Our newest niece!

Tia (Christiana Grace)

has now been in our

family since May of 2007.

She is such a doll (20 months old)!

Totally adjusted and just having a blast

with her older sister (16) and brother (11).

Her mommy and daddy are praying about

a younger brother or sister

for her from Ethiopia.

How fun!!

~***~

It seems like Christmas was ages ago.

I hit the ground running on January 2nd

when I went back to work.

We have continued to see friends,

old and new, and have had some great times.

I love you Faye & Kat, and Kent & Claudia!

This week Jeff and Shelly were in town.

We filled up the evenings visiting

and catching up on everyone's news.

~***~

On Monday evening I, along with

Sandy of "Set Them Free Ministries,"

met with the chaplain of the

Grayson County Jail.

God is opening the door for her study

"Untying the Lies That Bind Us"

to be taught there.

We use it as our introductory course

for inmates (7 weeks)

with Seed Sowers and we have seen

wonderful results.

It sets the stage for further courses with

EvanTell and Evangelism Explosion.

We are blessed to be partnered with

Prison Fellowship,

EvanTell and Set Them Free.

Our joint efforts are giving God the

opportunity to accomplish

far more than each could do alone.

Praise Him!!

~***~

The weekend of January 25-26 will be huge.

Several supporters of

Seed Sowers along with the

Board of Directors will spend Friday evening

in Dawson State Jail (downtown Dallas)

followed by strategic planning meetings

later that night and all day Saturday.

We will be privileged to interview

inmates, correctional officers,

victims of crime,

a parent of a child that is incarcerated,

and a caregiver of children whose

parent is incarcerated.

Our goals for future ministry are four-fold.

Victim Outreach,

Offender Outreach,

Offender Family Outreach, and

Officer Outreach.

All of this will be combined with the

opening of the Monarch House,

a transitional housing facility

for female inmates.

Elaine (our founder) has updated her journal,

so you might want to

click on "Monarch House" under

"some of my favorite things" for

the latest news.

~***~

This coming Monday evening our

ladies small group (Grayson Girls)

will meet for the first time in 2008.

Our number has grown to 14

as we have reached out to other

gals who are hungry for

fellowship with sisters in Christ.

The amazing thing is that the ages of the

ladies range from 28 to 70+,

and we are having a ball together!

We look forward to ministry projects for '08,

as well as continued

outreach and Bible study.

~***~

God is so good!