Every Tribe, Tongue and Nation

Revelation 5:9
With your blood you purchased people for God from every tribe, language, people, and nation.

I had the opportunity to minister to refugees from Liberia two weekends ago. It was an incredible experience. I got a glimpse of what Heaven will be like!

Here are a couple of videos of the people worshiping in their tongue.


Another quick clip of this awesome experience!


Here are some pics of the day of us joining together our brothers and sisters from Liberia!

Squirrel Wars

Every so often I'll look out in the back yard and see a big pile of leaves that have covered the ground just beneath one of our big trees. I just saw a new pile of them this morning! These are fresh green leaves with the limbs still attached. They aren't dead leaves that are falling due to the season.

Recently we came home from a trip and noticed all the leaves on the ground and we wondered if it could have been some kind of big storm that blew through and knocked down all the leaves or..... lightening maybe that struck the tree and sent leaves sailing to the ground??

We do have tons of squirrels in our back yard and I have thought that maybe it could be them. But they are small and don't look like they could cause much damage.


UNTIL I saw this and then realized....COULD IT BE??

It's time for a break!

Psalm 69:13-18 (The Message)

13 And me? I pray.

God, it's time for a break!

God, answer in love!
Answer with your sure salvation!

14 Rescue me from the swamp,
Don't let me go under for good,

Pull me out of the clutch of the enemy;
This whirlpool is sucking me down.

15 Don't let the swamp be my grave, the Black Hole
Swallow me, its jaws clenched around me.

16 Now answer me, God, because you love me;
Let me see your great mercy full-face.

17 Don't look the other way; your servant can't take it.
I'm in trouble. Answer right now!

18 Come close, God; get me out of here.
Rescue me from this deathtrap.

Vote

I'm not catholic, but this video that the Catholics put together to encourage their people to vote is very powerful and should be seen by all.

Mission

Very early Saturday morning, a team of about 17 people are headed to Georgia to minister to a large group of refugees from Liberia. Will share more details later, but would you be praying for us? I am super pumped to be able to go and love on these people and share the gospel. What could be cooler than that? hope to post about it all when we return.

Something is changing

Something is changing. I don't have a clue what it is....but something is definitely changing. Both my husband and I can sense it. I know most definitely that we are under a spiritual attack and have been for some time. And I am certain that it is regarding some major changes that we are making in our family in order to honor God with EVERY aspect of our lives and to seek first the Kingdom of God. These changes are an offense to the kingdom of Hell and the adversary won't allow us to continue with out a big fight.

But, at the same time that is taking place, there is something else happening that I can't put my finger on. Something more. There have been several situations/circumstances that have come about recently that have caused some kind of stirring in my heart that I don't know how to communicate in words right now. I don't know if it is about me personally, or our family, or one of our ministries or if He is gearing us up for something else. Hmmm....not sure. But, God is up to something. REALLY up to something. So, I am earnestly praying for discernment and for us to be fully prepared when ever God reveals what He is working on.

9 months yesterday

Yesterday marked 9 months since my dad's passing. How insane is that? Something that happened just a few short months ago....yet seems so long ago. Even though I can rejoice of his salvation, all those memories of the moments leading up to his death are such a bitter pill to swallow. Can I press on? Sure. Will it be easy? Absolutely not! My heart still aches and grieves for the emptiness that I feel inside of not having my daddy.

*sigh*

I can't even begin to imagine a life without my heavenly Father in the absence of my earthly one! Thank you so much LORD for your presence!

Deer

I have to share this story. Yesterday while making supper, I turned around to put something on the table and in my kitchen window stood a deer glaring right at me. It terrified me! I screamed, nearly wetting my britches. Thought that I was going to throw up until I realized that my husband was the culprit. He had his target deer that looks JUST like a real deer and was holding it up in the window to spook me. It looked so real though! We do have deer occasionally so it wasn't totally unrealistic for there to be a deer in the window, but then the kitchen window sits up about 10 feet from the ground, so it would have to be a GIANT deer to be able to peer through the window. Either way, bad husband! Bad!

I have giggled about this throughout the day as I have been startled a number of other times when looking out one of the windows to our back yard and seeing a "deer" leaning up against the tree where my husband left him. How many times am I going to be scared by that thing every time I see it! It throws me for a loop every time! Maybe I ought to get out my man's bow and shoot that thing! LOL! Thank you LORD for some laughter today! I desperately needed it!

Longing

To long to hold a child you've yet to meet. Yearning to love someone that you don't even know. How are these things possible? Only the LORD can put such desires in my heart. How long LORD do we wait? Where is she? How do we know where to find her?

Lord, you know the hopes of the helpless. Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them. You will bring justice to the orphans and the oppressed, so mere people can no longer terrify them. (Psalm 10:17-14) Please show us the way soon.

Time with the men in my life

It has been far too long since I have spent time with the men in my life. Ministry has pulled me away from them a lot lately, and I can't tell you how excited I am to snuggle up to all 3 of them while watching IRONMAN and slamming M&M's till we're sick tonight!

Praise 150

Can not wait til Praise 150 this Sunday night!

Another Blog

Well,
I have a ministry blog and a family blog and a Sunday School blog. I guess I should have one for just my self, right? Hope to find this as a place to just spill my heart.
We'll see what happens.

Brittnie