Ekklesia

Every Christmas eve for as long as I can remember my family has sang the song "Mary had a Baby" and "Silent Night". I have never had a place on the web to find that song, but my brother Tony found it and now you can hear it as well. It should be the first song that starts when the page loads but if not you can find it in the links. Enjoy!

Just heartbreaking...and uplifting as well.

Check out this blog from a guy who is working to get clean water to the people in Haiti...something he has been doing before the earthquake. His name is Chris and the past two days have been a harrowing experience. Please make sure to pray for the people of Haiti and those affected by the earthquake. Make sure to read the whole post from his day when the earthquake hit. Pray and Give!

All I could see was her face and left arm, and she frantically called out to me. I asked her to calm down because it would help me to work and asked her to pray for both of us. She calmed down and became very brave. I was having trouble seeing her where she was jammed under the slab. I pulled out a very large piece of rubble that didn’t really help Jacqueline at all (her name was Jacqueline). There was some sort of object behind that rubble and when I went to move it it turned out to be another girl’s bottom. The girl cried out but I could barely hear her – her whole head was underneath rubble.
At this point I began to realize that I was in over my head. All I had was a hammer, and it was quickly becoming pitch dark with twilight fading and no electricity anywhere. I tried to borrow a flashlight, but it was impossible. I had a moment of feeling intense helplessness. After thinking and praying for a minute, I told Jacqueline that I had to leave her and find more help. I couldn’t do anything without a flashlight, and she needed to keep praying and remember that her parents were coming to look for her.

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Brrr cold!

This photo was sent to me by my brother Tony. Looks kinda cold in OKC today. I hope everyone in OKC stays warm warm!

Last trip to vet...

Rest in peace little stinker!

Fun at the Falcon

Fun at the Falcon is done for another year and a great time was had by all! Thanks to all who contributed lots of money, time, resources and made this a great time and what should be a huge succcess. Here are the photos...I will have total money raised in the future. Peace

Halloween Party

Well Gervias had her annual Halloween Party. Here are the photos. Frequent blog reader, Helen (Blooming Idiot), won the best costume contest, congratulations Helen! Enjoy the picts.

Anniversary of Dedication

It was nine years ago today that our new chuch for St. Matthew was dedicated. Here is the article from the Georgia Bulletin. Congratulations to a great parish family!

Warning!

This could make you cry...you have been warned! It is a wonderful story of the loyalty of a dog to a family. Enjoy

Pet Blessing

We had the Blessing of Animals today and here are the photos. Enjoy!

 

By the way my pooch, Rosie, has lymphoma and I am not sure the drugs are doing much, so keep a good thought for her please. If you want a copy of a photo in higher resolution just let me know. Peace

The video of the cut.

 Here is the video of the cut. This was taken at the mohawk stage, enjoy!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Today is my mom's birthday. I won't tell you how old she is but doesn't she look great in this photo from our cruise? HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!

Great video

You have to watch it all the way through. Enjoy

Photos from Easter & Christmas Dinner

Remember our Easter & Christmas Dinner? Well finally here are the photos. ENJOY, we did!

Thank God for Moms!

Happy Mothers Day!

Ask a stoopid question...

...get a stoopid answer! A cute story I got from my mom, thanks mom!


Yesterday I was buying a 2 large bags of Purina dog chow at Wal-Mart, for
my dogs Winston, Chief, Gus, and Maximus.

I was about to check out when a woman behind me asked if I had a dog.
What did she think, that I had an elephant?

Since I had little else to do, on impulse, I told her that no, I didn't
have a dog, and that I was starting the Purina Diet again, although I
probably shouldn't because I ended up in the hospital last time. On the
bright side though, I'd lost 50 pounds before I awakened in an intensive
care ward with tubes coming out of every hole in my body and IVs in both
arms. I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that the way
that it works is to load your pockets with Purina nuggets and simply eat
one or two every time you feel hungry and that the food is nutritionally
complete so I was going to try it again. (I have to mention here that
practically everyone in the line was enthralled with my story by now.)

Horrified, she asked if I ended up in intensive care because the dog
food had poisoned me. I told her no; I had stopped in the middle of the
parking lot to lick my butt and a car hit me.

I thought the guy behind her was going to have a heart attack, he was
laughing so hard!

WAL-MART won't let me shop there anymore.

Christine M. Overkamp
General, Prayer, Humor, Books, Discussion

OKC Memorial Marathon

Well the Galiers and Fousts had a busy day today with the OKC Memorial Marathon. Some did half and two did the full 26.2, way to go to all of you. Here are the photos.

The runners at the start of the race.

The crowd doing the half-marathon in the middle of the race...looks like everyone is having fun.

Done with the half and the full, way to go to all the runners!

Four years ago today!

Happy Birthday Grandpa!

96 years old and feeling fine and enjoying a "beautiful morning" in Oklahoma. Mom will take a birthday photo and I will post it later.

UPDATE: The photo is here. Grandpa and Grandma enjoying his 96th!
And for those who know Angela, can't you see some of Angela in this photo of Grandma?

I got this from my mom!

Just a bad pun about a bunny before Easter.

"What are you doing in there?" she asked.

The rabbit replied: "This is a Westinghouse, isn't it?",
to which the lady replied, "Yes."

"Well," the rabbit said,

"I'm westing."

Just a taste of bunny before Easter.

Palm Sunday in Oklahoma

Well Grandma, Grandpa and Mom seem to be doing well...at least all smiles. Grandma is still having a rough time of things with the broken leg, not much for get up and go these days with the immobilizer on her leg. Mom says she is a bit confused and since the break it is easier to get her out of bed on the side Grandpa usually sleeps on so he is a bit more confused because of having to sleep on the other side of the bed. Mom is keeping her spirits up and looking forward her Alaska cruise this summer with her favorite child*.

In other health news Rosie is doing somewhat better, but still guarded. The blood results indicate that things are going better with her liver, but she is still not out of the woods.




*that should be "favorite child who is also a priest"