Author: Stephen M Daily

This year my two sisters, Melinda and Becky, and I all managed to be with my mother on her birthday. The Texas Longhorn shirt was an appropriate gift because she is an extremely
devoted fan.

Photo of the Year
“She loves her Bible, her chair and our Beagle named Happy — oh, and us too!”

During our vacation, our kids seemed to enjoy popping their head down from the top bunk in our
camper and grinning at us. So, we began calling them affectionately “the Bobbleheads.” Perhaps,
this photo can help you understand why.

Christmas 2009

Grans still lives with us, and she always takes our Christmas picture. I call her “The Ice Lady”
because she keeps me supplied with iced tea
and plenty of ice cubes.

It is our hope and prayer that you
and your family will experience the true meaning of Christmas this year.
The Daily’s
Pastor Steve and Sonja
Stephen “Buddy”
Sophia
Samuel
John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life”

Highlights for Our Family in the Year 2010

God’s love and faithfulness have been very real to us this year as we have seen Him continue to bless our family and our new church. Our church leaders decided early on that they wanted me to be able to serve the Lord full-time, and they have provided very well for us. We have also seen some substantial growth in our church this past year. We had a high attendance of 120, and we have averaged over 70 in worship. Moreover, we have seen over 40 people pray to receive Christ as their Savior since our church started. Most of these have come from our door-to-door witnessing program; so, we cannot say that we have had as many Baptisms. We did baptize a couple of youth in the San Marcos river during our Kayak trip, and the rest we have baptized in the de las Alas’ swimming pool. We had our first Vacation Bible School this past June (Pictured Below). We also completed our Church Constitution, elected our first Deacons and celebrated our Charter Day. In addition to this, we had a fifteen passenger van donated to our church that we have definitely put to good use.
Our biggest transition as a family this year
has been placing our children in public school.
Stephen is in the 9th grade; Sophia is in the 8th grade, and Sammy is in the 5th grade. They seem to be adjusting well, and I am proud to say that they are all making very good grades. They are also getting involved in some extracurricular activities like track and band.

Our oldest son Stephen “Buddy” kept telling us
that he only wanted “one thing” for Christmas last
year - an Epiphone semi-hollow body dot deluxe electric guitar! Would his mean-ole-rotten-ole-snake-in-the grass-Daddy give in to an outrageous request like that? Well, since he is a very talented guitar player, I just might, and I might throw in a hard shell case to protect it as well.

Well, another milestone has been reached
for the Daily family. We have another teenager! We have been fortunate enough to provide all of our children with piano lessons, and Sophia
is doing exceptionally well. She is also playing the flute in band and has held on to 1st chair for several weeks. She is also running cross country. She is involved in a youth drama group at our church; and in addition to this, she is now involved in a play through a group in our area called “Kids Backporch Productions” — all of this keeps us hopping!!!

Our youngest ,“Sammy,” continues to amaze
everyone with his athletic abilities. His football coach kept him on the field almost the entire time in every game. His specialty was catching passes in the secondary; he also passed the ball on a few trick plays, and he played middle linebacker on defense. Let’s see now, his grandfather on his mother’s side was a very good running back. His twin uncles were also very good football players; so, I wonder where Sammy got these abilities from...me of course!!! (Ha Ha Ha :)

We were also blessed with a summer vacation this year that we spent in Galveston. We put my homemade
boat named “Hook Em!” to good use, and we caught some really nice keeper trout. By the way, Buddy is not taller than me y-e-t. He was probably just standing on his tiptoes when we took this picture!