Graduations

It took nearly 3 years for Ken and over 2 years for Judy, but success has been attained!  Ken graduated with his Master's degree from Wesley Seminary at IWU and Judy graduated with her Bachelor's degree from John Wesley College, now Laurel University!  It was a difficult journey but VERY rewarding!  We are so grateful to our children for putting up with us as we struggled through the mix of being students, parents, spouses, ministers and employees.  We can now return to our fun-loving selves!!


We enjoyed a celebration party with several friends and family!  Thank you to everyone who has offered support and encouragement!  We truly could not have accomplished this alone! 

 

 

 

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Hanging Up

A couple days ago Nathan and I were eating dinner at home.  I closed my eyes and said a hurried prayer of blessing over our dinner.  Instead of saying the appropriate, "In Jesus' name, Amen" I said "Ok, I'll talk to you later! Bye!"  We broke out laughing!  I had just hung up on God!  Later on when the scene was replayed and thought over again, Nathan told me he agreed with what I had done.  I asked him for clarification.  He gave it.

When we are finished with a conversation with someone we tend to tell them we will talk again later.  This implies that we are interested in the relationship we have with this person.  So much so that we are planning and even looking forward to talking with them again.  Isn't that the way we ought to be with our conversations with God?  Shouldn't we be looking forward to talking with Him again and investing more in our relationship?

Have you ever had a list of phone calls to make?  Sometimes you start at the top of the list and work your way down.  Other times you may pick the ones you know will be quick and make those first.  Saving the longer conversations for last.  Where does your conversation with God fall in your list?  Is it something you do first so it's over and done with?  Or do you save it for last so you can devote more time to it?  Wherever His conversation is make sure it is a priority in your life.  Just like a relationship with a friend can deteriorate if we do not maintain communication, so is our relationship with Him.  Communication is very important to the strength of the relationship!

Ok..I'll talk to you later!  Bye!

Cressalyn's Senior Prom

Since we decided to homeschool our kids years ago we knew that they would most likely not have a prom to go to.  Here in the Roanoke area there is a homeschool group who holds a ball each spring.  Cressalyn was able to attend with a couple friends from church.  None of the girls had guys to go with so they went together!

Can someone tell me just when my baby grew into a gorgeous young woman?

Christmas 2009

Well the holidays have once again come and swiftly gone! It really felt like Christmas snuck up on us! It comes the same time every year and yet this year it seemed to skip ahead a few weeks!

We haven't had the usual time we like to have in order to create and send Christmas cards this year. So we will let the post update you on our year!

Ken is continuing to work on his master's degree online through Indiana Wesleyan. We are pleased with his progress and anticipate his completion in 2010! Judy began work to finish her bachelor's degree online through John Wesley College this year. A 2012 completion target is set! With the boys being in college we are finding it very interesting to fill out FAFSA and other forms four times! This coming school year we will do it FIVE times as Cressalyn enters college as well!

Kenny (21) is in his second year at Bethany. Things are going very well in his life! At the end of the Spring semester he met a young lady who had graduated from school the year before. Melissa works with World Hope and is currently raising her support to return to her assignment as a humanitarian aid worker and English teacher in a few months. As their relationship has grown it became clear to both of them that their futures were to be joined. Kenny proposed to Melissa on December 23 in St. Augustine, Florida. Happily, she said yes! We are enjoying getting to know this precious addition to our family! She is wonderful and we are pleased that God has brought our son such a match!

Nathan (19) is in his second year at Oklahoma Wesleyan University. He was able to go to Hong Kong for one month this summer and teach English. He is continuing to work toward his degree in Global Studies and hopes to return to China this coming year. A highlight of his Spring semester was joining the croquet team in Philadelphia for the National Collegiate Croquet Championship. He placed 14th out of the 72 players!

Cressalyn (17) is working to finish her high school requirements. She has applied to three schools and hopes to have a decision made by February! Each school holds a certain draw for her so it's not an easy choice! She is still working for a local restaurant and enjoys being with children in the nursery at church.

2009 has been a difficult year financially for us but we have been sustained and blessed by God's provision! Just in October we were blessed by the gift of a "new" vehicle by our church family! If you have been following the Davis vehicle saga over the years you will understand how huge this is for us!


We are excited about what God has in store for us in 2010!

The Davis Family Gets A New Ride!

Our church was given a large "kerplunk" of money that was designated to go to benevolence. The pastors and LBA decided to take that kerplunk and bless 8 people/families over 4 weeks...2 per Sunday, one per service. The catch was that the 8 had to be nominated by others in the congregation, they had to be active in the church and completely up on their tithing.

This morning at the end of first service Pastor John called to the platform Ken & Judy Davis. That's us. Whoa! He then presented us with the keys to a new car!!!! Not brand new but new to us and one that is actually from THIS decade!!!

We are so humbled and totally floored by this generous gifting! We are praising God for His continuing to supply our needs as we are struggling in this economy! His economy knows NO recession!

Thank you to our family at Parkway for being a vessel of God's blessings!

The Truck Driver Story

I work at Walmart. Often I answer the phones. Sometimes people call in for directions to get to our store. Tonight was no exception.

A truck driver called from I81 and thought he might have gone too far and passed the exit to our store. I asked where he was and he was definitely too far south. I asked if he had a delivery for our store and he said we wasn't delivering to us but needed to go shopping. I told him there was another Walmart at the next exit and gave him directions.

When he told me he needed to get a reflective vest for the location he was delivering to, a bell when off in my head! Ken is a security guard for a Kroger dry storage facility where drivers are required to where reflective vests! Oh! "Are you going to the Kroger facility?" I asked. The driver looked at his paperwork and indeed said that's where he was headed. I asked him if he would do me a HUGE favor and he gladly agreed. I asked that when he got to the facility and checked in at the guard shack would he please tell the guy there that his wife says hello! He agreed and we laughed and then hung up.

I was so thrilled about this chain of contacts that would connect me to my beloved tonight! How cool is this!!! Later in the evening I went to the break room and got my phone out to see if Ken had messaged me about getting MY message. Nothing. Rats.

Then I realized. This is Saturday. KEN IS OFF!

Bob is working tonight. BOB DOESN'T HAVE A WIFE!!!!

What Would You Do With $50?

A gentleman came into Walmart this week looking for a birthday card. I directed him to the card section. He told me he was getting a card for his wife of 68 years who is bedridden. She will be 90! He also said he was going to put a $50 bill in the card.

He was a sweet man with concern in his voice and face for his bride. I couldn't help but wonder what a 90 year old woman who is confined to her bed would be doing with $50 in cash. At first this scenario struck me as a bit funny but the more I thought about it, the more I wondered about her life, her situation, her desires, and what she would really want to do.

At 40 I would probably get scrapbooking supplies. Maybe yarn for a baby blanket. Or new sneakers. At 90, I don't know. Audio books? A new sweater? Maybe give it to a grandchild?

What would you do?