Not much to blog about

Hello everyone! We don't have too much to blog about, but we don't want you to get bored with the blog so we are posting anyway. We had a lot of students over on Monday night for the championship game & we watched it on the big sheet, I mean screen. I also took a picture of the final product of our bowl we made on our Valentine's date...it didn't turn out quite like we thought, but it did end up matching the rest of our dishes which we didn't plan on! We are doing great. We love spring here in Clinton--it is so beautiful...maybe next post will put some pictures up of spring at PC!

Here is the big screen (sheet) we set up at our house for the game.

Here's the odd shaped bowl.

But it's still a good match!

A few more pictures...

These 2 pictures are from Valentine's Day. We went to Color Clay Cafe to paint pottery. Ben and I went on a triple date here a little over two years ago & painted a plate. We think it is a great "date spot" because you have to work together & you have to sit very close to each other! We had a great time & painted a really cool bowl...we'll have to post another picture of the finished product because it looks very different after it is glazed (put through the fire).


Ben can't believe I am making him pose in a picture of him painting pottery!

This next picture is from the 2nd part of our Valentine's date. We met up to have dinner with the guys & girls that Ben and I are both discipling at PC. His guys asked out my girls. We had so much fun! It was a great night. Aren't they a good-looking bunch?!

This last picture is from the last South Africa retreat. We forced the girls to dress up & make music videos that we record & vote on...kind of like American Idol. They were hilarious...here they are all dressed up.

South Africa bound!

As many of you know, we will be leading a group of 18 students to go to South Africa for the summer! There is a Campus Outreach over there & so we will be helping their ministry during our stay. We are both so excited for this opportunity! This will be my (Kaye's) first trip out of the country! Ben actually got to go visit S.A. for a week last year & absolutely loved it so we feel very privileged to be leading this team. We LOVE the group of students we are taking (12 girls, 6 guys--those #s look pretty promising for the guys, huh?). We have had 2 retreats to prepare for our trip & they have both gone great. We have been so encouraged by how quickly the team is connecting!
Ben will be leaving this Monday, along with our director, G'joe, to go to South Africa to get everything set up for our time there. Please pray for safety in their traveling & that they would be able to get all the things done that they need to. And pray for jetlag...it is about a 20 hour flight!
Here are a couple of pictures of the team!

This one is at our first retreat...we met at Zaxby's for dinner. See how well they are bonding?!

Here's the whole team. All the girls thought it would be cute to do a side-pony-tail for the picture. Just wanted to say that in case you were wondering if this picture was taken in 2008 or 1980?!

Winter/Spring Retreat

Sorry we have been so bad at keeping up with the blog lately! Two weekends ago we had a winter (felt more like spring) retreat down in Charleston. About 40 students came with us & we learned about "Making History" and how we can either write history, or be written by history. Our speaker talked about how we, as Christians, are called to make history as witnesses for Christ on this earth. We had a great time, our students really connected & the weather couldn't have been more perfect. On our free afternoon some played paintball, while others of us just strolled around downtown Charleston. Enjoy the pictures!

This is just before the dodgeball game. Ben is explaining the instructions (or destructions!). Shortly after they began playing, one guy went to throw a ball (& the guys throw the balls REALLY hard) & his forearm landed on another guy's nose...and it broke--his nose that is!

These are some of the girls playing it safe & watching the dodgeball game from a safe distance away.

This is a pole right in front of the market in Charleston. Those colorful little patches is everyone's chewed up gum. Pretty gross if you ask me, but colorful nonetheless.

The pretty fountain at the battery.

The pretty fountain hiding behind the pretty girls.

It was such a beautiful day!

New Year's Eve/ATL Conference

Of course, we were at our New Year's Conference over New Year's, so about 400 of us walked the streets of Atlanta about 15 blocks over to the Hilton, where a lot of other Campus Outreaches were having their conference & we rang in the New Year with Steve Fee (from the passion band), then headed back to our own hotel for a little dance party 2008 style!!
The conference was great overall. If you would like to listen to any of the talks or seminars from the conference they will be posted on our website www.cogreenville.org by the end of the month. Check them out! (I would highly recommend Ben's seminar!)


Getting ready to head over to the Hilton!


It's so hard to get a good picture when you're short! Steve Fee is somewhere up there behind all the tall people!


Some students getting down at the dance party...this dance is called the "peanut butter & jelly!"


Got a little excited! Happy New Year!

Cousin Eddie

We know most of you have seen National Lampoon's "Christmas Vacation" & if you have seen it, then you all remember Cousin Eddie--the one who shows up in the RV. This is the second year we have had a Christmas party for students in honor of Cousin Eddie. You must wear your best 80's Christmas attire to attend this party & you must bring a Dirty Santa gift. We decorate the building where we hold our meetings & set up tables family style & we all bring food & have a meal. We hope that this will continue to be an annual tradition for years to come! It is a hilarious time! Enjoy the pictures!


We had some creative thinkers in the group!


I think Cory (on the right) wins the prize for best dressed!


The whole clan

Girls' Getaway

Back in November we had our women's retreat. It was a great time of fun & fellowship. We had wonderful speakers--our Campus Outreach Greenville women's director Kelli Kirkland, and our Campus Outreach Greenville director's wife Aimee Joseph--both PC grads. They spoke to us on "Satisfied" & what it looks like for the longings that we have within us to be SATISFIED in God through Christ. I'm still thanking God for this weekend thinking of our approaching New Year's conference, because many girls that came that weekend are also coming to Atlanta with us this week! I'm so thankful for the way God uses events like these!!