We’re Commissioned!!

We are now commissioned by our church as Missionaries to Swaziland.
How exciting.
It was so fitting that the special singer was a little girl, she sang before the pastor started to speak. We received a certificate and had beautifully decorated cake, fellowship, hugs and tears afterwards.

We had 3 of our previous mission trip “family” who joined us. It was great to see Mr. Jernigan, his son Kevin, Brett and Pam Asher. Thank you for joining us in another step in our journey

We tried to explain our calling and what our goals are for the time we will spend
in Swaziland. Donald did an excellent job but I am not sure I did too well since most of my time was spent in tears.

Time is moving by so fast.
It is a bittersweet feeling,
Excitement about leaving to start the calling God has given us while the heartbreak of leaving our daughter, son-in-law and grandson, sisters & brothers and ailing grandparents and all our family. Please put our daughter in your special prayers we have always been a very close family and 8.000 miles without talking everyday will be quite a distance to get use to.

Thanks to all of you for your support in all you have done and continue to do
. Your prayers are coveted.

An Invitation

This is an invitation to anyone who happens to read our blog and would like to attend our commissioning service our church Is holding for us.
The date : Sunday Night November 9th 2008
The Place: Piney Grove Chapel Baptist Church, Angier, NC
The Time: 6:00 p.m.
If you would like directions please email or call : ddapage@hughes.net or 919-552-6920.

Hope to see you there !!!!!

God Bless..
Following HIS lead.
Donald & Diane

Wonderful Blessings

God has blessed us with wonderful relatives and friends. This past Friday our family and friends gave us a BBQ Fundraiser. Lot of work but great blessings. We cleared enough After expenses to pay for our airfare to Swaziland. We now have a concrete date Of when we are leaving.
February 2nd 2009.
Our flight will take us through Atlanta to Johannesburg and then on to Manzini. Won’t be much longer..
Please know you All will be a part of us helping to spread the Gospel to the people of Swaziland.

Really want to say a big “thank you” for all who helped in ALL aspects of the Fundraiser.
Most of the ones there took off work to help and there are no words which will repay you for your time and hard work but I know God will bless you all.

It was nice to see friends we haven’t see in a while ( Brett Asher and his wife) and also
Thanks to Lorena and Mark for waiting around for me to return from plate deliveries
For all the gifts, thoughts and prayers you have given us.

God Bless you all…

ALMOST GONE

Well, all the “things” we have are almost gone. We had a moving sale this past weekend and sold almost everything we had. We have a computer cabinet , a tanning bed and some miscellaneous items left. It was funny, at the end of the day we looked and said we don’t have anywhere to put our plates to eat !! We even sold the tray tables we had..
Our house is almost empty now and it looks so much larger.
Our family will be giving us a “fundraiser plate sale” this coming Friday from 11am to 7pm at the Depot in Angier, NC. Plates are $7.00 each with your choice of BBQ chicken or BBQ pork. Come and enjoy.

Another note…we have our airplane reservations. We will be leaving for Swaziland
February 2, 2009.

Thank you to all those who are supporting us and for those who will continue.
God will greatly bless you..

Greatly Blessed

Well gald to say the yard sale was a success. We sold around 470.00 in about 4 hours. Big thank you to my special loving daughter, Amanda who was the the one who brought the family together for this idea and taking the reigns :) (she took these pictures and is not in any of them :( ..
..and a special thanks to my sis who went to bed at 1:30am and woke at 5:00am to set out all the items for sale with the help of head lights from the truck in the dark , thanks Sherry :P,

and my sis in law, Suzie for the breakfast from "Bo's" of course I can't leave out the men....what can I say...Love you all....

There will be another sale here at our house in the next few weeks a Moving sale, everything must go....
Keep us in your prayers. Time is ticking bye..

Till next blog...

quite some time

Hello out there..
Sorry it has been so long since my last post. Just want to give a short update on how God is working. We sold Donald's motorcycle and now the only item we have left is our camper/ toyhauler. If we don't sell it we will store it till we come back home on furlough then we can stay in it without disrupting anyone for a place to stay.
What can I say..God is Great !!

Oh, forgot, you can now read our blog from the Children's Cup Website, www.childrenscup.org,click on our blogs in the upper right of the page.
thank you Stephanie...

We want to express thanks for all the cards and prayers with the death of my dad and a continuing "thank you" from the bottom of our hearts to all of our supporters of prayer and monitary donations.

Our families are putting on a yard sale Saturday Aug.23rd to raise money to purchase items for a BBQ pork and chicken plate sale in September...

We are greatly blessed...
thank YOU and please continue the prayers for us !!!

God Bless
Donald & Diane

Remembering

Remembering a year ago today "My birthday" the first time Diane and I were in Swaziland at our first care point stop where an over privileged spoild american was honored by over two-hundred under privileged Swazi children that sang happy birthday to me. To date that was the best birthday ever, no there was no cake with many candles, no ballons or many brigthly wrapped birthday gifts but just an awsome knowledge of knowing just how very blessed I (we) are. It was also two days from now a year ago that God confiremen in mine amd Diane's heart that this would be our new home, the place that HE was calling us to help minister to those most vaugnerable and very vauluable children. It is just but a few months now God willing we will be back in that place God has called us to. Please keep us and our families in your prayers during this time of transsition for us and espesially the children of Swaziland. Thank you all our supporters and for a wonderful church family. To God be the glory great thing He is doing.

40 days of Prayer

Hey,
Children's cup is staring their 40 days of prayer...check it out..

http://www.childrenscup.org/v2/fortydays

We will be praying...

Exaltations

Just as David praised...........This is my praise..

10 David praised the LORD in the presence of the whole assembly, saying,
"Praise be to you, O LORD, God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.
11 Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all.
1 Chron. 29:10-11

AMEN
(this says it all)

Blown Away !

No, not weather related, God Elated..
God is Great!! He has blessed us with wonderful friends who are loving and compassionate to our call to the mission field.
Just want to say "Bless you"

With Love in Christ always.