Twenty-one Months...

What has happened in the year and 9 months of no blog posts? The Lord has done so many things in our lives. Through these many months, we have been through many trials and tribulations as well as changes and excitements. Here is just a short list I can remember off the top of my head.

~ God blessed us with our 1st pregnancy
~ Two months later, we lost our baby
~ God has given strength and comfort over and over
~ We kept busy at New Hope Baptist Church (where Tim was the pastor)
~ Our new niece was born to Scott & Amy (total of 4 nieces and nephews now)
~ Bought a house and worked hard to fix it up
~ Tim resigned from being pastor at New Hope
~ My brother Nathan married Traci
~ Sold our house and moved (for the 5th time in our marriage)
~ Found out Scott and Amy will be having their 3rd child (makes 5 nieces and nephews)
~ Completed my 3rd year of teaching
~ Found out Nathan and Traci are having a baby after only 3 months of being married (makes 6 nieces and nephews)
~ Started working at Cornerstone Gospel Baptist Church (Tim - music leader/assistant pastor, Liz - piano play)
~ Moved again (for the 6th time in our marriage)
~ Tim signed up and was accepted to Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

So how is that for a year and nine months? God has been working in our lives and hearts, and I want to continue sharing what God has done for me. I will try to update more frequently than I have in the past. Please feel free to make comments on what God is doing in your life!

August - November 2008

It has been awhile since we've updated our website. Things have been busy once again. Liz started her job and Tim's been working hard at the church. There are many pictures on our shutterfly website. Now that shutterfly has updated their site, we have been able to add more information. Here is the website that gives updates on what's been going on in our lives.

http://www.timandlizdecker.shutterfly.com/

July 2008 - Missions Trip

It has been awhile since we’ve posted an article. Thing have been extremely busy around Beaufort. The last thing we shared was we were about to leave for our mission’s trip. Thank you for all the prayers during that time. We had a wonderful trip and praise the Lord for the opportunity He gave us to minister with the Ashcraft family.

The Ashcraft family has a ranch in Jimenez, Chihuahua, Mexico. We stayed on the ranch and traveled out to neighboring villages to hold an open air service. Before the service we went around door to door and invited everyone to join us. There were puppet shows, singing, skits, and the presentation of the gospel. Each night we a good number attend and several raise their hands wanting to be saved. Praise the Lord! It was so awesome to see the Lord work.


Brother Randy has started discipleship training in different homes. We were able to attend one meeting and were humbled to see the condition of the home. Pray for this family that they will continue to attend church faithful and the whole family will be saved.

Another highlight of our trip was eating “real” Mexican food. This was a highlight for Tim, not me. Don’t get me wrong, I love Mexican food but apparently only the Americanized kind. This food did not taste anything like I was used to.

I was able to catch up with Gwen (Randy’s wife) while we were there. We grew up together in Virginia but since she lives in Mexico we haven’t had a chance to get together in a long time. It was fun to hear stories of what life as a missionary is like and to see it first hand.

The week flew by and before we knew it we were on the plane headed back for the states. Getting out of the United States was a piece of cake but getting back in was a little harder. We had to wait in line several times, have our luggage checked and rechecked, answer questions, and fill out more paper work. It’s a good thing there were only four of us traveling. We finally made it back to Beaufort and were thankful to be back in our own beds with no rattlesnakes, Mother of Scorpions (a spider that looks like a scorpion), flying ants, or real scorpions. What a trip!!

Of course we have a lot more pictures than the ones I've posted. If you would like to see them they are at http://newhopebaptistchurch.shutterfly.com/ ENJOY!!