WE ARE THANKFUL...

Hey guys!

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and I received a wonderful email today from a friend of our family, Michael Ray, who reminded me of how much I have to be thankful for this season. It got me to thinking how wonderful it would be if we could all just take a second and think of just ONE thing we are THANKFUL for today.... and share it on our blog. I think so often we get so busy in the hustle and bustle of THANKSGIVING DAY that we forget to actually STOP and BE thankful...and GIVE thanks, to the GIVER of all that we have. We just get used to being blessed that we don't realize there are others out there who are suffering, hungry, sick, unable to enjoy sight and sounds and life! We are tremendously blessed by God! Let us NOT forget to give thanks today, tomorrow...and each day!

“In everything, give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”
~I Thessalonians 5:18

I hope you all have a wonderful day with your families tomorrow!

Love,

Dana A

Christmas Party

Hello All!

We are FAST approaching this holiday season, and with that in mind, we have been praying about and discussing date possibilities for the TLC Christmas party this year. In doing this, we have decided, instead, to do something different. In a time when our economy is suffering and people are hurting, we have decided to take the money we would normally spend and give it away.

1.) We will be giving some of it to the Nashville Rescue Mission to feed the homeless during this holiday season. Because we also recognize that giving money is only ½ of what is needed, I have requested date options for us to go serve the homeless ourselves. I will be following up with these date options the first of next week so you can make plans to participate with us in this opportunity.
2.) I have requested that each tech give us 2 names of patients that they come in contact with that could us a helping hand. We will be getting food baskets together for these people and going with the techs to present these baskets to these needy patients. We will try to coordinate these delivery times so that others in the TLC family can participate in the delivery. I will forward more info within the next week on these opportunities as well.

Thanks to each and every one of you for all you do here at TLC. I am personally very thankful for the opportunity I have to work with some of the greatest people anywhere. Please be praying for us as we finalize the details of the above mentioned items. I will be in contact soon with more detail. Thanks again for everything.

Joey Lankford

Go Monty!!!!

Lets all pray for Monty's victory today............

Happy Halloween

ellie said......

Hi everybody. It's Halloween!!!! and I love it. I have a lot of fun this time of the year and I love this time when the trees start to turn such beauiful colors and the air is cool and crisp. God has a way with making everything so bright and viberant with the changing of the season.

I too had a birthday this week, however, I am not telling which number it was.

I hope everybody has a fantastic Halloween tonight and a great weekend!!!


BBBBBOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

Oh and by the way........ ROLL TIDE ROLL!!!!!!

The Big 3-0

Hi my name is Jenny and I'm officially old!!!! (Well not really but it sure sounds weird to say that I'm 30.) So what did I do to celebrate this monumental occasion in my life you might ask? Well, my hubby planned a surprise weekend get-away in Chattanooga for us. (If you don't know my hubby, which most of you don't, you can not fully appreciate how monumental that was in and of itself. He's a) not very romantic at all and b) definitely not a planner.) I was so stinkin' excited and proud of him when he finally told me on Friday I could barely contain myself. So here is goes..the run down of our weekend:

First stop...the most romantic lunch ever.

The we were off to Rock City. Neither of us had been there since we were kiddos and man was it beautiful this time of year. (Which he knew I would love...aka back to the whole planning thing.)

Then we went down into the Earth to see the famed Ruby Falls. He had never been here so it was neat to explore it with him for the first time. He, of course, wanted to crawl in the all the crevices that were off limits. Thank goodness they don't supply with you those little lights you can put on like a hat or I might of lost him in there.

We checked in to our room at the Chattanoogan, which was great and then headed off to dinner for some Blue Orleans Creole. YUMMY!!!!

Being the good luvin' wife that I am, after dinner we found a local hang out and watched the misery that was known as the UT game. (Thankfully he got fed up with it and we went back to the hotel.)

Sunday morning we woke up to breakfast and massages.....what more could a girl ask for. Then it was off to the Aquarium. We hadn't been there since they had added on and it was a great time.

As far as we were concerned, it was a birthday done right and it was over. But then on Monday, the party continued. Thanks everyone in the office I was, again, surprised by a rousing rendition of Happy Birthday right before lunch and this delicious cake...thanks for thinking of my guys. YOU'RE THE BEST!!!

I will have to admit that this was one of my favorite birthday's yet. If it is any indication of what lies ahead in my 30s, then bring them on!!!!!

Check it out!

Happy Monday everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend. To see my post for today you can view it on my own personal blog. So click on the link above and check it out!

http://emileethecenterchild.blogspot.com

Emilee

Hope From The Cross

Hello everyone. It's Alison once more. I want to share something very dear to my heart that my father wrote for me. I hope you find refuge in it as I have many times. Have a great day!!


Hope From The Cross
His Sovereign Arms of Grace

When Christ was hung upon the ugly cross
It appeared to His disciples that all was loss

But in God’s sovereign plan to be
Life for man, eternally

When all seems dark and out of control
The winds are howling and the sea billows roll

It is the crucified one who rebukes the wind
And the calming of the waves the Lamb doth send

May we carry our cross to the appointed place
Never ever doubting His sovereign arms of grace

In the death of our will He sets us free
The arisen Jesus of the cross gives victory

By Mark Vogel