Those who succeeded...

Those who succeeded always took path
that looked very difficult to travel.

Take any great success and after
reading their story, you may wonder,
how they came out alive from the ordeal!

They not only came out alive but also got
great success. Have faith, total
unflinching faith, and walk on.

You will surely rich the destination
one day!

Let's welcome our Spotlighted Friend of this week

our Gospel Singer Debbie Davis

and ... her wonderful Family!

I was born in 1966 and raised in St. Joseph, MO. I was born into a wonderful Christian family, the 2nd child out of 5. I often thank God and my parents for my wonderful heritage.

Some of my favorite childhood memories are the days that I would spend hours in front of the old record player listening to my moms Southern Gospel albums. I started singing in church at a young age and I came from a long line of singers and preachers (my dad is one of those preachers).

Music has always been a part of my life and I started picking up piano at age 7. My mom had an old upright piano (that was WAY out of tune) and one day I went from just plunking on it to picking out melodies of songs (You know... Mary Had a Little Lamb and such). I eventually began adding chords and then using both hands. I still enjoy playing piano by ear to this day and I'm the keyboard player for my Southern Gospel Trio. Hmmm, Southern Gospel music is still in me too!

God has been a part of my life from day one and continues to be... not just a part, but the center of my life!

My Family

I met Larry when I was a senior in high school. He was a junior at a different high school and we both worked at McDonalds after school. We dated for a year and half and then 2 months after he graduated from high school (I had been out a year) we got married. We just celebrated 21 years of marriage on July 26!! Whoo hoo.... and we're still in love!

Larry was ordained as minister of the Gospel in 2001 and is an integral part of our music ministry as we travel. We love being together!

We have 3 children.

Tifanee is 20 years old and is also a singer. She's getting married August 5. Tifanee and her groom will be moving to Tulsa to attend Bible College. She went on her first mission trip in June. I don't think I'm ready to admit that I have an adult child! After all, I'm still a kid myself.

Then there's Jessica, age 18. Jess is our missionary. She went on her 3rd mission trip this past June and will start college in a few weeks. She's very independent and already has an apartment near the college. She also leads the worship team for her youth group at church and plays guitar, drums, bass and keyboard.

Matthew is our baby. He's 16 years old and just got his driver's license. He has played football in high school in the past, but his passion is baseball. He's been pitching since 4th grade and he loves it! He's also an avid outdoorsman and hunter.

You can view some of my family photos at http://DDavis483.photosite.com

Full Life Trio

My love for music continued on into my adult years and in 1994 I started my own Southern Gospel Trio. You can learn more about the trio at www.Full-LifeTrio.com

My Businesses

I began working online about 3 years ago when my father-in-law introduced me to eBay. I've been selling on eBay part time ever since. I may or may not have auctions up and running when this posts, but you can check out my eBay page if you'd like. As of this typing I have 592 positive feedback (not too shabby).

About a year ago, a good friend of mine introduced me to Send Out Cards. I loved the idea of the automated greeting card sender and contact manager, but loved it even more when I found out that I could make money with it. I've always loved sending letters, postcards and greeting cards in the mail, so of course when I came across Send Out Cards, I became addicted! It's a good addiction :)

You can find out more information about becoming a greeting card distributor at www.GreetingCardsWork.com. If you don't want to start a new business but you DO want to start using the greeting cards for your own business or personal use, try it out for free: www.FunSendingcards.com and I'll get you set up with 2 free greeting cards! Many business men and women use the cards to keep in touch with clients, customers, business associates, referrals and prospects. The sky's the limit!

I have a couple of blogs if you want to check them out:

My Send Out Cards Blog - http://funsendingcards.blogspot.com/

Finding Free Advertising Blog - http://lyndeb.wordpress.com/

And I also have a monthly birthday contest:

www.HavingFunWithCards.com

AdlandPro

I was introduced to AdlandPro by the same friend who got me involved with Send Out Cards. This a wonderful community and I've made some awesome friends. My advice to the newbies at AdlandPro would be to make as many friends as possible! You'll get lots of advice, some training, great opportunities to network and so much more. I have!

Well, this got too long, but in BIG nutshell, this is my life. Of course there's so much more that I didn't even get to cover, but I don't want to get boring (maybe I already have :)

Thanks again and God bless,

Debbie Davis

Congrats Debbie for joining The Spotlight!
Enjoy your party!
The Spotlight Gazette Team.

An Angel's Hug

An Angel's Hug

Angels are ever all around us
And with love they do surround us.
When my heart is sore in need
The Angels come, my soul to feed.
They come to me from up above
and sing in whispers of Love.
When in my heart I feel a tug
I know that it's an Angel's hug.

(sorry there is no Panda in here!?)

This week our Guest of honour is a Spanish Lady,
born in London dedicated to Angels!
Let's welcome into The Spotlight:
Jenny SJ

Hello Lee Lu and all you good people at the Spotlight team. Thanks for inviting me here and here comes the bio. Here goes folks - don’t turn off your computers!

Born in London, in what my youngest sons calls “the olden days” before computers were found in nearly every home. I studied law and worked in the famous City of London for 10 years then I joined a small firm of management consultants where I was able to get paid for what I enjoy doing - problem solving.

I came to Southern Spain in 1986, found a little house on a hill overlooking the Mediterranean sea and two years later started my family - my two boys -who are now 15 and 18. They are the light and bane of my life in nearly equal proportions! LOL.

When my youngest was only two, I had to return to work fast. I did various things - including a couple of years as a publicity sales manager for an English language magazine and then ran a small promotional gifts business, And heaven only knows what else, so long as it was legal!!!

I had always been interested in decorative painting and restoration, and after developing a spinal condition which stopped me working with heavy items, I started painting angels and nativities which have always fascinated me

In 1999, I was asked to do an angel stall for a Crafts Fair in aid of the Cancer Association (who I collaborate with,) . It was a great success with the public and I decided to take some of my own advice - I turned my hobby into a business and founded Alas y Cia, Granada (Wings & Company in English) - Angels from Spain.!!

Now I spend my working days painting figures of angels, cherubs and nativities , in the studio workshop, beside my house, helped by a local girl from the village - It is the happiest work occupation I have had in my life. Angels are very lucky little things and they certainly have been for me. Now they call me the Angel Lady!

Over the past 7 years Alas y Cia have become angel specialists, we are always on the lookout for new angels and cherubs to add to our growing catalogue. At last count we had over 200 different models. We have wall decorations, figurines , lamps, shelves, candle holders , all with angels and cherubs.

Each year we add a couple of new nativity sets to our Nativity Section. Nativities are a tradition here in Spain at Christmas, where the Christmas Tree is a new comer. Most homes have a miniature stable and crib (some people have over 100 different pieces in their collections! And add to them every year. These take months to build). It is makes me very proud when our figurines are used in these Christmas scenes

We have been supplying angels and nativities to private individuals and shops here and in Europe, mainly Germany and France, for several years. This year we have a new Website with a semi online shop and are starting to paint angels for people and shops in North America. Our American customers here really like them and have been asking us to do this for some time. So we did.

You can see some of the angels and nativities we sell on our website

http://www.alasyciagranada.com

Hope you like them.!!

I’ve made some terrific friends here at Adland who I would never have been able to meet anywhere else.

So many good people here who understand what networking really means and have taught me and helped me. I hope I can do the same for them.

Lastly, someone asked me what I thought I had brought to Adland . That’s easy to answer - I’ve brought you angels!!

Hope you haven’t all fallen asleep while reading this LOL (oh, you’re not laughing? you were serious?…Whoops …I’m sorry…)

Saludos

Jenny

Thank you Jenny for your interesting Bio and giving us a chance for a glimps into your life!

Congrats for being in the Spotlight!

The Spotlight Gazette Team!