Good music and good dinner

Sue told me Jodie Messler and her daughter were playing at Kamado's Japanese Grill tonight so we went there for dinner. We've known Jodie for a long time, and she was Kevin's music teacher for a while. It was great to see her and her daughter and others playing music together! 

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Latest painting

Sue's skills as an artist continue to improve. Her art teacher showed her how to paint in the style of Monet, so she painted this for our bathroom. Beautiful! 

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Good time at conference

Sue had a good time at the Hands Up sign language conference on Orlando recently. She and her friend Rebecca went and honed their interpreting skills with a bunch of interpreters and deaf. They enjoyed going out after the seminars and even watched some of a soccer game. Fun! 

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Good art retreat

Sue enjoyed going to another art retreat this weekend. She drove to Opelika, AL, and joined a bunch of other ladies and her online art teacher Pam Coxwell to do some clay work and some painting. Sue had a great time! 

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Sue's paintings for the wedding

Sue was inspired to paint 4 pictures for Kevin and Madison's wedding. We got to hang them in the Hood Street Art Gallery where the ceremony took place, and they fit in perfectly. Beautiful! 

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Good time with SIS

Sue had a good time with her Sisters in the Spirit group tonight! They dressed up in 1920s style and had a party for one their group. Sue enjoyed getting dressed up! 

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Completed Biblical Counseling course

Sue has been working hard and completed a course in Biblical Counseling with Light University today. She has a couple of other certifications from them and is excited to have expanded her education with this latest accomplishment. Good job, Sue! 

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Good time at bridal shower

Sue went with Jessica and Tiffany to Madison's bridal shower today. They had a great time with all of the family that gathered to celebrate the upcoming wedding. Woohoo! 

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Latest painting

Sue did the picture on the right a year or so ago she really like it. As part of her lessons she expanded on it with the picture on the left and added some color across both of them. It looks amazing! 

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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

 

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