Mommys Proud Moment

Ok, so I had a very proud moment of my son today. And let's just be real, those seem to be few and far between lately, so it just made it even that more special. I know, it's sad. But all his um, not-so-good-vices seem to outweigh his good or cute moments sometimes. Just being honest!

So let me start at the beginning, and paraphrase (otherwise this could be a very lengthy post)! :)

Today was THE day at our church. The day our church has waited on......like forever, it seems like. It was the Grand Opening of our new addition to our current church building. did that make sense? And lemme tell you..........it looks AMAZING! I will definately be taking pictures and posting them later. It looks incredible. Our sanctuary is good size, seats over 1,000, but our christian adult education and kids' class rooms were definately bulging at the seams. So we added 7 adult education classes, a new fellowship hall, a huge kitchen, a coffee shop/bistro, a new kids check in area, a game room, 10 kids' classrooms and a new kids church room. Anywho, back to my proud moment. ( I tend to get off track....) :)

So to make a long story short, today was the big day of the grand opening, when we all have access to the new rooms. So the service this morning was of course, all dedicated to that. Pastor Jason had a great sermon, that brought many of us back down memory lane as he revisited the journey Evangel Temple took the past 2+ years.

At the end of the sermon, there was a special song, by our worship team and our music pastor, Pastor Ryan. During that time, we had what is known as "cardboard testimony". If any of you have never heard of that, it is where one by one, certain people walk across the stage, holding a sign........it could say, I was a sinner.........I was an alcoholic.........Did not want to go to church.......Abandoned........Lost..........you get the idea. They would hold it up for a couple seconds, then flip the sign over, and on the other side it would say something like .....now I am found........Found Jesus!..........Back in church.........and so forth. It is a very powerful time, as many people go up there and flip their sign over, showing their life before, and their life with Christ now. Well my family had the priveledge and opportunity to be the last ones today at church to flip their signs over.

It all started with Grandpa Haines (Jer's Grandpa). His sign said........"No time for God". Then Jerry came out (Jeremy's dad) and stood next to Grandpa and his sign said, "Raised in church", then Jer came out and his sign also said "Raised in church", then out came Isaiah and his sign said "That's my Great Grandpa, Grandpa, Dad". Then, all 4 of them flipped their signs over and here's what they said..........

Grandpas: Accepted Christ in 1955

Jerrys: Still in Love with God

Jeremys: Still in Love with God

Isaiahs: The Legacy Continues

It was very powerful and very emotional. I don't think there was a dry eye on my pew! (my sister and parents were sitting next to me). I was so proud of Isaiah......he walked right out there on the platform and flipped his sign and stood out there so good. I was a very proud mommy! Now for pictures......:)

Sonya helping Isaiah with his sign and helping him flip it over :)

Standing next to Grandpa

Isaiah got preoccupied with the musicians after a while when Pastor Jason started talking... :)




And of course, I was so focused on getting a clear picture of Isaiah, I didn't think to get one of all 4 of them holding their signs, until they turned around to walk off the stage.

to the far left is Jeremy, then his Grandpa, then his dad :)

What an awesome, amazing legacy the Haines family has. My children are blessed. As are we.