i just received this email  on my facebook from a young lady in Jamaica…shelly vernon…..so sweet…thot i would share it with you…

have to bring you back in time and see if I can spark a memory… I was a little girl maybe 6 or 7 years old… I was in both your Kids praise… I had a solo part for In His Time and for I Love you Lord… I was called Shelly Vernon and I had an older brother by the name of Richard (he refused to sing a solo part  :-) ) 

I feel so blessed to be able to finally tell you just how much of an impact God used you to make on my life… I have never forgotten you, your kindness and the love of Jesus you showed to all of us… After you and your family left for the Philippines my parents moved from Mandeville and we stopped going to church… My life changed drastically for the worse because my teenage and college years I avoided church.. I never forget the little lessons you taught in kids church.. I am now 30 years old and I could tell you a few lessons I remember… The Good news is the seeds God used you to plant might have went dormant for a while but they never died… 6 years ago I came back home (like the prodigal son) I am happy to tell you that I am back in church… This is the funny part… I am the Church Secretary, Missions Coordinator and I also volunteer in the Youth Ministry… I have had the deepest desire lately to actually do a Kids Praise with a hope to somehow touch a life like how God used you to touch mine. I Love you! and Thank you for your Obedience to Our Father… Can we keep in touch?