Isn't she lovely? This is my Grandma Frances. She will be 99 in October. She was a big part of my childhood and the only grandparent I really knew. My grandpa died before I was born and my paternal grandparents lived far away so I only saw them every several years. Grandma Frances lived near us when I was a child. She came over often and and would have little black licorice candies in her pocket! I still love black licorice! She would go the beach with our family and play in the waves with us. She would babysit us and once in a while smack us!! Her couch had plastic on it as did her lamp shades, I don't remember being at her house too much!! ha ha! She has great stories that we have heard a thousand times that still make us laugh. I love her dearly.

This week Grandma ran into a little health issue, we will know more in a week or so, but the graver issue is that she does not know Jesus. Both of my sisters were there this week and were able to share the Gospel with Grandma Frances again. This week she listened and seemed a little more open to hearing. Please pray that the Lord would draw her near to himself and reveal his love to her and give her salvation. I have prayed for her salvation for 32 years and I have faith that I am on the the cusp of seeing God answer my prayer. Today the Lord comforted me with these verses:

"Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne and to the Lamb!"

"They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat. For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes." Rev. 7:10, 16-17

Oh how sweet that day will be!!!!!