Valentine's Day

February 14, 2010

On Thursday before Valentine's Day we experienced a rare event in Texarkana, it SNOWED! It began snowing around 10 in the morning and continued the late evening hours leaving a beautiful world of white. I hadn't seen it snow like that in Texarkana since Thanksgiving of 1993. Unfortunately, as quickly as it came, it was gone again and everything was brown again 24 hours later. The photo above was taken the next morning and already 1/3 of the snow had melted.

We made our third visit to Trail to Heaven Cowboy Church in Celina, Texas. Pastor Kevin Landis and his son, Hunter were in Vancouver with a couple of thousand other witnesses who were targeting the lost who were gathered for the Winter Olympics. The young man that filled the pulpit for him did a wonderful job teaching from 1 Timothy 2.

That evening we were reunited with family as we sang at Bobby's cousin, Gayle and husband David Massey's church, Calvary Baptist Church in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Bobby's dad, Bob, found out years ago that he had a brother named Dawson living in Texas, a child from his father's first marriage. Gayle is one of Dawson's 4 children and she is a joy to know. Her brother Mike (and Rose) from Jacksonville, Texas was there as well as her sister, Pat (and Bruce) from Grapevine. Also, Bob and Tena drove the 100 miles from Texarkana to be with us and that was nice, especially when Bobby invited his dad to come up and sing a song with him, “Thank You, Lord, For Your Blessings On Me.”

Of course following the service we enjoyed eating together in the fellowship hall. Grace, who was suffering from an awful canker sore had a miserable time trying to eat. I could see she was about to break down so we escaped to a Sunday School room off to the side. It was nice that Cathy, Gayle's daughter-in-law, followed us in to the room and we got a chance to visit one on one for a little while. Clint and Cathy Massey are a young couple with 3 children, and have come to support us in 3 or 4 concerts when we've been in northeast Texas. When we saw them last September, Cathy and Faith really seemed

to hit it off and Cathy said she had to come on the 14^th to get her “Faith Fix,” even bringing a cute little necklace that Faith was quite proud of.

Another few days in Texarkana before heading west again.