Our country is in turmoil. The elections were Sunday, and the young people do not want the communists to be in control again. They are tired of living in a communist country. There are riots in the center of the city (we are staying away). They have burned the president's building and the parliament building. Please pray for Moldova.
In the midst of this Elissa and I have packed and are ready to head to the airport. This has nothing to do with the protests. She has the opportunity to go to a Eurasia MK retreat in Turkey with 30-some other teens from Eurasia. We are so excited for this time for her. The MK department in Springfield has brought in a team to work with the students and a special youth speaker with share with them. Our kids don't get yearly youth camps, winter retreats or youth conventions. We are excited for this time for them. Please pray that God works in a special way in Elissa's life this weekend. (Brian Pingel, the speaker, has asked you to especially remember to pray on Good Friday).
We are also waiting for the documents to be finished for the registration of the Home of Hope. Please pray for this. The communists want to shut down all humanitarian and religious work and workers in the country. Please pray that God would go before us and we'd get these much needed documents even in the midst of all the unrest in the country.
Thanks for so many of you who write or let us know that you are faithfully in prayer for us.
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Signs and wonders
We've been praying for signs and wonders to happen in the lives of our women at Home of Hope. Who would know these would begin with a child?
A week ago Natalie (our 9 year old) woke up and said, "I just had the best dream. Ir---(I can't list her name here) came back to the Home of Hope, and she was so changed. She found Jesus." Ir--- had run away several times. Two months ago we finally told her she could not come back. Two nights ago Natalie and I were talking and I said, "Natalie, you know that dream you had last week about Ir----?" And Natalie said, "Mom, that was not a dream. It was real. It will happen."
So today I had a phone call and Ir--- was at the Home. She asked to come back. She asked for forgiveness. I was heading over there anyway, so as a family (and our guests who were in our home) we sat and prayed for dealing with her.
It is impossible to put in a blog the conversation Elena (our psychologist) and I had with Ir---. But it was amazing. I really learned where she has come from. She knows she is lost, and she knows the Home is a place of safety and security. She knows she is loved here, and it is something she has not ever felt in her life.
Then she told me about a dream she had last night. She saw herself, me and Tania (a worker in the home) and we all had halos on our head (she had no idea what a halo meant!) Then she said all of us at the Home were pulling her up out of darkness. I think God was showing her that she can be good, and this is the place to be pulled out of the darkness of her life.
Now we are going to cut back to Natalie. Tonight she told me, "Last night I prayed that God would give Ir--- a dream." Signs and wonders, and they are starting with my child. You cannot believe how this is hitting me as a parent!
Please pray for our little lamb that has returned to our fold. She is so lost, but she knows she is lost. Pray that as we speak to her she will understand. As I spoke to her tonight I said something about Satan. Then I asked her if she knew who Satan is. No, she did not. She doesn't know anything really. She has no context for God, Jesus, Satan. She only knows what is outside the home is bad and what is in the home is good. She shared with me about her life. It is a life that I can't even imagine having to live. She is so afraid she will repeat the life of her mother, which is the reason her life is so awful. Please pray that she will understand that Jesus is the Light of the World, her Savior and that he has come to set her free.
Pray for the other girls in our home too. We have 5 girls total now and 2 children. One doesn't want to deal with personal issues and constantly wants to leave. Tonight she said she'll leave tomorrow. She is very hard, and we keep dealing with her.
God is showing himself to another girl. She has been in the home just 3 weeks and she is seeing God's love for her. Yesterday she said, "I know now that I don't have to live the life I did. I know Jesus loves me so much."
But all of the girls need to understand the reality of Jesus in their lives and that He is their Savior. Please pray for this. Pray for miracles in their lives. Pray that God continues to reveal Himself to them in dreams.
Pray also for our documents for the Home which were rejected the first time but have been submitted the second time. Pray that we get authorization to be a registered Christian social organization in the country. This allows us to help the girls at such a greater level.
Thanks for your prayers.
A week ago Natalie (our 9 year old) woke up and said, "I just had the best dream. Ir---(I can't list her name here) came back to the Home of Hope, and she was so changed. She found Jesus." Ir--- had run away several times. Two months ago we finally told her she could not come back. Two nights ago Natalie and I were talking and I said, "Natalie, you know that dream you had last week about Ir----?" And Natalie said, "Mom, that was not a dream. It was real. It will happen."
So today I had a phone call and Ir--- was at the Home. She asked to come back. She asked for forgiveness. I was heading over there anyway, so as a family (and our guests who were in our home) we sat and prayed for dealing with her.
It is impossible to put in a blog the conversation Elena (our psychologist) and I had with Ir---. But it was amazing. I really learned where she has come from. She knows she is lost, and she knows the Home is a place of safety and security. She knows she is loved here, and it is something she has not ever felt in her life.
Then she told me about a dream she had last night. She saw herself, me and Tania (a worker in the home) and we all had halos on our head (she had no idea what a halo meant!) Then she said all of us at the Home were pulling her up out of darkness. I think God was showing her that she can be good, and this is the place to be pulled out of the darkness of her life.
Now we are going to cut back to Natalie. Tonight she told me, "Last night I prayed that God would give Ir--- a dream." Signs and wonders, and they are starting with my child. You cannot believe how this is hitting me as a parent!
Please pray for our little lamb that has returned to our fold. She is so lost, but she knows she is lost. Pray that as we speak to her she will understand. As I spoke to her tonight I said something about Satan. Then I asked her if she knew who Satan is. No, she did not. She doesn't know anything really. She has no context for God, Jesus, Satan. She only knows what is outside the home is bad and what is in the home is good. She shared with me about her life. It is a life that I can't even imagine having to live. She is so afraid she will repeat the life of her mother, which is the reason her life is so awful. Please pray that she will understand that Jesus is the Light of the World, her Savior and that he has come to set her free.
Pray for the other girls in our home too. We have 5 girls total now and 2 children. One doesn't want to deal with personal issues and constantly wants to leave. Tonight she said she'll leave tomorrow. She is very hard, and we keep dealing with her.
God is showing himself to another girl. She has been in the home just 3 weeks and she is seeing God's love for her. Yesterday she said, "I know now that I don't have to live the life I did. I know Jesus loves me so much."
But all of the girls need to understand the reality of Jesus in their lives and that He is their Savior. Please pray for this. Pray for miracles in their lives. Pray that God continues to reveal Himself to them in dreams.
Pray also for our documents for the Home which were rejected the first time but have been submitted the second time. Pray that we get authorization to be a registered Christian social organization in the country. This allows us to help the girls at such a greater level.
Thanks for your prayers.
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