IT'S ALL ABOUT SERVING OUR SAVIOR!: BUSY BEFORE CHRISTMAS!

Friday, December 17, 2010

BUSY BEFORE CHRISTMAS!

BAH....HUMM....BUGG!

Guess what? 8 days till Christmas! I know...you needed someone to tell you that, right? Ethan is so excited he can't hardly wait. I am a little excited for him too. He has been a little upset because all the kids here got "all their Christmas presents" and he has had to wait. I told him good things come to those who wait. Try telling that to a 7 year old some time. It doesn't go over well. Tomorrow we are going with some of the kids to see Trans-Siberian Orchestra. We can't wait! It is going to be so much fun. I have never seen it and I sure am looking forward to it. Gary and Ethan are in the gym right now playing basketball with a new kid to the program. The new guy seems to be adjusting well, but missing his friends. I kind of know how he feels. I miss my friends too, and my mom and my sisters and...and...and. But I know that we are exactly where God wants us to be. We love the kid's and we hope we are helping them in some small way. We have a few boys that are at the movies tonight and I'm sitting here watching one jam on guitar hero. We did have 2 kid's get to go home today with family. I will miss them. They are good kids. It was sad to see them go but I am glad they are with their family. I asked them to pray hard and make good choices in their life. I asked them to go home and let their friends see that they met Jesus here! Please pray for them to make good choices and be strong to stand against Satan, because we all know that's easier said than done. Thank you for all your prayers. Our support group is awesome and we love you all for it. God bless each and every one of you. Now get back to your shopping. It's the last weekend before Christmas!

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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