Yard Sale!

My sister and I are having a yard sale tomorrow rain or shine!

406 Third Avenue NW
Winchester, TN 37398

C-ya there!

Relocating to Winchester, Tennessee?

Well, we have the coolest house for you!

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Update from the front lines.

Drama of the week: Monday - Jacob wakes up with 102 temp. We spend the entire day at the E.R. and then Vandy Hand Clinic. Tuesday - Mom has minor nervous breakdown - no biggie. Wednesday - mom is on the verge of full-fledged nervous breakdown. Our house is officially on the market and have a ton of work to do on it along with trying to keep it clean. Jacob starts hand therapy today that I have no idea how I am going to get him to and Chris is out of town. God never gives us more than we can handle, right? RIGHT???

Oh and I am having a yard sale on Saturday. :)

Well, the latest drama unfolds at the Brown House.......

Jacob was playing with some kids Saturday afternoon and put his hand through a plate glass window. He sustained a VERY BAD injury to his left hand and was transported from here to Vanderbilt Children's Hospital in Nashville. After undergoing some extensive hand surgery he is home and doing well. He will be out of school for a bit and then will undergo therapy to try and regain movement and feeling in his middle finger and feeling in his index finger. The good thing is that they were able to save his fingers! We are thankful to God for being merciful to us......

Please be in prayer for our family as we put our house on the market. I am ever sure that God is leading us to sell our home, so I know that I need to have faith that He will make that happen, but I am very anxious about it. I am really in need of prayer in this area.

Thanks and love to all!

Melissa

Random Pics of the Day

Easter 2009

Just a few pics from one of the most enjoyable Easter Sundays I remember having in a LONG time. I miss my family and when they are in town I relish every moment I have with them. Enjoy.....

Not much going on the Brown House lately. I guess the biggest news is that I am going to be typing from home again in the afternoons after I work at the church in the mornings. This will allow me to make some much-needed extra money and be at home with the kids at the same time. I have basically concluded that I am never going to have a "career" or figure out what to "do with my life". Just doesn't seem in the cards for me. I would much rather be at home with my kids as much as I can. Money just doesn't compare to being able to be with them while they are still at home.

We are preparing for Easter at our house and I am excited that my family is going to be able to come spend the day at our house. If there was one thing I could change, it would be to love closer to my Dad, sister and nieces. I am so blessed to have them. Sunday will consist of church and then eating some ham, rolls, green beans, potato casserole and macaroni and cheese (our traditional Easter meal). I can't wait!

Pine Ridge Mission Trip 2009

Well, we are gearing up for our 2009 trip to Pine Ridge Reservation. This year we will be gone June 7-12 to Oglala Recreation Center on Pine Ridge. While there we will help with Vacation Bible School and also with some manual labor needed in that area. If you feel led this year to make a contribution to help us with our trip ($1500.00 approximately), you can make a check to Winchester Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 200 2nd Ave, NW, Winchester, TN 37398. You can notate "Brown Mission Trip" on the memo line and you will receive credit for it for your 2009 tax return.

This year we know what we are getting into and although we know it is going to be an absolutely exhausting trip, we also already know the blessings we are going to receive while we are there. Love to all! Melissa

The Proctors

Please check out the new website link that I have posted to the right. It is called proctorpassages.org and highlights the African ministry of some dear friends of ours. Meredith and Philip were friends of ours when we lived in Chattanooga and we have had the wonderful opportunity of watching them move on to ministry in Africa (which is where their heart lies). They are doing wonderful things for the kingdom of God. Visit their site at:

www.proctorpassages.org

Spring is in the Air!

Pics of the flox in the front of our house.......love it!