CALIFORNIA DREAMING

SIGH! PART OF MY HEART WAS HERE FOR A FEW HOURS TO MEET LITTLE REID AND GIVE US HUGS. ONE OF MY "ADOPTED" DAUGHTERS IS ON THE PLANE ON HER WAY BACK HOME TO OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

KATIE AND BART GARRETT, ALONG WITH KATIE'S BROTHER JONATHAN ST.CLAIR AND HIS WIFE, CATHERINE, HAVE PLANTED A CHURCH IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA. CHECK OUT THIS WEBSITE TO SEE THE AWESOME WAY THE LORD IS MOVING IN OAKLAND THROUGH THIS CHURCH PLANT.

http://www.christchurcheastbay.org/

KATIE AND AMYBETH (ALONG WITH STACY OKLAND!, ANOTHER ONE OF MY SPECIAL "ADOPTED" DAUGHTERS) WERE BEST FRIENDS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND WORK VERY HARD TO REMAIN BEST FRIENDS ALTHOUGH THEY ALL LIVE MILES AND MILES AWAY FROM ONE ANOTHER! THEY ARE ALL THREE GODLY YOUNG WOMEN WHO LOVE THE LORD AND ARE WONDERFUL MOTHERS.

KATIE'S MOM WAS MY BEST FRIEND, AND MENTOR, FOR MANY YEARS. SHE IS WITH THE LORD NOW AND WE MISS HER SO MUCH, BUT I SEE HER LIFE IN HER CHILDREN. THEY ALL FOUR LOVE THE LORD AND DESIRE TO SERVE HIM WITH ALL THEIR LIVES. SCOTT AND GINNY TOO.

CAROL WAS THE BEST MOTHER I HAVE EVER KNOWN. SHE WOULD SAY THIS TO MOTHER'S TODAY.
PRAY FOR YOUR CHILDREN. POUR YOUR LIVES INTO THEM. LOVE THEIR FRIENDS AND THE PARENTS OF THEIR FRIENDS. LOVE PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY....LIKE THE LADY CHECKING YOU OUT AT THE GROCERY STORE OR THE LADY AT THE CLEANERS. TAKE TIME TO LISTEN.
SIT ON YOUR CHILDREN'S BED AT NIGHT AND SCRATCH THEIR BACKS. TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS.

I SEE THIS IN THE LIVES OF CAROL'S CHILDREN. THEY ARE WONDERFUL PARENTS, (GINNY, PRAYING YOU WILL HAVE A HOUSE FULL TOO BEFORE LONG!) THEY LOVE HARD....THE PEOPLE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. THEY LOVE THEIR FAMILY AND CONTINUALLY WORK ON "BEING ONE."

I LOVE YOU KATIE!
OUR VISIT WAS SHORT .....BUT OH, SO SWEET.
XXOO