Where to?

Hot dog: (essentials for the skimmers)

• If you'd like to pretend the US is not in an economic recession momentarily please pay a visit to our BABY REGISTRIES at KellysCloset.com (password: Fisher) and Amazon.com.
• New photos! Since the last update we've added Roberts Family Reunion and A Day at the Zoo.
• Racheal is doing so well with Fisher. Praise God. No, for real, praise God for that.
• ANNOUNCING FISHER'S BABY POOL FUNDRAISER: You could win up to $50 and help us by guessing Fisher's birthday. See below for details.
• We'll have our in-depth interview with a rep from the International Mission Board this Tuesday.
• Since the last update no one has suggested any Bible studies for expecting parents. Please do.
• PrayeRequests below.

Relish: (extras for the readers)

Dear hoodoos and yahoos,

We had a ball in Holiday, FL a few weeks ago with my in-laws. We spent a week throwing horseshoes and grilling meat. I really miss that side of my family and i'm sure it was very therapeutic for Racheal as well. The Roberts' family reunion was a blast.

Racheal is doing so well with her pregnancy nowadays. She's been blessed to be able to stay active. We just took a two-day float down the Yadkin River in kayaks with Sadie (our dog) and camped in a tent. Not bad for a pregger on her seventh month. She's currently "nesting," as my dad calls it, by preparing the house for Fisher. She's painting an African mural in Fisher's bedroom. You should come see it.

Fisher's Baby Pool Fundraiser:

Far be it from us to be blessed by God with opportunity of parenthood and fail to capitalize lucratively on it as well. We're hosting a baby pool for Fisher. Everyone knows that Fisher is due on September 20, but only God knows for sure when the actual date will be.

Here's where you come in! You guess the date Fisher Stone will be born and his weight and length. You are welcome to guess as many times as you like. However, you must include $5 with each guess. If the winning date has more than one correct guesser, the prize will go to the closest weight and length guessed for that day.

The winner will receive half of the total money up to $50 (kind of like a 50/50 raffle). The rest will go towards us as we try to get our finances together with the new baby before we leave the country.

Happy guessing!

If you're thinking to yourself, That's dumb. I don't want to play this game. Then feel free just to send us the donation without guessing. You won't hurt our feelings.

PrayeRequests:

• My father-in-law's father became ill and passed away recently. He was not a believer. Please pray for the family as they spend their first Fathers Day without John Zinn Roberts.
• Our in-depth interview for the IMB is on Tuesday. Pray for us as we'll be on our best behavior.

Quote of the Month:

Racheal killed a house fly that appeared to be pregnant and announced, "There is only room for one of us!"

I see Your power in the moonlit night
Where planets are in motion and galaxies are bright
We are amazed at the light of the starts
It's all proclaiming who you are. Your beautiful...

Love bears all things,
†il the whole world hears,
corey reid pendergrass

i count all things as refush because of knowing Christ

I've been thinking about how so many times as believers we so long to testify to the lost about the Gospel of Christ. We talked about this at a Bible study several weeks ago for guys.
So many times i myself have been guilty of proclaiming a Gospel that is shallow enough to appeal to the most basic and greedy desires of the flesh of the lost person who needs to be liberated from such bondage.
It goes something like this: "If you died today do you know you would spend eternity in Heaven?" And, we've all seen the sign on the side of the road: "Heaven or Hell? Where will you spend eternity?"
It's like we've high jacked the Gospel of Christ and made the goal a place called Heaven. "Put your faith in Jesus and repent of your sins so that you can have a golden mansion and hang out with all your goody two-shoes loved ones forever and ever."
This sales pitch appeals to that lustful side of the human mindset of SELF-PRESERVATION more than it does to a COMPLETE SURRENDER to the Lord. "Believe in Jesus so YOU won't burn." Rather, it should be, "Loose everything so you can have a relationship with Jesus, no matter the consequences."
What do y'all think?