Classic Mary Moments: Handsome Grandpa!!!

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Handsome Grandpa!!!

Today is two years that my Grandpa died. I just want to give honor to him today and say that I love him! He was and is still an incredible male figure in my life. He was an all around family man, Mr. Fix-it and the world's GREATEST cook!!! He was honest and filled with integrity. He loved getting good deals and had a coupon for EVERYTHING!!! .
My Mom says he was the best dad a girl could ever as for. When she was a little girl she wanted to marry him and was heart broken when she found out she couldn't cause her mom was already married to him!!! (Awww!!! I want my little girls to feel that way someday!!!)

AND I am telling you NO ONE can cook like my Grandpa...Believe me thats why I am now on Weight Watchers!!! ;) Although my mom is the second best cook I know!!!He could fix anything...cars, Cd players, Hot curler holders and even beds!!! (Don't even ask how the beds broke!!! RFLOL) For more about my Grandpa read this story http://maryfranceswriting.blogspot.com/2008/12/grandpas-cookies.html

This is him in his NYPD uniform...

This is him in the Navy/World War 2

The Votaws!!!

He has preached all over the US, China, Taiwan, the Philipines, Vietnam and many more Asian countries. He preaches in underground churches in communism countries. He converted a man on death row in prison to Christ and 3 hours before that man died he baptized him in Jesus name. He prayed the first man in Vietnam to kill and americn soldier through to the Holy Ghost and Baptized him in Jesus name. He has converted trinitartin preachers all over to the Oneness doctrine...BUT ABOVE all else...I thank God that I TOO am ONE OF THOSE souls he reached out too...he gave 7 years of his life to New York City!!! I thank God that he answered the call!!! It wasn't until his 6th & final year as pastor there, that our family came into church...we were there for 9 months before we came to AZ and then right after that the Votaws left NYC for the mission fields of Asia...I THANK God that someone had a burden for NYC!!!

Sis. Kathy!!!

This is the woman that invited my Momma to a Pentecostal church!!! She told me that she was actually new in the church herself and that she would see my mom in the front yard of our house playing with us kids and she just wanted so badly for my mom to have what she had just recieved herself. It may have been just one person that she was witnessing to at that time, but that one person has had an affect on her own five children and now its her Grandchildren that are still recieving the blessing of Sis. Kathy's witness. 25 years ago, it wasn't just my mom...I may have only been two at the time, but it was ME she was winning too! I thank God she wasn't afraid to be a witness and that she didn't give up on my mom. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. (Acts 2:39) When you decide to live for God it doesn't just stop with you!