Goodbye to Mom

Kay's Mom, Nellie Booth, went to be with the Lord on Monday, April 19. We wanted to share some thoughts about her to honor her memory. As a young mother, she became a follower of Christ in 1950 and was baptized in 1954. She loved her church and spent many years at First Church of the Nazarene where she had many friends. She did her best to bring all of her children up to know about salvation and gave them a good knowledge of the truth of God's Word. She never waivered in her beliefs although we often tried to persaude her as kids that we knew better. We often thought she had eyes in the back of her head. We would say, how did she know that?

She spent many nights on her knees praying for her kids and grandkids. Her hope was that all of us would know the saving grace of Jesus Christ.

She believed in us and would stand by us come what may.
She knew we weren't always right but she loved us anyways.

She raised 10 children and made sure we were clothed and fed.
She would take care of us even when we were grown and had left home.
She learned to drive at 40 years of age.
She took care of Hope(her daughter) when she had her transplants.
She took care of her sister, Kathleen, when she was dying of cancer.
She helped take care of Holly's Mom when Holly and her sister had to work.
She went to work when she was 49 years old when Dad died with no job experience other than helping others.
She worked and retired from Ohio Laborers Training Center.

Mom knew the pain of losing our Dad and two daughters, Maxine and Hope.
But her faith never waivered and it remained strong.

The last words that she ever wrote were, "I love my family". She knew her time was short and she made it a point to say "I love you" to every one of her children and many of her grandchildren.

Now her race is won, and she would say, don't cry for me.
That all her children would trust in Jesus was her final plea.
She is waiting on heaven's shore to welcome all her children and grandchildren in.

So what is the heritage that our Mom left us?
She never knew wealth but she gave a precious gift, she gave of herself.
Her testimony of a Christian life, and the love she had for her family,
What more could you want.

Busy March!

Spring is finally here. I just wanted to get you up to date on what we have been doing lately. March was certainly a busy time for us. When we left the museum, we headed to Cambridge, Ohio the very next day. Buddy spoke at the Worship service and Sunday school hour. We were at First Baptist which is the home church of Jason Lisle. His parents and younger brother attend there and we really enjoy spending time with them. They are a wonderful family.
After morning services, we went out to eat with a group from the church. It was about 25 people in all. We enjoyed getting to know everyone. We went back to the church to spend the afternoon getting ready for a concert and workshop. When we arrived there, there was a group meeting downstairs. The pastor showed us to a room where Buddy could go over his power point program and not be disturbed. Pastor gave us his cell number and then left. What we didn't realize is that when the other group left, they set the alarm on. What we also didn't realize is that when we left the room we were in, it would set off the alarm. Guess what! I went to search for the room where Buddy would be doing his workshop. Buddy was working on his music at the time so I was the one who set the alarm off! Well, I immediately called the Pastor and told him the alarms were going off. He gave me the code and password. I tried to enter it and it didn't work. I then tried a 2nd time and finally the alarm stopped. By then, the police showed up at the door. I went to the wrong door at first and thought they had left. However, a few minutes later, they knocked on the door again. This time I went and opened the door and explained to them what had happened. They just smiled and left. I am sure this is not the first time that had happened. The rest of the day was quiet with no alarms. We drove home that night because Cambridge was only a little over an hour from home. We drove back the next day to do a banquet for House of Samuel ministries. Buddy gave his testimony and sang several songs. At 5:00 that evening, Buddy did a sculpturing workshop for about 100 children and adults.

On Thursday, we flew to Fargo, North Dakota. We had heard earlier that parts of Fargo were flooded so we didn't know what we would find. When we flew over before landing, we could see the river had flooded parts of the land but we didn't have any problems. Buddy had to speak at the North Dakota Home School Association's yearly conference. He did four workshops and a concert. There were approx. 800 people in attendance. Buddy's workshops were full each time with about 300 people there. His workshops were for the entire family. His concert was enjoyed by all of the families with lots of children and adults singing along. We met a lot of wonderful families there at the conference. We also caught up with Crystal Litfin and her family. We met Crystal when she volunteered at the Creation Museum. It was great to see her again and spend some time with her and her family. I am attaching a photo of us with her family. It was a wonderful weekend.

We arrived home on Sunday evening and on Saturday we traveled to Normal, Illinois. Buddy did a sculpturing workshop with about 100 children with their parents. He then did a family concert that ended the evening. At this particular church, he could not run his power point from the pulpit and the remote was not working so I had to be back in the control room running his power point. I also had to do this on Sunday morning and evening. Buddy was not used to having someone else do the powerpoint but he did a great job.
On Sunday morning during the Sunday School, the puppet team from the church did a skit using one of Buddy's songs about Noah, "Problem Solved". It was very good. In fact, the team actually won an award for this particular song not long ago. We praise the Lord that he is using Buddy's songs for His Glory.
We decided to drive to the museum and spend the night at our RV after the Sunday night service. Buddy wanted to pick up his small guitar that we would be taking to on our canoeing trip coming up. We arrived home on Monday and started to get things ready for our trip to Georgia. More on that trip later.

May you have a Blessed Easter and remember John 3:16.