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| Memorial to 25 babies! |
I arrived safely home from my trip to New York.
My mind is still trying to process all of the awesome things that God
did over the Women of the World Recovery Weekend. No doubt more good reports will be made after
today’s presentation at the United Nations!
Our sweet director Millie gave each leader a seemingly small
token of appreciation. We each found a
wind chime in our suitcases. My husband,
who is the best hubby in the whole world, hung it over my kitchen sink. As I stood there this morning my heart smiled
as the little chime sang to me.
For the first time I really looked at it. The butterfly with the red in its wings spoke
to me of new life given freely to us.
The four chimes are the four corners of the world. In the midst of them is a small clear ball
representative of the Spirit of God. The
flower with the red in the middle represents continued growth through and only
by the blood of Jesus to us His yielded servants.
Each morning I will be reminded of how He brought us
together with women and men from the four corners of the world. I stand in
amazement at the lengths our Heavenly Father will go to for His children!
As our friend and co-worker Pauly said, “We all had back
stage passes to see God work miracles.”
Parents were given the opportunity to work through the loss,
forgiveness, healing and give honor in the naming of twenty five children lost
to abortion. We cried, we laughed, we rejoiced along side of them. We were exhausted at the end but filled with
excitement and encouragement.
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"Team Tired"
Decompressing and silly time after the weekend stressors. |
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Old and tattered photo from fist meeting. March 29, 1999
(When we both had a head full of dark hair!) |
Not only was there much personal healing, the hope of Jesus
will be carried back to their countries.
I remembered the first time Millie and I met. I keep the tattered photo pinned to my
laundry room bulletin board. She asked
the photo be taken because, “This means something.”
“Something” indeed—more than we could have expected or imagined! From the heart of a couple of women and
Millie’s faithful perseverance, the Lord birthed a healing ministry from a
small town in Arkansas
that reaches around the globe. I say
this to remind you, if God has placed something on your heart, He is more than
willing and capable to bring it to pass!
We expect great reports from across the world birthed in hearts this
recovery weekend!
We ladies pay our way. Dan and I personally save a few
dollars each month for UN week. As
usual, there were last minute needs that we as leaders committed to cover for
participants. The prayer request was
sent out for scholarships and even nanny services for the weekend. Within minutes all but a few dollars was
pledged. Thank you for your obedience to the Father voice.
One particular group was perplexed when they were told they
could keep the Bibles placed by Gideon’s.
When they were told curriculum had been donated to them to take back to
their countries, they could scarcely take it all in. Thank you for being the hands and feet to
this ministry. As my dear friend Pat said of her donation of books, "It gives feet to my prayers."
Privacy and
safety issues prevent me from sharing details of the participants. The world is filled with evil, brutal violence against women and unborn children. Some place their very lives in danger by speaking out. "One participan group said, "We are all on our own." I can say God connected folks (not all went through the recovery weekend) from, Africa, Pakistan, India,
Taiwan, Australia and China—just to name a few. I am reminded of the song I sang as a small
child; “Red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in His sight. Jesus loves the little children of the
world.”
"Speak, for your servant is listening." 1st Samuel 3:10
