The Voice of an Angel

An Overdue Thank You!

To all my lovely friends and great support system at The Cove.  It has only been a month since we moved to Kentucky and I (Kelly) already dearly miss my work buddies.  When we moved to Asheville, almost 3 years ago now, I was told about the Billy Graham Training Center at The Cove.  I decided I wanted to work there and applied for the only opening at the time.  It was for a "call-in" position proofing and editing their intensive training material.  Though I had no idea what I was applying for, and with a resume catered toward my people skills, I got the job!  And what a blessing it was.

Over the past two and a half years, I have been in four positions at The Cove, most often serving in two coexisting positions at a time.  The Lord knows how to provide though Brenton and I had no idea how we would make ends meet with my working a part-time position.  Every time an interim position would come to an end, the Lord would allow enough time to make us fidget before providing extra hours through the next part-time position.  As a result of the Lord working, I was blessed to serve alongside various teams, become more well-rounded and develop relationships with most everyone at The Cove.

Each department I served with has taught me its own special lessons; whether, it was working with the intensive training material, overseeing and coordinating Seminar volunteers and registrations, helping coordinate administrative and on-sight aspects of the Schools of Evangelism, or simply putting nametags together with Reservations.  Though most time was spent working with the Seminar volunteers, I ended my time with the Reservations team working a few hours a week with basic office tasks.  This lovely Reservations  group, that you see in the picture, was the inspiration for this email and so kind in our parting.

Let me back track to say the Seminar Department and all the other wonderful Cove connections threw us the most generous baby shower where even guys attended; unheard of and so wonderful to see all the support! Brenton was encouraged to see ten plus guys offering him a little masculine support amongst all the estrogen.  And back the present, I wanted to send a "THANK YOU" to the Reservations team for helping with the shower and then going out of their way to throw a going away gathering a few months later.  Along with the continued follow up with emails, texts and calls, I have never experienced a work environment where the employees were so supportive and warm, all across the board.  To all my lovely friends, I think of you daily and constantly count my blessings from my time with you.

Kirk Franklin's "I Smile"

The Latest

Yes, we have officially moved to Kentucky. We made it out the first week of March. We are heart broken to sell our home but ready to adjust to our new surroundings and situation. Our home has had a good amount of interest considering the time of year and our economy. The showings are up as we had three this past week... just praying one of these lookers becomes a buyer soon! Please join us in our prayers.

We just returned from our annual trip to Texas to visit the Benware crew.  Sadly, we realized we did not come away with the complete Benware photo but were given the sweetest Riley pics from our awesome bro-in-law who is crazy talented, and has a sweet camera!

A Few Riley Randoms...

Our computer is having some major issues, hence a few pictures to tide you over 'til who knows when.  But then, what's new about my lack of posting as of late!

Riley's 1st Swim

Riley's 1st 0-3 Month Outfit

Riley's 1st Toy - Lion Wrist Rattle

What happens if you leave Riley to sit on her own.

Riley's 1st Valentine

Restless Spirits

The time for transition has come knocking at our door again.  It can be chalked up to a number of reasons, but mostly I would say that our spirits were growing restless and the Lord allowed the wind of change to blow by.  I could tell for a number of months now that a move was coming, though I would not have predicted quite so soon.  All of our married years, we have worked in the college setting and do not like to think of working at a college less than four years.  No, there is no magic in the number four, but in college life it takes us through a whole group of students, start to finish.  Really both Brenton and I prefer to go into a new opportunity and think it is for the long haul though it does not always play out as expected.

When we married in 2006, Brenton had been coaching at Oklahoma Wesleyan University for two years and myself, one.  We left two years after getting married and moved to Montreat College, where we are currently located.  The plan, was to at minimum, stay in the beautiful mountains of North Carolina another year and a half, yet a wonderful opportunity opened up in the last month.

University of the Cumberlands, located in the mountains of Kentucky, only three hours from Asheville, has offered Brenton the position of Head Men's Soccer Coach.  Brenton accepted the offer last week.  Our house is currently on the market for any of you lookers and we will be moving to Kentucky in the very near future.  I (Kelly) am so proud of Brenton as Cumberlands has been ranked in the top 25 of NAIA over the past few years.  Brenton is stepping into a wonderful opportunity and another chance of ministry as Cumberlands is also part of the Southern Baptist affiliation.  Brenton and I both look forward to ministering at, yet, another university and being a part of it's community.  To Asheville, the Montreat Cavaliers and all of our wonderful friends, we will miss you very much!