Dear Prayer
Team,
Thank you for
your prayers for me and the people here!!!! I truly
enjoy having Sarah in Ladies' Bible study. She is
so expressive of what she is learning even when it
involves changes she sees she needs to make. In
late May due to school activities it was just Sarah
and me for Bible study. That turned out to be a
special time as I shared what had been laid on my
heart during prayer for her. We've been studying
about the consequences of complaining and choosing
not to trust the Lord. I've been praying my way
through this with fear and trembling because of
Sarah's grief and disillusionment over losing her
daughter. That night in May was real heavy on me so
I pursued that with the Lord even more. I have
personally grieved for Sarah in her loss many times
over the past two years and this was another time.
It was impressed on my heart that Sarah has a
greater ability to understand God's heart in losing
those He loves than I do. He is not willing that
any should perish but that all should come to
repentance, sadly we know most perish for lack of
repentance. As I shared that with her more fully
she began to cry then she said she had hope
renewed. She again affirmed her desire to minister
to her people when she retires. My prayer is that
she will soon be a partner with me to reach out to
her people.
Through her
time of grief and struggle Sarah has found it
difficult to have personal time with the Lord. In a
recent Bible study she commented how one day she's
up and another day she's down in the dark pit all
smashed out. This led into the importance of
personal time with the Lord which I have been
stressing more and more lately. I shared my own
personal journey in my view of devotions/quiet times
from my teenage Bible school years to now. I
started out seeing devotions as a Christian
duty, one way to be in favor with God or not. Now I
see time with Him as essential for preparation to
face the day and start off with some peace and joy.
I need His protection against the enemy and
sometimes have to get refocused again during the
day, but if I go charging into the day without
taking time to be with the Lord I am out in the
battle without any armor, open prey!!!!!! Sarah
spoke right up saying she believed me for she has
seen the difference in me from the first time we
met until now. My heart was glad that she was
beginning to see the critical importance of time
with the Lord.
My helper "Alv"
got herself a full-time summer job this week with
the summer youth program. This means I need help
from other sources especially this time of year!!!!
My friend owns the land I live on and use with the
horses. She wants the bullheads/puncture
vines stopped from taking over the land. They are
well on their way!!!! They start coming up in June
and don't stop until freezing weather comes in the
fall. Last year that was late November!!!!! These
things taught me to wear leather gloves when working
with the horses or doing anything with the soil.
There are many games you do not play on the land
here because they are a pain wherever you happen to
land on them!!!!! Your blood pressure can rise real
quick if you happen to step on one barefoot in the
house!!!!! I always check my shoes before entering
but most of my visitors do not.
My six week
Parelli course starts August 24th!!!! I'm praying
for someone to stay here at least at night while I'm
gone. There will be yard work that will need to be
done too. My friend Nancy will not have time to do
yard work as school will be back in session during
that time. I would like to have security
lights installed both outside my home and the horse
barn before leaving. I talked to a friend who gave
me a list of items to buy so I went to Home Depot to
get a cost estimate and found the employee didn't
know what half the items were that my friend
listed. If any of you are electricians and have the
time may be you could call me and help me figure out
what these items should be named?
Thank you for
your prayers once again and for your support as the
Lord leads you!!!!!!!!!
