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Back At It Again-Good Friday sing in Carthage, MO April 6, 2012

Been quite a while since I've done this blog thing so give me a break if it's a little out there, all right? :)
I hope this finds everyone of you in good spirits/good health.
We've just been getting "back in the saddle" (not literally, I'm scared to ride horses, ha ha.) As you may or may not know, George got an infection in one of his knee replacements (from 3 years ago) last year and had to have it taken out and medicated for about 3 and a half months, starting in July and finally gone in October. Once all the infection was completely cleared, he got a new knee put back in. So, needless to say, (but I'm going to say it anyway), it was a little bit of a slow year last year for us singing wise. He's still having a few problems, but hopefully the new brace that's coming in in a few days will help majorly.

BUT we are back at it again, so here goes to the first one in several months.

Easter is a wonderful time of the year, but we wouldn't necessarily be celebrating Resurrection Sunday without Good Friday. And this past "Good Friday" really was a good one. We hadn't sung at the Carthage singing with Crawford and Company since January of last year. It was really good to see everyone there again that are always there and several new people.
The line-up was truly great, Crawford and Company along with Duke Mason, but I'm not sure about that last group...they go by "The Bryants"...hmm...lol.
Back to it being "Good Friday," we had a really great attendance. Especially considering there were lots of churches having their own programs going on at their own church.

Well, as I mentioned somewhat earlier, hope y'all have a safe and blessed day.

Love y'all,
Carol Lynn Penick
The Bryants

Update On The Bryants :)

Well, it's been a while since I've done this, so we figured we'd let y'all know what's going on!

We had a busy first five months in 2011, finishing up in May, then we decided to take a little time off to readjust and learn some new music. Plans were to get back on the road between June/July. But at the end of June, George came down with a bad infection in his left knee, which had been replaced in January of '09. So on July 12, 2011, they had to remove the knee and put in what they call a block with antibiotics in it. They also started him on a 6 weeks iv antibiotics program, taking it once a day. And I was trained to do it, so I got to help with it! :)

With the different knee, George was barely able to get around with the walker and had to wear a brace on it...so our activities were very limited.

George went back to Columbia, MO to the doctors on the 23rd, (yesterday), and told him as of the 25Th (tomorrow) that he's to stop the antibiotics and have the pic line in his arm removed.

The knee surgeon thought the knee looked great and probably all the infection was gone, but wanted to wait about a month to check to be sure that it was all gone. So we'll go back up near end of Sept. to check back on it, and if there's no infection then they'll schedule him to come back in a few weeks to put a new knee in.

He'll probably have several weeks recuperating from that, so it looks like it'll be close to November before we can get back into our full-time ministry activities.

We have a few limited dates here in MO and in OK that we should be able to do.

It's only been in the last few weeks he's even been able to get into his office and to his computer at all.

So we hope soon we'll start releasing a new song (that I wrote) to radio stations.
We will also start sending letters to pastors all around the country and start scheduling services for Nov. and Dec. 2011-2012.

Since I'll be starting college in the Spring, we'll probably just be able to travel weekends.
Just pray for us as we finish up this difficult year, and if you'd like to have us in your church, please call now/soon, and we'll get you into our schedule!


Hope you all have safe and blessed day!


Love y'all,

~Carol Lynn Penick~

~The Bryants~
www.bryantministries.com

Update on The Bryants

Well, it's been a while since I've done this, so we figured we'd let y'all know what's going on!
We had a busy first five months in 2011, finishing up in May, then we decided to take a little time off to readjust and learn some new music. Plans were to get back on the road between June/July. But at the end of June, George came down with a bad infection in his left knee, which had been replaced in January of '09. So on July 12, 2011, they had to remove the knee and put in what they call a block with antibiotics in it. They also started him on a 6 weeks iv antibiotics program, taking it once a day. And I was trained to do it, so I got to help with it! :)
With the different knee, George was barely able to get around with the walker and had to wear a brace on it...so our activities were very limited.
George went back to Columbia, MO to the doctors on the 23rd, (yesterday), and told him as of the 25Th (tomorrow) that he's to stop the antibiotics and have the pic line in his arm removed.
The knee surgeon thought the knee looked great and probably all the infection was gone, but wanted to wait about a month to check to be sure that it was all gone. So we'll go back up near end of Sept. to check back on it, and if there's no infection then they'll schedule him to come back in a few weeks to put a new knee in.
He'll probably have several weeks recuperating from that, so it looks like it'll be close to November before we can get back into our full-time ministry activities.
We have a few limited dates here in MO and in OK that we should be able to do.
It's only been in the last few weeks he's even been able to get into his office and to his computer at all.
So we hope soon we'll start releasing a new song (that I wrote) to radio stations.
We will also start sending letters to pastors all around the country and start scheduling services for Nov. and Dec. 2011-2012.

Since I'll be starting college in the Spring, we'll probably just be able to travel weekends.
Just pray for us as we finish up this difficult year, and if you'd like to have us in your church, please call now/soon, and we'll get you into our schedule!



Hope you all have safe and blessed day!

Love y'all,
~Carol Lynn Penick~
~The Bryants~
www.bryantministries.com

May 1, 2011-Crane Bible Baptist Church

Once again, Brother Bob Sharp asked George to fill-in for him at the pulpit so that he (and his wife) could go visit family! I think it's wonderful when we get to go out to that church! Such great people!

Well, hope you all have a safe and blessed day!


Love y'all,
~Carol Lynn Penick~
*The Bryants*
www.bryantministries.com

GPG weekend (Fri&Sat) April 29-30, 2011-Branson Night Light

Had a good time with some ole friends and making new ones at the same time.
Line-up for Friday night: Bob Morse, Us (The Bryants), Charlie Norman, The Willhites, Dee Froneyburger, Jerry Piper, Vivkie Lynn Findley, The Lakins, D.K. Brewster, Laura Tatum, Julie Reneé, 4 His Glory, The GPG Trio, Mark Dean, John Fisher, Tony Pippen, Brent Easley, Eddie Williams, The Family Circle, and Randy Plummer.
Saturday (Songwriters and Variety gathering): The only different ones (that I got down anyway) were Paul Rauch, Jesse Ellen Pits (sorry if I got her name wrong...), Andy Fauth, Donna Fisher (John's wife), Lonnie Piper (Jerry's wife), Ginger Boles, The Barnetts, and Voices of Glory (all three of them were able to sing this time)!

Of course, on Friday night, after the singing, we went over to Barbara Fairchild's Diner (a whole few feet away from the Night Light, Ha ha) and had some really good food!
We were able to stay at Treasure Lake this past weekend, and it was wonderful and relaxing. Didn't have to rush around or anything of the sort!

Well, I hope that all of you have a safe and blessed day!

Love y'all,
~Carol Lynn Penick~
*The Bryants*
www.bryantministries.com

Sunday, April 24, 2011 (Easter)-Living Waters Family Worship Center and The Lighthouse Church

Easter is my all time favorite holiday! I know, most people it's Christmas, Thanksgiving, or maybe even halloween (:( ...I don't like halloween). But to me, Easter is truly special (although, I do like the other two I said as well)!

We went to George's hometown for Easter to sing, both morning and evening services!
For the morning service, we went to George's daughter (Kathleen) and her family's church. Well, it's the church that they attend regularly. :) Which was Living Waters Family Worship Center, where Brother John Kelley pastors.

After church Sunday morning we went over to another one of George's daughter's house (almost the whole family on the Bryant side, most of George's kids...he has 7).
Even though it was rainy and dreary that day, we had a great time at her house (I think about 40 people in the house!) Had a cook-out (it was under a roof of some sort though) and a bunch of great food!

That evening we went to The Lighthouse Church where Brother Greg Thompson pastors. George has known Brother Greg for many years! There may not have been that many at the church that evening, but we still had a very good and blessed service! In the break time, we had some refreshments even! Ha-ha! :)

Needless to say (but going to anyway!), we had a really good Easter Sunday!


Hope you all have a blessed and safe day!


Love y'all,
~Carol Lynn Penick~
*The Bryants*
www.bryantministries.com