What We
Believe

How to
Live Forever

Family News
Dan
Gaye
Anne
Allen

Photos

About Our Site

Links

The Bullock Family...a web site where Jesus is Lord!

Fall 1998

Thanks for visiting! (Please scroll to see more!)

"The Word became flesh and dwelt among us." John 1:14 (NIV)

A special welcome to those of you arriving from Tom Shanahan's e-mail or links!

Gaye is thinking about starting a new single parents' bible study group. More.

Anne has started kindergarten. She's enjoying it, but it's an adjustment for the rest of us. More about Anne.

New photos! Larry the Cucumber, Allen's new bike, vacation pix, and Dan's brother the musician. Go to the photos.

Allen the astronaut monster truck driver and Larry the Cucumber. Huh? More about Allen.

Dan going to Defense Systems Management College at Ft Belvoir, Virginia, for a class September through December. More.

Big Vacation. We went to Utah and Colorado, and put 4,000 miles on the van. Details here.


Hi! Happy Fall! Welcome to Bullock Manor Midwest. We're the Bullocks: Dan, Gaye, Anne, and Allen. We put up this web site for three reasons:
  • To tell you Jesus is our Lord, and why we trust our lives to Him
  • To share the good news of how you can have a relationship with Jesus, be forgiven of everything you've ever done wrong, and live forever!
  • To keep you up to date on what's going on in our lives

Disclaimer: Playing with Hot Wheels and Barbie with the kids, and taking my wife out on dates, are much better investments of my time than fixing up this web site, so you'll just have to wait until December or so for another update.

This page has been visited times. (Those of you who come here are a small but select group--thanks!)

[ Top ] [ What We Believe ] [ How to Live Forever ] [ Our Family ]
[ Dan ] [ Gaye ] [ Anne ] [ Allen ] [ Photos ] [ About Our Site ] [ Links ]


Thanks to all of you who work (Happy Labor Day, 7 Sep 98), thanks to all of you who serve or have served in the armed forces (Happy Veteran's Day, 11 Nov 98), and let us repent of our sins and honor our Lord Jesus Christ who has richly blessed us (Happy Thanksgiving, 26 Nov 98).

What We Believe

There is one God, eternal and unchanging, who exists as a Trinity--Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

God created us in his image, and loves us and cares about us.

The Bible is the Word of God. It is true and without error as originally written. It is consistent and without contradiction.

Jesus Christ is the Son of God. It is a historical fact that he lived, died on the cross for our sins, rose from the dead, and will return again in glory.

Personal faith in Jesus is the only way to obtain forgiveness for sins, eternal life, and true, lasting peace and joy.

Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior. We (Dan and Gaye) each came to a point in our lives when we realized we were sinners in need of salvation. We realized the things of this world didn't satisfy our need for love, intimacy, and peace of mind. We realized we couldn't achieve righteousness by our own effort. So, we accepted God's free gift of forgiveness and salvation by believing in Jesus and surrendering our will to his.
[ Top ]

How To Live Forever

We recommend you read the scripture quotations yourself, in context, in whatever translation you like.

God loves you and has a purpose for your life. He created you to have a relationship with him. No matter what you've done, he loves you and wants the best for you.

" 'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.' " (Jeremiah 29:11)

We have all sinned against God, however, by seeking our own will instead of his...

"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." (Romans 3:23)

...and the penalty for sin is death.

"The wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23a)

The good news is that Jesus Christ paid the death penalty for us.

"While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8)

He now offers us eternal life (salvation from our death penalty) and a restored relationship with God as a free gift.

"...the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 6:23b)

All we have to do is receive the gift by confessing our sins, and by believing that Jesus died for our sins and rose again.

"This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe." (Romans 3:22)

"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." (1 John 1:9)

"To all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God." (John 1:12)

"If you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." (Romans 10:9)

We can't earn God's love. We can't work our way to forgiveness. We can never be good enough to be righteous. We don't have to get our act together first. It's a gift--get it? It's not because of anything we do; it's because God loves us.

"It is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--not by works, so that no one can boast." (Ephesians 2:8-9)

It's easy, doesn't take any special words, requires no batteries, isn't a secret, doesn't hurt, fade, or wear out, won't break, and no one can take it from you. If you're ready, you can pray something like this: "God, I confess that I've sinned, and I turn away from my sins. I accept your gift of forgiveness and eternal life made possible by Jesus' death and resurrection. I put my faith and trust in Jesus Christ, and I accept him as my Savior and Lord."

If you've just taken this step, please let us know!
[ Top ]


Family News

Big Vacation. The big event of the summer was our two-week vacation to Colorado and Utah. We stayed with our friends Jeff and Jane Rattray in Colorado Springs, visited a children's museum, stared at Pikes Peak, and toured Garden of the Gods (see photos). In Ogden, Utah, we saw many good friends, spent a day at the Lagoon amusement park, hiked in the mountains, soaked at Crystal Hot Springs, worshipped at our old church (Washington Heights Baptist) and hung out at the Solid Rock Cafe (a Christian coffeehouse in a strategic location for evangelism--right across the street from the Ogden Mormon temple!). It was good to relive our wonderful memories of Utah and refresh our relationships with people there.

We ran out of gas in Kansas on the way home--one mile before we got to our hotel for the night--but a passing tow truck driver stopped to ask if he could help, let us use his cellular phone to call 911, and 10 minutes later a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper was putting gas in our tank for free! Now we like Kansas, and Kansas people. Just in case any of you ever see this page...thank you and God bless you.

We went camping a week before Labor Day. We cooked marshmallows, swam in the lake, visited a nature center, rented a pontoon boat which ran out of gas (deja vu?), and had a great time.

We also went to see Dan's brother Robin Bullock perform with the John Whelan Band at the Dublin, Ohio Irish Festival, and we had a great time. The kids love to see their Uncle Robin, and they had fun doing their version of Irish reels and jigs.
[ Top ]

Dan

Dan will be at Defense Systems Management College this fall, from mid-September through mid-December. It's at Fort Belvoir, an Army base in Virginia, just south of Washington DC. He'll be taking the Advanced Program Manager's Course, which is supposed to be a Good Thing for his career. Gaye and the kids will be visiting occasionally, and we'll all converge on Dan's parents' house in Washington. (They're always glad to see the grandkids.) Dan's dad has started surfing the Web...Hi, Dad!

Dan's hair continues to get gray. Gaye says the streaks of gray on the sides look like "racing stripes"!
[ Top ]

Gaye

Gaye has been working with the singles' group at our church to develop their new format for the fall. She'll be leading the praise and worship singing by herself on Sunday mornings while Dan is in school throughout the fall. (We'll miss the 30 minutes we used to get for praise and worship on Tuesday nights--now we only have 10 minutes on Sundays.) After listening to a guest speaker talk on small group ministry to the singles' leadership group, Gaye's considering starting a new single parents' Bible study. We'll keep you posted.
[ Top ]

Anne

Anne is in kindergarten now. She's going to school five days a week, which is a big change from three days a week last year in preschool. She likes it; the adjustment is probably hardest for mom and dad, who have to get up early, help her and Allen get dressed etc., and get her to and from school.

Anne has a new purple purse, and to Dan's great pleasure she keeps a postcard in it that he sent her last time he was out of town on business. It was a loving, but small thing, I did to send her that card, but it's a big thing to her to get mail from Daddy. You fathers who are reading this, don't EVER underestimate the effect you have, especially on your daughters!
[ Top ]

Allen

Allen turned three in June, and the theme for his party was Larry the Cucumber. (That's his favorite character from Veggie Tales.) So, Gaye made him a Larry cake (see the photo).

Allen has decided he wants to be an astronaut for Harvest Party this year. (That's our alternative to Halloween--several local churches here have costume parties in a positive atmosphere, to keep kids from the negative aspects of Halloween.) Happy All Saint's Day, instead! (1 Nov 98) So, we're trying to figure out how to do an astronaut costume.

He also really, REALLY likes monster trucks (you know, the jacked up ones with huge tires). On our vacation, every time we saw a pickup truck--any pickup truck--he said "Look, a monster truck!" We also tried to get him to say "Utah," but each time we did, he replied, "Me - tah!"
[ Top ]


Photos

Allen had a Larry the Cucumber birthday cake

Allen blowing out candles on Larry the Cucumber

Allen got a new bike from his grandparents (thanks!)

Dan's brother Robin performing at Dublin, Ohio, Irish Festival

Anne and Allen at Garden of the Gods, taking turns standing on the same rock

Anne and Allen again at Garden of the Gods in Colorado

Gaye at Garden of the Gods

Allen ready to play football on vacation

Dan and Allen swimming at Crystal Hot Springs in Utah


Saved from last time...Photos from Dan's trip to Promise Keepers!


I apologize for removing previous photos, but I can only stand to do so much web site maintenance...if you want to see some again, just let us know.
[ Top ]


About Our Site

This site is a way to share the good news of Jesus, and let you what we've been up to at Bullock Manor Midwest. Everyone's welcome here! We don't advocate or endorse any specific hardware or software; we love you no matter what you use to visit our site!
  • We want our site to be easy to view and fast to download, so it's mostly on one page with HTML tables and only a few graphics.
  • Dan writes all the HTML code himself. He says it's fun. Go figure.
  • The site has been tested occasionally.
  • Graphics are created by Dan unless noted otherwise, and he has put them in the public domain, so help yourself to them!
  • Scripture taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version (R). Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of International Bible Society.
  • Did you notice we use lower case for "he" and "him" when referring to God or Jesus? This is consistent with most English Bible translations, and is not meant to convey any disrespect.

Thanks for visiting, and may the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you!
[ Top ]