Hello Friends!
My how time flies! The Lord has been so faithful this year! Since Christmas break and coming back on the road the Lord has been teaching me a lot and showing me how He is faithful in my life and He will provide! I've been making a list of needs the Lord has provided for me recently and it is truly mind boggling. I am so thankful for His provision and care for the details of my life.
So much has happened recently it's hard to keep track! I am currently in Spring Hill, FL for our 3rd Summit of this year! Crazy! This church has had Life Action twice previously but are still hungry to hear from the Lord. I have been praying through some of the prayer cards and people are very specific and carry many burdens and struggles. Several marriages on the brink of divorce and people concerned for unsaved love ones. The issues people face are far beyond anything I've ever dealt with and I praise God but also seek wisdom as to how to encourage people through it all. I know through what issues I've gone through that His grace is sufficient and "there is not pit to deep that He is not deeper still."
I have again had the privilege to minister to the teens this year. Last summit I had the opportunity to teach the 'modesty session' for the teen girls! I really really enjoyed it! The girls were pretty attentive and I think really understood what I was saying. The time flew by though! I had so much I wanted to say! Oh well Lord knows what they needed to hear!
Last summit we were in Douglas, GA about 4 hours from my home. My family is in the process of moving and I had been praying about how I might could get home to help and nothing seemed to be working out. I found out that we had the third week of our summit off so I talked to my parents and figured out that I could ride a bus. So, the plan was the leave Monday morning @ like 5:30 in order to get to the bus station in time. Well, Sunday night after service I just happened to be talking to a couple in the church and for some reason I told them my plans for going home and that I was going to be helping my parents out for the week and all. Less than 5 mins after finishing that conversation with them, the man come up to me and asked me if I would rather drive a truck up to Atlanta? I was dumbfounded and said sure! So, they brought this super sweet Ford F150 Crew cab truck, filled up, handed me the keys and gave me gas money for the trip home!! What a blessing! I was able to help my family out and drive back Friday to meet up with the team!
We had to let Life Action know of our plans for next year a couple of weeks ago. As of right now, I am planning on returning for my fourth year! Hard to believe I've been here this long! I have a peace about returning and know this is where the Lord has me. Although, it seems every year as soon as I make the commitment to return for another I am overwhelmed with a feeling of discontentment. It's hard to explain but I've realized this year it's just attacks from the enemy in feeding me lies. Please pray that God will give me grace to be content here and to love and minister the people around me. It's battle and I have to be on guard!
Thank you for you prayers and support. I know I would not have made it this far without you! The Lord is faithful and I prayer His blessings on you!
Mandy
