Christmas Caroling

On Dec. 16, 2005, a group of friends and family went Christmas Caroling in Attalla, Gadsden and Rainbow City. Altogether there was 39 people consisting of adults from age 57 down to 2 year old children. Most of the group gathered at the Mason Home in Walnut Park about 5 pm.

The first place visited was Lee & Florence Brooks, where we were invited in and served fudge made by the big man himself! Florence has had serious health problems for quite some time but we are happy to report that God is Good, she has been able to attend church and do other things as well.

Our next stop was at Loett Davis' home, she is so sweet. God has helped her wonderfully also in the sickness and death of her husband, Bro. Dilmus.

Third on our list, was Doris Burns, where we were served homemade tea cookies by her and her daughter, Sabrina. Boy, they were delicious and were made by a wonderful person!! The great love of our Savior was felt while here, especially for our good friend, Stephen Williams who was very sick.

Fourth stop was at the home of Goldie Manley, where upon entering her door, the great love of God just showered down, again for Stephen. It was W-O-N-D-E-R-F-U-L to be there. There were several songs sang and then the little children did "Away In A Manger" with the motions and Sister Goldie smiled and enjoyed it so much!!

We then went to Estelle Cline's home, where once again we were invited in out of the cold. Once more, the Love of God was felt toward Stephen as he entered the door. She is 81 years young and you should've seen her passing out candy canes. Sister Estelle is truly a mother in the Lord, we love her.

We also visited Ms. Long, who lives across the street from the Cline home. She is very sweet and doesn't have any family.

Next we went to Reba Vaughn's home and were asked to come in and we enjoyed it tremendously! Stephen sang soooo beautiful and loud here and I saw Sister Reba smiling really big. Check out the pic! She is a wonderful person with lots of good works! She passed out goodie bags with candies and nuts.

Rainbow City was the next stop at Coleman and Frances Bowens' home. Again we went in and she had made chocolate oatmeal cookies that were soooo good. We enjoyed ourselves really good here as we always do when in their home. They are precious friends, who have helped so many people!! God bless ya'll.

Onelda Abercrombie was the ninth stop. She just had her 70th birthday and boy does she look good! Tommy Fielder led "Blue Christmas" and she sang along liked she was enjoying it.

The Wilburn home was the final one to carol at. This home has 3 crippled men and one crippled woman and it seems that it is very special to them for us to come there. Again here, Tommy sang "Blue Christmas" which he does so very well (he sounds a lot like Elvis)!

At this point, we went to Wendy's and ate and then we returned to Curtis and Anita's for a time of fellowship. We had hot chocolate, coffee and other goodies. We also played a game called "The Wright Family", where each participant has a gift and of course at the end, you have a different gift that you keep. It was lots of fun, even the little kids played.

It was a great time from beginning to end! Even the weather was nice, with temperatures in the 40's instead of the 20's like it is sometime.

List of people involved in this event: Curtis, Anita, Tommy, Marilyn, Trent, Brenda, Larry, Paden, Haleigh, Tyler, Sherry, Jonathan, Misty, Tanner, Heather, Jordan, Austin, Lauren, Joe, Ester, Melissa, Anthony, Dillon, Dallas, Stephen, Joe, Priscilla, Vickie, Magan, Hannah, Lyric, Kathy, Alyshia, Nicole, Mark, Malinda, Matthew, Ann, and Gail and we missed everyone else! Wish you had of been there!!

PS

A GREAT BIG "THANK YOU" goes to Anita & Curtis for hosting lots of events at their home!!

They are SPECIAL......

"Merry Christmas" to all and to all a good night (seeing the clock at 12 midnight)