Share from your week; where have you seen God at work?:
Bonnie – I spoke with my daughter in California this week. Her church held a Vacation Bible School in Anaheim, they live in Yorba Linda, but in Anaheim there is a high Hispanic population there. They’ve been doing this for 2 – 3 years and this year they had 175 children, youth and mothers attend. They loved on the mothers and did special things for the mothers while the kids were in VBS. Many of the youth came to Christ this year as well as other years. And they have discovered that the crime rate in the Anaheim area where they go has decreased significantly in the last 3 years since they’ve been doing this. So, God is working mightily in that population.
Pastor Brett – Wow! Amen. You are getting some Hallelujahs and claps from the crowd on the lawn, Amen.
Kari – Good morning everybody! I have a couple ones. It was my birthday on Wednesday and I’m 26 again, for I don’t know how many years now it’s been going. I just felt really well-loved from family and friends and everybody so, it was a really great day. Then the Stuvlands hosted a small group gathering for BBQ dinner at their place. And a number of us came and it was a lot of fun. If you’re interested in joining future ones, we’re going to have a few other ones this summer. Let Pastor Brett know and we will get you a schedule. It is just a time of refreshing, and getting to be in person after the very long year of being separated. So, that was a huge God Sighting. So, hopefully more of you will be able to join in in the future.
Pastor Brett – Thank you, Kari, and Happy Birthday! Yes, it was just a time of food, fellowship & fun.
Martha – You know a lot of people say how they come to their faith and so on but, I found out the other day how I became a Methodist… My son told Ken and I to get a safe for our house instead of a safe deposit box at the bank. So, we went and emptied out a bunch of old stuff…Well, I found a bunch of old letters and things and in it I also… Then my sister was also going through some of their things and she found a letter and information about the Free Methodist from Livingston, Wisconsin. Now my great grandfather founded Livingston, which is named after him, because he gave the land for this town. Albeit, there are only about 600 people there, but it’s still a town. Anyway, I was reading through what my sister had written and some letters that I had received. In the late 1800’s my father’s cousin, Aunt Mabel, who I knew very well, and my grandmother, who I never knew, both became, were converted; became Methodists. So, thank God I found my faith but, also those two women started the whole spectrum of Methodism in our family. Although, Sarah would still say that Presbyterians are better.
Pastor Brett – Thank you, Martha…. Awesome!