About Us

Kristin is a Southern Georgia belle, who graduated from UGA as a veterinarian May 2010. Carter grew up in NC, went on to seminary, became an ordained pastor, and has completed his doctorate of ministry. After retiring from full-time ministry, Carter is thoroughly enjoying being a financial advisor (and volunteering on the ministry side of things). After about a month of emailing, asking questions, and going through the steps of eharmony.com, we were full of excitement and became very eager to meet one another face to face. October 25, 2009, we met and enjoyed every minute together. We had no doubt God was going to strengthen our relationship with Him as well as with one another. Carter proposed August 9, 2010 on the boat in the middle of Lake Wylie at sunset. Kristin said "Yes" after some happy tears. We got married April 2, 2011 and what an amazing beautiful day that was! God has continued to bless us throughout our marriage. On May 18, 2017, our family grew when God gave us our son, Micah. We look forward to see what He has in store for us each and every day. We are super blessed to be serving the Lord wherever we are. God is constantly surprising us with new callings!

On The Go

by The Robinsons

Wow!  Does anybody else feel like it was just Christmas?  How is May already coming to an end?  We’ve posted many “Carter’s Corners,” thoughts we’ve had as we study scripture, or just multiple things God continues to teach us…  However, we haven’t shared an update lately on what’s been going on in our world.  If I shared it all, it’d be page upon page…  So, we’ll try to pick one thing that’s happened each month the last few months. 



January: Kristin began her second semester of teaching.  She says it every time someone asks how teaching is going, “What an amazing opportunity it is to be back in the classroom!  These students bless me each and every day.”  Kristin thanks God every day for reminding her that His plan isn't always "my initial plan." We all know He guided her down “this teaching” path, a path different than where she thought she’d be.  How cool it is to enjoy going into work every day!




At the end of January, Carter was in Charlotte for his first residency.  He thoroughly enjoyed meeting all his cohort buddies.  There are first, second, and third year students all together.  This first residency was “Pastor: Counselor and Caregiver.”  He was super impressed and liked how they could talk about some of the most difficult topics in a respectful and mature manner with one another.  Those two weeks flew by so quickly…he can’t wait until they are all together again next February.

February: We continued our “house hunt” journey.  We found what we think is going to be an awesome house and neighborhood for us.  Let the fun of house mortgage begin…ha!

We managed to escape on a youth ski adventure for a long weekend.  Like always, we cherish our time with these kiddos!



March: Kristin was just as excited as her students for Spring Break.  It was nice to sleep in and enjoy random beach walks.  (Our weather definitely wasn’t “springy” yet.)  We enjoyed the Robinsons being here that week for their spring break as well.



April:  What a fun filled month!  We celebrated our 2nd anniversary as well as Carter’s birthday!  We had one of our youth from Fairview, Alicia, come spend her spring break with us.  Was so awesome to have her here. We also went up to Myrtle to see a Fairview family, the Warnkens.  The Verdins stopped for a visit on their way to Charleston, too!  Towards the end of April, we made a short visit to North Augusta.  We squeezed in a couple dives in the river there. : ) Kristin was excited to be able to attend a women’s event at Fairview. Was awesome to catch up with so many of those women I miss! Always great to catch up with friends!





May:  We began the month with Kristin finishing up her Spring semester of teaching.  The day she finished, a couple of Kristin’s vet girlfriends, Fig and Rachel, came for a visit. 



Then, we headed to Atlanta for my Uncle John’s funeral before starting our vacation. 



From ATL, we went south to Macon to have dinner with Laura, Daniel, and SE for Kristin's birthday,



and then down to West Palm Beach to visit Leigh (vet school roommate) and to dive.  More dive stories will come…we are still in awe.  What an awesome WPB trip!  Wonderful first warm water, terrific visibility dive experiences! 
 



Some of our PIPC youth went through Confirmation.  What a joy it was to have the opportunity to work with these students!  Carter led most of the classes, and Kristin was honored to be a mentor to a beautiful teenage gymnast, Caroline!



We thought we were going to be closing on our house this month, but God has different timing.  Maybe next month?  He’s led us every step of the way of this whole “house process.”  We trust Him.



We enjoyed our time with Carter’s aunts, Brenda and Lynne.

 

For those of you who didn’t know, Kristin has been going through the interview process for full-time teaching.  She was extended an offer before she left the college Wednesday.  After more prayers and conversation with Carter, she accepted it the next day!!!!!  So blessed to be part of this HGTC family more full-time. 

More terrific news: We’ve been super excited with our “Under 40” fellowship group.  After much continued prayer, we recently had a “Under 55” cookout, which was a success, too.  On top of those, Carter has been working on a “young” men’s ministry.  It’s already started to take off. Kristin is busy getting a “young” women’s ministry started as well.  It’s been a slow start, but is coming around.  Just getting an email listserve set up with all the women under 55 in our church has been time-consuming yet exciting!  (There are more than I think folks realized, which is a good thing. He he.) We can already see that God has amazing things in store for these groups!



So…we’ve been busy bees.  Not a day goes by that we aren’t thanking God for His continual blessings He’s showering upon us.

Love you all!






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May: Carter's Corner

by The Robinsons

"Whoever serves Me must follow Me; and where I am, My servant also will be.My Father will honor the one who serves Me." 
John 12:26
When asked the question: “What does it mean to you to be a Christian?”, what is your response??

If it is that you are a follower of Christ or a disciple of Christ, then you are on the right road. But I have a shocker for you. “You can’t be a follower of Christ unless you actually follow Christ!” It is a simple statement but profound none the less. Early on in my scuba adventures, I didn’t always do a good job of following my dive buddies and I found myself lost. (One of the top scuba rules is to ALWAYS stay with your buddy.) The same thing happens in our walk with Christ. If we turn away from Christ just for a moment, we can easily get lost. Again, you can’t be a follower of Christ unless you actually follow Christ. We have just spent the last 30 weeks reading through The Story, doing a synopsis, in order, of THE ENTIRE BIBLE, old and new testaments all together. Through the process of going through The Story, I have been reminded of how very clear the Bible is about how we should live, and how scripture is black and white with no grey area. So often, we want to ignore what the Bible tells us to do as well as ignore how Christ told us to live. The truth is that we can’t be a follower of Christ and do whatever we want to. Just like when I am diving, I can’t follow the group and also go off on my own. I’m either following the group, or I’m not. I’m either following Christ in ALL that He says or I’m not following at all. It’s all or nothing. If you have never surrendered to Christ or gone “All In” before, why not commit to Him and go all in today?
 
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April: Carter's Corner

by The Robinsons

Thought I posted this... Guess not.  Only a month off, right? wink.  Enjoy!


Psalm 30:1-5

I will exalt You, Lord,
for You lifted me out of the depths

and did not let my enemies gloat over me. 
Lord my God, I called to You for help,

and You healed me.
You, Lord, brought me up from the realm of the dead;

You spared me from going down to the pit. 
Sing the praises of the Lord, you, His faithful people;

praise His holy name.
For His anger lasts only a moment,

but His favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may stay for the night,
but rejoicing comes in the morning. “Weeping may stay for the night, 
but rejoicing comes in the morning”

The ESV tells us that JOY comes in the morning. The Message says, ”The nights of cry- ing your eyes out give way to days of laughter.”

This is the Easter story. There was darkness, and now there is a great light. The light shines brighter than the darkness. Where there is light, there can be no darkness whatsoever!

On Easter, we celebrate the Light of the world. We celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We celebrate this joy, the rejoicing, this day of laughter. We do a great job of celebrating Easter...the church is full, or overcrowded; we are excited to be here; we are excited to sing and worship. What about the other 364 days of the year? Do we live in the joy? Or are we living in the darkness, weeping, crying? 

 There is a season for weeping, and a season for crying and mourning. But the Easter message is the message of Joy, the message of laughter. We can have the joy of the Lord year round. The Lord our God wants us to live in HIS joy.

My prayer for you, me, our entire congregation, and the community is that we can live in this JOY of the Lord. Yes, there will be hard times, sad times, times of mourning, but God gives us HIS joy and we can live in that joy each and every day.

If you have never really experienced the Joy that only Christ can give us, the peace that passes all understanding, my door is open. Please come by to talk to me. God’s joy, like HIS love, is AMAZING! 
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