Redeemed!

This lovely group of young ladies above have been redeemed! These are the child brides that have been rescued by our organization during the month of december! whoa. God is doing great things. These girls are now free to go to school and get an education as well as work at the bakery shop we have opened so they can earn a living. Each one is a precious jewel. I've never met them, but I love them. I hope to meet them this year sometime!! Remember to pray for these girls in Kenya. 

I LOVE. getting mail.

So, during the christmas potluck that we had at church they had an opportunity for people to participate in the prayer ministry.  We all were supposed to put our names and addresses on an index card, and then put it in a basket at the end of the table. Now, what would happen is at the end as you walk out the door you draw a card out of the basket and whoever you draw is who you are to pray for over the christmas and new years holiday. It's a great idea to get the whole church involved. BUT after you pray for them and the holidays are over, you are to send them a card saying that you prayed for them. I am currently in the process of sending my card. I have no idea who the person is that I drew out of the basket. Anyways, I got a card in the mail today. It was from the guy who drew my name out of the basket. His name is Ryan Jones. He is in his late twenties, I think. He just wrote me the nicest card and letting me knwo that he was praying for me. He also wrote a lot about how he has been praying that our church would have a spiritual revival because it needs it real bad.

I think I might have a new friend :) He also gave me his email address, so I plan on emailing him and letting him know I got the card.

P.s. for all you RC's out there, this is a great thing to do on your floor or in your house. I've done it before and it worked out really well. You can do the whole prayer card thing, but also have them just do a random act of kindness as well as praying for the person they drew. 

Christmas.

I LOVE christmas. I am very thankful for my family and how we have celebrated christmas every year. We are not a wealthy family. We have never really gotten many presents. We usually get one or two, and then a stocking. I am very proud of my family for not gripping or complaining about it. My brothers have handled it very well. We just go into Christmas not expecting much, material wise, and that helps. We do however LOVE spending time together playing games, watching movies, and eating lots of goodies on christmas eve!!

Because of the way we have celebrated Christmas it has passed on to our relatives. All of the cousins on my dad's side are not giving gifts this year. We are all serving somewhere in honor of the cousin that we were assigned to this year. Maybe it'll keep spreading and soon the world will really know what Christmas is all about!

Family. Friends. above all the greatest thing that could EVER happen. God, GOD. sent himself to us!! that's waaaaay beyond our understanding. It's ridiculous and insane!! We should all just be flippin out all the time!

My life is so much better because of this video

Called.

Exalt and Declare.  


the end.

The Real World

Being in the work place can be rough. Today my coworkers were talking about Pastors the whole time and how they preach with one hand and do the opposite of what they preach with the other hand. Talking bout how Pastors have the good life...making money off their flock.
It took everything I had in me not to go off on them. First of all, they were only speaking from the bad example of ONE pastor here in Little Rock. Secondly, my dad is a pastor and he just got a huge pay cut...we're not living the American dream here.
I didn't know exactly how to get in on the conversation and turn their views around. I felt like it was the office against me. It's like that quite often. I wasn't expecting to work in  non-christian environment...but boy howdy did I get myself into a non-christian environment.  They are working for a good cause, but not living it out in their daily lives.
The question is: how do we get through to people? We think we would be a good example, but sometimes thats not enough. You have to SPEAK up too. After leaving Greenville's bubble, I gotta get back in gear for the real world.
Prepare yourself.

Come and cleanse us like a flood and send us out, so the world may know you reign.