1st Qtr 2006 Newsletter

Happy New Year!
 
Howard and I are anticipating an exciting journey with the Lord in 2006! We hope you are too. The Spirit of the Lord has been encouraging us to expect him to do great and mighty things this year. We should be ready to quickly obey His every direction. He is at work in the Spirit realm! What does the scripture say? Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the “power” that works in us. He is at work in us, the Almighty, All Powerful God of the universe, working in us! What an awesome thought to meditate on. I hope this spurs you on to seek the things He may be getting you ready for in this coming year. The days are drawing so short, His coming is closer now than last year (whatever time His coming may be). So many don’t know of His love for them, how He is full of amazing grace and forgiveness, He is just waiting to extend to them if they just ask, if they just knew…. Well before I go on may I just say Howard and I wish you an incredibly, exciting journey with the Lord this year!

Christmas around the World!

Howard and I had the privilege of attending the Christmas around the World in Tulsa Oklahoma at Victory Church. We had never been to one and didn’t know what to expect. Howard’s job for the evening was to video tape for Pastor Kyle Taylor. Pastor Taylor and his family were asked to represent the Native Americans.

We got there early to set up cameras and thought we had walked into many different countries. There were at least thirty nations represented. Each had a booth set up with articles from their nation and each prepared a food of their nation for folks to taste. There was a time for visiting and tasting food. There also was a time for a taste of other cultures when each of the nations had an opportunity to sing a song, share a cultural dance, and tell a story. We thoroughly enjoyed the night. We were really encouraged when we learned that these nations represented cell groups from Victory Church. All these nations had cell group’s right in Tulsa Oklahoma. We were really surprised!

Pastor Kyle’s niece who recently was elected Miss Native America Oklahoma was given the honor of praying for the nations.

The Lord gave us once again a picture of every tongue, tribe and nation around the throne.

A time of Rest

With much anticipation for another busy year, Howard and I felt impressed to be sure to end out the year in slow motion you might say. I felt the Lord specifically asked me to be a Mary this year and not a Martha. So when our two sons decided they would be visiting family in PA for the holidays, Howard and I decided to stay home alone and enjoy the holidays in a more relaxed atmosphere.

Now lest you think we spent Christmas day alone we have very dear friends who invited us for Christmas at their home. We had a wonderful day of fellowship together. Of all the blessing we have received form the Lord this year we have been blessed the most with the Johnson family. He has knitted our hearts together and it is good.
Howard worked on office projects at a slower pace throughout the time. We took a few days and indulged in the holiday goodies. We watched a Christmas movie each evening and just slowed down and enjoyed the season, it was great!

Covenant

Howard is leading a Precept Covenant class. It is really good to be in a precept class again. Covenant is such an important teaching. We believe it is so important for every believer to understand Covenant. There are just six of us, but we are all very interested in the subject so it makes for an exciting time every time we meet. We also believe it is extremely important for the Native American people to understand God’s Covenant and His faithfulness to never break Covenant with us. If you have never done a study on Covenant I challenge you to, it will give you a deeper understand of just who our God is! Precept Ministries offers an excellent way to study it.

Thank You!

Thank you to all who remembered us by sending us a Christmas card, I don’t know if Cornerstone had a Christmas Card Contest this year, but we got plenty of wishes for a Merry Christmas. We especially want to thank our A-Team who faithfully keeps us encouraged by letting us know we are not forgotten servants. And of course all our faithful supporters who send a portion of their hard earned money so that we may continue to walk out God’s plan for our life as missionaries and His plans for their life as senders. You are all great and we are encouraged by you!

Please pray with us that:

• We would be sensitive to God’s leading as we schedule our year. We would be good stewards of our time.

• As we work through the covenant study we would be able to share with others who may take a Covenant course in the future.

• We are beginning to plan for furlough this year, please pray God will give us interesting ways to share about the work among Native American Tribes.

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