Access-Life “East Tennessee Fall Fun Day”: September 19, 2026 – God’s colors come out early this Autum!

Hey there Access-Life family and friends. 

I finally got the north Texas Expo wrapped up except for the finances. So, I wanted to share with you that the following weekend on September 19th, spearheaded by our local board member Helen McLaren, Shady Grove Church hosted yet another great Fall Fun Day for the ministry. 

As always, it was a God blessed success with God’s presence permeating the atmosphere and putting smiles on lots of faces with the joy of life in Christ! 

Attached is the photo collage so you can see some of these happy faces and blessings that were exchanged among participants and volunteers alike. :-) 

Thank you so much to everyone who prayed, networked and served to make this annual event a great entrance into the wonderful season of autumn!

Access-Life “North Texas Expo”: September 12, 2026 – The SON is still shining after 14 years!

Well, our 14th annual North Texas Expo on Lake Grapevine was a record setter. That’s right, it was 102° that day but God still did miracles and touched many lives in ways that only he can do. So, as usual it was another God bless success! 

We gave out Bibles with goodie bags, caught lots of fish, took hundreds of people on boat rides, had some of the best smoked turkey and hamburgers in Texas, saw hundreds of people enjoying arts, crafts and games as well as the joy of the Lord on so many faces. 

There were challenges as always but God worked through the hearts and minds of his people to come together as the body of Christ and do great things to see his kingdom expand right before our eyes. 

I hope you are as amazed as we are seeing God’s hands at work in the photo collage at the top of the page. It was a great day and I know God blessed everyone who served and participated as we were all there blessed to be a blessing to each other. :-)

Access-Life “East Tennessee Expo”: July 18, 2026 – 16 Years of Moving Forward in Christ!

Well, Expo number 66 is in the books. God did a great work in East Tennessee pulling everything together, doing miracles and making ways so that our 16th annual outreach in the area could bless many individuals and families living with disabilities with the love and gospel of Jesus. 

With the water levels so low at the local lakes we had to move inland which was a first and East Tennessee. However, we have had to do that in Texas twice because of park flooding and both events were success so we knew God would bless people in Jesus’ name and East Tennessee, too. 

We had a great mix of new and usual activities so there were smiles to be seen all around. As always it was good to see some new faces as well as meet some new friends. :-) 

Our core team is getting a bit older but still has a great Philippians 4:13 attitude and got the job done with excellence. This is always a core part of our ministry culture as well as keeping everything free for both participants and volunteers. 

I hope you enjoy the collage above and if you’d like to see more pictures you can go to our website at www.access-life.org/etnexpo to see the joy of the Lord on many faces. :-)

Also, if you check out our previous post about the East Tennessee Expo in 2 minutes you can see a great video that our East Tennessee Ministry lead, Hannah Spradling put together!

Access-Life “Leanne Life Legacy” Easter Baskets – Second Year and Twice the Impact!

Well, our second year of doing Leanne Life Legacy baskets for Easter was yet another greatly God bless success. Not only were we able to reach new individuals and families living with disabilities in need with the love and gospel of Jesus which included the true meaning of Easter but we were able to do it in not only Central Florida but East Tennessee, too. :-) 

Thanks to Amanda Rathbun five individuals and families living with disabilities received a special Easter basket that contains not only a Bible, ministry art book with scripture, $100 food card, Leanne Life legacy t-shirt and the personalized Easter card but also various special faith-based Easter items geared especially for kids. 

In Central Florida, I was specifically privileged to get to spend some time with a fellow spinal cord injury patient, Rhonda Reese who I have known for many years. The Royal Ambassador also got involved as we were able to deliver a basket to a lady who lives in his community this year. 

All in all, it was great to see God pour out His Easter blessing on 10 recipients this year and two states. Hopefully, as God leads this program will expand to more areas with our next distribution on Thanksgiving. :-)