Hello friends! I know we've been off the radar for a minute, but we wanted to let you know the news!
For over 12 years we have been singing our O Holy Night medley at Christmas events and concerts.. we love it so much.. So when our friends at Jesus Daily asked us to be part of the E-Pop Christmas record, we jumped at the chance to record our favorite tune!
Here is the iTunes link: http://itun.es/iLS4nx
Please let us know what you think of the song and show support for the artists involved!
God bless you this holiday season whoever you are, wherever you might be!
I’ve been sitting here watching Shanghai Noon, with my computer in my lap, thinking of what to write down for my New Years resolutions.
Then I went and checked out the meaning of resolution.
Resolution – a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner. finding a solution to a problem.
It’s so easy to spout off things you want to do, things you dream of and things you want, but when you really sit down and think about it, what are the things in 2011 that you want to decide to do differently or to resolve?
It’s almost as if you are going back over 2010, seeing where you may have gone wrong, and choosing to fix that. But really it’s a chance to look over 2010, be thankful for every good moment and every bad moment, and to start fresh, start over, take the lessons learned with you and keep moving forward. It’s a wonderful thing really!
So here I am, writing down thing after thing that I want to accomplish and achieve for myself and others.
I’m writing what I plan to figure out or do, but really it’s all up in the air. Every day is a new adventure, and things happen all the time that we don’t plan for. Like my fuel pump dying in my car on Christmas Eve while I was in Oklahoma City, or the fact that we might get stranded in Montana for the New Year because it’s gonna be 4 degrees with a lot of snow!
Really though, you can get mad or you can just decided to look at the bright side and make the most of it. Now my car is fixed and that problem won’t happen again for a long, long time! And heck, if we get stuck in Montana we can have a killer snowball fight and make snow angels! It’s been forever since I’ve done that.
So, all that being said, go with what happens this next year.
Embrace 2011 with a new desire to see the good in all of it! Decide now that when you are looking back on 2011 this same time next year you will smile and be excited that you made it through in one piece, and with more adventure and stories than you can count.
Happy New Year everyone! Much love and peace to you all. God bless!
Hello my friends, I hope you are all getting ready to enjoy a cozy Christmas with your loved ones! I am currently in PA excited to make a Christmas Eve dinner tomorrow with my in-laws and sing with Jeremy!
First, thanks so much to all of you who are supporting my trip to Haiti! As most of you know, our trip was postponed until January 6-11 because of the political unrest -- we're so excited though because we've added I think 7 people to our trip which means we'll be able to take double the supplies and gifts to our friends at Restoration Ministries!!! I'm close to my trip being paid up, so close! Thanks again and remember to check back here and http://conduitmission.org for more updates!
Okay, so every year, we TRY to get together and make Christmas cookies! Mom & Julia came over with my pal Britt and Julia's BF Micah... Sarah wasn't there *sad face* cuz she's Christmasing in OK City this year, but we sent her photo updates every step of the way :)
So, I thought we could share those photos with you all to have you included in one of our "Ross Family Christmas Traditions" which are coincidentally Everlife Christmas Traditions... And this time, let's just say Julia got a little nutso with the icing, and then Britt stepped in and joined me!
I am so excited to tell you all about my upcoming trip to Jacmel, Haiti this December 16th-21st. There is a team of about 10 of us who will be taking a trip to visit our project in Haiti!
We will be taking Christmas presents to all of the kids who are sponsored by Restore Haiti and Conduit Mission. This is also a celebration of 5 years that we have been doing work there along with planning for the future. I'm so excited to be serving these wonderful people and finally meeting my sponsor child, Paola!
This is a special trip for me, I've been helping support our friends in Jacmel for five years from here in the States, and while my sister and husband have been able to go and see firsthand the difference we're making, I've always had to hear about it from everyone else, and I'm excited to finally go and see and love on our Hatian brothers and sisters in person.
I'm still raising funds to cover my trip of $1200 and so many of you have been supporting us in our cause for Haiti, if you want to donate to getting me there, you can DONATEright here!!
I would love mostly for your prayers as well! Most of you know about the cholera epidemic torturing Haiti right now, as well as the political unrest.. It basically comes down to getting things as basic as clean water and honest, caring people. All of us at Conduit Mission and Restore Haiti are trying to be just a small part of that.
Check out conduitmission.org and restorehaiti.com to check out what all we are involved in the US and internationally! If you have any questions, feel free to email me at Amber@everlifeonline.com!
Thanks for making a difference with us...
Truly, Amber
p.s. I WILL be blogging about my trip after Christmas, so stay tuned!
We are so honored that GMC has nominated "What's Beautiful" for their music video of 2010!! Please help us in voting by going to http://gospelmusicchannel.com/vote EVERY DAY and voting for our "What's Beautiful" Video!! Share it with your friends too!
Thank you for voting!! Did i mention we have the best fans in the world?!!
It has been an insane week! I left for Haiti on the 19th (which I will be blogging about soon!), had an incredible trip and then flew back into the states on the 24th.
October 24 was a VERY SPECIAL DAY! It was the day that our beautiful mama turned 50.
The girls and I had been racking our brains trying to figure out what to do for her that would be memorable and heartfelt, something she could look back on 30 years from now and smile about. Then the plan hit me!
Because Julia and I were both going to be gone on her actual birthday, she decided to fly home to Pennsylvania to be with her sister and mom and friends. So what do we do?
Julia flew back from California on the 23rd and she and Amber left at 3 am on the 24 (in my car) to make the 10 hour drive to Pittsburgh from Nashville. They surprised mom! Lots of smiles, tears, laughter, questions..All the while I was still on plane after plane getting back to the states from Haiti, waiting for my chance to jump in on the surprise!
So they have a party for mama with all her friends and family, spend a day in Pittsburgh, and just live it up! Mom is sad that I wasn’t able to be there..
but wait..
I sleep a day in Nashville, then jump on a flight at 6 am on the 26th to Pittsburgh to surprise mom and be there for the drive back to Nashville. It was awesome!
Julia and Amber blindfold mama and I see them pull up to the curb at the Pittsburgh airport. Julia helps mom (who is still blindfolded) out of the car while I proceed to grab her hand as she takes off her blindfold. She was SO confused at first and then realized I was there right beside her, and the tears flowed freely! It was a beautiful thing. She got her only birthday wish!
For all of us to be together.
We then proceeded to dodge a few tornadoes on the way back, and 13 hours later we made it safe and sound to Nashville! Hope you enjoyed it as much as we all did.
Basically, the girls and I are the best! ;) We pulled off a killer surprise because we love our mama more than words!
Please be praying for our Sarah as she is with the Conduit Church team in Haiti for the next few days!! She's serving with her hands and her voice!
And a huge THANK YOU to all of our wonderful fans who have been supporting our friends in Haiti through Conduit Mission since the earthquake! Sarah will be updating us when she gets home about our relief efforts, child sponsorship programs and food distribution Conduit is doing in Jacmel, Haiti!
Okay, here's the deal. New Groove Music is giving away a free iPad and each entry on our personal EVERLIFE NGM page counts as one (1) vote for us to win the Contest!
1. go here:
Everlife on New Groove Music
2. click the green Rockin' iPad Giveaway banner at the top of the page and enter!
3. tell everyone Everlife rocks. (well, number 3 is optional, but we hope you do!!)
Saturday, November 26, 2011 at 9:47PM 
