Three Bouncing Baby Boys are on the WAY!

Join us for a "Diapers, Wipes, and Little Things Nice" Shower
Honoring: Lisha Burrell, Morgan Carden, and Amanda Roberts
Sunday, August 8th
2:00-4:00
1021 Limmerick Drive,
Watkinsville, GA
Hosted by the Young Couples ABF Class

Play Date

What: Play Date
When: 6-28-10
Time: 12:00
Where: The Mauldin's

Claire & Audrey Ransome

We met the babies last week! Some pictures of the girls are below. They are healthy and beautiful. "Claire with the hair" (They both have a lot, but Claire has more.) looks like Michael and Audrey looks more like Anna. Julianne was so excited to meet her newest buddies. She wanted to PLAY!

NO ABF ON MOTHER'S DAY

We will not have Sunday School (ABF) this Sunday because so many people will be out of town for Mother's Day.

Dinner for the Ransoms

Here is the list for dinner for the Ransoms.
Their address is 1415 Raymonds Road, Monroe, GA 30656.

May 11-Tankersley's
May 13-Tanner's
May 18-Dixon's
May 20-Healy's
May 25-OPEN
May 27-Melton's
June 1-Woelfl's
June 3-Lancaster's
June 8-OPEN
June 10-OPEN
June 15-OPEN
June 17-Well's
June 22-Burrell's
June 24-OPEN
June 29-OPEN

You can comment on the blog if you would like to take an open date. Please call before you come. Their number is 770-267-1273.

Hey guys! We are looking forward to having everybody over to the house on Saturday! Party starts at 5 and goes until whenever! The directions to the house are easy. We live at 100 Cambridge Drive. In the Mall area, turn at Starbucks/Rafferty's. Stay straight on Huntington Rd. until the road dead ends at the gate. The gate code is #1010. We are the first house on the right. I am also posting everything that you guys signed up to bring.

Tankersleys- Hamburgers, Hotdogs, Sweet Tea
Mauldins- Buffalo Chicken Dip, plates, plastic ware
Cardens- Buns, dessert
Wells- Pasta salad, ice
Lancasters- Hashbrown casserole
Tanners- Baked beans
Penixs- Chips
Dixons- Dessert
Woelfls- 2-Liters
Andersons- Macaroni and Cheese

If everybody comes who is on the list we will have 20 people plus kids. But the more the merrier! Pass the word along that the directions and notes are on the blog. Our numbers are---Ross- 706-621-3610 and Abby- 706-621-3506. Feel free to call us for anything!

Prayer Request from the Andersons

Hi guys!
Jon and I have asked you before to pray for our decision regarding his next duty station/staying in or getting out of the Army. Well, we have some specific options that we can give you guys now if you would be so sweet to continue to pray about that for us. We will be making this decision by the end of the week. Here are the options we've narrowed it down to:

1. Ranger Regiment Company Command
2. Congressional Fellowship/Masters Degree Program in D.C.
3. Return to "normal Army" at Fort Benning (close to our home...also this one would lead to a good opportunity to get out in a year or so).

Obviously, our considerations in all of these will be family time, ministry opportunities in each unit, proximity to home, etc.

We want you all to know how grateful we are for all of you and for being able to bring this request to you, knowing that you will faithfully lift it to our Father for us. Our prayer is that He will make His will clear to us - abundantly so that we won't mess it up!! :) He has graciously done this for us with our decisions thus far in the Army, closing doors He didn't intend for us to go through.

Thank you so much, and we'll let you know what we decide Sunday!
Mandy and Jon

It's A BOY!!!

Sam got his wish! We are having another boy! He is very healthy, 100% boy, and extremely active. Thanks so much for your prayers, and we are so thankful for such great friends!

Love,

John, Morgan, and Sam

Prayer Request

Staci Hood emailed me a prayer request to send to everyone since they were not in town this morning. Please be in prayer for Jason's grandmother. She was put in the hospital yesterday for congestive heart failure. She has had heart problems for years & is currently on oxygen & has had a pacemaker for years. The Hoods are going to to visit today and tomorrow and have asked us to pray for her, her name is Wilma Anderson.

Please also remember all the requests made in ABF this morning and lift up your brothers and sisters this week in prayer. Hogan Dominy's blog is hogandominy.blogspot.com if you were interested in reading that. We'll be looking for updates tomorrow from the Ransoms and the Cardens.

Sunday Feb. 14th

Because of V-Day no Small Groups Sunday Night...If you read this ask Shelley and/or Crystal for your surprise...

Super Bowl Sunday

Michael and I would love to have you guys over here to watch the game. We've got a big TV in the basement and an average size TV in the living room. We don't have HD, so you'd have to "slum with our regular satellite broadcast." (It seems clear enough to me. :0) ) If everyone wants to come around 6:00 so we can settle in before kickoff that will be fine. We'll provide drinks, a dessert, and paper products if everyone else wants to bring an appetizer or dessert. Feel free to leave a comment to RSVP and tell everyone what you'll bring. See you Sunday!

:0) Michael, Shelly, and Julianne Mauldin :0)

Thanks from the Mauldins

Michael and I wanted to go ahead and say thank you for the all of the fantastic dinners. We've enjoyed meals from the Andersons, Tankersleys, and Wells already. It is so nice to know that dinner is taken care of! Michael is getting really spoiled by the good home cooking! We're blessed to be a part of such a wonderful church family.

Sign-Up for Hosting Ransom's Shower...

The previous post listed all of the details about the upcoming shower for the Ransoms. I hope that all of the Ladies can attend and that this will be a time to bless Anna and her family. I would love for all of you to help in hosting, so here are items that you can sign-up for so that we can get the shower off without any problem!

Cups, Plates, Forks, and Napkins - Crystal Woelfl
Monkey Bread - Shelley Tanner
Fruit - Jennifer Wells
Cake - Shelly Mauldin
Breakfast Casserole - Morgan Carden (hashbrown)
Breakfast Casserole -
Muffins - Abby
Juice - Morgan Carden

Please just leave a comment for this post about what you would like to contribute. If you would like to fix a breakfast casserole, please clarify what kind so that we will not have two of the same thing!

Baby Shower for The Ransoms...

We are going to PAMPER the Ransom's on

March 6, 2010 from 10:30 -12:00 with a Diapers and Wipes Shower

When - March 6, 2010 @ 10:30

Where - The Woelfl's

2044 Windfield Drive

Monroe, Georgia 30655

This will just be a brunch with the girls!

We are going to help stock the nursery with diapers and wipes

for the Twin Girls on the way!

More details to follow... I will let you know about ways you can help!

Updates to Mauldin Dinners...

February 11 - The Burrell's
February 23 - The Drake's
March 2 - The Woelfl's

Sign-Up Sheets...

Here are the sign-up sheets that have been passed around the past few Sundays. I am sorry that it has taken a few weeks to get them up on the blog, but I wanted to make sure the slots were filled as much as possible so that it would be less confusing trying to sing-up on the blog. We are at home this Sunday recovering from a nasty stomach bug that ran through the whole crew, so if you have any questions you can post them or send an email or we will see you next Sunday!

BREAKFAST:
January 17 - Tankersley's
January 24 - Penix's
January 31 - Ransom's
February 7 - Wells'
February 14 - Tanner's
February 21 - Lancaster's
February 28 - Hood's

NURSERY:
We still need more people to sign-up here...Gail really needs our help!
January 17 - Ransom's
January 24 - Carden's
January 31 - Wells'
February 7 - Tanner's
February 14 - Woelfl's
February 21 -
February 28 -

MAULDIN DINNER SIGN-UP:
If you need directions, you can call them at these numbers...
Michael - 706.296.9004
Shelly - 706.202.3259
January 19 - Anderson's
January 21 - Tankersley's
January 26 - Wells'
January 28 - Ransom's
February 2 - Penix's
February 4 - Carden's
February 9 - Hood's
February 11 - Woelfl's
February 16 - Tanner's
February 18 - Healy's
February 23 -
February 25 - Lancaster's

Please be sure to remember your dates...especially for the Mauldins being that they will be expecting dinner these nights. Thank you for signing-up!
Crystal Woelfl

Small group this Sunday!

Just a reminder that small groups for men and ladies begin this Sunday night, 6-7:30, at the church house. Childcare provided in the church nursery. Hope to see you all there!

Missions Opportunities

I wanted to give you all some information about several mission opportunities we have, especially since Carlos just finished a great series on missions! Feel free to do all or none of these, and let me know if you are interested and want more details.

1. Dinner for the Mauldins- I know it doesn't sound like 'missions', but for those who've had a baby and had the dinners brought to them, you know it's such a blessing and a ministry of God's love! Crystal will have the sign up sheet posted on the blog soon, add your name on a free date if you want to and haven't already.

2. Prayer for mission trips. Please be in prayer for the mission trips already planned for this summer, and for Russ and I as we work with a missionary on details for another mission trip possibility also for this summer. May be even consider going on one yourself!

3. As you probably heard, Haiti was devastated by a 7.0 earthquake. If you want to help, there are many ways to do so, and one of those is through Heaven Sent Ministries. Those of you who were at WFBC a few years ago will remember we donated money and participated in filling food bags for the Dominican Republic. They are sending an emergency food and water shipment to Haiti. A gift of $25 is all they are asking for, and it will help cover the cost of food that would last a family there a couple of months. The main thing needed there now is food and water. One article I read said that the remaining survivors will likely die from thirst or hunger.
You can send a check to HSM and write "Haiti Food" in the memo, or go to their website (http://www.hsminc.org/) and find the details about how you can donate online. If you want to give more, $60 buys the ingredients for a box of food that equals 216 meals!
Quote from an email sent to me by Linda Gravier, a family friend who runs HSM:
"This is absolutely a God-sized undertaking for our us, but we are trusting that God will get all of the glory. As we provide life-giving food to the victims of this disaster, we know that the food will arrive with the eternal-life-giving message of salvation. God can use this disaster to bring glory to Himself and to draw the people of Haiti into a relationship with Him!"
Let me (Shelley Tanner) know if you have any questions about this.

Prayer Requests from Sunday

Abby- the roommate of a boy she tutored committed suicide; continued prayer for her family and extended family in the death of her uncle

Morgan- sister has returned from Africa now, praise

Crystal- her dad tore his rotator cuff at work, pray for healing and the workers' comp issue to be settled peaceful and swiftly with no problems for him

Stacey L.- pregnant friend is feeling better, but her husband lost his job

Andrea- praise: she passed her boards!; they have two people coming to live with them for 8 weeks, pray for their time with the two girls and for opportunities to talk about Christ and share His love

Jennifer W.- dad had a heart attack, is home and doing well

Mauldins- praise for Julianne, continued prayer for their adjustment to having a baby a home


Please post updates if you have any!

Mauldin Update

Some nights are better than others. We're adjusting to parenthood. We feel so blessed to be Julianne's Mommy and Daddy. She is adorable! Buddy and Beau love their sister. :-) Check Shelly's Facebook page for many new pictures!

Details:
Julianne was born on New Year's Eve at 9:45 pm. She weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces and measured 20 1/2 inches long. Labor was quick!

Pics of Julianne

Here are some pictures of Julianne...finally. Sorry it took so long.

It's A Girl!

Julianne Noel Mauldin was born last night, December 31, 2009 at 9:45 p.m. She is 71/2 pounds and has a head full of blondish hair! She is absolutely beautiful! Congratulations Shelly and Michael!