Well Folks, we have reached the end of our Tour in Kentucky. We ended it with one of the most beautiful places we have been to.
We went to Williamsburg Kentucky. Williamsburg is close to the Tennessee border. In the morning we went to Calvary Missionary Baptist. We met our friends the Veenstra’s there! It was so good to see them. They took us out to a beautiful meal for lunch and then we went to Cumberland Falls. That was a beautiful place. The falls were so pretty against the rocks and mountains. Truly a beautiful place.
The morning service went great. It was a bigger church then we were used to but the people were so friendly and nice. The evening singing was at a beautiful church way back in the hills. We drove past some rolling hills and beautiful scenery. There were beautiful mountain lakes…
We got to Pleasant Hill Baptist Church for the singing and it was a beautiful little church on the hill by a cemetary. We pulled in and there were quite a few cars the lined the driveway and yard by the church. Horses grazed on the hillside by the church.
We went into the church and there was a wonderful, awesome bluegrass band. They were great. I loved listening to them. Then we sang. They all were so nice and listened to close to us. Afterward they had a carry-in dinner.
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The guys are here! Dad, Dan and Wes drove into Campton yesterday. We are so glad to be all together again! Now I miss the rest of the fam. Life is so good and it’s a beautiful day here in Campton KY. We will be driving home on the 4th as Heidi and I will be going back to work at good ole Lowes Hardware.
We thank the Lord for what He has done in our hearts and in the hearts of others while we have been here. God is so good. We thank Him for going before us and working out all the details of this trip. He really has blessed us and we are thankful for such an amazing trip!
Well, we have been around since I last wrote. It’s been and it will be a full week… pretty much until we leave for home now. It’s been such a good time of ministry.
Saturday we sang at a benefit. That was probably one of the hardest places I have tried to sing because of the sound system and all. We were getting a TON of feedback on ourselves and it was deafening loud for us but it was just right for the people so… we just had to sing through it. I had a ton of fun. Something about being up singing about Jesus I love. That went well and I think we were able to minister to people’s hearts there. It was a neat thing.
And then we beat it over to Hoedown Island. I was still in my high heels from singing… So I went out and did a little ten step IN my heels. I had so much fun. Erma and Evelyn all the way from Michigan our home church was there! It was so fun to have them. They even came to church with us on Sunday.
Sunday morning we drove out to Lee City Church of God. It was a beautiful little church in the country. The Pastor was so kind. And when we sang as a congregation it was a group came up and all sang in different parts and we all joined in. I loved it. It sounded so pretty. While we were singing I looked out the church window and you could see the corn field growing right outside the church window.
Sunday night we were at Rogers Church of God. It was neat to be there. We had a really good group I thought. They were so kind and we all told our testimonies and sang out hearts out. The preachers in both services gave the gospel so clear and really preached it. It was a good service.
Tonight we will be at the nursing home here in town and singing for the sweet people there. I hear we have a few relatives there. We are looking forward to that.
It’s a beautiful day here in Kentucky the sun is shining bright. It’s been so neat to see this dream of mine really fulfilled. To be able to minster to the hearts of people. By God’s grace I believe we have been able to see that happen. God is so good. When Hope gave her testimony of salvation she had the whole church in tears… I guy came up to me later and said you just don’t see little kids like that talk about Jesus. You really never know what kind of influence you can have on someone just by being a testimony to the Lord. 
Yesterday we drove home from North Carolina. It was a long drive. We had scheduled a revival service we were to sing at in the evening but because of a few wrong turns it didn’t work out and we had to cancel. We would have loved to make it out there and we hope we can in the future.
Today is a beautiful day here and we have mainly relaxed from our traveling yesterday. It was a long drive and since we got off the beaten path a little we once again curved and wound around the mountains in West Virginia. Now West Virginia has mountains! It’s amazingly beautiful there….
Tonight I am hoping we can have Macaroni and tomato juice for supper and fried corn bread. If you have not had this meal you need to. Simple go to the store and get macaroni and tomato juice and Martha White Corn bread mix. It is the best!
We have a little friend who has been hanging out with us today. He acted like he was hungry so, Hope being the little mercy that she is, wanted to feed him. He might be hanging around for a while now… He is so cute he just plops down in the front yard and listens to us chat. It’s really kinda cute. Here Hope is sitting with him. I took it just a couple of minutes ago. I think she is eating a pop ice. 
This morning I had my devotions out on the porch. I was reading in the book of John. I was reading of the acts of Jesus and his healings. I am also trying to study up for when I speak to the girls here at the Bethany home. I am thinking that the Lord would have me speak on His Love for them. I want them to realixe and know how much we are worth to Him. Therefore we don’t need to run to other things…. such as relationships, friends, drugs, and all the other empty things. We don’t need them at all for happiness. All we need to is to fall more deeply in love with Jesus. It’s a life long source that we will always drink from if we invest in. Jesus says, and I know this is true, that if we drink of Him we won’t thirst anymore for anything but more of Him. Oh that I would drink more deeply of Him day-by-day….
This is a cute church in the middle of the mountains on the border West Virginia and Kentucky. I thought you would like it Dad.
I hope that you all are enjoying this beautiful summer God has given us and counting your blessings on the front porch….
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June 6th we will be really close to Butcher Holler. We will be recording for a TV program there at a church way out in the country. I tried to get directions and I think I will have to call back again and get them a second time. I think right now I have… “Go left after you go through the holler, then turn back right just after you pass the fence post, on down through the wooded area and so on…” I love it.
If you don’t know about Butcher Holler, you should. It’s the home-place of Loretta Lynn, known as the first lady of country music. I hear that it is beautiful back there and I am looking forward to maybe visiting. The girls went last summer when I couldn’t go.
Things are coming together for our trip. I still have a lot to do and I am feeling the pressure… I still need to print out our info on each of the churches and make sure I have things organized (NOT my thing) but I am excited and happy about this ministry. We pack up the van take off for Portersville, Ohio in one more day after this. I feel the distractions looming and the pressures that are sure to come… but I know I need to face them with a lot of sweet prayer… what would we do without it.
Blessings to you all we thank you for your prayers….
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- Holly
I want to share one my favorite bluegrass songs with you. Rhonda Vincent wrote this after the great Bill Monroe died. He was so good at what he did a lot of people say he is what made bluegrass what it is. This song is cute if you listen to the words. It’s talks about heaven and does it look a little like Kentucky. I have a feeling it just might….
Here is Bill Monroe’s homeplace.
I love Rhonda Vincent’s voice and her bluegrass I want to be like her when I grow up!
Here in Michigan there are so many, many, many people from Kentucky. It amazes me. I can always tell the ones that are from Kentucky. I say, “Your from Kentucky aren’t you” They look at me, a big smile comes on their face and they get just a little more at home, a little more southern accent and far away look in there eye… they miss their home. They came here just like my Grandma with my Mother years ago to work in the factories.
They say, “Oh, I miss it!” I know a little of how they must feel. They have the mountains in their blood and it’s just a whole different, relaxed way of life in the mountains. This opens the door for me to tell them my sisters and I like to sing gospel music and we will be going back and traveling through the bluegrass to sing there.
I know of one little girl whose family came to the city to work in the factories. They only lasted a few months and went back the mountains of Tennessee. She said they would live without the money, and added comforts of it if they could just live in the mountains again. So they packed up their things and went home.
This reminds me of a sweet book we found a long time ago. It’s one of my mom’s favorites. We read it to Hope all the time. “When I was Young In The Mountains” If you haven’t read it you should, it’s a cute book.
As I was sitting here typing this out my family threw and an old journal I had on my bed. I opened it up and I was journaling from the porch of Grandma’s in Kentucky -
Thursday July 14th 2005 6:00 pm
“I’m sitting on the front porch of Great Grandma Hatton’s house rocking. It’s amazing to think my mom used to do the very same thing when she was a girl growing up. Even my Grandpa lived here when he was growing up.
Grandma came over for Sunday dinner. We ate a good meal of fried chicken. We sat on the porch and visited with the guests that stopped over, it was a beautiful day. The day was coming to an end soon while Grandma and I talked all about the days she grew up here right in this very town. She told me of how she got saved at the age of eight at the revival service. She talked about the days she would swing her babies on this very porch (one of them was my mother). She has so many memories all within this small town between the hills…..
I love watching the mist rise off the mountains in the mornings and the moon in the evenings shining just above Granny’s house where I am stting this evening… I see God at work back in these beautiful hills of Kentucky. I see not only His hand of beauty in the rising mist off the mountains but I see He still working and changing hearts, lives and families. Just like He did for my mom, He never fails. He changes hearts and lives.
July 15 Friday
“Tonight the mist hangs low between the mountains and the humidity is high and it’s warm…..”
A little of my journaling from the mountains. I am looking forward to God’s work He has for us this summer. I look forward to the small girl, like my Grandma, in the revival service who might be eight years old and God will change her life forever… I better get to planning I have a lot to do still…
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I have seen so many of these reusable bags lately. “Eco Friendly” “Eco Chick”, “Kiss Me I’m Organic”, “Save The Earth” bags. It’s all about saving plastic bags. Almost makes me laugh. Actually it does.
The other day I was heading in to one of my favorite stores, Target, to spend a gift certificate a dear friend bought me when I saw an “Eco Bag” I wanted! I know. I am crazy. I always laughed at them before. But this was cute! It was an “Eco Target” bag made with a bunch of recycled target bags. So I got one. I LOVE Target.
Yesterday while working, a girl said she didn’t want any of her stuff in bags. I said,
“Oh! Your one of those “Eco Chicks”
She laughed and said “Yes.”
I said, “Well I am more like save the babies and not the plastic bags”
I thought to myself, “WHO CARES about plastic bags? Really? Am I just crazy or does this seem crazy? Somehow I cannot make the connection in my mind. I just knew that she would be upset and not say anything or give me a nasty look but to my surprise she laughed and said,
“Your right, your right.”
I would love to find a bag, one of those “eco friendly”, reusable bags that have a baby on it and say something about, “Forget the plastic bags, save the babies” I don’t know, just an idea. Makes more sense to me.
Psalm 42:11
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.
About two years ago almost exactly I went through a difficult journey. Though different in many ways some ways not, I have once again gone through the same journey. It was hard for me. The second one has been harder. During this time I drew close to the Lord. He was faithful to lead me through. I got through. I saw the light at the end of the tunnel and thanked the Lord He lead me safely all the way. I thanked Him for His faithfulness at the end. I spoke to girls about my experiences in this time of blind trust in the Lord and how good He was to lead me. In my quiet times with Jesus I told Him “Lord don’t ever allow that to happen to me again.” I was for sure He heard me! And like I had asked He being the protector that He is would never allow it again…. He did.
At first I wanted to ask why. He had allowed something so beautiful, something I was so sure of and would just to take all the peace away. I was upset. I asked God why. I wondered why He would allow something that hurts me so much and something I asked Him not to allow, ever again? ( I know I have nerve) I wondered at His plans. I wondered if all the times I thought I heard His voice I really hadn’t?
This past week I have cried. I have wept. I have cried so many tears I didn’t think I could cry anymore even if I tried. I would go places and almost complete strangers would tell me my eyes looked sad! Going to bed with a horrible headache to wake with the same one. Of course satan used this time to come at me. I felt like the enemy of my soul was knocking on my door, he was whispering to me, “God let you down! He wasn’t good to you…. Don’t trust Him….”
In the face of these thoughts and these hard times I want you to know that I have once again willed myself to Jesus. I have once again taken refuge in His arms. I will trust His plans for me. I always will. I know they are good. It’s so hard not to see the path in front of you, isn’t it? It’s hard not to know what’s ahead. One thing I have learned from this is that I have no idea what God’s plans are! I have no idea what He is doing my life or yours! But I do know we still need to trust Him. I choose to trust. I like it better this way. This way I will keep my eyes on His face, not the path ahead.
It’s hard to trust Him! But I know and already have had the experience of trusting Him and finding joy and peace and most of all finding Him faithful! I must make the choice to rest and trust His care. I know His paths and His ways are good. And one day I will see the point of the storms, the tears, the deep pain, the sleepless nights, the headaches… and those who sow in tears will reap joy! This is for sure… I am already at peace with what He is doing becuase I know He is good! I am happy in Him.
I just wanted to let you know that we are about to start our official Tour soon! Throug the mountains of Kentucky. We are looking forward to the sweet ministry that awaits us there. As a reminder for you and hopefully to keep you updated we would love to blog our way throughout the Mountain Parkway. You can visit our most recent blog and stay up to date with us, as well as view our schedule here on our website - www.pierpontsingers.com Please leave us a comment there and tell us what you think! We would love to hear from you. Also check back for updates and find out where we are!
Isaiah 52:7
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”
Ok, I went to a bluegrass concert with my mom and sisters. Heidi is our little scheduler for things like that. So thank you Heidi!
We had a great time! Awesome time. We were so close they could see us and we could see them. The cool thing is that later afterward we met them and talked with them just like last year and Cia remembered me… yep. She has an amazing voice. She won female vocalist of the year in bluegrass music as well as bango player in the bluegrass! She does such a good job and I really enjoy listening to her voice. Here is a video of her singing. I LOVE this music!
One of the things I enjoy most about their shows is they always have at least one Gospel song. I wish it were more.. becuase I tell you when they sing songs about Jesus my heart pounds harder and I want to just stand up and let everyone know I love Jesus. Well at both concerts I have embarrassed my family by doing this. haha! (Just kidding they don’t get embarrassed by me… I don’t think ) Last year they sang “When He Reached Down His Hands For Me” LOVE THAT SONG! I actually had Chuk play that for us and it’s one of our songs now. After they got done singing that I shouted “Amen” really loud and my sister’s screamed and applauded.
Last night the Dad of the family Mr. Cherryholmes talked about the war a little and about the sacrifice the guys are making there. Of course he got a big applause. But when he mentioned the Name of Jesus and His sacrifice for everyone, things got quiet… After the beautiful song they sang about God’s giving of Himself for those who don’t even care or notice Him I had to stand up. So I stood up, in the second row and clapped for the song about my Jesus that I love. Afterward an old cowboy came up to me hit my on the arm and said,
“You’re the that stood up aren’t you?”
I said “Yeah”
He said “Well I was ashamed I didn’t!”
I said “Well good! I’m glad!” I said “I love Jesus and I love it when people talk or sing about Him”
Stand for Jesus today wherever it is you are… make other people ashamed they didn’t. Sometimes it’s easier to do than others but there are so many opportunites. Where I work I hear a lot of my Precious Savior’s Name being taken in vain. The people who do it think I am going to laugh… I don’t… it actually hurts me and makes me angry. I love Jesus and I will forever be loyal to the Man who gave His all so that I can have Life.
This is one of my favorites! “When He Reached Down His Hands For Me”
