Beautiful, Sunny Saturday
How I enjoyed my visitation today!! The weather was so nice. I didn't have to have even a light jacket.
I am a little discouraged because about 8-10 of my bus kids from one mobile home park are being "rustled"! I have mixed emotions about this. For one thing, these are the kids that I have been so burdened for. They had never gone to church regularly before we started visiting. A couple of the kids have gotten saved but not baptized. These are my kids from New Orleans and their cousins. I just fell in love with these kids and I hate to lose them.
I have been very introspective about it. I don't want it to be a pride issue! It is certainly not that I care if our numbers decrease. Actually, the last two Sundays with the 53 in attendance, none of them were present anyway.
Lord, I ask that YOUR will be done in this situation!! You know my heart and You know exactly what Your plans for their lives are.
I visited with one of the girls mother's today. She is unmarried and just found out that she is expecting. Her daughter is 12 years old and she had a lot of problems at birth. The lady has no operative car. She works at a food place located within walking distance to her mobile home. She lives in a very small mobile home that was given to her. She is chancing losing that because she is struggling to pay her pad rent of $185 per month. So many problems!!! We had a good talk today and she told me about having been saved several years ago. She really just needed someone to disciple her. I struggle with this. If I could have, I would have figured a way to get her a working vehicle and paid a months rent but is that what God would have??? One of her friends is working on getting her a job with her. Lord, give me wisdom!!!
We should have a pretty good number tomorrow!!
I Corinthians 13:13
"And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity."
I am a little discouraged because about 8-10 of my bus kids from one mobile home park are being "rustled"! I have mixed emotions about this. For one thing, these are the kids that I have been so burdened for. They had never gone to church regularly before we started visiting. A couple of the kids have gotten saved but not baptized. These are my kids from New Orleans and their cousins. I just fell in love with these kids and I hate to lose them.
I have been very introspective about it. I don't want it to be a pride issue! It is certainly not that I care if our numbers decrease. Actually, the last two Sundays with the 53 in attendance, none of them were present anyway.
Lord, I ask that YOUR will be done in this situation!! You know my heart and You know exactly what Your plans for their lives are.
I visited with one of the girls mother's today. She is unmarried and just found out that she is expecting. Her daughter is 12 years old and she had a lot of problems at birth. The lady has no operative car. She works at a food place located within walking distance to her mobile home. She lives in a very small mobile home that was given to her. She is chancing losing that because she is struggling to pay her pad rent of $185 per month. So many problems!!! We had a good talk today and she told me about having been saved several years ago. She really just needed someone to disciple her. I struggle with this. If I could have, I would have figured a way to get her a working vehicle and paid a months rent but is that what God would have??? One of her friends is working on getting her a job with her. Lord, give me wisdom!!!
We should have a pretty good number tomorrow!!
I Corinthians 13:13
"And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity."
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