Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Monday, August 11, 2008
Important Update!
I am the new Director of the Charlotte 614 Outpost!!!!!!!YAY!!!!!!!I am super excited, super blessed, super humbled and totally ready to get there and begin.....I will be following in the footsteps of some amazing and godly people, people who have dome some amazing things in that community and so that is scary.....but I am excited to be continuing on with what they have all started......they have all set the bar really high...it is going to be an adventure thats for sure.....And the best part Ashish can come with me....yay..I can live with my HUSBAND once we are married...how wonderful!!!!!!!So if you want to know more about how I feel about this amazing appointment read the post below....otherwise just rejoice with me!!!!!!!
Over the last few months my heart had been stirring and my mind has been whirling with ideas, with hopes and with dreams, my prayers have been specific and expectant......On friday some of the most important of my prayers were answered ....and so all weekend, my heart was stirring even more, my mind constantly thinking, dreaming, hoping....It is such a beautiful place to be, right where I know I should be....a place where so many of the dreams I have kept in my heart for years are beginning to see fruit...I feel myself becoming alive again, alive with passion and hope....When I was younger I read a few books that changed my life and my prayers...I read Chasing The Dragon by Jackie Pullinger and I prayed that I would one day have a ministry like her.....I read No Compromise about Keith Green and prayed that I would have an open home/ community like him and his wife....I read a book called Passion and Purity by Elisabeth Elliot and prayed for a romance like that.......and now years later I see my prayers coming to pass...it is amazing....the way Ashish and I met, the things we have been through to be together is right from the pages of her book, where I am heading and the ministry opportunities available to me soon is just like Jackie Pullinger and Keith Green...it is incredibly humbling to see how God has caused all my hopes and dreams to collide, to come together....it is humbling and exciting...I think I have learned my lesson...I have learnt that God does hear our prayers, even the silent one we quickly pray as we read a page in a book, I have learnt that he loves to please his children, he loves to bless them and he loves to give them good gifts....I have learnt that I don't need to be afraid to ask him for what I want...and that I can be expectant that he will answer and that he will give our hearts desires...A few months ago I found out some information, that there would be an opening somewhere...I decided I would write to people in the know and tell them I wanted to be a part of something....but my Dad in his wisdom said NO...and so I prayed and I prayed and I prayed....i began to feel like I wanted this too much and God would see that and not answer in the way I wanted....but then I continued to pray and to believe....my heart stirred with visions and with hope and I just prayed.....AND God answered my hearts desired and I am humbled.......of course he still would have been a good God if those prayers not answered, but the fact that he has heard me all these years, the fact that he has answered my prayers so specifically is amazing....Why am I telling you all this....I guess as a testimony....as a reminder to let you know and to remind myself that God is a good God, he hears our prayers, he loves to bless his children and we don't need to be afraid to come to him with the desires of our hearts...and to remind ourselves that God is the one that plants those dreams and hopes in our hearts in the first place....be hopeful. be expectant and just pray and wait for him to answer....cause he will!!!!!
Monday, February 25, 2008
Thursday, February 21, 2008
And the winner is ..... Corporal Travis Roberts
Hey guys, thanks for all the encouragement and prayer.
Corporal Travis Roberts, TWC Martyr and a Phase II Grad, has been named interim urban outpost director in Charlotte. He is well suited and well on fire for the appointment.
He has been with us in Charlotte for almost the whole two years and has literally run straight into gunfire to protect the local kids. Thats the main requirement for a position around here.
He really did!
Travis has a deep love for Jesus' friends and the able hands to do something about it. My only regret is that I will miss him being with us in Toronto. He is able and so is he.
This blog will continue to be up and running so that you can to continue to get updates from Travis' team in Charlotte.
We will have a new one soon.
R&H