Easter is for Families

I have been "doing" family for a couple of weeks.  What more fun can there be?  This is my sis and her husband and the other is of my Mom, Nephews and nieces.  

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Woo-Hoo

For those of you that know me well this will not come to a surprise at all.  I am thrilled at where we are staying tonight.  We are spending the night at a Hampton Inn in Cape Girardeau, MO, Woo-Hoo.  This is the birth place of one of my heros, Rush Limbaugh.  I wish we had time to explore, but we can't.  Mo, Bekah, and Ken and I are on our way to Bolivar, TN to see our very dear friends.  I cannot wait to see them and their precious children.  Ready or not here we come!  

Tough Loss

The Covenant Lady Scots fought hard, but in the end they just couldn't pull it off against the ladies of Northwestern U.  It was a very tough loss.  The girls were all very sad afterwards, more because it was the last game they would all play together this season.  They have all been gotten very close.  Liz Martin and Natalie Gulayas are the two seniors on the squad, and will be greatly missed.  It was an emotional night.  Their Northwestern opponents were gracious throughout, and Covenant will get strong to fight another day.  

We leave today and begin the long trek out of the frozen tundra to the sunny South!  

Thanks for all your prayers.  God is Good.  

PS  The house we really wanted in Charlotte has come through!!  

more of the games

Today is the big day.  We went to the Convention Center where the games are being held, and watched the Parade of the teams, and one game.  The teams sponsors also fed us all dinner, sat with us, gave gifts to the girls, and joined them in the parade.  The whole community of Sioux City seems to really get into the 32 teams that come for this National Tournament.  Each team has a sponsor or two, they are assigned an elementary school to cheer them on.  The entire elementary school comes to the game!  It is amazing.  

God is good.  Pray for the girls.  They really want this game.  Liz Martin, the Lady Scots top scorer, is the top scorer at these games!  She was third in the nation, and the other 2 girls did not make the tournament.  Big pressure.  These are great girls that love the Lord, and love each other.  I got so many hugs yesterday.  Thanks a head of time for your prayers.  

Pray for Karen.  She had a terrible day at school yesterday.  It is terrible to be so far away when your children are hurting.  I love you Karen.  

Article in the Southern Pines Pilot about Margaret:

Locals to Participate In March Madness

BY CHARLIE BERGMANN: SPECIAL TO THE PILOT

Covenant College's Margaret Cross and Cornell's Adam Wire will soon be up to their elbows in March Madness.  Cross was one of this area's most deadly three-point shooters in recent years before graduating from The O'Neal School last May. She earned all-conference honors in both basketball and soccer four times as a Falcon.

The 5-foot-6 guard has recently been one of three freshmen starters for the Mt. Lookout, Ga. college. Although the Scots finished fifth in the Appalachian Athletic Conference during the regular season, they won three games in three days to capture the conference tournament.

That gave them a berth in the NAIA National Tournament in Sioux City, Iowa. They take an eight-game winning streak and 20-12 record into next Thursday's first round game against defending national champion, Northwestern College of Iowa. 

Cross contributed 10 points in the Scots' first round conference tournament victory over Union College.
In the championship game win over Tennessee Wesleyan, Covenant had a two-point lead with six minutes left in the game when Cross drained a three from the corner. That basket ignited a spurt that stretched the final margin to 78-66.

Sioux City, Iowa

I am sitting here looking out at blowing winds and snow.  Just north of where we are in Sioux City, IA they are having a full blown blizzard.  Here we have just gotten wild winds and some snow.  You can't really tell how much snow because the wind blows it away constantly.  It is a very different snow than I am used to in the south.  When we arrived at the hotel, at about 5 pm, it was 19 degrees.  Right now it is 13 degrees and feels like it is 3 degrees.  That is why I am sitting in the hotel room and Ken and Bekah are shopping at the mall.  I think Ken just wanted to walk around after 21 hours in the car!  

Margaret plays their in first game Thursday.  They will play the #6 team in the nation, tough.  They can do it, they will have to work hard.  To be here is a big deal, and is a wonderful opportunity.  We are so thankful to the Lord for making it possible for us to come and watch the girls play.  Some Moms bake cookies when their children go to a big game or go on a trip, some Moms are the PTA president, or the team Mom.  Not me.  I wrote a devotional for them.  

We will have much fun here, grateful to the Father for families, and our family in particular.  

Mo and her Basketball Buddies

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Victory is Sweet!

Proud Mama reports that the Covenant College Lady Scots have secured the title of Appalachian Athletic Conference Tournament Champions and Champions of Character of the Conference.  They beat Tennessee Wesleyan College women's basketball team.  They will go on to the National Championship Playoffs in Sioux City, Iowa March 11th-17th.  Congratulations Girls for a heart stopping two days.  They join the King College Ladies in representing the AAC in Iowa. This is the farthest the women's basketball team has ever advanced in recent history,  at least in the seven years Coach Roy Heinz has been there.  He was smiling almost the entire game. Covenant was ahead all but about two minutes.  

Sioux City here we come!!!!  (Lord Willing).................Lynn

Basketball Championships

Ken, Bekah, and I are in Bristol, TN watching Margaret play in the AAC Basketball Championships.  They have won the first two games, and there is only one more to go!  This is for the championship game to see whether they will go on to the National Tournament in Sioux City, IA next week.  Coach never took her out of the last game.  It was very exciting.  They beat King College in overtime.  Great game to watch.  I will let you know what happens today at 4:00.  

Time for Family

We went to Montreat College this weekend to watch Margaret play b-ball!  Had a ball.  Just wanted you to see a couple of pictures.  Thanks to Callie (Oliver's girl friend) for taking the pictures.  Unfortunately, the one she was in did not come out.

My Precious Family

These are two of my daughters, Karen and Margaret.  Mo, that's her knickname, scored 8 points in her college b-ball game last night.  Way to go Mo.  Two were three point shots.  She is doing very well for a freshman.  

Oliver and Mo are in the other picture.  Oliver runs cross country for his college and did GREAT this year.  He beat his personal best in a couple of categories, and finished with a godly attitude, even though the ending of this year was not right.  I am very proud of him.

The picture on the porch of our Southern Pines home, not the lake house where we are currently living, is the whole clan.  My oldest daughter Katie and her husband of one year!! Michael, Bekah, Ken, Oliver, Karen, Margaret, my 87 year old mother, and our 2 golden retrievers, and my grand doggy Addis.  My daughter and her husband fell in love in Addis Abbaba (sp?) Ethiopia so thus the name.  I am so proud of all of them.  Karen (17) has gone through a tough time this year moving her jr. year, having to take stands for her faith, oh how proud I am of her.  She is growing up to be a godly young woman able to hold her own in a culture that is 100% antagonistic to the gospel.  I love my family and can't wait to see them all on Thanksgiving.  

Waiting for the time when Home will not just be a longing.....................Lynn