Creekbank Stories Curt Iles, Storyteller

Monday,  October 1 Assurance for Today                       None of us know. What today will bring. What may be lurking out there tomorrow. What our life will be like 5 years from now. It doesn’t matter because we can trust the strong hands of Jesus to hold us and our world …

The Journey Curt and DeDe Iles serving on East African Engaged Team                 Curt and DeDe Iles will begin serving in Uganda in 2013.  They’ll be working as Master’s/International Service Corps workers with the International Mission Board.   After two months of training in Virginia, they’ll make a short Christmas trip home, and …

Scroll to end of post to read complete lyrics of today’s “Can’t get it out of my head” song:  “The Israelites”   early Reggae. A word from Curt:  Our heart is full of gratitude for the love, support, and affirmation we received during last weekend’s TheJourney Estate Sale.  DeDe and I are blessed beyond words. The proceeds from the sale are …

Iles Estate Sale continues Friday, Sept 21  8 am -6am Sat. Sept. 22 8-3 The first day of our Estate Sale (Thursday) was a special day.  Wonderful weather, few love bugs, and hundreds of folks descending on the Iles home. We continue on Friday beginning at 8 am.  Many of our advertised items were sold today but there is still …

It’s Love Bug season in Louisiana.   This timely short story is from Hearts across the Water written after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.   Black Bugs Over and over in the days leading up to the hurricane’s arrival people used this statement that reveals the human tendency to look for the silver lining in even the darkest cloud,      …

The Iles Journey Estate Sale September 20-21-22, 2012 8030 Hwy 394  Dry Creek, LA   Outdoor Equipment and Tools  

This gem is from Hearts across the Water written in 2005.  It’s subtitle is “Stories of Hope.”  It details the good people and heroic deeds done following the Indian Ocean tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, and its bad little sister, Hurricane Rita. Watching the edge of Isaac breeze through Dry Creek brought back so many memories.   Baptist Beer       …

Shelter from the Storm.                     Even the wind whispers His Name As the wind has gusted this afternoon, I’ve recalled a song I heard recently,  “Even the wind whispers His name.” We’re hunkering down for Isaac in Dry Creek.  We’ll only be brushed by the storm but am prepared and praying.  …

  We’ve been in Houston for a few days. It’s always a good trip to make me glad I live twenty-five miles from a traffic signal.     Trivia:  Did you know you can drive from Dry Creek, Louisiana to Pineville and never be stopped by a red light?   If you know the path, let me know.   As …

Part 7  Final Installation  2005 I had no idea that 2005 would include two more water-related disasters that would further shape my heart.    August 2005 brought Hurricane Katrina to the New Orleans area.  We’re two hundred miles west and had no wind or rain.  However, thousands of evacuees flooded our area. Dry Creek Camp had a history of providing ministry …

Part 6  The Camp Years     In 1992, I faced another crossroads in my life. I had a total of 14 years in education, and was poised for good things.   My mentor and camp manager at Dry Creek Camp was retiring after 26 years.  DeDe and I began praying about my applying for this job. She reminded me that …

  Part 5  This is the fifth installment of an autobiography I was required to write for our upcoming mission position. I share it with no pretense of it being self-glorification.  It is simply a timeline of God’s faithfulness in our lives.  I have written it with a transparent and honest spirit. The weaknesses are all mine… the triumph belongs …

In three earlier posts (found below in this blog) I shared about my growing up in Dry Creek. It’s now 1974 and time for college.   I chose to attend Louisiana College, our state’s only Southern Baptist college.  The next five years (I strategically crammed four years of college into five.) were a key time in my life. I found …

So our friends and readers can know what’s going on, here are frequently asked questions concerning our upcoming journey to Africa as well as our writing, plans, and dreams. When are you going? DeDe and I will first go for two months of training in Virginia. (Oct. 15-Dec.15).  We’ll return home for the holidays and leave for Uganda on January …