Wednesday and a Free Car Wash

Ike started out our day with a morning devotion straight from his heart.  Iva and Billy put the final touches on the library.  Amy is so happy to have Wi-Fi now. Me too.

Pastor Roger took his kids, a few other church members, Lynn, Eddie, Pastor Paul, Amy, Toni, Vandy and Elizabeth over to Captain D’s to do a free cash wash.  Of course they were not only washing cars, trucks and motorcycles.  They were sharing the Gospel and praying with those that needed prayers.

Ike, Doug and Jeffrey did such a good job on the fence Tuesday that they formed a team again on Wednesday.  This time they repaired that big whole in the floor left from the baptistry removal.  Job well done guys. 

Are you are wondering what I’m doing here this week beside taking pictures and blogging?  I am getting up early to have breakfast on the table at 7 am,  lunch at 12 noon and dinner at 6 pm.  Billy has been a big help mornings but he thinks I don’t know how to cook breakfast.  I can’t imagine why.

Sunday, Monday and Tuesday

After attending worship service on Sunday morning, we went out to eat with Pastor Roger’s family and several other church members at K & W.  Then we came back to the church to plan our week’s work.  Vandy and Elizabeth joined us Sunday night and Isaac and Doug came on Monday night .

Sunday night the Momeyer Walking Team went out for a walk.

Monday Pastor Paul led our morning devotion after breakfast and then the work began.  Another team had built shelves for the library and they needed to be sanded and painted.  Lynn, Elizabeth, Iva,  Amy, Vandy and Toni worked on this project all day and nearly finished it.

Ike, Isaac and Doug installed a chain link fence for the playground.

Billy works on the library shelving and more painting is done on Tuesday.

The guys removed the baptistry.  They do their baptising in the lake so it is being donated to another church.  What a job that was getting it outside. 

The church has been having Summer Movie Nights this week.  Monday night we watched Pollyanna and Tuesday night we watched The Bishop’s Wife.

Team Bluefield

Our mission team left Saturday morning headed to Bluefield, VA to spent a week serving the Lord.  We started out with 10 members but will be adding more later in the week.  Team members are Amy, Pastor Paul, Lynn, Eddie, Ike, Toni, Billy, Ann, Jeffrey and Iva.

We made a stop in Pilot Mountain to pick up some fencing which we will be installing for a playground.  Our good friends Brian and Sharon graciously prepared at hotdog lunch for us in their home.

Eddie got a new hairdo while we were there.

This is where we will be spending the week. You can check out their web site.

CrossPoint Fellowship Church

Last night we experienced a different type of worship service called Hype.  It is focused on getting the young people out of the clubs and into the church on Saturday night.  Crosspoint has their own Worship Dance team and they are really good.

We also got to do some dancing.

More Dental Bus Adventures

There’s not much going on mission trip wise in our lives right now.  We are still working with the Dental Bus.  On Saturday, September 19 we took the bus to El Centro Hispano Health Fair in Durham.  Mema went with us for her first trip on the bus. This NC State student John (or Juan in Spanish) was an interpreter.  I enjoyed talking with him and he tried to teach me a little Spanish. See that line of people all the way across the picture?  That was part of the line of people trying to get onto the Dental Bus.  It was a wild day.  Jolema was in charge of the dental part of the fair. Then on Sept 21 and 22 we took the bus to Shallotte for our first overnighter. Here is Jennifer the dental assistant and Phyllis the receptionist.

We Passed the Test

Monday Billy and I took the Dental Bus to Fayetteville for the Cumberland Co. Fair. Unfortunately the fair was closed that day so we did not get to eat any fair food. This was our last training before being able to go out solo.  Joanne, the bus coordinator, worked with us and she said we passed the test.  Now she is going to expect to get a lot of help from us. It really is a great ministry and we meet the most interesting people, some of them being patients. The nicest dentists and assistants volunteer their time. Hygienists working the outdoor chair.

Pulling Teeth

Thursday morning I was called by the Dental Bus coordinator, Joanne with an emergency situation.  The bus was in Grifton for the week and the driver had fallen the night before and had to have 6 staples in his head.  She needed someone to relieve him so him and his wife could go home.  I agreed to go even though I am not fully trained and would be working on my own. Dr. Kawn from Charlotte was the day dentist. Super nice guy. We had two night dentists and one assistant.

One of the night dentists did not have an assistant so he asked me to help him once.  I had to assist with with a tooth extraction.  I really didn’t like doing that and hope I don’t have to do it again, but of course I probably will if I am asked.

After this experience I am so thankful that I have always been able to visit my dentist regularly.The group coordinating the patients was from Charlotte.  They were a great group of people to work with.

Today (Friday) Billy went with me so he could drive the bus back to  Cary.

Medical-Dental Bus

While Billy was in Colorado he got a letter from NCMB about needing Bus Drivers/Hostesses for the Medical-Dental Bus.  I thought that might be a good project for us.  We could serve on the bus as often as we felt like we could and not have to go too far away from home.  Billy said that if that was what I wanted to do he would try it. Today we went for our first on the job training at Love Memorial Baptist Church in Goldsboro .  We have to complete three trainings before we get shirts and a name tag and can take the bus out ourselves.  I personally think it may take more than three trainings before I will be comfortable with it.  There is a whole lot to learn.  The main thing I learned today was how to sterilize the dental tools.  We were trained by the nicest couple, Edith and Doug Robbins from Cherry Point.  They have been working on the bus since 2001. This is Millie, one of  the hygienist, with one of our younger patients sitting very calmly in his father’s lap.  We served 35 patients today.

To learn more about the Bus click the link-

Medical Dental Bus

We are back in….

Sunday Drive

By Ann

When traveling on a Sunday morning I have always wanted to stop at a random church for their morning worship service.  We have tried this before but it never seemed to work out that we would be at the right place at the right time.   With the help of  the internet and a mapping program this was easily accomplished.  I calculated that we would be at Cookeville, TN about 10:30. I chose Popular Grove Baptist Church from about 10 Baptist churches in the area mainly because of its proximity to the interstate.  Once we sat down in the sanctuary the Senior pastor came over to greet us.  He told us he was raised in Wilson, NC.  We enjoyed worshiping with them.After church we started looking for somewhere to have lunch.  After much discussion and neither one of us wanting to pick a place we finally decided on The Bean Pot Restaurant and Country Store in Crossville, TN.  It reminded us a lot of a Cracker Barrel……except instead of rocking chairs on the front porch they had really old washing machines. Billy let me stop and do a little GoodWill Hunting.  I picked up a devotion book for free and a small spice shelf for a dollar. We then made it back to North Carolina.       It was a beautiful sight.

We are spending our last night on the road at WallyWorld in Morganton, NC. 

A Rainy Day

Not much to report today.  We have been in rain most of the day.  We stopped at one thrift shop and I bought three books for a grand total of 45 cents.  Here we are crossing the Tennessee River with a view of downtown Memphis. Welcome to rainy Tennessee.  World's Tallest Three Crosses of Calvary

This is the world's largest set of three crosses.  The tallest cross is 150 feet and they are located right on the interstate for all to see.  They are very large, white, and built to withstand 70 mph winds.  They are at  Bellevue Baptist Church,  just east of Memphis, the largest church in the Southeast.(27,000 members)  Information obtained from Roadside America.com

This afternoon we took a detour off of I-40 to US 64 to meet Billy’s cousin Don Pierson in Savannah, TN.  He is the Director of Prayer for the TN Baptist Convention.  He was in Savannah for an On Mission Conference.  We spent about an hour talking with him at McDonalds.  Then Billy and I had a catfish dinner at The Hut since this is supposed to be the catfish capital of the world.

Tonight we are staying at, where else but Wallyworld, in Murfreesboro, TN.