Dear Brothers and Sisters in
Christ,
For two Sundays now a friend and
I have been teaching the youth
during the morning service.
Last Sunday I focused in on some
of Jesus' last teachings before
His arrest. His warnings were
for us to be ready for His
return and I added to be ready
to meet Him should we die at any
moment as has happened recently
to some youth here. I am so
grateful for the salvation Jesus
purchased with His death, burial
and resurrection for all who
trust in Him. : )
As Easter approaches it is my
prayer for Sarah that the Lord
continue to heal and protect her
heart and give her a renewed
purpose for living. The 15th of
April is the actual anniversary
of her daughter's death. Three
years ago that was the night
before Easter. Thank you for
praying for her!!!!
Thank you for praying for "Alv"
to get caught up on her
studies!!! She's really been
trying and is still hopeful of
graduating this spring.
There was a serious accident at
her home last Saturday. Her
father works on vehicles at the
home site and sometimes has his
sons work with him. He was
working on a truck then took a
quick break to the house when
the truck caught on fire. His
youngest son was under the truck
at the time. He was drug out by
his brother but not before he
sustained some burns to his back
and stomach area requiring skin
grafting. His throat was also
damaged but he was able to talk
some on Wednesday. Wednesday
evening "Alv" and "Clar" with
their siblings went
to Albuquerque to see their
little brother and join
their dad and mom. "Z" was to
have surgery on Thursday. As
you might expect their
father has struggled with
guilt!!! He has a history of
turning to alcohol under very
stressful times but so far has
not done that for which "Clar"
really praises her dad for. The
majority of their immediate
family are Christians and their
dad has made a real effort to
lead his family in devotions and
going to church. Their mom, a
good friend of mine, is really
down. I'm told she's very
close to "Z."
I would appreciate prayer for my
study and practice of Parelli
Natural Horsemanship. I am
currently working on the steps
for flying lead changes and
beginning collection. I need to
be very disciplined in my own
body to enable my horse to do
what she needs to in her body.
Very challenging.
Thank you for your prayers for
me and the people here!!! If
you felt prompted to pray for me
more specifically yesterday
afternoon there may have been a
good reason for it!!!! The
speed limit on I-40 is 75mph.
I was traveling around that
heading east in the passing lane
about 200 yards behind a semi
that was passing a very
slow moving long
motorhome with a car in tow.
After the semi passed him, the
driver of the motorhome turns
across my lane to head for the
dirt turn around in the
median!!!!! Immediately I hit
my brakes as hard as I could but
that sinking pit knowing I'm not
going to be able to stop in time
hit me!!! In that moment I
heard clearly in my head, "take
evasive action!" The car in tow
was still in the slow lane as I
turned to my right to try to get
around it. With tires squealing
in the turn I missed the car by
about three feet as I went onto
the curb. I glanced down at my
speed which was still around
45mph and thanked the Lord for
keeping me upright!!! I drive a
good size white truck with a
white camper shell so I should
have been visible. The
adrenalin rush from that
experience stayed with me for
quite a long time as I kept
asking the Lord to help me get
rid of it. Outside of wanting
to help others in their walk
with the Lord and seeing more
people come to Christ I believe
I am ready to meet Him. But
until it is my time there is a
very strong survival instinct at
work!!!! : )
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