by Paul Chappell | May 21, 2009 | Family
Last Friday I had the privilege of attending my grandmother Chappell’s ninetieth birthday celebration. It is hard to imagine all she has experience in her life. She was married to my grandfather at the age of sixteen, and together they literally cleared the land and...
by Paul Chappell | May 12, 2009 | Christian Life, Family
Sunday we enjoyed a great Mother’s Day with our family and our church family. I thank the Lord for my wife, Terrie, and for her faithful love and nurture given to our children over the years. Her wisdom and thoughts have been a treasure in our lives, and it is...
by Paul Chappell | Jan 31, 2009 | Family
Years ago when our kids were elementary age, Terrie and I planned a day to get away in order to articulate the purpose of our family. After much prayer and Scripture reading, I took out a blank sheet of stationary and wrote these words: The mission of our family is to...
by Paul Chappell | Dec 13, 2008 | Family
Yesterday was one of the most joyous days in our lives as Terrie and I had the privilege of seeing our daughter Kristine become the wife of a godly young man, Jon Sisson. Jon is a missionaries’ son from the Philippines. He and Kristi met and fell in love here at...
by Paul Chappell | Dec 8, 2008 | Family
Christmas and Kristine were the two main thoughts Terrie and I had on our minds as we spent the day together yesterday. Terrie grabbed her purse and a bundle of coupons, and we jumped in the car early to get a head start on the shopping. We stopped at McDonalds for...