The Hand of Providence

All I can say is WOW!

In October our driver side airbag was replaced by the dealership on a recall. Days later, the airbag light came on. Friday I headed back to the dealer hoping the problem was with the newly fixed airbag, and therefore free to repair. However, this was not to be.

The service man let me know that it was the unit that controls all the airbags in the minivan that needed to be replaced. WONDERFUL! Sounds very expensive! Perfect at Christmas time!

Then he said, "But." and I felt the world stop. He continued, "Honda extended their warranty to 150 thousand miles, and your car has 149K. We'll have to order the part, it could take a few days to get here, and by then you may be over the 150K mark."

A few minutes later, he let me know that he could reset the order so that if I go over the 150K mark before the repair is completed the repair would be under warranty. To be honest, at that moment I wasn't sure I would need that coverage. I figured we had a couple hundred miles to spare, we I got in the car to leave the dealer, I saw that we had 17 miles left before 150K. The dealer is in Longmont, I didn't make it anywhere near home before we hit that mark. What a blessing! The Lord does have His hands in our lives.The Lord's providence was certainly evident to our family, in a MAJORLY obvious way! Thank you, Lord, for how you care for you children, like the lilies of the field, and birds of the air!

Thankful for Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was WONDERFUL this year! We were able to have a GREAT Bible Blast Kids Club with our kids from Overlook. They even made a craft with what they are thankful for. It was good to see. We are thankful for the kids that come and for our helper, Cheryl and her two kids and come.

On Thanksgiving day we had a great time with family in Littleton. We love hearing everyone share what they are most thankful for this year. It was fun to hear that Brian and I had just about the same list of things on our Thanksgiving card. We each wrote something like this, "The Lord's grace, goodness, and provision, my wonderful spouse, our precious children, outreach ministry, family and friends!" I particularly liked the wonderful spouse part! He He He!

Who is Jesus Christ?

Colossians 1:16-20
"For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities-all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross."

John 1:1
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it."

Overjoyed

God's Word is living powerful and sharper than any two edged sword!

Carlos & Joseph

Jazmin with her new Bible

The fun get to know you game

Today was another one of those days. Well, I guess it started on Tuesday, when Heather got to spend time with her Mormon friend. She is a homeschool mother of 6 (one of whom should be making her appearance in a few weeks). :0) Gretchen and I are forming a relationship, please pray for our friendship and for the truth of the gospel and the free-ness of grace to penetrate her heart and life. Then yesterday Brian and I were able to meet with an old friend, Christine. It was great to be able to mutually encourage one another. She is a follower of Christ and it was great to hear what He has been doing in her life the past 8 years.

Then today, we had the awesome privilege to host a kid's club at the overlook apartments in Denver. We were thrilled that 11 children came this time, none attend a local church. All heard the gospel clearly presented, the state of their sin-filled hearts and desperate need of Him. Each one participated in the review game (a chance to see if they actually heard and grasped what was taught) I was sooo excited when Karla, an eleven year old, clearly shared nearly word for word what Brian taught about the state of man's sinfulness and Carlos, 9, shared how that leads to our need for the Savior, Jesus Christ. These unchurched children we excited to take Bibles home with them. Each one learned a Bible verse, Genesis 1:1, "In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the earth." We discussed so many great things. With Bible clubs of this nature (in a HUMONGOUS apartment complex), it's difficult to know if these children will ever return. With that in mind, we mix things up a lot, keep things moving, and try to share many things from the scriptures! Each one is excited to return on the 11th for our next kid's club. Please pray they will read the Bibles they were given, share them with their families, follow Jesus as their Lord and Savior, and plug into a local body of believers!

Heather & Christine

All in all, we are overjoyed. Thank you so much for praying for our ministry. We know the Lord is faithfully listening to the prayers of His people!

Exciting Week

Well, this week was GREAT. It was one of those weeks you just have to blog about, just so you can read it later on a down week. Brian and Josiah went downtown to do open air evangelism. They prayer walked, spoke to a few people about salvation, and shared the Gospel. One lady they met was very interested. We are praying that the Lord will work in her life. On Thursday evening, Heather had the privilege to share the gospel with one of the moms at Josiah's soccer practice. It was the first time the ladies had ever met, and she was sharing with Heather all the struggles she is facing with her adult son, the oldest of 7 children, who has gone astray from how they thought he would turn out. It was a great conversation. On Saturday, they talked again. We are praying for further opportunities to share, and for the truth to transform! Later, we got to have a great conversation with a teenager and her mom who are really struggling in trusting the Lord. Truly this was a really encouraging week. Thank you, Lord, for times like these when we can see your hand leading and guiding us and working through us in spite of ourselves.