my basketball boys

Oh My Word. I cannot take the cuteness of my boys and their handsome coach. 

Camp Week July 8th - 13th

Last week these guys went off to Fort Caswell on Oak Island for a week of church camp. They had a great time getting to know their youth group better and learning how to Step Up, Speak Up and Stand Up for Christ. Their youth leaders made a video of the week you can watch HERE.

I was thankful for facebook, instagram and snapchat to keep up with these guys because I sure did miss them after they were in Florida a whole 10 days before camp. Here are a few of the pictures they sent me...

It rained one day...so a mud fight was the afternoon activity. 

Abigail and her BFF's Peyton and Katelyn

The Four Amigos 

The whole Crew! 

Another amazing thing that happened at camp was that Micah accepted Christ on Wednesday night July 10th! He spoke with a camp leader and with Greg and made a profession of faith. When he came home on Sunday during the youth presentation, he told the whole church about it and said he wanted to go to heaven one day to see his mom. This is something we have been praying for since he became our son. Praising God for this!


Meanwhile here at home Ms. Essie had a lot of mommy time. She helped me clean house and take care of Sarah Faith

At night, we hung out and ate ice cream and watched So You Think You Can Dance.

Another big event was Sarah had her hair braided! A sweet lady came to the house and did this for us. I wish I could say it was an enjoyable experience but Sarah screamed for the majority of the 3 hours hours it took to have them done. :(  I like how they look and am really liking the  no tangles , but I am not sure we will do it again anytime soon because she was not a fan!

The last day before the crew came home was Dress like a Cow Day at Chickfila. So Essie and I put on our best MOO and went for a free lunch. It was fun and even Sarah was over her braids by then and had fun with it!

Happy 3 years in NC

We moved to NC three years ago today! It has been a very full 3 years and it has been a blessing to be here. The anniversary got me to thinking that we have also been in ministry 15 years this summer.

We began at a little church in Bassett, VA. Gospel Baptist Church. We drove up every Sunday from Winston-Salem where Greg was a Senior at Piedmont Bible College. They has no music so I took a few lessons and chopped out a hymn or two on Sunday morning. Since that was the extent of the special music, Greg usually preached the rest of the hour. ( about 50 min.). He got his preaching practice in every week for sure! And let me tell you..those pews were hard! They couldnt pay very much and I think we broke even ( or went under) paying for gas to go back and forth each week.

In July of 1997, we packed all our worldly possessions ( not very much!) and moved to Daniels, WV. I honestly don't know what made them unanimously call a 23 year old, fresh out of college Preacher and his pregnant wife, but they did and I will forever be grateful. God used that little mountain town and the sweet people in it to teach me so much about being a mama, wife and pastor's wife.

It was so many little things I was taught in my 20's and when you add them all up, they have made me much of who I am in my 30's. How to make a pie crust, a rum cake and chicken & dumplings, a love for primitive things and longaberger baskets, how to host a dinner party, how to put on a VBS and a church banquet...so many things. In fact, half of my recipe box is from my years in Daniels and the generosity of the sweet ladies sharing their knowledge with me.

Daniels was even instrumental in us being called to Goodwill Baptist and moving to Kernersville. A man that had been Greg's mentor in WV, Preacher Joe, had moved to Kernersville and joined Goodwill and when their pastor resigned he recommended Greg and even had a mutual friend of ours try to find us in FL to contact him about coming to NC.
Here is a photo of us on our third anniversary at Daniels, WV. They made us feel so loved every year that we were there and always had a lady whose mother went to our church make a gorgeous cake. Abby was 3 and Nate was 3 months! Little did we know Esther would be making an arrival 15 months later!

and here is our family now

15 years in ministry isn't a very long time compared to others and I hope we will be able to continue to reach 20, 30 ,even 50 years as a couple ministering together for the Lord. The people we have met and the places we have been able to go have been such a blessing and I honestly wouldn't want to have any other life. I am thankful to have been given the gift of a wonderful and wise husband that loves the Lord and loves his church family.

So Happy Ministry Anniversary Greg Mullis. Thank you for following the Lord and His calling and thank you for letting me join you on this wild and crazy ride!

Happy Anniversary

Today is our 16th wedding anniversary. Happy 16 years to my best friend and true love! Love you to the moon and back Greg Mullis!