Picture from Christmas Vacation

Christmas was a real joy this year! Spending time with friends and caroling in Augusta, GA and the traditional family visit at grandma's in Lexington, SC! See pic's below.

Wayside Ministries

On December 19th, Wayside Christian Ministries' Choir came out to Bethesda Ministries, COGIP for a concert. Click on link above to watch their video. WCM continues to be one of Louisville's main safety nets. Below are some ministries they provide: Programs and Facilities Men’s Emergency Shelter (331 beds) Men’s Day Shelter (Can accommodate up to 75 at any time, Monday – Sunday) Men’s Permanent Supportive Housing (for disabled homeless men, 30 private apts) Family Emergency Shelter (50 bed spaces) Women’s Permanent Supportive Housing (6 apts) Single Women’s Emergency Shelter (106 beds) Single Women’s Transitional Shelter (10 beds) Single Women’s Halfway Houses (11 spaces) Women’s Day Shelter (Can accommodate up to 40 at any time, Monday – Sunday) Safe Haven for mentally ill homeless women (10 beds) Dining Hall (Three hot meals daily/every day of the year; also early breakfast and late supper for workers) Chapel (Seats 91; Chapel services nightly in shelters, and Sunday morning and evening in Chapel) Carl Nussbaum, Jr., Child Development Center (Serves homeless preschoolers staying in any Louisville-area homeless shelter at no charge to parents nor shelter) Two thrift stores (9125 Galene Drive and 4930 Poplar Level Road) Recovery Program (Provides 6 mo-1yr residential recovery program for homeless men and women at no charge) Educational Classes (GED Classes on-site; Computer classes on-site; Literacy) Discipleship Program/Job Training (Kitchen, auto mechanics, print shop, retail)

Nutcracker Ballett & Louisville Sluggar

My dad came into town on the 16th for the weekend. We were able to celebrate Christmas together, which was a blessing. During this trip, we went to see the Louisville Ballet's presentation of the Nutcracker. Getting tickets for this ballet was my Christmas present to him. It was a top notch performance. My dad said he had never seen it before. I'd show pictures of this if I could. However, taking pictures at the event was prohibitted. After the performance, we went to the Louisville Sluggar Musseum. There we took the factory tour. On the tour they showed the process from start to finish on how the bats are made. On Sunday we had the Christmas Battle Cross Service (see that post on this Blog). All in all, I think we had a great time.

Christmas Battle Cross Service

194th UMT members perform as the band for Christmas at Ft Knox.

Vine Grove Christmas

On the evening of December 16th, Vine Grove Church of Christ invited Soldiers in Training were invited to enjoy a home cooked meal, a Christmas sermon, and some games. I had the priviledge of taking these 17 Soldiers to the event and had an enjoyable time. Enjoy the pictures!

Buddy Gift Wrap Dress Buddy as Santa Claus Battle Buddy Soldiers Pose

My two new found friends! Myself & Soldiers before heading back to Ft Knox

No Other Name...

1st Baptist Church of Brandenburg had a Christmas Contata. The name of it was "No Other Name But Jesus."

The Christmas Cantata Choir

These Christmas Cards were sent out as a mission project.

U of L Basketball

What better thing to do on a girls day out than go to a UofL basketball game! A women's basketball game. A couple of us girls in the local area here decided to go Sunday, December 9th to see the Women Cardinals smack down the Xavier team and grab lunch at Cracker Barrel. Great times of hangin' out, enjoying a B-ball game, filling our bellows with good, southern cookin', and just fun fellowship with girlfriends!