I can't come up with a cool name so you choose

Well it has calmed down a little since I last wrote. We just got done with a class called Ancient Paths. This was a class of mixed emotions. There was lots of great stuff taught in this class but there was even more not so great. The Lord uses even things that are not so great to teach us somethings. When you are open to hear and be taught what the Lord is teaching you then He will do some amazing things. Which HE did this last week. He healed some things in my heart that we hurt and wounded. Thank you Jesus that you only bring out as much as we can handle at a time. He never over steps His boundaries. Any way the girls are getting so big. Zoe is now riding a little bike now. She thinks she is such a big girl because she can do things like her big sister. Alyssa is just about out of her trainning wheels. She just amazes me how much she has grown. She is very much a little sweetheart. They are both going to be going to school this coming August. I am going to be one of those emotional moms that cries the first time they get on the bus. We would love to talk and hear about how things are going in your lives. Shoot us a email to rossandmandy@yahoo.com It would be nice to hear about people back home. Thanks for taking the time to hear about how this year is going for us. We would also love to hear about your live too. Talk later Mandy

Whirlwind

This is exactly what it has felt like these last two months. We want to first apologize for not writing like we promised we would. Our classes have been stretched longer into our already short nights and we have had our ministry week during this time and also we went back home for a week break. This was a verrrrrrrrry much needed break to be with family and friends. Also since we went to Thunder Bay God has been stirring some things up in His plans. You can really never give times or dates when you think you are going to be doing something for God. His timeline is a lot different than ours. There is a reason that James talks about this in James 4:13-17. James says you should not say "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city and spend a year there, buy and sell and make profit"; You do not know what will happen tomorrow. He says that you should rather say "If the Lord wills we shall live and do this or that". This is something we are still learning in. Our will is to do the Fathers will not our own that is why we have really been in prayer about taking the girls up to the environment we would be in in Thunder Bay, especially after Zoe just about ate three pills that would have overdosed her. A few months back we were casually invited to go with the college to finish of our degree in Mexico City, Mexico. We just kind of blew it off because we knew we were suppose to go the the Bay. The thing that we ignored though was that God quickened our hearts to consider it. This was extremely amazing in its self because none of our class had this option, the only options they had were to Africa and Indonesia. God had different plannes for us for right now. We first started this journey off thinking we were going to go somewhere South of the boarded. We didn't care where we just felt that love for the people of the South. After much prayer and fasting we have decided to finish off our schooling with Bethany. Some huge things that were answered with this choice was our daughters safety. They will each be 3 years older and will both be in school full time. This will save us over $800.00 dollar a month in pledges for part time daycare. Also the girls will not be around the atmosphere of the streets as often. The number one things that we have prayed since we started this journey were "Lord help us to stay on the path that you have laid out for us, don't let us step out of your will for our lives. Second was "Lord you have placed this specific calling on our family, Our family is going to live by the order you have created us to live by: God first, family second and ministry third." The safety of our daughters was the biggest part of our choice. We feel that this choice has been blessed by God and that it is in the path that were are to journey on. Also we were having a hard time getting into Canada. When we finish our B.A. degree with the school we will be able to get into Canada with little red tape. What a blessing God has had planned from the beginning. Here we thought we had to plan this trip!HAHA I guess that is the life of a missionary(and all Christians) You have to totally walk by faith and let God guide your foot steps. We still have a calling and a purpose up in Thunder Bay Canada. We want to fulfill this after our schooling is complete (if the Lord will's). The Love of my Native ancestors is still as strong as ever. When God puts a love in your heart that strong nothing on this Earth can shake it. I must leave and go again into my extremely busy life. We will be celebrating Ross's 28th Birthday this month. I am blessed to have a man as good as him. If any body has any questions or concerns we would love to visit with you. our email is rossandmandy@yahoo.com. Blessings Mandy Johnston

Our Trip to Thunder Bay

Wow this was a amazing trip even before we got up there. We didn't have any money to make it up there but we had just put a lizard cage on a thing called craigs list it is like the shopper online. We asked God if you can sell this by tomorrow then we will go up to the bay. We looked the next morning and someone emailed us to buy it. It was sold that afternoon. We left late Friday night. On Saturday we went around looking at the town for a little bit then went to the Rock Worship Center were we are going to be working. We met Pauline and her husband Rob the Senior pastor of the Center. We talked about our plans and it was amazing how God gave all of us the exact same dreams for this future life skills center. She has had the opportunity to get this building for three years but she never took it because she knew that the right people we not there to run it. When she heard of us God gave her the go ahead and she knew that we were that exact people that she had been waiting for. This was not your average church. It was full of drug dealers, prostitutes and homeless people, but I was more at home than ever before. It is amazing how God places things in our heart. I have been praying since I can to know that Lord that I could have a older woman to teach and pray with me about the things of the Lord. Pauline is that exact fit. I am so excited to get up there. We have alot of the same giftings. I am thankful the Lord uses elders to teach us younger one about things in life. She told us 90% of the people that walk through the door are HIV positive and/or have Hepatitis C. and that she could almost guarantee that everyone has also experienced some form of sexual abuse. It was a tough place but the Holy Spirit was very much present. Ross was holding Zoe during worship and she said daddy dreams come true, Ross asked her what she meant and she told Him that she dreamed of this place, that dreams really do come true. Alyssa also was filled with so much joy. She danced and sang for Jesus before and after church. At supper that night she prayed for the meal and thanked Jesus for putting joy in her heart as she danced and sang that day. We learned so many things up there. We learned that we need to lean even more on God because He wants to supply all our needs. It is so important to be in Gods word. It helps rejuvenate us daily. He also teaches us things through it. Please be in prayer for us, we need to be able to trust God more with our children. This is so hard especially when that girls found three drug pills at the center that were laying out. Thankfully Alyssa knew not to eat them and brought them to us right away. Lord I give my children to you and I trust in you daily. You are the person that gives us breath, help us to see that everyday. I really could go on all night about our trip and what happened but I must get to bed. If any buddy would like to hear more about our trip or what we are doing up in the bay. Please email us at rossandmandy@yahoo.com. We are also going to be starting up something in Trenton for the youth as we are doing our fundraising in the town. We will be posting about this at a later date. Hope all is well with everyone. Talk Later Mandy

A very special Mother's Day

I hope everyone had a Happy Mother's Day. Mine was a special Mother's day for many reasons. One was because my baby turned three years old on Mother's Day. We went out to eat and went to the Zoo. We had so much fun. It was 90 some degrees out that day. I got my official start on my tan for the season. Then that night my husband took me to Spiderman 3 at the IMAX theater. I got very spoiled. We had some friends volunteer to babysit for us that night for a mother's day gift to me. The people we are in school with are so wonderful. We are going to miss them very much. It is a blessing to know that all of them are here for the same purpose as us. On Monday we had a little party for Zoe. We had many friends come from all over the world. We had a couple that sang her a Norwegian birthday song and dance. She had to stand on a chair as people dances all around her and sang in Norwegian. She was all smiles
Zoe also had a dream on the morning of her third birthday that we will all remember forever. She woke up and told us about it. She said that she woke up in the middle of the night and was scarred so she prayed to Jesus because she wanted a huge from Him. She then went back to bed and in her dream she seen Jesus, He came and gave her a big huge and told her that He loved her. She said that there were angels all around them and Jesus also told her that He love her mommy, daddy, and sister also. She was so excited when she woke up. She looked like she was really glowing. I have never seen that much joy in someones face ever in my life. It looks like we could also learn something from Zoe. Jesus always wants to reach out and have a relationship with us. We just have to ask Him. He wants also nothing more than to hold us close to Him and protect us from harm. She told this story many times within the last few days and she has not changed anything. She has been right on in telling everyone what happened. She also gets that amazing look of joy on her face every time she tells it. All I can do is give praise to the Lord, because He is so faithful to answering all our prayers. Later Mandy

Mommy ducky

Well I officially became a mommy duck a couple days ago. We found a orphaned mallard duckling that just about got ran over. We had it at the house for three days and two nights. It followed me around every where I went. It cried if it didn't go with me. The girls were like its sisters. We had fun with it. It showered with me, napped with me and went everywhere with us. We finally found a wildlife rehab shelter. This is suppose to be the best one in the nation. It was a hard lesson for Alyssa to learn about. She had to let go of something that meant a lot to her. She learned to think of someone else more than herself. She did very good. It was hard but she did good. We pretended to be like Go Diego Go. She and Zoe were real life rescuers. This place was amazing. We were also able to go for a walk were it would eventually be let out into the wild. This made it a lot easier for the girls. We all have such big hearts. The duck became a family friend. Thank God we found out about this beautiful place. Alyssa also became a little bit more grown up today. This is something that a mommy is always proud of. Thankfully daddy was also able to be with us during this fun adventure. He is such a wonderful dad!!! Sorry ladies the best is already taken!!! Better go it is late. Mandy

My baby is going to be three

I cannot believe Zoe is going to be three on May thirteen. We are going to be able to celebrate her birthday and Mother's Day together. What a great blessing for a mommy to be able to celebrate. I sound like I am old, but I didn't think that it would go this fast. Both girls are going to be in school this fall. Alyssa is going to be in Kindergarten and Zoe in her first year of preschool. How the time flies. Mandy

Fun times

Ross and I are taking a class this week called Preaching and Teaching. This has been one of the best classes that I (Mandy) have taken so far this year. I love getting up and preaching the Word of God. The teacher has been such a huge help in explaining different ways to preach. I just gave my 10 minute sermon in class today. I spoke about Luke19:1-10. The story about Zaccaheus. I asked the question "Are you one of those people that would go out of your way to find out about whom this Jesus person is that causes so much controversy in our society?" I lite up with the authority of the Holy Spirit and hit all the points that I wanted to get across to the class. I was complimented by the teacher and my class mates by them saying that I am a true Evangelist. I was humble that the teacher came and gave me a pat on the back and said well done. I will try to get this on the blog page. When I was up preaching all I could keep thinking was I want to be in Thunder Bay preaching this to the people that really need to hear this the most. My heart is so ready to start on the road that God is leading us on. This is what I was created to do!! What even makes me more happy is to know that I have a man that will stand right next to me and encourage me through out it forever. Ross also has a heart of an Evangelist. I am so proud to be his wife. I can see how God has favored me in this. I also just wanted to take a minute and thank all of you that are keeping in touch with us through out this journey so far. Thanks for your prayers and encouragement. I better go know to my girls. I realize that my kids come first before ministry, and I have been gone from them all morning and worked on my sermon last night, so I better go. Being a mom is what I love and I am eternally grateful that the Lord is allows this special blessing to me.

exactly where we are

Well, we haven't updated where we are exactly so I thought that we should let everyone know. We are now fully accepted by IMF a missions sending organization. We are now labeled as faith based missionaries. We are one summer term from graduating Bethany, and God is opening door for us like I have never seen. He is directing our steps, and showing us the plans that He has laid out before us. I am working on getting our presentation online so that everyone can see exactly why we are doing what we are doing. I would love to hear from people that are keeping up with us. We are going to mailing out newsletters and would love for people to send us there mailing address's, and e-mail address's so that we can be sure they are informed as to where we are. Thank you to all of you that are praying for, and supporting us in every way.

YAAAAAAAAAA

Wow this spring break has flown bye. Were are home starting our fundraising and it has been crazy busy. We have not seen our family much but I am thankful to be able to see them in August. We are going to be giving our presentation in church on Sunday during both services at New Hope church. Please in in prayer that the peoples hearts would be open to hear about our ministry and to get involved some how. Through prayer, monthly support or even encouragement. God has opened so doors for us since we have been home in Williston. We were asked to give our presentation to the board out in Trenton and we were also able to get in tho speak at Trinity school. This has been a little bit of a blood pressure raiser but I know that God will provide because we are doing this for Him. I have never been so sure of anything in my life. The girls have had a great time being back with family. They are our little social bugs. Thaks all of you out there for keeping up with our family. I pray all is well in each and every one of your lives. God is GOOD. Mandy

test time

Thank all of you for the prayers that you have been sending up for us. God really heard your prayers. We took our psychological test yesterday and it went well, we are just as screwed up as everyone thought!!!! Just Kidding, it went well, they were very happy to see us, we took around over 800 questions and 2 hours of counseling, and it really went well. The lady convinced us that Mandy and I are a great match, she told us both our strong points and weak points. They told us that her weakness is my strength, and my weakness is her strength!! God is so amazing in how He does things!! God has had His hand in our ministry since we first met each other. We will have the final report by Friday, and then one last meeting and we will have the approval by the missions department!!! God is so amazing in how he has been moving us. Sky and Angie, and Chris and Jo were here this weekend for Easter, that was fun!! It is always a good time when we get together. We opened our house for the weekend, and we had about 25 people show up. We ended up with more food at the end of the meal than we started out with, because people would bring things as they showed up. This was amazing, and so was the food!! We had food from India, Thailand, Brazil, and normal BBQ brats and hamburgers, etc. We are so blessed by how God has provided for us, and others that are here on campus!! Please keep us in your prayers as we are starting into the summer term, I hope that it is a bit slower than the last trimester. We have had a busy, fun time, but now it is time to reconnect with our families.

Accepted At Last - The Next step in the process

Hey- well we finally got the word, we are accepted by IMF!! Praise God, now the last and final step is to undergo the psychological evaluation!! Yikes!!! Actually we should be good to go!! As soon as the results are in, and we are cleared to be missionaries we will be completed, except for the funding, and the last couple months of school!! God is so amazing, I just cant wait to tell you more stories about the people that we are going to!!
God's hand is moving more and more, the more that I look around and talk to people about Him, and see what He is doing in my life, the more that I realise how much He loves each and every one of us. I was talking to one of the guys that is located where we are going, and He was telling me about the miracles that are taking place up there!! Wow, God is really becoming pro active in the field, calling people unto Himself! We meet another friend and he was telling that there are Muslims that Jesus Himself is visiting at night while they pray to Allah. Jesus Himself shows up and tells them that He is the one true God, and they must worship Him!! There is no words to describe the fire that they are carying in there hearts. There are people that are praying for God to answer there prayers, but God does not just answer, He blows there doors off!!! A man that we know is building Hospitals in the middle east, and the way that God is using Him to witness to people is nothing short of a miracle!!!! Satan trys to take our eyes off God, and onto the things of the world, but the more that I push on towards God, the more that we render Satan inneffective. I have just recently seen that when the attacts happen, just push hard into God, and He will supply all out needs!! I am starting to get a glimps of what God meant when He said that the harvest is ripe, and the workers are few! I had no idea how ripe the harvest is, but I praise God to know that He is not willing to let me, or them go. There have been a million times that I should have been turned into a pillar of salt, but because of His great love for us I am still standing, and we will stand. In one of the class's that we are taking now, we are studying church History, and what that looked liked, and because of that I have been meditating on what kind of love would you have to have to sit there, while you are being burned to death, and praying for the forgiveness of the peopel that are doing it? Also, not being mad at them!! I wonder how people would react to christians in a society where you have to drive past the gallows every day, knowing that they are built to kill Christians like us! We have meet some people from here that have told us about the Chinese Church and how it is literally taking your life and throwing it out the window to say that you are christian!! What kinda love must you have in your heart to keep going every day??? God please help me keep fighting this fight until its won.
Please pray for Mandy and I as we go into this last evaluation, we should know if we are accepted by as soon as friday, or as late as the 17th. Thank you to all of you that have been praying for us, and supporting us over this last 8 months!!!! Only 4 more to go!!!!!!!! Later guys, please e-mail us and let us know how you all are doing!!!!

Pushing on

Well, Mandy and I have been really busy lately, we are working on getting our newsletter out, doing class, planning Easter, and most of all we starred in a movie. Well, it is kinda a movie. When it is finally online I will post a link to it. We are going to mail out our newsletter in a couple days, hope you all enjoy it.
We got snow last night, SNOW! What in the world is going on? I thought this was over!! I am going to write a letter to God and let Him know that this is just not right!!! I was mowing grass on Friday, and shoveling on Wednesday!! What In The World!!???!!
Sky and Angie showed up Monday night at our house, we were overjoyed to see them again! They updated us on everything that is starting to move in the Bay area. God is drawing people unto Himself, and miracles are happening. The devil better watch out because when God is in the equation, things start to happen. The Rock is really doing great things, and God is really getting us ready. He is walking us through the valleys, equipping our minds, and really strengthening our faith so that we can stand! Without the Holy Spirit strengthening us we would just fall on our face's. Through Him however, "All things are possible". I cannot tell you how miraculous of a God that we serve, every time that I know God is going to do a miracle, He just blows our doors off. I look forward to seeing what God continues to do in us, and with us, as we move closer and closer to the step out. Thank you to all of you that are praying for us, and with us.

God is still in the business- Zoe's healing

Matthew 16:18-19 On this rock I will build my church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it! I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven!!
I thought it would be beneficial for me to put this online, and let the world know what happened last night. I pray for forgiveness for doubting what happened, and waiting until now to post this, but I am only human. It started a little while ago, Zoe was complaining that she was hurting, as we soon figured out, she had some sort of bladder infection, or something like it. We were wanting to take her to the doctor, but because of the money, or lack thereof, we decided to wait until we got home where she could go to TISA and therefor be way more affordable. Well, she kept complaining about it, and then last night it came to a head. She was awake most of the night complaining about it. We decided that we would take her in on Monday, irregardless of what it cost, and we would figure out how to pay for it later. It went from a nuisance, to bad in literally a day's time. I was sitting up with her and just rubbing her back in the middle of the night last night, and began to pray. I told God that He needed to take care of them, because there is nothing that I can do! I don't remember everything other than I was really sincere! I began to pray for healing for Zoe as she sat there and whimpered. This is quite possibly the worlds worst feeling, knowing that there is nothing that you can do for your child!! I poured out my heart to God, and kept asking Him to just touch her. Then I began praying for His peace, and comfort to fall on her. I noticed that as I was praying she first began to cry, then within 5 minutes she fell fast asleep. I prayed a while longer then stumbled back to my bed and fell asleep. Zoe slept in this morning and I just waited to see how she felt. She got up all chipper and I asked her if she was still hurting and she laughed at me and said no. I was shocked, this was the first time she had said no since all this started!! Then as the day went on I asked her a bunch of times about it, and she just kept telling me that she was fine!! No pain!!! Thank God, He healed her when there was literally nothing that we could do for her!! We serve a big God, that cares enough to comfort us no matter what we are going through. That is the reason that we are doing what we are doing, waiting for His return, with eternity on our mind!!! We do not serve a god made of feathers, or a rock that just sits there, or a god that might strike us down with fire at any moment, we serve a loving, kind God that is always there for us no matter what!!! AMEN

IMF missions application

We have officially submitted our application to International Ministerial Fellowship and we are awaiting an answer. Thank you to all of you who sent in references for me. We should have an answer by the time that we get home for spring break. Thank you to all of you who have been supporting us in prayer, and everything else while we are here.We now have the church covering, the ministry covering, we have been showered in prophecies, and we are very excited to go!! To explain it best, I feel like a caged up animal ready to get out. God now is just teaching us patience! God is really doing good works in what we are doing, we are seeing lives transformed in the youth that we are teaching, and the students that sit in class around us. We are not the same people that left home, and neither is anyone else that sits here with us. God is still in the business of changing and transforming lives, and I am blessed, and humbled to be apart of it. I am continually excited to see the growth of the Holy Spirit in the lives of the youth that we are teaching. We are studying the history of the ancient church and looking at how God directed His disciples, and how He worked in the lives of the early people, and it is so exciting to see Him doing the same thing today!!!! We will be sending out an update letter so if you want to send us your mailing address to receive this please let us know, otherwise it will be online hopefully by Monday.

back again- few days off, or on??? Not sure!!

Hello, It has been a few days, I have been sick again. I just slept, and slept, and slept. Then as soon as I got better, Mandy left for 3 days to go to a ladies retreat, and the girls and I stayed home. We had fun, we went to a dog adoption deal where they were giving away all these dogs that were abused, and taken away from there owners. Then we went and hit a bunch of pet stores just looking around. We got to play around with some birds, and bunny's and other stuff. As I sit here at Caribou Coffee this morning reflecting on the week-end I am not sure how Mandy does it everyday, but that was a blast!!! We are blessed to have 2 of the best kids in the world!!! We are going into Isaiah for the next three weeks now, so this should be interesting, and informative. I also have to meet with the church here in Minneapolis today and see what they decided about being able to take us on with the administration details. This will be a turning point for us, once this is complete, we will start to push hard on our immigration details, and getting this done. I will keep you all updated as God keeps pushing us, and stretching us in the direction that He pushes. Thank you all for the prayers that have been prayed for us, God is hearing you!!!

Leaving on a Jet Plane

The last few day's Mandy and I were blessed to have one of our friends stay with us for a few days. She was flying back home and we told her that she should stay with us for a few day's, and she accepted. We had fun hanging out, and visiting, and just relaxing together for the last couple days. She left this morning from the airport, and it was hard to say goodby, but we know she will be blessed, because she is following in God's direction. We stayed up late, and had to get up before 5am, so this day is going to be long day. It was worth every minute of it!
Please pray for us as I meet with a local church tomarrow about using them as a conduit to be able to funnel our funds to Canada. We need a local church to handle the donations in America, and then pass them on to Canada, because the church up there can only accept funds from another church to pay its employees. I know that Bethany Church is wonderful when it comes to helping out missionaries, so I dont see a problem, we just need to pray for everything to go through. Thank you to all that have been praying for us, as God has really been opening doors, and pushing us in His direction.

Sunday- The day of rest

Well, today was the day of rest, with a house full of friends, and food. We had a friends birthday today, and we made some food and invited a few people over. The next thing I saw, was a house full of people, and a table full of food. We are so blessed to have all the things that we get on a daily basis. God just multiplied, and multiplied, until everyone is happy, and full. People just showed up at our door with food in there hands. Thank you Lord for blessing us. It was humbling to sit here and watch people laugh, and talk, and play with the kids. I feel like I got a taste of what Sundays are supposed to be. Mandy got to relax and enjoy baby Jonah, and baby Jada, and just have fun. We have been sick, and locked in this house for about a week, so this was nice to have the windows open, fresh air, fun people, and good conversation. The conversation went towards the end time's and I got a book that I am going to read, I will let you all know how it is going as I read it. Thank you to all the people that have been praying for us, as we are still seeing God move in our behalf while we pursue our trip to Thunder Bay. Thank you all, and good night. Ross

Our Flickr account

For those of you who want to follow us on our photo journey, we have finally made a flickr account. I will post a link here, but if you go to www.flickr.com and do a search for rossandmandy you will find it as well!!!
I do not have to upload many of them, so I will do it as I have time. Check back often.

Thanks and love you all!!!!!!

The J's

THe Link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rossandmandy/

God opens doors--HUGE UPDATE

wow, I do not know where to start. I have been sick with the flu the last few days doing nothing but sleeping, at the same time God was moving miraculously in front of us. I got an e-mail on Wednesday telling us that the missions agency that we were going to go through is going to shut down, because there is not enough American interest in it anymore. They are moving to Europe, because there is more of what they need there. On Thursday I contacted my teammates in Thunder Bay asking them about what options we had for moving up there, that were still available. He said that he would talk to the church that he is going to start pastoring, and get back to me. He got back to me on Thursday night and told me to call a lady by the name of Pauline on Friday or Saturday night. So, tonight I called her and we started talking. She had heard about us, but before we could even tell her our story, she started telling us about how people that she knew from all over the world had prophesied from weeks earlier about us coming up to Thunder Bay to help her, and the church. We had already known that Thunder Bay was our calling, but this was just another boost to clarify what we are to do up there. We are still going to have to raise support because there is no money in the church. This is a recently new church plant, and it is just trying to maintain financially. We will be there faith based financially, and any money we raise after our living expenses, will go to the church to help build the life skills center. The church is in an area of Thunder Bay that has no Bible believing church's in the area. Anyway, Pauline told us how we can come under her and work on the streets, and have accountability, correction, and approval of what we are doing. She will take both Mandy and I together as a team, and not just one of us. With the Bethany class's and one year of hands on training, we will receiver out license as pastors. Both Mandy and I will be licensed, and also we will be running the life skills center, under Sky and Angie. This is exactly what God has placed on our hearts since we have been here at Bethany!! God closed one door, but opened a huge door for us to walk through. The church has pledged 100% help in not only providing a covering for us, but also help with all the paperwork, and legal stuff that is needed to get us into Canada as permanent residence. That is the only way that we are guaranteed to not have to walk away from our ministry, because of legal issues. We could get a temporary visa, but that would have to be continually renewed, this was we can just settle in, and make a home in the community. We also will be in charge of the summer teams that come up, to help do projects in the area. She has teams from all over the world that come on one or two week missions trips, and Mandy and I would oversee all that, and make sure they are producing positive, acceptable, results while increasing the knowledge of the team, and producing lifelong results for the beneficiaries. God's hand is moving, and now I just sit back and marvel at what He is doing. I am humbled that I am chosen to fulfill this calling that God has placed on our lives. I pray that I am willing and able to persevere in the face of trials, as Satan also knows what a willing vessel, in the hands of God, can accomplish

Relief & Development

We are two days into Relief and Development and we are seeing how this is a big issue in our christian church. I never realized the difference between them before. I am thankful for the teaching that we are learning, but the God encounters have been amazing! I had been struggling with some internal mental attacks, but through the grace of God I have been delivered. Now I know what it feels like to have the freedom in Christ that the Bible talks about. Every time that something hard happens I look at the scriptures and remember what the Lord said about the correction of His children. The Lord desires the very best for us, and a lot of times that takes spiritual correcting for the Father himself. I now feel the presence of the Holy Spirit in my body, and I can feel the love of the Father, and the presence of Jesus around me and my family. As the psalmist David said, "My soul longs after you" I know what that longing feels like. There is no place on this earth that can fulfil that longing, except in the presence of God. I just pray this love, and fire is never quenched in our souls.