Sunday Morning, April 25, 2010, 

And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days: They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
 - Exodus 10:22-23

This morning, the Jehovah's Witness sect rented out part of the Marriott for a conference. It was said in our meeting that there were Jehovah's Witnesses in one room and then there was us, witnesses of Jehovah. :o) 

Sis Melody, who only sings on occasion, sang two solos today and also sang in a duet with Sis Joanne. All the songs and testimonies seemed to flow into an overall theme of God caring for His children and our responsibility to be faithful to him and to each other.

Bro Joe brought some thoughts about the Israelites having light in their dwellings, while others around them were under the plague of gross darkness. With a world today full of so much darkness, we are thankful the we are in the light and that it is brightly shining. In fact, the saints' lights should shine more brightly now than ever before. People are looking for an answer and it is our desire that they see Christ reflected in our daily lives. Even in hard and difficult times, we are thankful that we can ever be examples of what it means to be true followers of Christ.

The lesson was an encouragement and the saints shared their thoughts with each other.

Jordan Scott (picture below), a 12 year old boy who comes to our meetings on his own accord as no one else in his family comes with him, fell yesterday on concrete and knocked out both of his front teeth. His face is swollen and cut up. He was in the hospital emergency room from 7:00 pm until 3:00 am this morning. Just before we left to pick him up for the meeting, his mother called and told us what had happened to him. She tried to convince him to stay home, but he didn't want to. She said that Jordan told the doctors and nurses that he needed to get home because, in his words "he had to be at church at 10:30 in the morning". What commitment this little boy has! His mother got him a face mask and he wore it to the meeting. Thankfully, he has no pain but is facing some tough days ahead. Please pray for him and that all the financial details will get worked out. His mother has no dental insurance and he will need to have permanent crowns put in since these were his second set of teeth.