It's About the Children

Monday, July 16, 2007

And they are off!!!

Mrs. Sherrie along with Lance and some of part-time elevate headed out for Cambodia today. Please be praying for them over the next 10 days as they are fulfilling God's call to reach the nations. What an awesome opportunity each one of these team members have been given! HPC will be well represented!

Sunday, July 15, 2007

Can You Say Bears?

This past week at VBS the kids were given an opportunity to make 2 bears. One to send to Africa and the other to keep and everytime they hold that bear they are reminded to pray for the child on the other side of the world who received it. I am fortunate and priveleged enough to be able to get to deliver these bears to the children in Mozambique. In a little less than a month I will be able to take another picture showing the children who receive these bears. How awesome is that!!!!!! I am so blessed that God allows me to be a part of what He is doing in the lives of all these children!

Sunday, June 10, 2007

One Step Closer

We are now one step closer to Africa. Our plane tickets were purchased this week. THANK YOU Jesus! Our team is coming together great, we have been meeting weekly getting our schedule planed out. It is going to be an awesome trip! Thank you for being a part of making it possible for me to go. I am truly blessed!

Thursday, May 3, 2007

Back to Parkview

I headed back to Parkview today after Graduating from there 13 years ago. Whoever would have thought I would go back there to eat lunch (I didn't eat the lunch when I went to school there), but my niece called and asked me to come eat lunch with her and her friend. Who could say no to that sweet little face?

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

What color are you?

Your Inner Color is Green

Your Personality: You are a high acheiver who is very competitive. You're bound to reach your goals, no matter how lofty.

You in Love: Picky with high standards, it's hard to find your match. You need someone as driven as you are!

Your Career: You need a high profile, challenging career to satisfy you. Consider finance, sales, or running your own company.

What's Your Inner Color?

My Testimony

I grew up in a Christian home where I was drug to church every time the doors were open. I spent my childhood trying to follow the Christian ways that my parents had drilled into my head, but when I was 10 I made a choice all on my own to accept Christ as my Savior and follow and serve Him for the rest of my life. I continued to follow after God, and when I was 15 I knew God was calling me into full time ministry. In my mind I believed their were only 2 options for me; a children’s pastor or a youth pastor. For 10 years I went around and around and around because I let fear stop me from doing what God created me to do. Finally I got tired of not going anywhere and I asked God what is it that you want me to do. He told me He wanted me on the mission field. This was very hard for me to hear because I spent my entire life with a fear of leaving the United States, I grew up saying I was never going to another country. I put aside all my fears and said O.K. God I will go. My first trip out of the United States God sends me by myself, I cried for a week before I left, I cried on the plane the whole way down to Honduras, but once I got there and I experienced what God had waiting for me it was greater than anything I had experienced in the States. After setting foot on foreign soil I knew thats where I was spending the rest of my life. I still was not completely open to what God had for me I still had some restrictions. We had a sermon series called The HPC Apprentice; 4 people out of the church were chosen and I was 1 of the 4, we spent several weeks just doing whatever was asked of us, serving the church, serving the community and then at the end the church voted on who they thought should win. I did not win, but the guy who did win won a trip to Swaziland, Africa. After finding out what the prize was I was so glad I did not win, because I had also spent my entire life saying I was never going to Africa. Well, over the next 6 months God begins to work on me and all of a sudden I am now telling my sister I really want to go to Africa. My sister had a friend who was going to Africa in 2 months so she called her up and told her I wanted to go to Africa, so she said let me see what I can do. Next thing I know I’m receiving a phone call saying I hear you want to go to Africa. Within a month I had raised every penny I needed for the trip and within another month I was on a plane to Africa. Do you know I made it to Africa before the guy who won the trip to Africa? When God has a plan He makes away. So 2005 was the first year I went to Africa, I went home from that trip with a calling on my life to reach, serve, nurture and love the children of Africa. I spent six months living in Mozambique, Africa I returned with an even greater passion to reach the unforgotten children around the world. After returning from Africa I co-founded Red Thread Ministries to help those who are without means to help themselves. We work with children domestic and international, sharing the love of Jesus. For more information and ways to get invovled checkout our website at www.redthreadministries.org