Update from Gene & LaVada…
Seems like it’s been a very long time since we sent out an update. Almost a year has gone by since Gene’s dreadful accident! And, he is doing so well! If you missed out on just what happened to him on that memorable day…November 19, 2010…you can click here and read the narrative! There are some subsequent updates after that to fill you in.
We have, indeed, been blessed with all our needs met by Our Father in Heaven…family and friends always available…and, most of all, complete and total healing for Gene!! Well, almost….he still has a stubborn little index finger on his left hand that refuses to cooperate around the neck of that old Gibson Dove guitar….so the other three fingers had to learn a new way to play the chords on all those songs!! 🙂 Gene also confides that he’s still “a little stiff-necked…but, the only thing about that is, now it shows!” He’s been a good sport through it all and is counting all his blessings!!
We are slowly getting back into the scene of our music ministry… Starting to book some dates on the calendar…so, if you or your church or group would like us to come and minister with our country flavored Good News Music, let us know! We go anywhere we’re invited and sometimes where we’re not invited!! 🙂 We have some exciting things coming up… Speaking of being invited…the South Texas Gospel Music Association has invited me (LaVada) to serve on the Board. This will be a fun and rewarding place to use some of my gifts! We all had a great time at the last convention in San Marcos. This is a wonderful organization providing great gospel music at monthly concerts in the south Texas region.
The very next thing on our calendar is a much anticipated trip back up to Colorado to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles (Succot), also known as Feast of Booths, with our friends at Bear Trax Ranch, October 13-20! We are really looking forward to that!
Here’s what you will find in Deuteronomy 16:13-15 about this fall Feast…
“Community” Succah at Bear Trax
“You shall celebrate the Feast of Booths seven days after you have gathered in from your threshing floor and your wine vat; and you shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter and your male and female servants and the Levite and the stranger and the orphan and the widow who are in your towns. Seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place which the LORD chooses, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that you will be altogether joyful.”
Our Father in Heaven, the Creator of the Universe, wants us to CELEBRATE, REJOICE, and BE BLESSED for eight solid days!! How wonderful is that?!
Well, that’s not all of it, but we’ll get to that another day.
For those of you who have been receiving our newsletter for a long time, you most likely have noticed that we (1) have changed the way we send it out, and (2) we have added another , called Israel, World News and the Church. You can “subscribe” to receive notification when we enter a new post. Or, you can just check the page any time you’re online. And take a look at the items on the sidebar on the right side of the page….- we have “What in the World is Going On?”, which is a list of links to news articles/websites, etc., that we think you will find interesting and informative.
- And, also, “Links we Like, Maybe You Will, Too!” …These are links to some great biblical teaching websites.
- Several new “Pages” with new videos!
So, pay us a visit at our main website, MenorahMusic.com, or our Ministry Blog Site, and keep in touch!!
There is a lot going on in the world, especially the Middle East, as it relates to Israel. We receive, via the internet, news that doesn’t necessarily make the ‘nightly news channels’. So, we wanted to share it! Tell others about it and give them this link: http://www.menorahmusic.com/?cat=9
I’d like to leave you with this …
From 1 John 5:1-4…
“Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God, and every one who loves the parent loves the child. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith. “
We trust and have faith that Our Abba, Father, in Heaven, will bless you and keep you, and make His face to shine upon you and give you His peace! Shalom!
Keep praying for the peace of Jerusalem!
Gene and LaVada