Monday, January 30, 2012
Ronnie receives late birthday present when Kellie Pickler comes to town
Country music singer, Kellie Pickler, visited the Walmart in Monroe, NC on Sunday, January 29th to sign autographs and promote her new CD “100 Proof”. Ronnie is a big Kellie Pickler fan, so he made a beeline for the Walmart Sunday afternoon. He not only had his CD signed, but had his picture made with Mrs. Pickler. Ronnie’s birthday was January 7th, so talk about a late birthday present!!!
Posted by Marshville on 01/30 at 08:28 AM
Monday, December 19, 2011
Blessings Abound from Embrace Women’s Ministry of Hopewell Baptist Church
Wow! Words cannot even begin to describe the blessings God has bestowed on our home from our church, Hopewell Baptist! To say we are loved would be an understatement- God has richly blessed us with great friends who truly love the Lord and aren’t afraid to show it! The Embrace women’s ministry of Hopewell came to our home tonight, Dec. 19th to give each of the resident’s and their caregivers a devotional book “A Year With Jesus” that we can do as a home before breakfast each day- we will start our day off just right in the word of God! Each book had been personally written in with the resident’s names and a special message from Embrace.
Embrace has also been collecting items for our home that will help us with our grocery budget from peanut butter/jelly, dryer sheets, dish soap, dishwasher tabs, bottled water, laundry detergent, toilet paper, paper towels, shampoo, deodorant, and the list goes on and on…. when you ask the “Sistas” of Embrace for help God truly shows up and shows out! Sedrick was so overwhelmed with the generosity he made the announcement that we would never have to go grocery shopping again- God is so good! Sedrick also said that we were spoiled rotten and he is right! We love our church family and could not imagine life without them- what a blessing you are to our home! THANK YOU!!!!!!!
Posted by Marshville on 12/19 at 08:24 PM
Keller Williams Realty Blesses Stegall Home
A group from Keller Williams Realty visited our home Friday night, Dec. 16th, with suprises in hand. We were blessed with the “Mac-Daddy” of all grills according to the residents- half gas, half charcoal and it is beautiful! This was truly a need as our old grills bottom had completely fallen out! We can’t wait for hot dogs, hamburgers, and ribs as Ronnie has already put in his order… They also gave each of the residents’ a $25 gift card to Regal Cinemas to watch some movies and $20/each to purchase some popcorn and drinks which is a rarity. The guys cannot wait to use these! Thank you so much Keller Williams for your kindness- it will always be remembered! God Bless!
Posted by Marshville on 12/19 at 06:32 PM
Operation Christmas Child- Blessing for Stegall Home
The Magnifiers Sunday School class from Hopewell Baptist Church along with the Christian Crusaders group from Lee Park Baptist Church visited the Operation Christmas Child Distribution Center in Charlotte to work in Candy Land on Monday, Dec. 12th. We had to make a quick pit stop at Chick-fil-A to get our bellies full before beginning our work, but then we quickly got to it! We sorted 3 pieces of candy and 3 rings for each child and sealed them in bags to be placed in the shoeboxes. We worked so quickly on the candy, that we soon ran out and had to resort to folding 4 coloring pages to be placed in the shoeboxes. We were in complete awe of the center and all of the many volunteers. Time was taken out of the sorting, packaging, and shipping to simply lay hands on the boxes and pray over each individual box that it would go the the child that God intended to have it. What an awesome experience that was!
During our orientation and training the leader told us about a specific box that was being gone over to make sure it had appropriate materials and had enough in the box and Operation Christmas Child strongly believes in maintaining the integrity of each box that is sent to them- in this particular box it had a pair of oven mitts, and the volunteer looking through the box was surprised to find oven mitts in a box for a child, but he left them in there and sent the box on its way. When the box arrived at its destination the volunteer handing out the boxes met a young boy that eagerly held out his hands in anticipation of receiving his gift- the volunteer noticed that the boys hands were covered with scars all up and down his arms and he asked the boy what had happened. The boy told him of how his parents run a bakery in town and it is his job to take the items out of the oven and he does this with his bare hands…. well how BIG is our God that the shoebox the boy received would be the shoebox with the oven mitts in it!
God truly uses this ministry to reach those all across the world that are in need and we simply have to be obedient to giving and serving- being His hands and feet! We were so blessed beyond measure to be such a small part of this great organization! We cannot wait for next year and wish to make this a new annual tradition!
Posted by Marshville on 12/19 at 06:11 PM
Bowl Me Over
The Stegall Home residents competed in the state bowling games for Special Olympics in Newton on Sunday, Dec. 4th. Sedrick competed as a single and won a gold medal. David also competed as a single and came away with the gold. Ronnie, Carey, Mike, and Billy competed as a team and after 7 games they came away with the bronze. All of the guys were such great competitors and showed excellent sportsmanship- of course the highlight of the day was having their picture made with the Hooter’s girls! Congratulations guys! You made us proud!
Posted by Marshville on 12/19 at 06:06 PM