty.  All who know and love Kip are invited to attend.

STATISTICS FOR APRIL 3, 2004