IT'S ALL ABOUT SERVING OUR SAVIOR!

Sunday, December 26, 2010

My mom and sister came to visit me today at the home. I took a picture of them on the sofa. Notice what the sun cast on the wall behind them? Maybe they should visit more often uh. :) I had a great visit with them. We went shopping with one of the boys that wanted to go and then we just hung out. The boys really enjoyed having them here and devoured about 60 cookies they brought. Look how beautiful my mom is. I really miss her and I was so glad that I got to spend some time with her. (And you too Karen) Hope they get to come back soon. Gary and I are going to visit the Boys Ranch in Harrison, AR on Tuesday. We are going to spend the night there and just hang out with some of the boys and see what they do. I am really looking forward to meeting the boys and seeing how they do things. This is a great ministry and you get to meet so many great kids. I would love to visit every campus that a Baptist Home represents. I think it would be awesome! Helping God's children brings a blessing to your heart, even when it hurts. Gary preached at 2nd Baptist Church tonight and I really received a blessing from that as well. It is so nice being married to a man that is so in love with his God. Thank you Jesus for all of my many blessings and for all the trials that make me appreciate my blessings. God Bless you! I love each and every one of you.

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Our Beggining and how it all got started

My husband, Gary, was the pastor of a church in Conway, AR. He resigned because we felt like God wanted us some where else. We came back to our home church in Little Rock, AR. and waited on God to show us where to he wanted us to go. I prayed every night; Lord show me where you want me to go and I will be willing to follow. I prayed for a full-time ministry and for the Lord to show me how to love as he does. I felt I didn't really know how to love and I wanted to learn. Gary soon got a call from a church by our home that was looking for a pastor. We went there for several Sunday's for him to preach and was told that the church was going to call him to pastor. On that same day, I received a call from my best friend to please pray for a set of house parents at ABC Homes. Immediately I knew what God was asking us to do. Two weeks later we set off for our trip to visit ABC Homes. I was very excited to be going, but thought I can't do this. I liked my time to myself, I liked to get up and go when I wanted. I didn't want to be around a house full of kids and kaos all day! God put me in my place real fast. He let me know how selfish I was being. I had just told him the night before, you tell me where to go and I will follow. Now I was telling God I couldn't? Well, he convicted me real quick on that one. We spent the night at ABC homes in Monticello and got to know some of the kid's. They were so happy and so full of love. Gary and I got up the next morning and walked through the campus. I started crying feeling overwhelmed by the presence of God. God was all over the campus and he said; Denise, this is where you will serve me. Gary felt the same conviciton and we knew God needed us there. We stayed for almost a year and felt God asking us to move on. We gained custody of a 17 year old boy, Jackie, who is on fire for the Lord. We are very excited about what God has instore for our family and very excited to have kids to minister with us. God is so good! We seek his will for our lives always!

OUR LIFE

I am so glad you dropped by to read what we did today. It is so nice to know that we have prayer warriors on our side. Please continue coming back and viewing the blog so you will know where some of our prayer needs are. God bless you all. We love you and hope you have a great day!

Love, Gary and Denise