Thursday, September 24, 2009
Kudos from Liz & Al
As fringe members of CEGRT, we are impressed with the willingness and effectiveness of you all, especially with the Kingdom Assignment. Our lives were changed by Blueprint. May our hearts be impacted forever by Kingdom Assignment. May our faithful stewardship work for God's glory in our church, in our community and in the world. And may His Spirit reign and rule in both our hearts and lives as He dwells within us.
With love and prayer,
Al and Liz
With love and prayer,
Al and Liz
Sharon's Habitat House KA
Lynette, you may share my thoughts with anyone... I am happy for others to know "the story" and if there's any encouragement in there for someone, all the better! I will invite Kay, but I'm not sure she'll respond... She seems to be a very private person, but I will try! You can pray about that for me!! Thanks... Sharon
PS God did answer our prayer. Kay came on Friday night, September 11 to hear Leesa speak!!!!!
PS God did answer our prayer. Kay came on Friday night, September 11 to hear Leesa speak!!!!!
Liz on Michael Darby's Report
Thanks for sending your report, Michael. We are so happy to see how our mighty God has worked in so many ways. I, personally, love both of the ministries you supported.
Your comments about PVPC are especially encouraging. I know the Spirit of the Lord is working there and that He has called Richard to pastor. It's good to hear someone from outside confirm those things.
We look forward to seeing you when you are visiting your family here. We hope to meet them, too!
With Jesus' love,
Liz and Al
Your comments about PVPC are especially encouraging. I know the Spirit of the Lord is working there and that He has called Richard to pastor. It's good to hear someone from outside confirm those things.
We look forward to seeing you when you are visiting your family here. We hope to meet them, too!
With Jesus' love,
Liz and Al
Liz & The Grocery Fairy
Wow! Paulette, what a great story. This is of God! You did have to "wait on Him" and also be proactive. Such a line to walk. So hard for us to do. Your persistance reminds me of the widow who went before the judge and bothered him so much that he gave her what she wanted. (Luke 18) But! it sounds like they all like you at Publix and are happy to be sharing in His kingdom work.
I can't wait until Celebration Sunday either!!!
Love, Liz
I can't wait until Celebration Sunday either!!!
Love, Liz
Grocery Fairy Does Exist
Ladies,
Thank you for being diligent prayer warriors over my Kingdom Assignment. I am very proud to announce that I finally spent my $100.00 bill.
Yesterday was the day of celebration for me as I received a phone call from Publix stating that they had my donation ready for me to come pick up.
If you recall I just met with Dwaine on Tuesday afternoon, I believe once I got to speak to him in person I was finally able to make a case for Christ, now we’re tight and he’s calling out for immediate action from his co-workers.
Anyway, with a Joy filled heart brimming with elation, I walked up to customer service, where they now call me by my first name and received my 40 free shopping bags and 30 $10.00 gift cards for Groceries. I then threw in my cash and added 10 more gift cards to the pile.
I CAN’TWAIT UNTIL CELEBRATION SUNDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It will be my goal to distribute them amongst the congregation and create a new army of Grocery Fairies.
I also secured the domain name “Groceryfairy.org” so I will have a place to share my story, show my feature interview and hear stories back from other folks who might be participating. I’m totally in over my head, but I am very excited.
Paulette Waterman
Thank you for being diligent prayer warriors over my Kingdom Assignment. I am very proud to announce that I finally spent my $100.00 bill.
Yesterday was the day of celebration for me as I received a phone call from Publix stating that they had my donation ready for me to come pick up.
If you recall I just met with Dwaine on Tuesday afternoon, I believe once I got to speak to him in person I was finally able to make a case for Christ, now we’re tight and he’s calling out for immediate action from his co-workers.
Anyway, with a Joy filled heart brimming with elation, I walked up to customer service, where they now call me by my first name and received my 40 free shopping bags and 30 $10.00 gift cards for Groceries. I then threw in my cash and added 10 more gift cards to the pile.
I CAN’TWAIT UNTIL CELEBRATION SUNDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It will be my goal to distribute them amongst the congregation and create a new army of Grocery Fairies.
I also secured the domain name “Groceryfairy.org” so I will have a place to share my story, show my feature interview and hear stories back from other folks who might be participating. I’m totally in over my head, but I am very excited.
Paulette Waterman
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
ACauseforChrist.com
Lynette:
I am happy to announce that my Kingdom Assignment project will be live no later than Thursday. I have previously sent you information about my website: www.ACauseforChrist.com.
I would very much like to have some type of opportunity to inform everyone about the site and ask for prayers for success as well as ask everyone to use all their conatcts from email, Facebook, MySpace, etc. to forward news about the site to all their friends. Please let me know what I might be able to do.
Thanks!!!
Joe
I am happy to announce that my Kingdom Assignment project will be live no later than Thursday. I have previously sent you information about my website: www.ACauseforChrist.com.
I would very much like to have some type of opportunity to inform everyone about the site and ask for prayers for success as well as ask everyone to use all their conatcts from email, Facebook, MySpace, etc. to forward news about the site to all their friends. Please let me know what I might be able to do.
Thanks!!!
Joe
Lynette, I have meant to send you this for a month or so, but just did not take the time to sit down and do this until now. I wanted to give you a little more detail on my KA and share how I have been so blessed to be part of it!
It really is amazing how God wove things together "behind the scenes" for me and my Assignment while I prayed about what He would have me do... I still spent precious time trying to make things happen on my own, and one of the biggest things I learned through this KA experience was to just let God take care of the details and He'd lead me to the right place at the right time! I knew my Assignment would be about making "house into home" and while all signs seemed to point to doing something with Beaches Habitat, all my efforts to contact someone there had failed to that point.
Here's the first cool thing that God worked out... providing direct contact with the family He intended for me to help. I only had to mention to you what I hoped to do, when I called you about not being able to attend the KA "Half-Way" evening at your home. Because you shared my "hope to" dream with the group that night, Kathy Fehling called me the next day to let me know she could introduce me to a Habitat home recipient who might be able to use my help. Kathy was already involved with Beaches Habitat through building a home, and had been able to develop a relationship with the new homeowner, a single Mom with 4 children, one of whom had spina bifida. You already know how Kathy's Assignment was underway for this family.... providing a bookcase and age-appropriate books for each member of the family when they moved into their new home.
The second issue God worked out was the perfect timing for my KA project. The reason I couldn't attend the get-together at your home was because I was working on a staging project all that week in an anticipation of hosting two open house events for the owner, one on June 14th, the other on June 16th. I also knew I would be out of town Father's Day weekend (June 21st) and leaving at the very end of June for a month-long trip to Canada. Stay with me here... I did not see any way I would be able to do meaningful work on KA until after I returned from visiting my parents at the end of July. BUT, God knew otherwise! Within 2 hours of the last open house event, I met Kay, the young mom that Kathy Fehling had wanted to introduce me to. After talking with her that evening, I knew that this was the family I should help with getting settled into their new home! What I didn't know but quickly learned, was that the dedication of her new home would be on Saturday, June 27th, just a week and a half away, and that she literally had nothing but a car trunk full of decorative items that she would be bringing to her new home. She and her family were sleeping on air mattresses, and their other furniture had been damaged or ruined by a major termite infestation at their then-present home. How would I help this family with only a few days before the dedication date (minus the weekend I would be away), no furniture to help move in, only a trunk full of Kay's belongings, and a $100 bill??? My Assignment was going to be much bigger than I had thought!
Another thing God had orchestrated was allowing my path to cross with Kay's through Kathy Fehling. Kay shared with Kathy and I the evening we first met that she had been abused at a very young age, removed from her family and placed into foster care. She moved so often - over 20 times in one year alone! - and by the age of 14, was legally emancipated from her family and out on her own. She shared how she had made some mistakes and bad decisions along the way, but now at the age of 30 and with 4 children, she wanted to provide a stable home for them, a place where they had a sense of belonging and family, something Kay never had as a child. I so admired her spirit and strong desire to reach her goals, and she was doing what she could to help provide... I mentioned earlier that one of her children has spina bifida. Kay shared with us that evening that while she was pregnant with this baby, her doctor told her that she would be better off having an abortion. He explained that there were doctors in Florida who would perform a late-term abortion, and that she should seriously consider having one because of the additional "burden" a special needs child would bring to her life, a child that would most likely never be able to walk. Kay told him at that very moment her unborn baby was kicking inside her womb... not elbowing her, not bumping with her tiny head, but kicking with her feet! Kay knew that this little life inside her was supposed to be born, and thought that if this tiny baby could kick like that, she would certainly be able to walk some day! By this time, we shared hugs and tears... I knew that this was the very family God intended for me to help all along!
So... through an e-mail to a small group of people and a few phone calls, God provided everything I needed to furnish Kay's home in just a few short days, further indication of what He had been doing to prepare others' hearts to respond to my requests. I received the donations of furniture that fit perfectly into this small home, including bedroom furniture for every member of the family. Others gave items that fit in with the things Kay had... and there were folks who donated money so I could buy the things that were missing. As if this wasn't enough, He sent me helpers in the most unlikely and unexpected ways... I could not have accomplished my KA in time for the house dedication without these wonderful friends who gave so much of their physical help and precious time. I am in awe of what God did when I was willing to let Him take care of the details!
And one more thing... Kay expressed to me several times how she was so overwhelmed by the kindness and love shown to her and her family. I was able to share God's love with her, that "We love, because He first loved us." (1 John 4:19) I continue to pray for Kay and her family, that God continues to place people in their path who show and share His love for them.
Thank you for letting me share this long KA story that really happened for me over just a few short days, but that God had made plans for over a very long time... There's even more I could share with you, but just know that while God chose us to participate in being a blessing to others, we have been immeasurably blessed through what God has done for us in each of our Kingdom Assignments!
I look forward to seeing you on Sunday morning to celebrate all of God's goodness!
With a grateful heart, Sharon Hawes
It really is amazing how God wove things together "behind the scenes" for me and my Assignment while I prayed about what He would have me do... I still spent precious time trying to make things happen on my own, and one of the biggest things I learned through this KA experience was to just let God take care of the details and He'd lead me to the right place at the right time! I knew my Assignment would be about making "house into home" and while all signs seemed to point to doing something with Beaches Habitat, all my efforts to contact someone there had failed to that point.
Here's the first cool thing that God worked out... providing direct contact with the family He intended for me to help. I only had to mention to you what I hoped to do, when I called you about not being able to attend the KA "Half-Way" evening at your home. Because you shared my "hope to" dream with the group that night, Kathy Fehling called me the next day to let me know she could introduce me to a Habitat home recipient who might be able to use my help. Kathy was already involved with Beaches Habitat through building a home, and had been able to develop a relationship with the new homeowner, a single Mom with 4 children, one of whom had spina bifida. You already know how Kathy's Assignment was underway for this family.... providing a bookcase and age-appropriate books for each member of the family when they moved into their new home.
The second issue God worked out was the perfect timing for my KA project. The reason I couldn't attend the get-together at your home was because I was working on a staging project all that week in an anticipation of hosting two open house events for the owner, one on June 14th, the other on June 16th. I also knew I would be out of town Father's Day weekend (June 21st) and leaving at the very end of June for a month-long trip to Canada. Stay with me here... I did not see any way I would be able to do meaningful work on KA until after I returned from visiting my parents at the end of July. BUT, God knew otherwise! Within 2 hours of the last open house event, I met Kay, the young mom that Kathy Fehling had wanted to introduce me to. After talking with her that evening, I knew that this was the family I should help with getting settled into their new home! What I didn't know but quickly learned, was that the dedication of her new home would be on Saturday, June 27th, just a week and a half away, and that she literally had nothing but a car trunk full of decorative items that she would be bringing to her new home. She and her family were sleeping on air mattresses, and their other furniture had been damaged or ruined by a major termite infestation at their then-present home. How would I help this family with only a few days before the dedication date (minus the weekend I would be away), no furniture to help move in, only a trunk full of Kay's belongings, and a $100 bill??? My Assignment was going to be much bigger than I had thought!
Another thing God had orchestrated was allowing my path to cross with Kay's through Kathy Fehling. Kay shared with Kathy and I the evening we first met that she had been abused at a very young age, removed from her family and placed into foster care. She moved so often - over 20 times in one year alone! - and by the age of 14, was legally emancipated from her family and out on her own. She shared how she had made some mistakes and bad decisions along the way, but now at the age of 30 and with 4 children, she wanted to provide a stable home for them, a place where they had a sense of belonging and family, something Kay never had as a child. I so admired her spirit and strong desire to reach her goals, and she was doing what she could to help provide... I mentioned earlier that one of her children has spina bifida. Kay shared with us that evening that while she was pregnant with this baby, her doctor told her that she would be better off having an abortion. He explained that there were doctors in Florida who would perform a late-term abortion, and that she should seriously consider having one because of the additional "burden" a special needs child would bring to her life, a child that would most likely never be able to walk. Kay told him at that very moment her unborn baby was kicking inside her womb... not elbowing her, not bumping with her tiny head, but kicking with her feet! Kay knew that this little life inside her was supposed to be born, and thought that if this tiny baby could kick like that, she would certainly be able to walk some day! By this time, we shared hugs and tears... I knew that this was the very family God intended for me to help all along!
So... through an e-mail to a small group of people and a few phone calls, God provided everything I needed to furnish Kay's home in just a few short days, further indication of what He had been doing to prepare others' hearts to respond to my requests. I received the donations of furniture that fit perfectly into this small home, including bedroom furniture for every member of the family. Others gave items that fit in with the things Kay had... and there were folks who donated money so I could buy the things that were missing. As if this wasn't enough, He sent me helpers in the most unlikely and unexpected ways... I could not have accomplished my KA in time for the house dedication without these wonderful friends who gave so much of their physical help and precious time. I am in awe of what God did when I was willing to let Him take care of the details!
And one more thing... Kay expressed to me several times how she was so overwhelmed by the kindness and love shown to her and her family. I was able to share God's love with her, that "We love, because He first loved us." (1 John 4:19) I continue to pray for Kay and her family, that God continues to place people in their path who show and share His love for them.
Thank you for letting me share this long KA story that really happened for me over just a few short days, but that God had made plans for over a very long time... There's even more I could share with you, but just know that while God chose us to participate in being a blessing to others, we have been immeasurably blessed through what God has done for us in each of our Kingdom Assignments!
I look forward to seeing you on Sunday morning to celebrate all of God's goodness!
With a grateful heart, Sharon Hawes
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