Michael Sprague » happenings

In Our Own House

michael — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 02:24:11 +0000

We got moved this weekend. We really appreciate all the help we have received from the congregation. Both this weekend for the move itself, and the past month as we were preparing the house to move in to. Now we can relax a little bit, but there are still more projects to do. So far we have been painting and working on the bathroom. I got the tub surround tiled and the shower plumbed. I am so grateful for the help from my dad and Mark on that project.

Deliverance at Hand! District Convention

michael — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 23:26:58 +0000

We had our Deliverance at Hand District Convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Johnson City, TN June 23 – 25, 2006.
The peak attendance was 4,313 and there were 17 baptized.

[Update] We didn’t take very many photos, but here they are.

Settling In

michael — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:38:01 +0000

Well, we have been here in Asheville for almost three weeks now. Things are going very well. We love the area, we love the weather and we love our new congregation.

What we left behind.

Our first dusting of Asheville snow.

The Asheville West Kingdom Hall.

Streetscape panorama

Backyard panorama

Moving to Asheville, North Carolina

michael — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 23:45:09 +0000

Well, this is the big weekend. We closed on the sale of our house this afternoon, tomorrow we load up the trailers and Sunday we will make the 12+ hour drive to Asheville. June and I really, really appreciate the help of both of our families to make this big move. We will be renting a two bedroom house in the West Asheville area. We hope to soon have the second bedroom set up to accommodate guests comfortably so that family and friends that make the trek down for a visit will be able to stay with us and have a real bed to sleep on.

Pioneer Reunion

michael — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 02:15:39 +0000

A year has already passed since we attended pioneer school! Thanks to Melissa for organizing this whole thing, all those that helped with the food and decorating, Sister Henderson for the use of the facilities, and all that came for the encouraging and enjoyable evening. Keep up the good work.

Pioneer Reunion

We had a nice one year reunion of our pioneer school. About half the class was able to make it. It was a really encouraging time for me, and I’m sure for everyone else as well.

Godly Obedience District Convention

michael — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 02:00:02 +0000

We really enjoyed this year’s District Convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses which had the theme “Godly Obedience.”

We attended the convention held at the Seagate Centre in Toledo, Ohio on August 12-14, 2005. The peak attendance was 5,499 and there were 32 baptized.

Drama

Sailing with friends

michael — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 13:34:40 +0000

Enjoying the evening

Originally uploaded by msprague.

We got a call from a friend on Friday evening with the invitation to go out on their sailboat, leaving in one hour. I talked June into it and off we headed.

June handled this outing much better than the previous one a couple of years ago. It was a much quieter evening this time and last time the water was pretty rough with higher wind speeds.