IT WAS A GREAT HONOR!

WELL TODAY AFTER BEING SAVED FOR FOUR YEARS I FINALLY GOT BAPTIZED THE RIGHT WAY! FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW I WAS BAPTIZED BACK IN 2005 AND I KNOW BAPTISM DOES NOT GET YOU SAVED BUT ITS STEPS IN OUR CHRISTIAN LIFE THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW, WELL FOR YEARS I HAVE ALWAYS WONDERED IF IT WAS DONE RIGHT BECAUSE WE HAD BEEN WITH OUT A PREACHER WHEN I GOT SAVED AND WELL WE NEEDED TO GET BAPTIZED AND THAT WEEKEND WE HAD A MAN WHO WAS LOOKING TO PASTOR OUR CHURCH AND WE ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD DO IT AND HE SAID YES SO JOHN ASKED THE MEN OF THE CHURCH IF IT WAS OK AND THEY HAD AGREED ON IT BUT IT WAS NEVER BROUGHT BEFORE THE CHURCH---SO THE PAST TWO WEEKS I HAD BEEN DEALING WITH THAT AND THE LAST WEDNESDAY OF THE REVIVAL BROTHER SAMMY MENTIONED THAT IF IT IS NOT DONE SCRIPTURALLY RIGHT YOUR CONSCIENCE WILL NEVER BE AT EASE!!! THAT IS WHEN IT HIT ME! WELL I TALKED WITH MRS. HOWARD AND SHE DID NOT KNOW SO I TALKED TO OUR PASTOR AND HE SAID IF IT WAS NOT BROUGHT BEFORE THE CHURCH THEN IT WAS NOT SCRIPTURAL! AND THAT IS WHEN I TOLD HIM OK WELL THEN I NEED TO BE BAPTIZED AND HE ASKED ME WHO I WANTED TO BAPTISE ME AND AT THAT MOMENT I TOLD HIM I DON'T CARE IT JUST NEEDS TO BE DONE RIGHT! SO FRIDAY NIGHT CAME AND BROTHER SAMMY WAS DONE AND BROTHER HOWARD HAD ME GO BEFORE THE CHURCH AND HE EXPLAINED TO THEM WHAT I WAS NEEDING TO DO. WELL I ASKED HIM IF JOHN COULD BAPTISE ME ON SUNDAY AND WELL SUNDAY MORNING AFTER CHURCH I HAD THE HONOR OF HAVING MY HUSBAND BAPTISE ME!!! IT WAS AWESOME! I LOVE MY HUSBAND AND THANK GOD FOR HIM! HE HAS HELPED ME ALOT AND HAS BEEN THERE FOR ME IN ALOT OF WAYS! SO AS I TYPE THIS I HAVE PEACE! AND NOW I NEED TO GIVE MYSELF TO HIM AND FOLLOW IN HIS PERFECT WILL FOR OUR LIFE! SO PLEASE PRAY FOR ME! I NEED IT! AND THANK YOU JOHN FOR BAPTISING ME! I LOVE YOU!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!! THANK YOU JESUS!

WELL TODAY I TURN 4!!! FOUR YEARS AGO I THOUGHT I WAS ON MY WAY TO HEAVEN BUT I WAS SO WRONG!!! WE HAD GONE TO A REVIVAL IN ODEM TEXAS WITH OUR BABY'S MOMMA---LOL OUR BEST FRIENDS! and Brother Sammy was preaching in Matthew 7---But when he got to verse 23



Matthew 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.



it hit me like a rock! i knew i was lost but my pride got in the way and i thought there was no way i could be lost because i was married to a preacher, i lived right and dressed right, i taught Sunday school and helped in the bus ministry...you know all the "good stuff" but then my baby's momma went to the altar and got saved! it was then i knew i was lost but my pride got in the way. what were people going to say! well needless to say i did not get saved that night but on the way home i cried and cried and i told John how i felt and he started telling me i was fine... i was ok and i did everything right... and that would calm me down a little but then i would start up again and cry and he told me after a few times of telling me i was fine that he couldn't do that anymore well i cried some more and he told me the HOLY SPIRIT TOLD ME TO SHUT UP I CAN"T HELP YOU! and he stayed quite the whole ride home (an hour and a half of silence and me knowing i was lost and could not admit it because what were people going to think!) man was i scared but NO i didn't get saved!

well we got home and i cried some more and fell asleep. when i woke up i felt so dirty and i thought I'll get in the shower and i will be fine! well that didn't work! then we went to the church to go clean and work on the bus and i wanted to be near john because i figured if the rapture happened he'd take me with him! how crazy is that! well anyways i would talk to DeeDee and she would tell me you got to know and i would tell her i don't and she would keep at it---well i cried some more and then i went to look for John again and i could not find him! man i got so scared and i thought God took him. well after about 5 minutes of looking i found him underneath the bus and i told him please help me! and he says i can't and he told me i don't know what to do! I'm going to call pastor Howard in Louisiana...well he calls him and he puts me with Mrs' Howard and she says to me an i quote i will never forget...

"WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?" i tell her i don't know if I'm saved or not and she tells me well sure you do. you have to know and after going back and forth with that she tells me if you don't know i can't help you! here's the preacher! well he gets on the phone and tells me--- Melinda whats wrong and i tell him i don't know if I'm saved and he tells me well sure you do and he tells me YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO! and at that point i knew! i started crying and asking God to forgive me AND A LITTLE AFTER 230 P.M. BEHIND THE OLD VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH IN HARLINGEN TEXAS I GOT SAVED!!!! THE PEACE I FELT ON THAT DAY! I GOT SAVED THANK YOU JESUS!!!



so with that i want to say thank you to Brother Sammy and John for being sensitive to the Holy spirit! and to DeeDee for helping me out! and counseling with me! so for those of you who read this please be sure and don't worry about what other people will think if they are right with God they will rejoice with you! IT HAPPENED TO ME FOUR YEARS AGO!!! THANK YOU JESUS FOR BEING LONG SUFFERING AND FOR YOUR MERCY AND GRACE!!!

Diana Nicole Yanez!

Diana and Meagan HER MAID OF HONOR.

Diana and her Daddy! the day Todd proposed!

Well as many of you all know today is my only daughter's 18th birthday! i am very proud of her and can say God has blessed us with a great daughter! she has always been very caring and helpful to me and i thank God He gave her to me! sometimes i don't understand why i couldn't have any more kids but i do thank God for all He has done for me and especially for my kids! so today i would like to wish my baby girl a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW I LOVE YOU! YOU ARE A REAL BLESSING TO US AND WE THANK God FOR YOU!

Help!

Well I'm here at work and i am SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO BORED!!!
I am supposed to be checking emails and printing out time sheets but i finished that and now i am BORED!!! they pay me for nothing! i do NOTHING!!! i love my job but there is nothing to do! i got all the invoices out, reconciled my two checking accounts, mailed out the statements and i emailed the people i needed to email and now i have NOTHING to do. oh how i want to go home! I did go online to look for wedding ideas and now i guess i have to go to my desk and look busy! HELP!!!

Chili's anyone?

Well it's the day before Diana's birthday and this morning John tells her--Diana are you going to take us to the Chili's in Abbeville---well Diana tells him yeah we can go and i tell him what your taking her to Chili's for her birthday and she says yeah daddy you can take me there for my birthday. Well John then asks Diana for a loan and she says yes. Diana is a very giving person. I thank God for a great daughter! and to think she will be 18 tomorrow---man we're getting old!!! lately i noticed John has been giving into what she wants---I'm not sure if he is doing this because he's afraid the bridezilla will come out and put us all in our place or like me, he has been thinking about how we are going to have to leave her behind when he gets another church---anyways God has really blessed us with two great kids and He has really blessed Diana. she got a surprise party from her future mother-in-law Wednesday night after church. i was not able to go because john john was sick but i knew she was having this thing for her. but she did get some nice gifts and she had a good time! that's all that matters! well i think tonight it's chili's for supper-i just can't stand to drive about an hour. but i guess that is what living in a small town is all about--everything is so far away!

Well we were suppose to go to Texas this weekend but Todd will not be able to go with us because something came up on his end so we decided not to go. Instead I think I am going to take Diana to Orange Texas to go look for the shoes and bridesmaid dresses. Mrs. Howard told me they have a bridal store there so i think we need to check it out. We will probably go to HEB too and see if they sell the tortillas there---we are in a foreign land when it comes to Mexican food but God has been good to us. so i ask that you please pray we find the perfect shoes and we make up our minds about the dresses---also please pray for a safe trip.

THE PHOTOGRAPHER!!!

Well as you all know alot of brides choose the month of June to get married! and Diana seems to be one of those brides---well our wedding coordinator told us we had to start booking the photographer, ordering the cake, buying the dress, etc., etc., etc.,....well we got the dress and it was a very great deal, we got the invitations, some party favors, some decorations, thank you cards, the bridal party gifts and some other things i can't remember....well anyways i had called a couple of photographers and i got to speak to one over the weekend but I'm not sure if i want to give my money to a guy who i have never met and wants me to call him POPPA D! so i kind of put him in the no section for now and the other photographer called me today and her name is Kathleen and she is from Jennings and has taken over her dads business---she is a well known photographer and she called me today while i was at work. well i did not answer because i did not recognize the number so after i got out of work i called the number and i spoke to her. for a five hour session the cheapest package she offers is 800.00--- she requires a 200.00 deposit so we can be guaranteed the date and it's non refundable and it does go towards the price of the package!!! they tell me she is the cheapest and good at her job. i want to wait a week or two to see if maybe we find a cheaper photographer but if we wait and someone else reserves her we are in trouble---do we really want to go with POPPA D?-NO so please pray that God leads us to do the right thing....that is alot of money! we are seriously considering her because we do not want to rely on other people to take pictures and then we will not be happy with the end results---so please pray!