16 April, 2009

The Reverend Samuel "Billy" Kyles



We had the honor this week of spending time with Reverend Kyles a close friend to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.. He gave a powerful presentation at the University. I think we were all moved to tears.



Tuesday we had the pleasure of having Rev. Kyles in our home. He played cards with Elias and discussed the last moments of Dr. Kings life with us. We hope to meet up with him in Memphis sometime soon. What a powerful experience.



Also, We celebrated Elias's 3rd birthday recently. He loved having all of his friends at the swimming pool to play with him especially Grandpa Lamb.




Goldie and Elias are best buds. Goldie lives on the next block so we get to play a lot.


Nana bug also came out to celebrate Elias's birthday! Fun times!

8 comments:

Teri said...

Wow! That will be meaningful to Elias someday. The picture of them together is really sweet. Love you guys.

Molly said...

WOW! that is waaaaay neat. and such a cool thing for elias, (when he gets older and could appreciate it more)

Maudie Jane said...

How exciting for your family, that is so cool. How rad will it be to show Elias pictures of that when he gets older.

Anonymous said...

Heidi~ how do you manage to have the coolest experiences? You have a way of being so genuinely pure and full of love that people can't resist you!!!! How amazing is that - someone that knew The King personally ? wo! very cool!

Whitney said...

Woops I didn't mean to pick anonymous - i've never posted a comment.. It's me Whitney!

Wendy said...

Heidi you are so amazing with all the stuff that you do and the way that you get involved in so many different ways....inspiring

kel bel said...

What a great experience--we loved being close to so much of MLK's history while in Atlanta. But how much greater to have a personal contact with someone like Rev. Kyles! very cool!

Jennica said...

That's so cool! What a great memorable story!!!

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