Latest painting

Sue has been working on this painting as part of the one-on-one lessons she has been taking. She mixed the colors and blocked everything in then added the details. She's learning a lot! 

Sue's books are in the library

Sue's books "Adventures In Grace" and "50 Days of Preparation For Missions" have been accepted by the Henry County library system. They will be processed and available at the Cochran branch. 

Check it out at https://henrylibraries.org/

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Good sign language party

Sue had a sign language class party at our house today. Their class has been her small group at church this semester. Everyone enjoyed talking and sharing, and it was good to have little kids running around the house. Fun! 

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Teaching a sign language class

Sue is enjoying teaching a sign language class this semester of groups at church. 

There are a couple of hearing impaired people that are coming to our church and she is interpreting for them. Once she was interpreting regularly she thought it would be good to help more people learn sign language so they could talk with the hearing impaired before and after church. 

She is excited to have some home schooled kids coming to the class as well as to be teaching again. She is a great connector and loves to help people this way. I'm proud of her! 

 

Here's the site she's using and recommending lately: https://lifeprint.com/ 

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Finished the Angel Tree painting

Earlier this year we went to see some family in Charleston, SC, and got to see the Angel Tree there. During our visit Sue drew some sketches on the tree and took some pictures of it. As part of the painting lessons she has been taking she worked with her instructor on this picture. It turned out great! 

Enjoyed lunch with a missionary

Sue and I enjoyed having lunch with a group of deaf/hard of hearing people that worship at Mountain View Baptist Church. Annie is getting ready to go on a mission trip to Tokyo, Japan, and the lunch was a fundraiser put on by the group. Good to hear about the things she will be doing! 

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Good time with grandchildren

Sue enjoyed getting time with our grandchildren in Pennsylvania recently. Are loves to read to them, do crafts, play games, and just be with them. Fun! 

Good time with niece

Sue had a good time with Andrea her niece this week. Birthday dinner in Andrea's birthday, then crafts and stuff the next day. They painted and made a windsock together. Fun!

Enjoyed art workshop

Sue had a good time at an art workshop this weekend. She went over to Alabama and got to be with her online art teacher/mentor Pam Coxwell and others for a time together doing art and fellowshipping. She said it was really nice to get to be with them livec and in person. Good stuff! 

A recent painting

One of my wife's recent paintings. I asked her to do something larger than she normally does to put above the piano. Turned out great! 

36" x 24" canvas

First book republished

 

Sue's first book "50 Days of Preparation for Missions" has been republished in ebook and print format on Amazon. 

 She wrote the book back in 2010 after going on a mission trip to Nicaragua. There are 50 devotions focused on things that she wrote as she prayed and thought about all that she did on that trip. The cover (above) is a picture of our daughter Megan playing on the beach with one of the girls they spent time with in Nicaragua.

Check it out at https://a.co/d/8XkKrhY

 

#book #missions

Caring Crafts group on Wednesday nights this semester

 Sue will be having her Caring Crafts group on Wednesday nights this "semester" of groups at church. She and a her ladies will be meeting in our rumpus room in the basement to make things and learn about Jesus as they do it. They always have a lot of fun. 

Contact Sue for more info!

Sue's art on Etsy

 

 

Sue really enjoys painting and she continues to hone her skills. As she has gotten better she has said that she would love to offer her art to people on cards and other things. So I investigated a couple of different print-on-demand services and we settled on Etsy as a way to get her art out to the world.

 You can check it out at 

https://adventuresingrace.etsy.com 

Shower curtain art

As Sue has painted pictures she has commented a few times that she would love to have one of her paintings put on a shower curtain. 

So after we started her Etsy site https://adventuresingrace.etsy.com I ordered a shower curtain for her. I chose this butterfly and flower picture because it was so bold and colorful. She was delighted! 

One of her latest paintings

Suehad a good time with her Sisters in the Spirit group recently. Here's one of the paintings she did after that trip. Beautiful!

#art #painting

Adventures In Grace published!

 Sue's book "Adventures In Grace" has been published and is available on Amazon.com. This book is a collection of stories, devotions, and adventures that she has written over the past few years. You can pick up a copy at https://a.co/d/gHY5ONb. Enjoy!

Another painting

Sue did this painting today. She was trying some ideas from a different online instructor and enjoyed learning a couple of things.


Beautiful!

Recent painting

Sue continues to paint. She's been trying new techniques and images and really enjoys the challenges. This is one of her recent paintings. Beautiful! 

Good time at Deaf Expo

Sue had a good time at the Deaf Expo this past weekend. She saw lots of old and new friends, made some new contacts, and even helped interpret for a little while. It was really good to see her in her element! 

Elected band chaperone coordinator

Back at the end of the school year in May a lot of the band graduated high school, the band director left, the flag team leaders left, and things were looking bleak. But one of the good things that happened was that Sue got elected to be the chaperone coordinator for the band!

She's jumped into this role with gusto, and is the "experienced" one on the team. Since we've been involved with the WHS band since it started in 2006 Sue is able to tell people (including the new band director) the way we've done things in the past, some of the mistakes that were made, and all of that.

She's enjoying the challenge. Go, Sue!