Josh Martin is 36! A few photos down memory lane... (and a video for the fun of it!!!)

Josh Martin - 2014

Josh Martin is 36! 

June 28, 2014

Following are some photos of our son, 

Joshua Louis Martin, our first born one.

We are proud parents for how you have grown,

As a man, with all the good you've sown.

Taken over the years, 

with family, friends and more,

We thought it would be fun to share

With all we know, who love and care!

We love you Josh!

Dad & Mom

  Josh, Chelsie, Dylan Joy, Jensen, Daniel and Logan - a few years ago.

(Brother Ben did some artwork with this one...)

 The Florida trip in 2013.

A little jib and jabbing for Josh!

 At sister Hannah's wedding Oct. 2013

Helping the youngest one, Jensen, at Chelsie's brother Caleb's wedding in Florida - 2014

 Father's Day June 15, 2014 in North Carolina

Ben, Hannah & Josh

East Lansing, MI - 1983?

Fort Lauderdale, FL - 1988

May 2014 for Mother's Day in Charlotte, NC

Josh, Christen, Ben and Hannah

Some family vacation in Kentucky - 1997?

Fort Lauderdale - 1987?

Kindergarten - East Lansing, MI - 1983?

 

The Bacon family - 2014

East Lansing, MI - 1984?

May the good Lord continue to guide, provide, direct and fulfill your heart's desire in the coming years Josh.

Love you,

Dad & Mom

My office desk. Reflects my heart.

A corner of my desk. You should see the rest of the cubicle! :)

Blessings on ye head,

Steve

P.S. I do leave a little space to do my actual accounting work...



And just so you aren't kept wondering, here are a few more...

As you walk in...

And turn to the left... 

The left corner of my desk...sharing some joy in the world!

                      In the back corner...

So come visit some time! Uptown Charlotte has some great places for lunch...

Steve

And just added this morning...postcards from Chicago, that my "adopted son" at the office, Chris, just brought me after his trip. Love getting postcards from around the world! 

In case you have one to send: 

Love For His People, Inc. 

P.O. Box 414 

Pineville, NC 28134

Ben Martin - birthday on Nov. 18, 2013!

Happy Birthday Ben!

Arriving in Israel Nov. 3, 2013

Our son Benjamin James Martin ("Binyamin" - Hebrew for "son of the right hand"!) has a birthday Monday, Nov. 18, 2013.

To this day I remember the Sunday he was born in 1979. Laurie had gone into the Illinois Valley Community Hospital that Saturday night before. Ben was born around 4 am, and I was scheduled to give the church announcements the next morning at the 10 am Illinois Valley Community Church meeting. That was held at the Peru, Illinois Northview grade school on Shooting Park Road. Laurie's Mom worked there as secretary to the principal.

When I made the announcements at the meeting, I finished by saying, "Well, I have one more announcement. We now have a catcher in the family, to go along with our first born son Josh." (Baseball talk.)

So that is a bit of how it was when Ben came into the world. We named him Benjamin, as we believed the Lord had wanted. ("Son of the right hand" is the Hebrew meaning of the name, as I wrote above.)

Now using his artistic gifts, which we first noticed when he was in grade school and won ribbons for his many drawings, Ben has a company for web design and more, called Possible Web Marketing. Among their clients is our ministry. He does our main website Love For His People.

We are proud of Ben, and bless him in this coming year, with the desires the Lord has put on his heart.

Happy birthday Ben!

Love,

Dad & Mom

With our good friend, Avraham Saiden, in Jerusalem.

At the baptismal site of the Jordan River, 

near Jericho, Israel.

Ben around 9 years old.

With nephew Jensen 2011

With Mom, brother Josh, 

sisters Hannah and Christen,

nephews and niece 

Mother's Day May 2013