In Good Times & Tough Times, God Is There!

August 2009 has been a blurr. So much has happened that I was unable to blog the whole month. The first week of August my ailing 83 year old father had a stoke. Shirley & I drove to Ohio to be with him. His doctor indicated that with the prostate cancer & now the stroke that dad had just a few weeks to live. The words were numbing! My father was going to die? Not this soon after my mother's death!

Well, before we left Ohio we got dad set up in a nice convalescent center and got the ball rolling to bring in Hospice Care. We left hurting, but knowing he was in great care. My siblings & I kept in close contact so we could monitor his condition. His condition worsened, so my sister Kaye, who lives in Tampa, Florida and is an RN. jumped on a plane to be at his side. It wasn't but about ten days on August 22 that my father went on to be with the Lord! Mind you, I know he is reunited with my mother & rejoicing with the angels, but I didn't want to let him go. We wanted him to live at least until Christmas. However, God's ways our not our ways so we must trust and know that He works all things for the good.

On August 28th the Sturgell family was confronted with having an another funeral; just six months after my mom succumbed to a stroke and went on to her reward. Dad's funeral was wonderful celebration! Here was a great Christian soldier that was the epitome of Christian. He lived the life; so much so his life preached his funeral. "Lord give us more soldiers like Archie Sturgell!!!"

Of course my church family the Creek both Grovetown & Augusta has been unbelieveably supportive during this trying time. The Sturgell family thanks you from the bottom of our hearts!

In the midst of all of this, the Stevens Creek Grovetown launch has been going full throttle. The G-Team has stepped up big time. We are one week away & most everything is in place. This past week we added the last major peice to our staff. Cliff Jennings joined us as our Worship Leader. Wecome Cliff! I know that God helped us sort until we got the right man. Looking forward to getting our worship on at Grovetown Creek, September 13th...