Wednesday, January 29, 2014

January... bowl game, recruiting trip, baby Powell's shower & nursery

It's 2014! We have had a great January. We started the year (or ended last year rather- on Dec 31st) at the Liberty Bowl in Memphis watching Mississippi State beat Rice! We went with our good friends the Bowies.

Rainer then took off to the Northeast to meet up with two other Reign Ministries staff members. They drove all over- going to 7+ states. They spoke to students in schools and youth groups sharing about living missionally and recruiting for Royal Servants mission trips. A huge winter storm caused a bump in the trip but gave them an opportunity to serve- and plow snow for people!

While Rainer was gone my sweet friends threw me a baby shower! Also, my mom got to come a visit for a few days. We had a great time getting the nursery ready and doing house projects.
 
So cold in Mississippi, our pond froze!
 

Liberty Bowl with the Bowies
 
Go dawgs
 

Fun night!
 
After the game 

Youth Group in Pennsylvania
  
 Rainer, Travis, Hank and a Royal Servant alumni

 Taking the train to Boston
 
 Paul Revere's grave

 Sharing about the Royal Servant mission trips

 At the Liberty Bell

 College group at New Jersey

Youth Group in New Jersey
 
 
 In New York! 

 Got to visit her

Visited with Emily from EQ 2013
 
Youth Group in Pennsylvania
 
Students taking Royal Servants brochures 

Lots of ice and snow
 
Speaking at a school in Pennsylvania
 
 Snowstorm!

Talking to a youth group in New Jersey
 
Rocky!!
 
It was a long two weeks waiting for this guy's return!
 
 Speaking back in Mississippi
 
 At Lee Academy in Clarksdale

Thank you to my wonderful friends
for a beautiful baby shower!
Hosts: Camille, Kristina, Edna, Kristin & Cali

 My mom got to come too!
 
Coolest cake ever! Check out the baby's
feet in the bottom right of the tummy
 
 Guests made a gender guess...
here's a few members of team "PINK"

and a few members of team "BLUE"
 
 
BABY POWELL'S NURSERY
 
 
BEFORE
 
AFTER

Our home is being over taken by things like these
 
...and baby things like these...
 
(bad pic) but FUN dinner with friends at Oxbow
Webbs, Nolands & Browns
 
 

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Arkansas, Mississippi & Tennessee

A great couple weeks with family celebrating Christmas and a wedding - in Mississippi, East Tennessee and Arkansas. Praise God for sending His son who came to earth fully God and fully man, to save us all.
 
Matthew 1:23
“Look! The virgin will conceive a child!
       She will give birth to a son,
and they will call him Immanuel,
       which means ‘God is with us.” 
 
 Powell Christmas dinner party

Tom, Chandler, Audrey Ann, Janis,
Richard, Aubrey & Greenie 
 
 Our last Christmas with just two of us
 
 We love the lake house

 Snowing at the lake!
 
Happy birthday Rainer!!

 Rainer and Bryan went skiing for his birthday!

 Sugar mountain in North Carolina
 
Down at the lake
 

 Tradition = Christmas hats
 
Baby things!
 
 
Perfect spot

Great Christmas at the lake house with family!
Rainer, Lindsey, Bryan, Meredith, Dad, Mom, Sophie
 
Rainer's cousin Peyton and Kelsey get married
 
Fun wedding!
 
Outside the glass chapel
 
Three Mrs. Powells
 
 Baby bump!
 
 The Inn was beautiful in Fayetteville