~Already February~

I can't believe January is already over. This year is already going by way to fast. Last week was a fun & very busy week. I celebrated my birthday! We did the traditional family dinner to celebrate & was honored to have Bro. Stoneking there. We did a Thanksgiving dinner for my birthday since we were all scattered in different states during Thanksgiving!:)The food was delicious! I was a little bummed out that my dad didn't get to celebrate w/ us...he had been sick & had to go in to the Hospital & have surgery. Tim & I did bring him a plate of food to the hospital around 10pm that night & then later drove to Wendy's to get him a frosty!:) He is home now & feeling so much better! On Saturday I went w/ my best friend, Kathey, to my favorite tea house, Camillia's Tea Room in benicia! The best tea house...I love their cucumber sandwiches. In fact I have to always order a few extra!:)So if you are ever in the area, that is a place you must visit.
This past week was also Landmark! What a great conference. I went to Ladies day w/ our Assistant Pastor's wife, Mercedes. Sis. Mangun did incredible. I wasn't ready for her time to be over yet, she could have just kept going!:)
As for Friday night....AWESOME! We had such a great time w/ the Allards & got to visit after service & didn't get home until about 2am!:) Fun, fun! Of course Bro. Stoneking preached a house of fire. But before he had even preached we were wondering if he would get the chance since people were already down to the front lost in the Holy Ghost. Awesome!
I also want to share that on Sunday we baptized a young couple! We had church prayer on Saturday & prayed by faith that someone would be baptized on Sunday & God blessed us w/ two! Thank you Jesus!

~What's Happening~

We just arrived home from being in Santa Maria for a few days. The Santa Maria church holds a Mission Conference every year & this year we were blessed to get to be apart of it. Tim & Bro. Markham preached the services & it was powerful! Of course we always enjoy the fellowship of the church & getting to visit w/ the Keyes!

This past week we were honored to have Steve Pixler w/ us in Vacaville for 2 nights of revival. Awesome services! This man can sing & play the piano beautifully! It was a pleasure getting to know him better.

We are finally getting our soundboards hung back on the walls. The beginning of this remodel of the sanctuary we had to take them down to texture the walls & paint them. Now after a long process of trying to find material to wrap these 8ft x 4ft soundboards, we are now getting closer to the finishing touches of the remodel. We have six hung w/ only 14 more to go!:)

~2009~

Happy New Year...better late then never!:) I am looking forward to this new year. Looking back over last year, I can't even imagine what this upcoming year is going to be like!:)Hope every ones Holidays were blessed w/ good memories.
We spent Christmas this year w/ my family. But we did do something a little different this year...we went to Disneyland for Christmas. What a blast! My niece Ella & nephew Bryce went on every ride they could...it was adorable. Ella road w/ me on Thunder Mountain & Space Mountain & the whole ride she had her hands up in the air screaming away. I loved it!:) The kids also did The House of Terror & Ella told me after the ride..."Danda, I came up off my seat when we dropped" LoL
We came straight home from Disneyland to have our New Year Eve service. It was so awesome. We did communion, feet washing & worshiped the old year out & the new year in...praise God. We also added another row of chairs on each side of the sanctuary by faith & that Sunday, God filled those chairs w/ visitors! As for the church there is alot going on...good things that is!:) We have been going through the process now for about a year to make the church antonymous & we are finally there. Believe me, it has been such a learning process going through all this paper work w/ the State. We are now officially The Pentecostals of Vacaville!
We have been blessed the past few days to have a family friend, Donna Brown, visiting w/ us. Yesterday my Aunt Gaylyne & I took her to San Francisco for the day & it couldn't have been a more beautiful day. It was like God had made that day just for her to get to walk down memory lane of when she & her late husband Lonnie had lived in San Rafael & worked at the Presidio in San Francisco when her daughter was just a baby. It was a beautiful day!

May God bless you w/ joy & peace during this holiday!
Love,
Tim & Andrea

The Church Christmas Party 2008

Saturday night, Dec 20th, was our church Christmas party. We had such a wonderful time! It was an evening of joy, laughter & some tears...happy tears!:) A great time of fellowship, the food was delicious & we had so much of it. Tim & I are so blessed to get to be apart of this wonderful church family!

White Christmas...I love this song!

Sung by The Drifters.
Merry Christmas and enjoy!:)

Church Update

Sanctuary Before

Sanctuary Right Now


I have been promising pictures of the Church Sanctuary remodel & finally I have some. This Sanctuary has come so far from being a theatre to a House of Worship. We still have some detailed things to complete, but that will come in time. Our main concern right now is getting the sound boards back up on the walls & finishing the sound system.

We are so excited right now with how far the church has come. It hasn't just been all about us having our own Sanctuary for the first time, but also the adding of the church! Last Sunday we had a baptism & 7 visitors in just one service. We have almost consistently had at least 1 visitor every service. Thank you Jesus!

I wasn't able to post anything for Thanksgiving so I am a little late on wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!:) Hope it was a good day. We were in Texarkana w/ Tim's family enjoying the holiday. I was especially enjoying the holiday getting to shop at Hobby Lobby & Kirkland's for my house. California has got to get those 2 stores! If you have shopped at Hobby Lobby or Kirkland's, can I get an Amen!:)