Monday, September 18, 2006

Happy Monday to everyone or anyone. It was an amazing week watching God at work. Feels like we are starting to have breakthroughs after these last months of battles with the enemy. Last Wednesday we had a busy night. I was wondering why the day street ministry was light and then I understood. We had over three hundred people to feed. Don and Jen were getting into a place. Courtney , a pregnant girl was trying to get into a hotel that night and had been having a hard time that day. Angela, another pregnant girl we have been working with was going through a lot herself. I called tiff to come down and talk and pray with these two girls. Tiff and another Jada (Jon’s wife) spent time working with them. I was getting medication for Bob a nineteen year old that had been stabbed (the knife was one centimeter from killing him). He has a pregnant girlfriend and it gave me a chance to talk and pray with them. Bob grew up in church and knows what he needs to do. Jon started celebrate recovery at the mission had nine people for his first class. There wasn’t anything for the women but now the women’s Bible study is going to be on Wednesdays. Thursday I went to the fair to work at a booth that offered prayer and handed out Bibles. It was great how many people we handed out Bibles to and gave our testimonies. We were getting ready to leave so we decided to have some prayer for all the people we had talked to. We finished, and a mom, her son and grandma was standing there so we started talking to them. They were looking for a church so we gave them information about the church that was sponsoring the booth. They started asking me questions about the church but I told them I went to a different one. When they found out about the Elm Street Church and realized that they were living in apartments about five hundred feet away they decided to go there. So we had quite a few new people that God brought yesterday and like I said watching God work is amazing. I better stop because there is more and I get excited talking about my Savior and so God bless you and may His light shine on you this week.

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Well here we are into another week. More chances to impact those around us for Christ. I had a very busy weekend with two sermons preached and speaking at a seminar for teenager leaders and their youth pastors at Mission Springs Camp. It was a great time and good to see teens desiring to follow God with everything. I am so used to youth of today only talking about the next video game or fun thing they are getting or doing. Pray for Kelly she is wanting to do more for God as well as know more about Him. She has started a discipleship study book and has already memorized scripture (She had been in an accident and has a very hard time memorizing) Praise God. Pray for Johnny and Lola and their family who just started coming to the mission on Sunday morning. Pray for Todd (My tile guy from construction days) God is moving on him. Pray for Marcos he came to us as we were on the streets ministering around two months ago. He was separated from his family and the doctors told him he had pancreatic cancer with six months to live. He didn’t want to live and was going to drink himself to death. We spent some time talking to him and praying for healing. Two weeks ago he came by and with tears of joy told us our prayers had healed him. Isn’t God awesome!!!! Pray for him to turn his life over to Christ as he has been drinking for thirty years. God continues to move on lives. Ask God to use you today to tell someone about Him.

Monday, September 04, 2006

Here we go again, off to a new week for God. Some good reports in the last few days. Pray for Dave who rededicated his life to Christ last night. Pray for Sky a girl going through some hard times that we have been praying for. Out of the blue she showed up yesterday after church and Tiff and I got to talk to her about God and pray with her. We are going to work on sending her home to be reunited with family. Pray for Todd a tile layer from when I was doing construction. He was in the service yesterday and God is really working on him. There is so many souls to pray for the list goes on and on don't forget to stop when you read this and call out to God for those around you. He does a much better job at reaching them then all the great words we have or marvelous materials we have. We need a whole lot of prayer for Coffee House tonight the teenagers and young adults on the streets need a major touch. Meth is so easy to get and so addictive and is destroying these lives. Thanks the Lord for all He is doing and is going to do in our lives and your lives. God bless you all, if anyone is reading this.

Friday, September 01, 2006

Had a good service tonight no one came forward but many hands raised for prayer. Pray for Kathleen she said the sermon made her think and that is a first as far as I know. Pray for Robert who is trying to do right. Had a great Wednesday out at farmers market got to speak with a few people about their relationship with Jesus. Pray for me, the enemy has been stopping me from sleeping lately but God has been giving me miraculous energy. There is a lot going on around here and we are running to keep up with God. We are waiting for God to bring us a plumber and another electrician so that we can get the shower done and wire in for a coffee maker, its a big one. Celebrate Recovery starts next Wednesday (that is Christian twelve step) so we are looking forward to that. Pray for Al that he will find a place to sleep before the rain hits. He is a guy who got saved a couple of months ago and has been a real help around the mission. God is amazing and I love Him.