Dear Seattle Saints,Warm greetings to you all from Lori and me.  Thank you for allowing us to attend our annual camp meeting convention in Portland and follow it up with 4 days of recuperation at the Washington coast.  While camp meeting is a wonderful time for all of us to draw close to the Lord, it is also a very busy time for me personally as it is an opportune time to meet with the leaders of ...  Read More

Dear Seattle Saints,Another week has passed and we are looking forward to the Lord’s Day in church tomorrow.  It will be Father’s Day and similarly to our celebration of Mother’s Day last month it brings a myriad of thoughts and emotions to mind for all of us. My sister and I were blessed to be raised in a stable home with a loving father and mother.  My mom had some church background but my fathe...  Read More

Happy Saturday morning,I’m writing a little earlier than usual in an attempt let everyone know that due to inclement weather we have found it necessary to cancel the Youth Camp fundraising car wash scheduled for today. We are hopeful to be able to reschedule one of the two Saturdays between Camp meeting and Youth camp if possible. Youth camp is important for the spiritual development of our young ...  Read More

Dear Seattle Saints,It is June and it seems the sun has decided to stay around for a while  Read More

Happy Memorial Day weekend dear saints,Over the years many of you have heard me tell the story of traveling with my grandmother (my father’s mother) to the cemetery where my grandfather is buried on Memorial Day each year.  She would gather flowers from her seemingly huge flower beds and we would ride in her Blue and White four door 1957 Chevrolet with me holding the buckets of flowers in water.  ...  Read More

Good evening Seattle Saints,Lori and I have just returned from a week (Monday-Saturday) in Medford, Oregon visiting our son’s family.  It is always a bit nostalgic when we return there as it is where I was born and raised and where she moved when only two years old.  It was there we met in high school and I was invited to church and was soon saved.  We dated, got engaged, and married there.  I pre...  Read More