Our Celebration Dinner for Bible Study

We wrapped up our Bible study last week with some really great prayer time and plans for next year. We always like to give our friends some sort of celebration at the end, mostly food, and for tonight the celebration will be the same. The only twist is that instead of a home cooked meal it is going to be KFC. Yes that means Kentucky Fried Chicken. To them this is like going out to a nice restaurant for their favorite meal. We really thought we would take them somewhere that they have never been but we had a conversation with a couple of them on Sunday and they told us they love to have a piece of chicken with the bone and chips (fries as we say in the states). They told us they just don’t get this unless it is a special treat, so we are making it a special treat. The things we think are so simple mean so much to folks who have nothing. We are excited that we have been blessed to be able to provide them with some comfort food and always remind them that it is not from us but from the Lord. We are excited to see what God will do next year and I am especially excited because they are keen to do a study on Biblical Financial Principles. It is going to challenge me because I am finally going to get the opportunity to put together a 4 or 5 week study for them before we return in January. This has been my prayer for a long time and it looks like it is finally going to come together. Please pray for me to be able to find the time to put the study together.

God is Able

We are counting down the hours now and I just want to share this story before we get on the plane tomorrow headed for Nashville. The Lord has truly blessed my mom with 2 wonderful ladies to help them get their breakfast and pills sorted each day. Being this far away always seems like a challenge to get anything done, but with God’s help anything is possible. A couple of months ago we were headed down that same path again with my mom and the medications seem to have quit working. I began to pray and ask God to show me how I could help. Through all of this I e-mailed the Pastor of my parents’ church asking if he knew of anyone looking for a part time job. My parents live in the country and the chances of finding one person that was willing to drive seemed slim. This is how big our God is, He sent 2 ladies that live 5 minutes from their house. One lady comes Monday through Friday and the other on Saturday and Sunday. My mom has done a 180 and is better than she has been in a long time. I am always reminded of the scripture about leaving family to do what God calls us to do, (Luke 18:29)but this just reaffirms that what He says in His Word is truth. I didn’t share with family that I had been the one to make all the contacts because I wanted to give God the Glory, but my mom asked one of the ladies last week how they found out about them needing some help. Kay finally said, “I was wondering when you were going to ask” and she told them that I had arranged everything. I just happened to call just as they were finishing up that conversation and my mom really was appreciative of me helping to make all of this happen. I was very excited that all was revealed before I got home and I believe it will put a new light on our relationship. Praise God for what He has done and able to do.