Prayer Request from the ER for Mom
I am at the ER with my mom. Please pray for her. She is in need of more medical tests. Please pray that good solutions can be found to the problems she has suffered with. Thank y’all.
Prayer Request for Oma & Opa
Well, those “rare, breakthrough cases” have struck my family… Please pray for Opa & Oma. We found out that they have COVID along with Strep Throat. They had their vaccine, they were still careful about who they were around, and they have been doing all of the right things.
Now, all of my grandparents have been touched by COVID. We are hopeful and prayerful for Oma & Opa to beat this, but we all carry sadness that Mimmie died from COVID. Back when she became sick with it, vaccines weren’t available, but one of the last things that she said a couple of days before she died was, “I want my shot!”
Anyways, please pray for my Oma & Opa, and please continue to pray for all of my little family on the home-front here in Augusta (Greg, Mom, and Dad). We are doing our best to get Mom better, and each of us have been through a health scare in our lives.
We also pray that you will stay safe & well. We are doing our best to be careful. We are doing our best to be understanding and considerate of others. We take COVID very seriously. It hits close to home for me. And even without a pandemic, big scars on my chest remind me of how scary it is to almost die from an infection.
We thought you would enjoy this video from a few years ago. Mom is playing the flute with her mother and her brother, and this is the kind of music she grew up studying.
Our family is extremely grateful for your prayers for all of us! Please keep on, and we are praying for The Lord to shield you all and fill you with His peace.
“I Heard About His Healing”
Sunday, July 25th, 2021 ~ Eryn Eubanks shares a verse of an old hymn, a prayer update, and a message from The Bible. (Scriptures are Matthew 13:58, John 11:40, and Mark 9:14-27.)
Facebook Group: “Family Fold Church & Prayer Chain.”
If you’re on Facebook… I just created the group, “Family Fold Church & Prayer Chain,” on Facebook. If it’s something you would like to be a part of, please search for us and send us a request.
Disclaimer… Don’t let the “church” word scare you. Our group has always tried to be a supplement to the church you’re already attending, not “steal you away” from your local congregation. 🙃
And if you don’t attend a local church, but you think you might like what we do, come on and send us a request. It’s just us! What ya’ see is what ya’ get with The Family Fold.
Happy Mandolin Anniversary to Me!
Happy Mandolin Anniversary to Me! On July 14th, 2000, I started playing the mandolin. It has been the fastest, funnest 21-years of my life so far. I thank God for every detail and person He lined up on my path. I pray to Him that I get to share music with you all for many, many more years to come. Thank you for being a part of my journey! God bless you, and always remember… GOD LOVES YOU!!!
We’re grateful for another opportunity to play live music for you!
My guitarist & I are happy to be back playing some more live music for St. Paul’s Celtic Service on Sunday (June 27th) at 5:15 P.M. You don’t have to make a reservation… Just come as you are! (605 Reynolds St. Augusta, GA 30901).
Our next date there will be August 8th. Please continue to pray for my mom… Specifically that she will be able to walk on her own, and that she will be able to play music with us again. It has been 8-months that she has suffered with ailments! We miss the huge, one-of-a-kind sound that she brings to The Family Fold. We want our feisty, tough-cookie Ricie back!
God bless you, and always remember… GOD LOVES YOU!!!
We’ll be playing live music on June 13th!
My guitarist & I will be playing some music for the 11:00 A.M. service at Saint Paul’s Church this Sunday (June 13th). Masks are required, but you do not have to make a reservation, so we hope to see you there (605 Reynolds St. Augusta, GA 30901).
If you can’t join us in person on Sunday at 11:00 A.M., you can tune your radio to WGAC 580 A.M., you can stream the radio broadcast at wgac.com, or you can go to the “Saint Paul’s Church Augusta, GA” Facebook page to watch it live.
Our next dates there are June 27th and August 8th. Please mark your calendar, and join us if you can.
Please continue to pray for my mom. We really miss her playing music with us at this church, and we hope she can join us again soon.
Here is a video of what it was like last summer 2020 when we played for the morning service.
God bless you, and always remember… GOD LOVES YOU!!!
Celebrating Dad today and the miracles Jesus did for him!
May 27th, 1997 is a special day because Patrick Eubanks rededicated his life to Jesus Christ! God spared his life when he nearly died from pneumonia. He had ARDS... It was scary.
I love my dad, and I am so thankful that God kept him in my life. At the time, I was only 9-years-old, and didn’t play a musical instrument at all. Without Dad’s influence, I wouldn’t be a multi-instrumentalist or leader of The Family Fold. I probably wouldn’t have had the blessing of knowing you either.
We serve a God who is mighty to save us... Spiritually, and physically,
too ! Today we especially celebrate that, and I pray that this story will encourage you in your faith.
Live Music, In Person, on Sunday, May 23rd!
After 5-months since the last time we were there, we are very happy to say that we will be playing live music for St. Paul’s Celtic Service on Sunday, May 23rd at 5:15 P.M. Masks are required, but you do not have to reserve a spot, so please come on! It’s been so long since we’ve seen y’all - in person - so we hope to see you there (605 Reynolds St. Augusta, GA 30901).
Please keep on praying for Mom…
Please keep on praying for Mom. We are grateful that she got well enough to be back home with us. Physical therapists come to work with her at least three times a week here at home, and they want to keep that schedule going for the next 7-weeks. But Mom still needs healing and strengthening from The Lord. This morning, she fell. Her right foot twisted, but she has it propped up now. Mom has had diabetic neuropathy for a few years, but it was never bad feeling, just a little bit of tingling in her left foot. But after meningitis back in February, the diabetic neuropathy got worse and moved to the right side. It seems like over these past four days, she can’t feel things with her right foot like she normally would. So please keep praying for Mom. She needs God’s healing from head to toe so she can get back to playing that bass, running that sound board, telling The Family Fold what to do (haha!), and going back to her nursing work at the hospital so she can help others in their time of need.
Thank y’all for remembering my birthday!
I am so thankful for all of the birthday wishes from my friends & family this past week! I hope that next year we can all celebrate together like old times at my birthday pickin’ party... Tons of music, loads of cake, and lots of love!
This photo was last year’s cake... A surprise gift from a friend to commemorate me coming through open heart surgery. Every year and every day is a blessing from God!
Masters Week Memories of Mimmie
What I miss most of all this Masters Week is Mimmie. Here we are in 2019 at Club Magnolia, our last normal Masters Week before the COVID pandemic would change everything. Mimmie was always very proud for our band to play for Club Magnolia. We started out playing for the club in 2007, in the azalea bushes, haha! We are so proud of how the club has grown through the years, and we are grateful to have been a part of it. Here’s to 2022 at Club Magnolia!
The flowers are blooming beautifully at Mimmie’s house this Masters Week. I know she is enjoying the gorgeous flowers in Heaven now.
While going through Mimmie’s things, I found a stack of these poems that I had typed and printed for her. She always kept these on hand to send with sympathy cards for people during their time of bereavement. I always regarded this poem as beautiful and comforting, but it has taken on greater meaning for me now that Mimmie is in Heaven. Reading this poem was like Mimmie & Jesus were giving me a reminder I needed.
In closing, we’d like to leave you with a little video that captures some of our favorite memories from The Family Fold performing at Club Magnolia for Masters Week.
And we’d like to keep our Masters Week tradition, and send this song out to our friend, Tom… “Somewhere Over The Rainbow.”
“Legendary Locals of Augusta”
Flashback to April 10th, 2014... I was absolutely surprised and deeply honored to find myself in Don Ramblin’ Rhodes’ book, “Legendary Locals of Augusta.” Don is the legend!
Easter Weekend Encouragement + Mom’s Home!
Eryn’s Easter Encouragement (that’s good for anytime of the year).
We are happy to report that after nearly 13-days there, Mom made it home from the acute rehab facility! She is doing better than what she was, but we want y’all to still please pray hard for her. Currently she has to have someone with her 24/7because she is still needing to build up her strength and balance. She is having to make use of the walker and wheelchair. For those of y’all who know Mom, you know that is quite different than how she was 5-months ago when she was an Assistant Nurse Manager at University Hospital (where she’s worked for nearly 35-years), prior to her cervical spine surgery. We only tell you this so you will continue to intercede for her. We are grateful for every prayer that y’all have said for us along the way. We are thankful to God, and we are trusting in Him to restore her health... In Jesus’ Name!
God is still good all the time, and we are praying that you have a peaceful & Spirit-filled Easter. May your hope & strength be renewed.
Praise Report & Song
After 11-days in the hospital and waiting for this moment since last weekend, I am happy to report that Mom has arrived at the acute rehab facility. Thank God, and thank you all for your prayers for her!
We are praying that this will be a new season for her, filled with calm and renewed strength.
Tranquility and rejuvenation... Maybe Mom’s beautiful flute will refresh you this evening (“Chopin Ballade”).
Thanks again for caring & praying! We send our love & prayers for each one of you.
St. Patrick’s Day 2021
Happy St. Patrick’s Day from The Family Fold! ☘️ Thanks be unto God, we have had some fun Irish holidays celebrating with y’all these past 20-years. We pray for many more! The photos above are highlights from those festivals.
As for today, I am at the hospital with my mom. She has been here for 10-days now. Thank y’all for praying for her, and please continue to do that. When she leaves the hospital, she will go to an acute rehab facility. Her body has been trying to heal for nearly 5-months since her cervical spine surgery. In the saga of one problem after another, her muscles have weakened tremendously. In rehab, she will work on building her muscles back up so she can walk again.
The photos below are from today, St. Patrick’s Day 2021. This is our view from day #10 of Mom in the hospital. When I haven’t been playing case manager for Mom, I’ve been playing the mandolin for her. Now back to calling rehab and the insurance companies again and again and again and again...
Meanwhile, we hope you enjoy these Celtic tunes from The Family Fold. You can find many more on our YouTube channel, so please check it out & subscribe... http://www.YouTube.com/eubanksfamilyfold
God bless you, and always remember... GOD LOVES YOU!!!
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I love The Bible because…
The radio program, “Thru The Bible with Dr. J. Vernon McGee,” wanted its listeners to send in short videos of why they love the Bible. I didn’t want to miss the deadline or procrastinate any longer, so I filmed this clip in my mom’s hospital room. Not the most ideal setting, I know... But then I thought that such a setting could be a testimony of how God is with us in every setting of our lives. Thank You, Lord, that You don’t leave us when things aren’t “ideal” in our lives... Nothing can ever separate us from His love! I hope this quick video is an encouragement to you.
For more information on “Thru The Bible,” visit www.ttb.org, or search for their free programs where you listen to your podcasts and/or get your apps.
It’s been a year… Quite a year!
It’s been a year since our family & band has had a “normal” weekend. (“Normal” = “Musical,” for us. Thanks be to God, gigging is what we did every weekend for 20-years.)
We still don’t know when our “normal” will return, but know that our hearts are with you all, and we will strive to keep bringing music & spiritual encouragement to you during this continued physical hiatus.
My “virtual” world has expanded, and with The Good Lord’s help, I hope to kick it up more for what one of our dear friends calls “The Family Fold Nation.”
Please continue to pray for Ricie. She was admitted to the hospital on Monday, and she will have several tests on Wednesday. Thank y’all for caring about her and remembering her in your prayers.
Love, Prayers, & Immense Gratitude for You All.
Pa & Mimmie celebrating together in Heaven
Pa has been in Heaven since February 25th, 2003. Now in 2021, Mimmie is celebrating with him in the “land where we’ll never grow old.”
Sing “Angel Band,” haha!
😂 Mom & I are ready to get back to this kind of dialogue, haha! 😂 Seriously, Mom loves “Angel Band.” (She originally picked that song for our band to do when we got started 20-years ago.) I think Mom would be happy to play any old favorite tune that I want to pick on my mandolin, no matter how many times we’ve played it already. 💕
This video of “Angel Band” was made in 2013 at The Family Fold’s “Acoustic Coffeehouse Sessions” at the church I grew up in, Bible Deliverance Temple. Our beloved friend, the late Hugh Handley, captured this video (and hundreds of other music videos) for his YouTube channel. We are grateful for him doing this, and that we can look back in time today.