Church was AWESOME!!!

Well, we are home and getting settled back in after a nice vacation and trip to the doctor in Garland. Church was AWESOME this morning! There have been several of us out over the past few weeks, and it was like a family reunion with everyone getting back into their places. GO GOD! There was such a sweet and powerful spirit in our services too. WOO HOO!

Our poor dog had quite an experience at the vet's (Phideaux....pronounced FIDO), while she was boarded there this past week, and we just do not want to put her through that again at the end of the week when Clay goes into the hospital, so after church, Clay & I went to the Home Depot in Lubbock this afternoon and got the supplies, and Clay fenced in our backyard so the dog can stay there while Clay is in the hospital (yes, our Rottie is a spoiled indoor dog). There was just a little opening on the east side of the back yard that had to be fixed, and TADA.....it is done!!! That is gonna be so nice, and even give us privacy when we are in the backyard, in the hot-tub, etc.

We talked with both the kids today and they are doing GREAT! Both had to work today, but had good days and a blessed past week. They are not coming down for the surgery, as both have just relocated across the country, and it is just too expensive for them to do that right now. (Clay and I have requested that they not come right now, because of the cost.....that is not them but us). My other mother (step-mom, Anna) is coming in from Arlington and my mom and step-dad will be there as well as Clay's family and probably other friends, too. The surgery is planned for Thursday, October 4th at 7:30 AM at Covenant Hospital (the old Methodist Hospital).

Please keep Dr. Beck and his associates in your prayers as well. This is the urologist that is doing the surgery. Thanks for your prayers and friendship!!!

God's love & mine,
Nonnie
aka Lauren

P.S. ~ Also keep the Clay Branham and Chris McGee families (from Lamesa, TX) in your prayers as these two men lost their lives in a tragic car accident over the weekend. Please, also keep Bobby Bruce (from Lamesa, TX) in your prayers. He had an aortic aneurysm rupture on Thursday and is in a Lubbock hospital, too. Thanks for your prayers for these people and their precious families.