Albuquerque to Rialto

Home Sweet Home

I am a little behind on my blogging. Since arriving home last Thursday, it has been non-stop catching up on school and being with friends. We arrived home last Thursday night after driving close to 745 miles in just under 10 hours. The joy I felt as I came out of the desert on I 15 was incredible. After being gone for close to 5 weeks, home was such an amazing feeling. After getting home and kissing the ground, the first place I headed was to the church. Oh, how I had missed my home church. The building is coming along just fine and we are excited to be a part of what God is doing in the IE. Life is finally getting back to normal, laundry is done, room is cleaned, and I am ready to enjoy Summer now.

Little Rock to Albuquerque

Tomorrow I will do my best to update about service in Little Rock last night. It was amazing to say the least! My mind still cannot comprehend the beauty of the church! I will post pictures and do all that later. Anyways, we are sitting in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We have been going since 8:o0 am CST and did not stop until 9:30 pm MST. It was a nice 14.5 hour day. We drove 882 miles with just a few stops along the way. Tomorrow we will head the rest of the way home. I am thrilled beyond measure to know that I will be in my room with air conditioning and peace and quiet! I am beat and ready for bed. Until tomorrow...

Little Rock, Ar

We left Cartersville, Ga this afternoon to head to Little Rock, Ar. We drove 490 miles and passed through 3 states (Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee) before arriving in Arkansas. It seemed like it took forever, we stopped once to fill up and kept on treking. It took eight hours to get here, we lost an hour and are now only 2 hours ahead of home. The most exciting thing about today was; I am now 490 miles closer to home. We will be in service tomorrow night with Pastor Joel Holmes and the N. Little Rock church. We are excited about service. School officially started today, so between driving and doing school, the next few days will prove to be busy. I am thrilled beyond measure to have 8 weeks left of school until I am done forever (I think). Homeward bound!!!

Cartersville, Ga - Lots of pictures

Bro. P. George and Pastor Vandy Pope - Long time friends

Bro. George - Cartersville, Ga

Preaching away

Bro. George praying for Sis. Pope

It was breaking out everywhere

Even in the back

Bro. George

Pastor Pope

Again

And again

Still happening

Pastor Pope

Bro. George signing Bibles

Pastor Pope explaining where the building will go

Pastor Pope and Bro. George walking the property

New Life Tabernacle's future home

We have had a tremendous time in Cartersville, Ga with Pastor and Sis. Pope. Yesterday Bro. George and I hung out around the house, while the Popes attended a family reunion. The Popes returned home close to 5:30 p.m.! Bro. George and myself got in the car and went with Pastor Pope to look over the land they are in the process of building on. It is a beautiful 6 acre plot right by a main road. We walked around the property, prayed over it and had a little church out there. We then concluded the evening with some food and rest.

Today we had an afternoon service which began at 3:00 p.m. We had an incredible service and the power of God fell in pre-service prayer. Throughout song service it kept building and finally it broke and for over an hour the people of New Life Tabernacle soaked up the powerful presence of God. Bro. George maneuvered deep in the Spirit as he began to pray for people! We did not have a very large group, but we had an amazing service. Bro. George than spoke for just a few minutes at the end of the service! Following the service we drove about 25 minutes to North Atlanta to eat at Pappadeaux. This is one of my all-time favorite restaurants in the world. We have thoroughly enjoyed our time with the Popes. Tomorrow we are heading to N. Little Rock to be with Pastor Joel Holmes on Tuesday. I am so pumped for this trip!

Atlanta/Cartersville, Ga

Pastor Pope and Bro. George

A look at Atlanta skyline from the top of Turner Field

Henry "Hank" Aaron

Turner Field - Atlanta

Standing on the track

Sitting in the Braves dugout

Yesterday afternoon I got in the car and took a drive to downtown Atlanta to eat some BBQ and look around. Our hotel was 15 miles or so from downtown, but the traffic getting there was horrible. Anyways I had a great time hanging out in Atlanta, it is a very old yet neat town. For lunch I had pulled pork, ribs, and brisket with several glasses of sweet tea. I was in the South and enjoyed every minute of it.

This morning we got up and had some lunch before leaving Atlanta to head to Cartersville to be with Pastor Vandy Pope. Bro. George has waited many years to be reunited with Pastor Pope. I have sat and listened to numerous stories being exchanged between the two of them about their days in India together. You can see the excitement in their eyes as they are having an awesome time together. We will be here till Monday before heading West(praise break. I can't wait to be HOME!!! Soon and very soon!!!

Atlanta, Ga

The Varsity

Bro. George

Inside of the church

We left Buford this morning and drove a short distance to Atlanta for service tonight. I checked us into our hotel to give Bro. George some time to pray and study for tonight's service at Truth and Victory, Pastor Keith Hood. While he took some time in the room, I journeyed to downtown Atlanta to wander around. My cousin recommended a place to eat and that I did. I met Beau at The Varsity and we ate before he took off for California, I was a little jealous. They had incredible hot dogs, of which I am an aficionado. After eating and looking around for abit, I made my way back to the hotel to get ready for church. We left for church close to 7:00 p.m. to get there in time for prayer before service. We was fixing to have church up in there. I finally had the opportunity to be in all African-American church and it was an experience!! Bro. George preached on the trial of our faith. It was powerful or as they would say "ouch". We didn't need an organ, the congregation provided the background. It was awesome! We had a great time being with the Hoods and the church in Atlanta!

Buford, Ga

The Copeland's house at night

First Pentecostal Church - Buford, Ga

Revival!

Before service started

Pastor Tim Copeland

Bro. Don Stewart

?, Bro. George, Bro. Copeland, and Bro. Pound


While many spent Memorial Day playing softball and having a great time, Bro. George and I spent our Memorial Day driving to Buford, Georgia. After arriving and getting all settled, I met up with Beau, Josh and Court Pound, and others for dinner. I went back to the room to relax for the night. However, Sis. Copeland found out we were in town and sent word for us to go to the house and NO was not an option. Bro. George and I headed to the Copelands close to 9:30 p.m. for some fellowship. We had a great time sitting around and talking. It was good to see the Pounds and be with the Copelands. Bro. Copeland asked us to join them in their last revival service with Evangelist Don Stewart. We obliged and went to be in service with them tonight. Bro. George testified for a few minutes and then Bro. Stewart preached. I have never heard him in person until tonight, and I was blown away. He preached without notes and was incredible. I will not try to explain it because I would not do it justice! However, I will say I sat there and was captivated by the powerful message concerning the blood. He brought out so many deep and rich thoughts that left me looking for a pen to write them down. After service, I dropped Bro. George off at the Copelands for some food and fellowship. I went and ate with some of the young people and then went back to the Copelands for awhile. Tomorrow we are headed into Atlanta to be with Bro. Keith Hood for service. Looking forward to a great service! Just a few more days, the countdown is on, I will be home SOON!!! I will post pictures tomorrow