PRAISES AND PRAYER REQUESTS

Saturday was such an awesome day----David and I

were awakened around 5:30 am by a call from Pam that Keri thought this

might be Baby Clay's birthday. We were so excited!! The first baby on our side

since Jacob--10 years ago. After a great labor---hard contractions and no pain

meds--Keri is so tough--Clay was delivered by csection at 3:46pm.

Special thanks to Dr. Stubley, Dr. Johnson, Dr. Tim, Laura Copeland

and Susan Kirkland for all your help with Clay!!

They are at home now and doing well.....

Monday my daddy had surgery to place seed implants for his

prostate cancer.Thanks to Dr. Grayson and Dr. Saunders. He did well and

was home eating chili from

Wendy's for lunch!!

Jason's mama Sharon is doing well from her thyroid cancer surgery.

Monday night we ate at Maw Maw's for Josh's 19 birthday----how can it be????

All my boys plus Josh's roomate Roy were there-----& Kim, Kenny and Danie

thanks Maw and Kenneth for cooking such a yummy supper!!

God is so awesome-----thank you God for all the blessings that you give

us.

David and I ask that you continue to pray for us as we ask God to show us HIS will for

our lives. Decisions about the future----a house to live in here and where

does God want us to go from here?? We have been asked about a mission

trip in Feb-March and are praying about that.

God is good and HE will step 2 in HIS time......

Also pray for the needy people in our community.....

Thanksgiving and Christmas are such hard times in a normal

year---this year will be even worse with the economy so

bad. I am excited about the opportunity to serve at the

Thanksgiving dinner at THS on thanksgiving day from 12-2.

Join us there.........

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO NOW??

David and I have heard this question a lot since

we signed the contract on the house.....and

it has only been a week. What we would like to do

is irrelevant since we believe that God has

a plan for us to minister to people around the world.

Yes we will have a house here but .........it will be simple!

We want to be able to drop everything and follow Jesus wherever he leads us.

I cannot wait to see HIS plan for our lives unfold.

Dan's sermon was for me this morning. I needed to hear that.

The connect journal and the sermons the last months have been so

timely for our family and the events around us. We are soo blessed to have such an

awesome church, staff and messenger of God.

The weather is gorgeous---fall is my favorite!!

Please continue to pray for my daddy, Billy Price,

and Jason Smith's mama, Sharon Smith...as they deal with cancer.

David learned in Sunday School today that Blake Woodward

has been visiting Timmy Weaver---how awesome is that!!!

GOD IS IN CONTROL

You must click on the link to Beth Moore's blog

and you must read your connect journal today.

God is in control.........This is from

Beth Moore's blog this morning........Wednesday, November 5, 2008

A United House
To my beloved Sisters who I esteem so highly and consistently find to be part of the solution to our problems in the Church rather than the cause,Please join me in praying for our President-elect Barack Obama, his wife Michelle, and his precious daughters, Sasha and Malia. Go with me before the Throne of our sovereign God and ask Him to grant wisdom from above to President-elect Obama and the indwelling presence and power of Jesus Christ. In the words of the Apostle Paul, "I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone - for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior..."Please also join me in the active and deliberate pursuit of unity and purity in the Body of Christ at this historical time in our country. I implore you in Jesus Name to have zero tolerance for prejudice whether it is regarding party-affiliation, color (whether you are Black, White, or Brown), economics or the like. Disagreement is not sin. Prejudice is. Satan has plotted events and planted attitudes that, should he be successful, will result in havoc. We must not stand for his schemes or cooperate in a single way. We would severely displease God and invite untold chastisement upon Christ's Church in our nation. Speak clearly to your children and graciously but emphatically draw a line in your work places and social circles regarding your stand against prejudice of any kind."Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, 'Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.'" (Matthew 12:25) A united house stands. A divided house falls. The devil has much to gain. But he also has much to lose.We are the Body of Jesus Christ and we have an opportunity to show His character. This is our watch. We stand for what is right not from our feet but from our knees.I humble myself before you and make these pleas under such bold direction of God that I could not resist it nor disobey it. He made it a fire in my bones.I love and esteem you so much. Shoulder to shoulder, Dear Siestas. Let's leave not one inch for the enemy to come between us."Then will I purify the lips of the peoples, that all of them may call on the name of the Lord and serve Him shoulder to shoulder." Zephaniah 3:9

PRAYERS AND PRAISES

We are singing God's praises at the Cone House!!

After a year and 10 months of praying and seeking God's will for our lives--

we have a contract on our house----HALLELUJAH!!

Now we are on to step 2--

we have been asked what do you do now....

we don't know that answer but GOD does.

So we are praying for him to show us what step

number 2 is. David and I told God WHATEVER

in January and meant it---so we are open to anything

that he send our way. We truly mean that with all our

heart.

In our Connect journal all last week and again today

we are challenged to be followers of Jesus. We are commanded

to tell others about Jesus and that means anytime anywhere to anybody.

We are praying for the Timmy Weaver and Matt Allen this morning---

God please heal these young men for your kingdom.

As I ponder our busy week at the Cone house I was reminded by

a friend this morning that nobody is busier than anybody else.

So I promise not to whine we I say that I am working 36 hours this week--

Thomas starts swim team at THS, Ben leaves tomorrow for a

week of Science Academy in Orlando and Jacob has piano

and scouts today!! We are all happy and healthy

and the boys are excited to see their prayer about

the house answered. Matt, and Josh went to the

game in Jax but had fun despite the outcome.

David and I spent Thursday-Saturday in Jax with Carmen

and Steve relaxing, shopping and yes the guys played golf....

I also talked with Martha Hanna about their awesome trip to Guatemala.

I cannot wait to see what Jesus has in store for all of us on the mission field.

Our NIC mission trip team is meeting Tuesday night for supper---I cannot wait

to see everybody!!

Thanks for your prayers and continue to pray for where God is going to

lead us.

Monday already????Malawi recap

How can it be Monday again so soon?? What happened to the weekend?

David, Jacob and I spent Friday on a bus ride that would never end

to Toccoa to the Bible Drill Retreat. What an awesome place---it is a little like

heaven is going to be I think---the kids were GREAT and they had fun playing

games learning God's word. I had the greatest chaperones---except we

were all missing Tim, Trin and Noah----good attitudes, lots of fun and we survived

without movies!!

The rest of the blog I am going to copy David's summary of his

trip to Malawi. God is working over there is a mighty way.

Malawi Mission Trip – Recap

Sunday Sept 7 – Leave for Jacksonville at 6:30 am flight leaves at 11:30 for Detroit. Met a lady from Nahunta who was going to visit her daughter in mich. She had a Jesus button on her shirt. She asked us our names so she could pray for us and we told her. She said her husband and son was named Jack and David. Left there and flew to Detroit caught plane to Amsterdam. Then flew to Johannesburg over night. Arrived there at around 11:00 pm on Monday night.

Tuesday Sept 9th flew from Johannesburg to Blayntre Malawi. Arrived there around 6:30 and waited 3 hours for ride to come. Got checked in to motel around 11:30 pm.

Wednesday Sept 10th woke up and went to first pastor’s conference. It was great. 50 or so pastors and wives and maybe 75-100 other visitors. Jack, Ron and I all shared with them.
Started the crusade that afternoon and Jack delivered a great message about 150-200 decisions. Ron and I shared with the children and teenagers. Ron had 91 decisions and I had about 200 or so. Jerry arrived later that night and we met up with him at the motel.

Thursday Sept 11th went to the pastor’s conference and Jerry fired up the pastors with a great sermon and Ron did as well. Second night of crusade went well. Jerry preached and several hundred were saved. I talked to the youth again and made sure they understood the salvation message. Jerry told us about praying for a lady after the crusade that her milk had dried up and as he prayed you could see the milk start coming from the child’s lips … that was cool. He said he had never seen that before. God is awesome!

Friday Sept 12th last day of crusade and pastor’s conference in Blantrye. Went well and another 100 or so decisions at the crusade. I am amazed that God is always faithful to show up and convict people to come to him .. No matter where you are.

Saturday Sept 13th – Travel day – we flew from Blayntre to Lilongwe Malawi. This was a short 1-hour flight. We got there and checked into a nice motel. This is a much bigger city that Blayntre. We rested up and got ready for the week ahead.

Sunday Sept 14th – Church Dedication at Charles Chincku’s church. Jerry had helped them get the money to build this church and Charles and his wife are very proud of the way it turned out. Dedication service was really nice.

Monday Sept 15th – New pastors conference started – went well and Jack & Jerry spoke to the pastors. Crusade started that night beside the church. Jerry preached a great sermon and maybe 150 – 200 decisions. I had a chance from the stage to share the evangelism ball with the kids and almost everyone raised their hands and said that they gave their heart to Jesus. I am overwhelmed at the decisions maybe 250+. Back to get some sleep.

Tuesday Sept 16th – Pastors conference again and Jack, Ron and I shared with the men and it went well. We went to the market shopping that day. Really cool all the things they can make with their hands. Crusade went well another powerful Jerry Spencer sermon and 30-40 decisions made. I again shared with the kids and made sure they understood what we had talked about and through the translator confirmed what the decision was. I also had the chance to go and play, hangout with them in the afternoon. That was awesome !.

Wednesday Sept 17th – My sweet wife’s birthday. Pastor’s conference was a big hit. The men asked about maybe next time it lasting all day and not do a crusade maybe but one day. Jack, Ron and I gave a bible in the native language to three pastors that Charles said did not have one. The look on their faces were priceless .. Jumped up and down and ran around like they won the lottery. I will never forget that look. I take so much for granted. Crusade was good .. A lot of decisions again …. We went to town before the crusade and found a bible store and bought 50 new bibles to give to the other pastor’s that did not have one. We could not leave without doing that. Went back to motel for a short night.

Thursday morning our Wednesday night at 11:00 pm we left for the airport to catch a flight to Johannesburg. Waited almost all day then got on flight to Amsterdam at 11:00 that night to fly all night. Arrived there at 9:45 Friday morning and caught next flight to Memphis and arrived there at 7:00 local time. Got sick on this flight not a fun trip. Memphis to Jacksonville flight was short thank goodness and arrived at 10:50 pm. It was good to get home.

Summary of trip – We have a big world and a bigger God. I saw some amazing scenery from the tea fields in Malawi to the red dirt clay county side. The beautiful children in both places and friendly faces of the pastors and there wives. It was all a great big blessing and reminds me again just how blessed we are. I hope we never take for granted the nice building and luxuries that we have here BUT these people may have been poor in worldly things were rich in worship and closeness to the creator. God is so good and I am glad that I had a chance to visit with the people of Malawi. has started a children's ministry there as a result

Thank you so much for praying for our future. I know God has a plan for us.

After the ups and downs of last week--even though the people

made an offer on the other house--- I pray that

God will continue to show us that plan. Disappointment is not

going to steal my joy---I serve a mighty God.

Jeff Slaughter sang one of his VBS songs this weekend---I will follow

you Jesus because I believe in God's plan for me........

Rambling on Thursday

Thursday already--what a quick week!

Last night at choir was awesome. I help very little actually in Kathy Allen's

young musicians choir. We had 72 kids there---awesome!!

I have helped long enough to know what a blessing that

is. Some really big churches have tiny choirs or no choirs

at all. I am so thankful for our church that believes and

supports the choir programs.

Please keep the Blackwells and the Barwicks in your prayers.

Also Dan and the young at heart group travels home from

Pigeon Forge today--I pray for traveling mercies for them.

Also our house remains on the market......I am not the most patient

person and it is so hard knowing waiting!!! Please pray that

God will continue to show us HIS plan for our lives.

Also pray for the large group of college students that we have.

There are soo many liberal professors ...............

Finally pray for the Louderbacks----we love them and I so miss

there energy. They will do mighty things for God on the

mission field. This week they have been on the mission field in

Washington, D.C.------I think that might be a harder

one than Panama!!

Fall Break 2008

Wow It is 12:22 am---I haven't stayed up this late

since I worked night shift. That is what happens when

I sleep in till 1030...........Tuesday is gonna be rough--Fall break is over

and 5:45 am will be here shortly.

So much for a quiet break---Thomas, Jacob and I rode

to Hiawassee and stayed at Neil & Penny's house Tuesday and

picked a rather smelly, wet Ben up from the AT on Wednesday.

Following a trip to Goats on a Roof in Clayton we got our

pumpkin from Burt's and then picked apples at Reece's

Apple House. We have been doing this for about 15 or so

years. David and I love to tent camp but that didn't work

out this year. and when it was pouring at 6am

Wednesday I was really thanking God I was not in a

tent....I do have to confess that as much as I love the apple

picking and the pumpkin farm the best part are the fried

apple pies and the pumpkin roll---yummy!!

Then we drove home-----we left the outlet mall around 4--bad idea

rain and lots of it....traffic and lots of it.......

285 was stalled so we went through ATL----we still made it home

from Dawsonville in about 6 hours with a couple of stops--not bad!

Thursday we headed to the beach---thanks Pam& Phil for

sharing your place. Fall is the best time for the beach.

It was heavenly!!I read two books and the boys played in the

pool, and ocean---it is never too cool for them.

David & Josh came down on Friday pm. They played

football on the sandbar!

Saturday pm we went to Buffalo's and ate wings and

watched the GA-tenn game and about every other game

that was on television!!

We returned to the real world Sunday. Home by twelve-thirty

David, Thomas and Benj had a COH for scouts, followed by

Bible Drill, Youth Choir, Life groups and church.

Now I remember why I slept till 1030 am today------

I was tired!!