Feb 2008
Time flys when your having fun... Praise God so many things are happening... It is great to see what God is doing among and through us! It is a blessing to see growth, baptism, discipleship and a real hunger for the Word of God...
I pray God will continue to bless and know He will if we are faithful... Time goes by so fast! There are new things we started at Lake Hamilton: TEAM KID... Youth Series... Fresh Start... Spiritual Gifts testing... We pray God keeps us at a place were our eyes never leave you... Everything we do must be centered around you... 1 Corithians 10...
Our family is fine and God is good:) I praise God for His love that sent His One and only Son that we might be reconciled back to God...
I love you Jesus!
PT
Oct. 27th 2007
I praise God for being so close... there are so many lives being changed... so many new opportunities beeing realized... Can't wait for the drama team to start hitting the road, for TEAMKid to start...
I can't express in words the appreciation I have for Lake Hamilton First Baptist and their love for God... I pray... for you all and thank Jesus for your ministry 1 Thes. 5:16, 17
Oct. 16th 2007
So busy have little time to write... We truly are blessed... We have many new faces around church... The children and youth ministries are growing stronger each day... We are starting a new Children's Ministry program called "TEAMKid." Everyone is really excited! I have had many opportunities to minister through-out the Ridge... HCHS... Ridge Association... Softball tournament... visits... Thanks to all who continue to pray for Trish and I... and Eleanore and Heather...
Write soon PT
September 2007
So many things have been going on... God is so good... Camp went well... we went on a 30 day media fast with fruit still lasting to this day... We have had a great time with youth leadership and retreats... God has blessed us with decisions for Christ and growth in discipleship....
I am very so blessed to be surrounded by many leaders and hearts that love Jesus and want to live in His truth....
June 27
Well... lots of things are going on... The church is growing and God is blessing! We sure have been blessed to fellowship together and to get many projects done around the church! Thanks to everyone for helping and praying!
Don't miss out on the prayer "Family Breakthrough" weekend!
Don't miss out on camp...We have two more spots left and thats it!
June 8, 2007
God is good! We praise God for the growth that is taking place at Lake Hamilton... Continue to pray for God's grace and direction as we reach out with the gospel and continue to mature spiritually... To God be the glory for all we have done... are doing... and will do...
Ps... We can do nothing good without Jesus....
April, 2007
God is truly blessing! Thank you all for praying and following God's leadership in your life... See you at Lake Hamilton First Baptist Church...
Go to firstbaptistlakehamilton.com for church information...
March 25, 2007
Hey guys... everything is going great.... See you this Wednesday March 28th for our Youth Spring break party! 5:30PM to 8:45PM... call me if you have questions
PT................
March 11, 2007
Hey guys! Trish and I have been so thankful for all the encouragement and prayers. God has blessed us greatly... Everytime we turn around someone is calling, writting, asking us out to eat, asking us out to eat... did I mention... asking us out to eat...
Well it's official... I started at First Baptist Church in Lake Hamilton last week... We truely have been blessed! Heather is doing great at her new job... and Eleanore has been at her new job for about a week now... Trish is praying about a job offer that she was asked to pray about...
I pray God will pour His blessings into your life.... Never give up! Always look forward! We will see you soon. Heb. 10:19-25, James 1:19 PT
Vacation:
We had a wonderful vacation! The mountains were just beautiful! I wanted to go to a place where we could find some antique malls and man did we hit pay dirt...! We went up to the Clayton, GA area and found more mountains than we could handle. There were big mountains and little mountains and mountains that grew on mountains.
We found the most beautiful cabin anyone would ever want to stay at... You could see for miles and miles. There was a valley below and mountains as far as the eye could see... We need to show you the pictures...because you won't believe that the cabin literally was built out from the side of the mountain... on stilts! When you went out on the deck you looked striaght down the side of the mountain... You probably think we were scared.... well, we were...so the next day we found another place to stay. It was a real nice, two story cottage! Cottontail Cottage.
Another time we went to travel to Highland City... guess what?.... it was high! The sign said "Highland City 9 miles." We started to travel up highway 64 (remember I said highway) and it did not seem too bad, but we noticed the truck engine starting to whine out... my rpms started going up and so did the truck... straight up! You're going to think I am kidding but I'm not... there was only aout two feet of grass to our right and sheer rock to our left... Another truck was coming our way and I have no idea how the two of us fit on this narrow road... So after I opened my eyes and saw that we made it, I just kept going... and going... and going...
It seemed like two hours had passed when finally a place to pull off the road came up .... and I took it... After everyone kissed the ground (not really, but we felt like it) we were ready to continue... I looked at the odometer and realized we had only gone 1 & 1/2 miles. When I told Trish and Heather about the short distance we had traveled, I saw in their eyes that they wanted to turn around... We never made it to Highland city that day (or actually any other day) but we sure had alot of fun doing other stuff.
Every time I could I would turn off the main road and try to find a new adventure... And we found many...(pictures later). The cottage we stayed at was also on top af a mountain, however, it was on solid ground... it was a really nice place... actually... I'm not kidding... it was really nice... the most emacualte cottage I have ever seen...
Our vacation was spent mostly relaxing, taking in the sites, checking out really cool places to eat, like "Oinkers" and walking around antique malls. When the time came to leave... we really wanted to stay longer... but we headed for home...
Once at home Trish and I started to get things in order... My usually work week was between 70 and 85 hours, which left little time for doing personal things. Trish and I have been working very dilligently to get our personal things caught up...I am also taking this time to complete my final class for my second major from Trinity Seminary.
Trish and I have also enjoyed going around and checking out other churches... It is so interesting to see how other churches minister to the community. Trish and I continue to pray as God leads us to do His will... I decided to start up this web site to be able to express to everyone our sincere thanks and love to all of you that have fellowshipped and supported us in the past. Trish and I look forward to many more years of fellowship ministry to the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ...
We will see all of you soon...
PT (Pastor Tony)
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Words alone cannot express the love and appreciation you all have shown Trish and I over the last few months... Your love and prayers have truly blessed us and have encouraged us more than you will ever know...
We think of you and pray for all of you often... I praise God for pictures and video... We are really enjoying going through the videos of all of you taken throughout the years... expect some of the shots to be coming your way...
Servants in Christ,
Tony & Trish