Goodbye is the Hardest Words to Say....

I'm a little late posting this but better late than never. This post comes with a sad opening. On Monday morning I had to say good bye to my MeMa for good and no matter how much I had prepared myself or so I thought, it still took a piece of me out. As I said before I told myself after my Papa Tye died that I was going to see my family more but didn't and the bad thing is is she lived right around the corner from my work and I never took the time to go visit unless she was sick or something and I really feel bad about that. But on the other hand I praise God for answering a prayer that I've been praying for some time now that had really been eating at me. My sister, Crystal, who hadn't had anything to do with our side of the family for some time, again unless someone passed on, went with me last Wednesday to see MeMa in the hospital, and although she may not have been able to carry on a conversation with her she said the most important thing over and over which was I Love You and Crystal told her the same and I got a little emotional. It was like a great burden was lifted from my shoulders that night. So on Monday when we went to the funeral home of course just about all of our family was there including our Dad, which is another thing all together. I have no clue about what happened with all this but I do know that seeing her talking to and hugging people she hadn't seen in forever was just awesome, especially when her and our dad settled their debt so to speak , I just about lost it, but I didn't. After seeing this I just felt an incredible peace and I knew that my prayer had been answered Our God is an Awesome God comes to mind......On another note I took a quiz that Crystal had told me about at piratequiz.com it's kinda like the DNA thing, but cooler because it gives you a pirate name at the end of it, and if ya'll know me then you know I'm a pirate fanatic.Anyway my pirate name is Iron William Vane. pretty cool huh? Another mishap was tonight at praise team practice when my amp went out right before we did Sing to the King which is one of my favorite songs to get 'garagey" as Robbie says, on. But no such luck and yes I had to play it on the acoustic, needless to say it wasn't quite the same...hmm why do people say needless to say and then say something after it?.....if it's needless to say then why say it?? sorry that thought just hit me...Any hoo that's enough ramblin' I just ask that you keep my family in your prayers and that God will give me the knowledge of how to go about fixin' this amp before Sunday.....And to my sister thank you!!I love ya sis.
Til next time ya land lubbers....
Cap'm Iron William Vane

She'll Go on You

Hi there. I should have posted last night but alas i didn't. Last night brother Eric Spann delivered a sermon on the dangers of drinking and it really hit home because i was once there also. You become a slave to the bottle and do and say stupid things that often hurt the ones around you, but you don't always remember it the next morning. I just pray that our youth was listening, because i know that they will face it if they haven't already. Anyway you did an awesome job Eric thank you for your message. This post isn't going to last too long because I learned today that my grandmother isn't doing too well and i'm just kinda in the dumps, because after my Papa Tye died I told myself that I was gonna see my family more, but of course those were only good intentions. So not too long after that my cousin died from drowning, and that really just caught me off guard the same way that it did when one of my best friends died from drowning, and i blamed myself because i was at my dad's house when it happened and i just kept thinking that if i would have been at home then we probably would have been hanging out with our other friends, but in reality i guess it was time for him to go home and it wouldn't have mattered. But anyway i've lost contact with my family over the past 10-12 years and it seems like the only time i see them is when we lose someone and i just hate that, i just don't feel like it should be that way, but i make it that way. My grandmother lives right around the corner from my work and i never go by there until someone calls and says MeMa is sick or something and there's just no excuse for that. I'm planning on going to see her wednesday in the hospital, so i just ask to keep her in your prayers. I don't know alot about what's happened in the past years, but i know one thing. that is she would do anything when it came to her children. She's run herself to death i think, because no matter where they were or what they needed or no matter how bad she felt, she would always go to them and try to help them. My dad is already taking it pretty hard and it's just hard to even listen to him talk about it, but i feel there's nothing i can do about it. This whole thing reminds me of a Josh Turner song called She'll Go on You, and this song talks about your daughter leaving, your wife of girlfriend leaving if you don't love her or treat her right, and then it talks about your mother passing on. It says that she's not as strong everyday and that you should thank her for taking care of you and waiting up on you and that sort of thing, and i just couldn't imagine not having my mom, eventhough we don't talk all that often.so please keep my father in your prayers also. well that's all i got to say about that. till next time.......
Cap'm Willie

Miscalleneous Debris

Man, what a week this past week. Let's see where to start, well Wednesday we had a surprise birthday for mine and Crystal's mom at their house. That was a blast, we had a small discussion about church and contemporary worship with our parents who we hope to see come to Christ soon so please keep them in your prayers. Their names are Zoeanne and Rick Smith, but we have planted the seed we now have to leave it in God's hands. But anyway it seems we kinda started a little trend that night because Friday my parents wanted to come to mine and Kim's house, which they've had good intentions of that since we moved in about 2 years ago, but believe it or not they actually came. So I figured what the hay I'll just invite Crystal and Barry , and our adopted brother now, David, ha-ha. Apparently David spent some quality time with the Ledford's while Sunshine was gone. But anyway so they all came and we grilled some burgers on our new grill that I was still putting together when everyone got there, thanks to my wife deciding it was time for a new one, but at least David and Barry heped me, thanks guys. Kim also invited her friend Blake, who apparently is a new creation, we keep inviting him to church also, so we invited him to the lock-in that's coming up so we hope he'll show up. After we ate we did some karaoke on the playstation2, which Crystal loved. And we also played guitar hero2, which Barry is hooked on now, don't worry it's gonna be on at the lock in. But everyone kept saying how much fun it was which made us feel really good. It also made me realize that it's awesome to have friends , but more importantly to all have Christ , but it was just awesome , it took me back to the fun my friends and I used to have before we got involved with drinking, and it's just so amazing how far I've come through the grace, and mercy of Jesus. I , however am now hooked on this game Barry and David have been playing for the x-box called ghost recon, that game is so much fun. So on Saturday after praise team practice, we strangely ended up at the Ledford's. Imagine that. And then there they were the Godstock T-shirts. I was absolutely blown away..I am so pumped about this event. THANK YOU DAVID for getting those shirts, and for your adjustments to the artwork, awesome!!And finally we get to Sunday morning...Pastor Chad delivered an awesome sermon, he's really been on a roll, keep it up man, you are awesome. And to Brother Robbie , Eric, Crystal, Mike and Miss Terry, that version of Mighty to Save was over the top. I am so blessed to be in a band that glorifies God with you guys. Then in Sunday School Brother Eric Spann gave his testimony, which has been an ongoing thing in there for the past few weeks. He gave his testimony at the lock in last year, but I didn't really get to hear it, but man what an awesome testimony, you should sit down with him sometime if you haven't heard it.His testimony really does prove that our God is indeed mighty to save. Well that's about it , sorry i got long winded here but i feel like every detail was important. until next time same blogspot channel different blogspot time.
Love you guys
In Christ
Cap'm Willie