July 3, 2009 by mrsfawhittaker

I love all the celebrations that the Fourth of July brings. I hope you spend it with family and friends.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness.” (text from the Declaration of Independence) “If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed!” (John 8:36) GOD BLESS AMERICA! Taken from my friend Sandy Hinton
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July 2, 2009 by mrsfawhittaker
1971

“Let us not love with words or tongue, but with actions and in truth.” 1 John 3:1
Wow, how time flies. I can’t believe its been 38 years since we were married! Today, July 3rd, we celebrate the love that brought us together and the love that will carry us through the rest of our lifetime.
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June 30, 2009 by mrsfawhittaker
I been told several times “Be careful with people you meet in the Internet world”. Today my blogging friend Delaine and I met face to face for the first time. She is just as she is in her blog, very transparent, (I liked that) we immediately recognized each other, we hugged and had a wonderful time over lunch. Not having done this type of thing before – I was nervous, not that she was a dangerous person, but that I would disappoint her when we met. I think she liked me OK.
Of course we brought our cameras and asked our server to take a picture of us. Until next time Delaine.

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June 28, 2009 by mrsfawhittaker
Friends from Long Ago at SBC

Jennie and Fred Loper
Fermin keeps finding friends from long ago. Remember Fermin’s friend Muriel? Jenie and Fred Loper are also friends from seminary. In 1960 Fermin went to Toronto Baptist Seminary in Canada and is enjoying getting re acquainted with his friends from that time in his life. I have enjoyed meeting them and hearing their stories. Jenie and Fred Loper are serving in a church in Marhall, IL.

Maria Wetzel
When we lived in the Atlanta area, and Fermin was in town, he would preach at the local churches and in one of those churches there was a family with a pretty young girl named Maria. Maria is a pastor’s wife now. Her and her husband serve in a church in Florida.
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June 26, 2009 by mrsfawhittaker
Ministers’ Wives Luncheon
At the SBC Ministers’ Wives Luncheon we get so much more than what we pay for. Just seeing over 1,300 ministers’ wives in one room is electrifying. Someone said that this is the largest ministers’ wives gathering. Next year Orlando, FL. Make plans.

Convention Business and Preaching

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June 22, 2009 by mrsfawhittaker
We were going to spend the night in Ashville, NC but when Fermin got off the phone he asked me if I wanted to stay in Ridgecrest instead. Off course I said yes, I haven’t been to Ridgecrest since our boys were young. We would come to Ridgecrest every summer for many years. We always looked forward to coming because we would see friends. The trip from Myrtle Beach to Ridgecrest was a beautiful drive. So this photos are for you Carlos and Eddie!


Where everybody congregated after the evening activities to have some ice cream!

This is where we stayed as a family at the Royal Gorge apartments

Oh, Day Camp!
After our trip to Ridgecrest, Fermin and I stopped at the Billy Graham Training Center at the Cove.

The next stop, Louisville, KY for the Southern Baptist Convention.
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June 20, 2009 by mrsfawhittaker
With all the pictures I took, I could post Myrtle Beach Part 3, 4, 5… Here are pictures of all of us. I would have liked a picture of the seven of us, but it just did not happened, it is hard caring a tripod on a long trip; it’s either a tripod or something else that you could not do without.


The children’s Pool was amazing!!!

The weather was perfect. I didn’t feel the humidity too much, but oh boy, did my hair feel it, just ask my husband
The gentle breeze helped so much.

Next stop Ridgecrest, NC!!!
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June 18, 2009 by mrsfawhittaker
I think it was September 2007 in Palm Desert the last time we spent some kind of family vacation with Heather and the grandchildren. Carlos was already working in Atlanta.
This Friday, June 12, Fermin and I picked up the three grand kids in Atlanta and headed off to Myrtle Beach, SC so we can spend three of the seven days with them by ourselves. I never took it for granted having them so close to me when they lived in California. With them being in the ministry, I knew that moving away was always a possibility.

Losiah having breakfast in the balcony of our villa.

Seanna and Sohaila at the beach

Some of the afternoons storms would roll in with thunder and all and then the stars would shine bright.
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June 16, 2009 by mrsfawhittaker
Atlanta
Carlos and Eddie acting serious
Uncle Eddie jumping rope
I had forgotten how beautiful Atlanta is in the summer, yes, humidity and all. I love the green, I love the highways that look like tunnels because of the dense trees on both sides of the highways. I love it because it is housing my son Carlos and his family and because of all the history we have in this amazing city. Atlanta, you will always be in my heart.
It was good for Fermin and I to be with Eddie in Atlanta with Carlos, Heather, Sohaila, Seanna and Losiah even though it was for only one day.
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