David & Latrelle Cone, Christian Light Foundation Missionaries

God did it!!

Today he revealed another piece of HIS plan for our lives.

David and I dropped the boys off and then headed

to Jacksonville. We met with the Christian Light Foundation board.

Jack Cummings who went with us to Nicaragua and with David to

Africa is the head.

David and I were approved as missionaries. We will go to different

countries to start up the vitamin program for children while sharing the

gospel with them. Our schedule is being planned out now.

CLF will allow us to go on short term mission trips so we can continue to

work and the boys can continue in school.

Our prayer requests are for a smooth transition to a new house,

and to a new schedule with our mission trips.

This weekend is DNOW so please pray for the hundreds of kid that

are involved in bible studies around Thomas County.

We are very excited about where God will lead us

Christian Light Foundation

THE JOURNEY CONTINUES

After much prayer and seeking God's will for our lives
we take the next step in our journey.

On Friday we go to Jacksonville to meet with the board of the
Christian Light Foundation. They will interview us for missionary positions
that we have applied for. CLF will allow us to be able to be flexible---we feel
that God would allow us to continue Cone Machinery and the raising of the boys
in Thomasville and to keep Matt and Josh in college
as well as go on Mission trips several times a quarter.

This is an answer to many hours of prayer as we try to follow the plan that God
has for us.

We are excited about this opportunity. Please pray for us as we go..........

On Saturday Benjamin Price Cone was 14!!

Time really does fly. I was in my next to last semester of nursing school when
we had Ben. As most of you know nursing is my second life. After getting a masters
in education and teaching a few years I was sure that I was supposed to stay home with
Matt and was pregnant with Josh. After staying home about 5 years I went back to nursing school when Thomas was just a baby.

Now here we are----Ben is 14 and it seems like yesterday I had him............
we celebrated his birthday with his friends with the annual no sleeping allowed
sleep over. This year they actually slept though and Ben slept through several of
his friends leaving the next morning. For his actual birthday though we went to Disney
for a quick trip to visit the mouse! We had so much fun. The boys are so easy to travel with
and I enjoyed spending time with them. We all rode Mount Everest together--it was funny
my eyes are closed tight, Jacob's are open and Thomas and Ben are posing for the camera!!

The news from the Louderbacks sound better--except for the earthquake--it was a 6.5 and
3 people died. Please join me in praying for the Louderbacks and their safety. Tim and Tina
start school today. I am starting Rosetta Stone this week so I can keep up with them!!

Wow---2008 is over!
but I must confess that I am very excited to have 2009 begin.

In the next month we will close on our house, purchase a new house
and meet with the missionary board at Christian Light Foundation
in Jacksonville. I cannot wait for God to reveal HIS plans for our future.
Please continue to pray for that---Here am I send me!!

Please please keep Tina and the Louderbacks in your prayers as they settle
into a very different world in Costa Rica. Total immersion is the best way to
learn a language but the culture shock has got to be so hard!

Continue to pray for Anna Blackwell---she is home but is still trying to recover.

All of the kids are headed back to college this week or next. They need to be covered in prayer.
There are so many temptations for them in the world.

God is so good to allow us down time to enjoy our families and recharge. Going nowhere
and doing nothing has been awesome!!

Happy New Year!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS

This day as we celebrate the birth of Jesus

and share the day with family, I ask you to

pray for these and their families......

Todd Bennett's father, Michael Hanna's father,

Jason Smith's mama, my daddy, Montana Brown,

Haley Eason, Timmy Weaver and so many others.....

Please continue to pray for the Herndon family and the Malletts and Sodays
and the Barwicks and the Bentons.......
Christmas is such a hard time to lose a loved one.
We know they are at the feet of Jesus and rejoicing to be there.
Thank you God for the promise of a place where there is no more tears,
pain or sorrow.

Merry Christmas

LIFE IS NOT PERFECT

I remember when I was a kid and there was something magical about Christmas---

at least for the day I thought ---IT WAS PERFECT!!!

Now that I am an adult I fall into the trap of trying to make that day perfect for

my family. But Dan's sermon today really made me think----the reality is that LIFE IS NOT PERFECT not just for me but for the world----even on Christmas day. Being a Christian doesn't mean everything is perfect and all is right with the world BUT that God is there to carry you through..............

This Christmas I think about different people in my life and pray for their situations....

Haley Eason, Lois Jackson, Mark Hanna, my daddy, Jason's mama,
the Barwick family, the Herndon family, Timmy Weaver, Roxanne's
husband who is having a heart cath in Tally tomorrow,
people I know who are going through a divorce, people who have lost their jobs
people with financial problems, friends expecting a baby, families with new babies,
college kids, kids making decisions about college, the Louderbacks as they
go to Texas for Christmas and then to Costa Rica on Jan 2nd!!....

............the list is neverending!!

We met with Jack Cummings who is a missionary with Christian Light Foundation.
David went with him to Africa and he went with us to Nicaragua and
Jamaica. Pray for us that we will follow God's will for our lives. Where do we go
from here?? In the new year we will be finding a new house and making commitments
for the mission field. Again I ask that you would pray for us.......

CHRISTMAS IS TWO WEEKS AWAY

Can you believe that Christmas is only 2 weeks away??

I finally made it to the mall today for a short time--Thomas and Jacob

continue to fight with this congestion/respiratory stuff so......

we made another visit to Dr. Tim. Thankfully Jacob is better and

Thomas got an antibiotic for his. This stuff just hangs on and makes you feel soo

bad and tired! Thank you God for wonderful docs like Dr. Tim who

are so great with kids!!! The chiropractor is next----so maybe he can

cure my back spasms.

David and I have looked at about 10 houses so far. I am praying that

God will just put a mighty star over the house HE wants us in.

We decided to look but not make any decisions till January.....

This week has been so busy at our house---

we enjoyed visiting with Sue and Jerry Spencer

while they were here. The command to missions is

so strong! I pray for the Louderbacks as they head to Texas for Christmas

and then to Costa Rica in January.

Thomas and Ben did a great job in the Troupe show,

Jacob is in the Nutcracker as a "party boy"

then sings in Ensemble at Victorian Christmas

and for the Mayor's motorcade at Southwestern

and finishes up with a matinee of the Nutcracker

Sunday afternoon and then the choirs sing at church on Sunday night.

Matt and Josh are finishing up with finals this week when they

are not duck or deer hunting.

Please remember these in your prayers:

Mike Hodges, Tommy Williams, Mark Hanna,

Carol Bennett, my daddy and Jason's mom and

Billy Benton's mom.........