Incredible Day!!!

As many of you know, last Monday, Daddy, Anne, Scott, and I traveled to Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. There we met the first recipient of the Mary French Priscilla Scholarship.

This scholarship goes to the wife of a student preparing for ministry who desires to further her own education. She will also be mentored by the first lady of the seminary, Dr. Dorothy Patterson. There is no other scholarship like this one. As Daddy said, "A pastor's wife is called to complement her husband in ministry. As a helper, you have to be theologically sound and know your husband's craft. This scholarship will give the needed tools and training to best assist their husbands, just as Mary did for me."

The first recipient is Mrs. Rhonda Jones. She is the wife of Mr. Quincy Jones, who is a student in the College at Southwestern. She is the mother of five beautiful children and she home schools four of them. They moved to Dallas, from the Washington, D.C. area, to attend the seminary because of God's calling. Dr. Patterson asked Daddy to say a few words about Momma in chapel that morning and he spoke about when he was called into the ministry and when he talked to Momma about it. Her response to him was, I will follow you and support you wherever God leads us. Speaking to Quincy after chapel, he said that Rhonda's response to him was the same. She would follow and support him wherever God would lead them. That meant so much to me. A minister can not do the work of the Lord without the love and support of his wife.

We were able to visit with the Jones' for a little while, but I could have visited all day. Their plates are full and they need our prayers as they seek God's will in their lives. They also promised to stay in touch and let us know their specific prayer needs. We are now friends on Facebook. If you are on Facebook, look them up under my friends (Carol French Garon) and just send them a message. I'm sure they would love to know exactly who is praying for them and know that there are a lot of us out there lifting them up. They are an awesome family.

Oh yeah!! Momma wouldn't have wanted all this hooplah, she was strictly the behind the scenes wife, but like Daddy said..."she can't do anything about it now." I love you Momma and miss you soooo much!!!!

Off to Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary!!!

Wow!! It's here already! It seems like yesterday that Daddy came to Anne and I to tell us that he wanted to start a scholarship in Mamma's name...and now, here we are traveling to Dallas/Ft. Worth to present to the 1st recipient.

Daddy and I leave tomorrow morning. Anne and Scott will fly in tomorrow night.

When we get there, we will have dinner with Dr. Dorothy Patterson at Pecan Manor, her residence. She came and spoke at Momma's funeral. Her husband is Dr. Paige Patterson, the President of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. They have been friends of our family for many years. Anyway, the scholarship will be presented in chapel Tuesday at the Seminary, then we will have lunch with the recipient.

Hopefully by Tuesday evening I will have pictures posted of our trip.

Meridian Jr. College here he comes!!!!

Brandt finally committed to playing golf for Meridian Jr. College, in Meridian, Mississippi. Meridian is the only Division I Jr. College in Louisiana and Mississippi. He can play there for a couple of years and then transfer to a University.

I am so relieved. I didn't realize how stressful choosing a school would be when a sport was involved. Now we can sit back and enjoy the remainder of his last season in high school and graduation. He'll have a signing day at Parkview, but we don't know when that will be yet. I'll keep you posted.

We are so proud of Brandt and his accomplishments and are so excited about being able to watch him play at the next level.

Oh yeah, his lift kit still isn't in!!!!

Time is Flying!!!

We have been so busy, it seems like time is just flying by.

Golf is going great!! Today PBS played in the LA Premier tournament at the Wetlands in Lafayette. We were the defending champs from last year, but came in tied for 4th today with a total score of 303. Yes we took 4th, but that was only 5 strokes from 1st place, 298. Great competition!!! Brandt made the All-Tournament team with a 72 - even par. The 5 boys that made this team shot 71's and 72's. There wasn't much room for error today. Go Eagles!!!!!!!

In 2 weeks, Daddy, Anne and her husband Scott, and I are going to Southwestern Theological Seminary to meet and award the 1st recipient of the Mary H. French Scholarship for pastors wives. We are so excited about this and can't to meet her.

As soon as I get back from Dallas, the next day I am flying out to Myrtle Beach, SC, to meet the PBS Golf team. We will be playing in a National High School tournament. We will see teams from all over the U.S. That means we're going to have to bring our "A" game and we can. Our boys have had a great season. If nothing else, it will be a great experience for them. What an awesome year for PBS Golf.

The next 3 weeks following Myrtle Beach will include the Metro Tournament, the Regional Tournament, then the State Tournament. State tournament is during Senior final exams. YIKES!!!!!!!! They come back to make up missed exams then the seniors are out...NO MORE HIGH SCHOOL!!! Just GRADUATION DAY!!!!!!

Wow! We won't have any more kids in High School...does that make us old???? :o) That's ok, that just means we're taking golf to the next level...College! No, he hasn't made a decision yet, but hopefully it will be soon. He's more interested in getting his lift kit in for his truck than deciding on a college. Go figure!!!!

Please keep us in your prayers!

Israel Group is having a blast

Daddy rode a camel!!!

I've been keeping up with the blog and texting Daddy and it sounds like the group is having a blast. I catch myself wanting to text when it is the middle of the night there though. I really have to be careful. I don't think Daddy would appreciate a text at 4:00 in the morning.

My 3rd graders have enjoyed it as well. They have learned so much about Israel this week, including that it still exist today. I had one of my student's ask me, "Isn't that where Jesus lived?", I said yes, he responded with, "you mean it's still there?" LOL!!!!
The bloggers have been great, answering questions that the students have posted.

With the blog, I feel like I've been on the trip with them. I think I've had as much fun as they have...just with American food!!!

Another successful weekend on golf course

PBS (Parkview Baptist School) Golf Team competed in the Beau Chene High School Kickoff Classic this weekend. We played at Beau Chene Golf Club in Mandeville, LA, against about 19 teams. Total golfers were 112.

After Saturday's round we were in 1st place by 3 strokes. It was so cool, during this round I looked up in the sky and above the golf course was a real bald eagle circling above us and of course we are the Parkview EAGLES!!!!! Beau Chene has 2 different courses, but it was flying over us. It gave me a peace about the tournament. It was like the Lord telling us, "you're going to do fine, I'm watching over you". How awesome was that!!!! The regular top scorers on the team didn't have a great day, but our 5th man pulled in a 75 for us. That was big for us. This was the first time he had beaten every team member. He was so pumped. Brandt shot 4 over, a 76. Definitely not his norm...but that's why we're a TEAM.

Sunday...to start with...it was daylight savings weekend. Need I say more... We had a shot-gun start at 8:30 that morning. Everyone did ok...could have been better. Brandt was on fire with every part of his game except putting. He missed 8 birdie putts. He could have been 9 under at the end of that round. In his defense...his putts were difficult. Every putt had a break to it. He was sticking pins, but that's a disadvantage because your putts are so close, you never get a true feel of the green. He still came in 1 under par, with a 71. Nothing to be ashamed of, he was just aggravated with himself.

The team shot a 611 for a 2 day total, beating Mandeville H.S. by 9 strokes. Brandt ended up in a tie for 2nd place, shooting 147 for the 2 days. Pretty darn good in my book!!! 9 of the top 10 Louisiana Jr. ranked golfers were in this tournament. It was some great golf!!!!

I want to say a huge THANK YOU to the many of you that follow, pull for, and pray for Brandt during this exciting time in his life. It can be quite lonely out there, when your game is as good as Brandt's and others view you as a threat. Please continue to lift him up in prayer, that he can remain strong and continue to seek the Lord in all he does.

Tracking Israel Group

The Israel group is posting a blog at www.jbcisraeltrip.blogspot.com. If you're interested in keeping up with the trip, log on. You can also post comments and questions.