Miracle Babies

Greetings and much love sent out from me to all who are reading this. I ask God to use me as a channel for His honor, love and glory. My hope is all who read this find inspiration and desire to serve our Jesus. We had an amazing week down here last week. We were honored by a visit from two groups one from  Nevada and another from Utah. Frank and I had an amazing time reuniting with old friends and also making new ones. Yay God!! it is never boring when you are in service to the Lord. I believe He puts people in our path's just because He feels that we would enjoy them in our lives. As a gift to us, from our Father. Frank and I had been notified of a need that a local orphanage had a

 

 

 

 need for baby formula. There is an orphanage in Valle de las Palmas called Rancho Milagro and they have 10 babies at this time. Their cost for formula is 500.00 per month, we were able to take some of the group members to visit them and God placed on their hearts to donate to their need. These babies come from very young Mom's ages 12-18 and one of the smallest infants was found in a toilet and rescued. Miracle Ranch is located about 15 miles from where Frank and I live so it is even more isolated yet a beautiful area. One of the group members got so excited and touched by God that he wants to start the process to adopt one of these precious gems. I felt so blessed to be able to take them here, I felt like look what we found out here a whole bunch of beautiful babies. Needless to say I will be spending some time there just holding and loving babies.

We got to spend some time at Cora's church in Polvorine and Pastor Jim spoke to the people there. They are going through a transition and we are here to help support them in any and all ways that God leads us to.

Brother Jim

Church in Polvorine

 

 

Sister Cora

Each time a group comes down here to see what is really going on in Mexico not just what you hear on TV or radio. Yes of course there are dangers but dangers are everywhere. I have been down here for 16 months and praise God not problems other then a few minor health issues which all were resolved. God takes care of His children and we are the vessels in which He uses to spread His love. I ask you from the depths of my heart to help those in need. Lend a hand to a less fortunate child of God, we can help no matter what situation we are currently in. We do not have to wait to be "better" to help another. Our brokenness is what is attractive to another in the same situation. "It is those who have been in the fight who can tell about the victories, it is in the trials that we are made" (Smith Wigglesworth). The devil who is a liar wants us to believe that we are too broken to make a difference. Again we are never too broken with God on our side, no matter what we have done or where we have come from or what we have come out of. God will ALWAYS pick up the pieces and make a beautiful masterpiece out of our garbage. My husband lived in a landfill for five years while in his addiction, now that is hitting rock bottom in my opinion. That is how low the devil can make a person feel about themselves, we are not our situations. God can and will use us, give Him a chance and see what happens. Please do not wait for a feeling, step out in Faith and watch His love flow through you. Trust me the feelings will come, the Joy of the Lord can be yours, it is already yours all you need to do is claim it. Yay God!!!

Silly Jason

Adina and Ruben

 

 



 

Freedom from Depression

Freedom from Depression
I will spend the rest of my life in a state of "Forever Praise". My desire is to spend each moment of each day in a state of awareness of the Presence of God. Thanking Him for all that He has done for me. I say my desire because it is not as easy as it sounds. The cares of this world can quickly bring us down, without us even knowing. To stay in continual awareness of our Creator, our Saviour, our Friend, our Constant Companion will give such a sense of ease to our days and to those around us. People say "why do you laugh so much". I simply say it because of what Jesus has delivered me from.
He brought me out of a deep depression many years of drug and alcohol addiction, suicide attempts, episodes of self mutilation and extremely destructive behavior. I had lost contact with my children and I was in such a place of despair. "He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, Out of miry clay, And set my feet upon a rock, And established my steps. He has put a new song in mouth- Praise to our God; Many will see it and fear, And trust in the Lord." (Psalm 40v2-3) God saved me in 2009, I did not become completely drug free until a year later. God delivered me and set me free, slowly but surely my life began to change. I was able to begin to breakaway from a destructive marriage and destructive behavior and depression and shame and self-hatred. The laughter came at a conference in Bishop, CA at my church "the River". The speaker was Steve Backlund and he spoke from such a place of truth to my spirit and the laughter came upon me and I have never been the same. I want to say earlier that day I had gone to the 10am session and alot of people were laughing and I was getting annoyed because I could not hear the speaker. Later that day I was engulfed in uncontrollable laughter. The chains began to break off and the freedom from depression was lifted. Cane Ridge Camp meetings (1800-1801) is one of the first documented experiences of "holy laughter", deliverance and freedom from lifelong depression, fear and sadness was a result from this joyful encounter with the Lord.
My experience of uncontrollable joy along with daily affirmations of truth. Began to change me from the inside out, even if you do not believe the positive declarations speak them. A saying in "AA" is fake it until you make it, that is not being fake that is acting above your emotions . I had been paralyzed with fear my mind was a playground for the devil. Jesus rules by Peace and Satan rules by fear. Submit to God resist the devil and he will flee. Never lose hope, He can and will deliver you from any and all afflictions, nothing is too big for Our God. I also want to say that it took almost being physically dead and mentally so confused and lost. Searching for the answer in all of the wrong places. That void could never be filled by anything other then the Love of our Jesus.  I never thought I would be able to function in life again. I was tormented and broken and I thought beyond repair, but He being so gentle and patient never gave up on me and I will praise Him all of the days of my life. A yielded heart is a beautiful thing. Jesus is the answer!!!

Me reunited with my kids :) All the Glory goes to God!!

Lens of Love, through the eyes of the Father

Greetings one and all, we are all so very special in the eyes of our Father. I desire to see things like He does through lens of love. Sending an update from Cerro Azul, we are having a rainy day today. We have had rain since yesterday and it really slows things down here since our roads are dirt. Last Wednesday was my last offical day at the orphanage. I had a hard time saying goodbye to the girls, I know it is not goodbye just see you later but not seeing them on a daily basis is a big change for me. I plan to visit as often as I can, they will forever be in my heart and coming to Mexico has changed my life forever.

Ron and the team from Bishop came down November the 17th we had a quincenera for Lupita. She is one of the young girls that God has placed in our path to help in any and all ways that we can. She has come from a very disfunctional and terribly abusive family situation. Her Grandmother is the primary care giver and it is a very complicated family dynamic. Ususally I don't want to "overhelp" a family feeling that would lead to enabling them but this situation is different. So with that said we did all that was possible for her. Ron raised funds for her and we were able to have her dress made, a cake, food the whole thing was so special. She was so beautiful, no matter what obstacles one encounters we are all so beautiful in the eyes of our Lord and Savior. He sees our hearts not our circumstances, to love like He loved. My heart longs for that, true love for our fellow man. My flesh is so annoying and gets on my last nerve. Often crawling off of the altar of daily sacrafice and most the time just wanting to be stagnant. I will always use Jesus as my example on how to live and love here with His children. Ron also sent a message saying that he wants to help Lupita with College when the time comes, again giving her hope for her future. Yay God!! We had pozole with Juanita another family that Ron has been helping out for many years, she lost her husband many years ago from suicide and left her with 8 children the youngest having down syndrome. What a special lady, she made the tamales for our wedding, so special to my heart. I guess it is because it is so poor here that the gratitude from the people just blows me away. God shows up, we ask for healing and it is here. I know He is always around us and always with us. The team prayed for Juanita's daughter and her chronic back pain was healed. We also got a chance to pray for Macrina and her back pain was healed, she said she has been doing laundry for two weeks. We had the opportunity to pray for a women at Cora's church with mental illness, hearing voices etc. I could feel the spirit pushing me away when we were praying for her. The spirit lifted and she accepted the Lord in her heart to live forever. Yay God!!! So happy to see the team from Bishop I so miss all of there faces. Jean Bigham soooo great to see you and Liz. The team will be back in November and we always look so forward to their visit.

Holy Spirit has really been ministering to me about the healing. Healed to be a healer and blessed to be a blessing, He gave me insight about what He wants us to do down here and it was a healing ministry, a freedom ministry and a helps ministry. Great I said sounds perfect, Jesus sent them out to preach the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick. God has placed many people in our paths that share the same vision. We are here to serve Him to be representatives of His Kingdom.

We ask for your prayers for strength, wisdom, protection, provision and always increased levels of awarness of His presence. Still planning on the transitional housing for the young adults, still in the planning/praying phase. One thing Father God is working on me with is slowing down. I am here and I want to make a difference and I see so many in need and I want to do all that I can for all that I see through Him of course. Slow down, pace yourself this is not a sprint it is a marathon and we have already won. Through Christ we already have the prize, eternal life. I will take a deep breath and enjoy the sweet aroma of His presence. Christ's love to all!

It has also been brought to my attention over the past few days that out here in the more rural areas, we need to focus on getting these kids through high school. Many of them drop out after junior high to work or to begin making bricks. So yes we want to help them with College, but first things first give them whatever assistance they might need to finish high school. One step at a time. Again the message of "slow down".

Church of Christ, Cerro Azul

 

Lupita with her Grandmother.

Beautiful Lupita