Dear Prayer Partners,
Thank you for praying as the
Lord leads!!!!!! The first
part of this month was spent
on two trips. The first
trip was for our annual
Association of North
American Missions Conference
down in Phoenix, AZ Feb.
5th & 6th. This is meant to
be a time of fellowship
between missions in the
southwest US and a time of
renewal as listen to special
speakers. I went down on
the 4th to have my back
evaluated and receive new
exercises to work on
improper alignment. This
new set is rather unpleasant
to do, but hopefully some
further good will come from
it!!!! While on my first
stop of the second trip, my
friend's dog became very
concerned as she listened to
me doing my exercises!!!!!!
I arrived home late on the
6th then spent the 7th
preparing for the next
trip. I traveled to Albuq.
on the 8th and flew out the
morning of the 9th to
Fresno, CA to be a small
part of the missions
emphasis month for The
Bridge E.V. Free Church of
Fresno. I had a great time
there meeting new sisters
and brothers in Christ and
renewing friendships. They
gave me a full schedule
which was great!!! Whenever
I speak now I have a natural
horsemanship demonstration
that I do using people as my
horse. I enjoy it and so do
those watching!!! : )
Afterwards I will ask what
everyone observed and the
parallels from natural
horsemanship to our
spiritual lives just jump
out at most everyone. : )
The greatest part of
speaking to groups or
individuals is when God
touches the heart of someone
in a way they are needing
Him. I was told that did
take place. : ) I had the
privilege to spend the
afternoon of the 14th with a
young couple who truly
desire to serve the Lord
with the gifts He's given
them. Right now they want
to be missionary support
with their computer and
other media skills. They
mentioned possibly coming
out and videoing what I am
currently doing so I can use
it in raising support. : )
I flew back to Albuq. on the
15th and after a couple of
days sleeping in and some
shopping I headed back home
on the 18th.
Sarah came by on the 19th
just before she left for a
long weekend and said that I
had a glow on my face. I
didn't look burdened down.
She was feeling very
burdened and stressed by the
tragedies that have taken
place here both before and
during my trips.
January 25th a high school
senior and his older brother
along with their uncle were
run off the road, shot to
death in the vehicle before
they could get out then
the vehicle was torched very
thoroughly as if one was
trying to hide the evidence
of their crime. This was
after a bad fight at a
drinking party. "Alv" knew
the senior and is best
friend's with one of the
senior's cousins. This
cousin has a history of
cutting herself and took the
news very hard. "Alv" was
greatly distressed over her
friend and the death of the
boy. We spent time in
prayer together a couple of
times before Feb. "Alv"
called Feb.3rd after Ladies'
Bible study finished and
seemed like she wanted to
say something but was
hindered at that time.
After I went to bed she
called and left a message
that I heard the morning of
the 4th informing me that
her cousin, who graduated in
Dec. from high
school, committed suicide a
few days prior. She was
very torn up about that and
requested prayer.
"Alv's" 14 year old cousin
from the same family was
admitted into the hospital
for being suicidal during
my Fresno trip. His oldest
sister had a baby during
that time then developed an
infection for which she had
to be hospitalized and their
oldest brother was in a car
accident breaking three
ribs. This family has been
hit very hard. The parents
were led to the Lord by "Alv's"
parents back in 2001 but
turned away from the Lord
after some unhealthy church
leader issues. The father
is saying he never should
have turned away from the
Lord. I briefly visited
them yesterday since they
were preparing to go
somewhere when I arrived.
The father was very
welcoming but the mother
shows she is having a hard
time.
Sarah's coworker in juvenile
probation, "Marl" lost a
brother-in-law to suicide
during my Fresno trip. His
son is now said to be
suicidal. Sarah's work with
juveniles sometimes includes
sitting in on their
counseling sessions. She
did some of that earlier
this week and was
overwhelmed with the spirit
of death she feels is
overtaking this area. She
was very glad to be leaving
yesterday!!!!
To date there has still been
no consequences for the boys
involved in the bike
thefts. Thank you for
praying for this.
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