A New Year is a new beginning...

We have already reached the end of 2009 and are preparing for the New Year's Eve service in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky once again!  The year has passed so swiftly... 

I can never enter into a new year without reflecting on the year I have just closed.  Have I accomplished everything I needed or wanted to...am I higher up the mountain than I was this time last year...is my love more pure...am I walking as a Proverbs 31 virtuous woman?

We have been very busy this year...revivals every week, six campmeetings with Mike Ferree and Cecil Hamby, two retreats in Pigeon Forge, two tent meetings with Mike...somewhere over 75 souls saved in our ministry and Mike and Sally's ministry both separately and us working together.  We have met many new friends...started a blog on our site...joined Facebook and still learning how to communicate on this new venture.  We have also lost friends this year...today I preached Sister Mary Sorrells funeral in Boyle, Mississippi.  We had stayed in her home, ate at her table, laughed and cried with her, prayed with her...she was my friend.  I will miss her phone calls...and her undergirding prayers for Ronnie and I.

We ended this year spending a few days with my family...Mom, brothers and sister plus in-laws, nieces and nephews.  It is always such a happy time when the family comes together to laugh, talk, eat and bring each other back up to date on our lives.  I am thankful for the opportunity to be with family during the holidays...I am aware that not everyone has this luxury...I am blessed!

There is a sense of excitement for what He is going to do during this upcoming year!  We are beginning our meetings in South Carolina in a new church in Columbia and another one in St. Augustine, Florida.  We then return to our old friends and look forward to what He has in store for all of us.  The end of January brings our Winter Campmeeting in Johnson City, Tennessee at the Bible Church with Mike Ferree and Cecil Hamby.  You can see all the details on our Campmeeting page. 

April 1-3 will be our Spring Family Retreat in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee and our 10th Ladies Winter Retreat will be a week earlier this year...November 11-13, 2010!  Make sure you mark these dates on your calendar!

We will be giving you more frequent updates on our HDFM Blog and on Facebook...watch our blog page for current events and last minute changes to our schedule...also prayer requests for our prayer partners!

I pray you have a very Happy New Year and a healthy, prosperous 2010!  I pray you know Him in this upcoming year in a measure you have never known Him before!