URGENT PRAYER NEEDED!

My friend, Enid, that guest writes for Preserving a Generation has made me aware of the following urgent request:

"The Monk family adopted a baby named Hannah from Honduras 2 1/2 years ago when she was 6 months. The country still has not allowed her to leave even though the adoption has been final for all this time. This Friday, July 10th her case goes to court again. All they need is for a judge to sign a piece of paper releasing her, but every other time her case came up something went wrong, costing this family thousands of dollars and months and months more of waiting, with this poor child living in an orphanage instead of with her loving family during her formative years. I'm asking for prayer like the widow to the unjust judge, except we, the elect...to the righteous judge of the universe who LOVES to bring forth justice speedily to us when we cry out to Him for it! I want to see Hannah come home, speedily!

"The next hearing is TOMORROW!! Please PRAY for little Hannah to be released and connected with her forever family!!

Guess what!?

Lincoln has had three LOUD prayers for well over a year now, maybe even two:

1. 30 brothers & sisters (not a typo - the kid really prays for thirty!)
2. trampoline
3. swimming pool (aparently, little kid ones don't count)

According to him, its "one down, two more to go"!!

I'll give you a hint:

Not sure? Here's another looksie:

(photography by Keylor)

yep! That's right!! A Trampoline! (YES, it has a net... they were just to stinkin' excited to wait for it. Its up now, they are safe - uh except from the mosquitos)

This is how we got it the whole ONE block home. Zack drove with our friend Justin perched and hanging on... the kids and I just walked.

And THIS is how it got in our back yard! The boys (Zack, Justin & the sweet man we bought it from) took turns holding the thing and jumping over the fence.

Recommendation

A book:

THE BRIDE, by Rhonda Calhoun

excellent!!

An allegory of the Song of Solomon. This book is very well written, in novel form and is actually comprised of mostly scripture! Unless you know the Bible well enough, you wouldn't even know that's what the book is full of. The verses aren't necessarily in quote format... just the story is taken from it over and over... not just the Song of Solomon... pieces of most of the 66 books in the Bible!

This book helped me see Jesus in the light of King, Bridegroom, Brother, Friend. It helped me see myself as child of God, servant & bride. In general, it helped open scripture to me in a way I can understand...

THE BRIDE is an easy read and hard to put down!

A New Season...

Remember this post about God fixin' to do something crazy and exciting with my life??

Remember this post about upcoming adoption type things??


Well.....


(no, we're not adopting .... BUT~ something awesome nonetheless!)


I am working with The CALL in Arkansas!!!! (Children Loved for a Lifetime)




Not just working with, but advocating & recruiting other families to foster & adopt waiting children! Whooo-hooooooo!!!!!!!! I can seriously not think of a better job!

Really, right now in my life, this is even better than just hanging out in the prayer room all day. Now, for me, that is really saying something! :) I looooove me some prayer room time. I still get plenty, of course. I also use my prayer room time to pray for adoption. :) Waiting children have taken over my whole heart. I simply can not get away from the issue... its on God's heart. Jesus is one with His Father. Jesus is the mighty Intercessor. He also wants a bride that will partner with Him in intercession and action. I choose to say, "yes" and run with Him!

For all the "winter" I have gone through... this is definately "SPRING"!! I am scared and excited all at the same time. I am actually coordinating/ directing The CALL in my county. This is SO much bigger than I can pull off, and I am reminded of that several times a day. In this endeavor, I am completely dependant on the Lord for strength, endurance and just plain "making it work"!

Too Much Echo?

I kinda miss this place:

Its been about a year since we shut the doors and later moved. It was totally not what we expected, but God's perfect timing all the same. Good times were had here. Good friends made. Many went deep in the knowledge & experience of the Lord here.

Cute, huh? The decorations are made out of cut carpet squares. Zack and I started to grab some random carpet squares one day thinking it would be great to have little "spots" the toddlers could sit on for story time. Turns out the place was wanting to get rid of ALL the squares... they made us a deal we couldn't resist.

When the accoustics in the kids church forced me to bring every blanket and pillow we owned to help muffle some of the echos... something had to be done!

Several of us (thank you, RONNIE!!) spent many an hour at the church with Sharpies, box cutters and small blow torches. Then it was time to re-assemble on the walls. :)

Zack did a great job putting everything back together... he had lots of help, of course!

Napo's Joshua tree, of sorts, was a huge hit...

And the dull-ish rainbow (hey I call it being creative with leftovers!) finished it all off.

There. Too much echo? Try carpet on the walls. :)

CALL 2 FALL

From Lou Engle:

Friends of TheCall,

I am writing 2 days after the killing of Dr. George Tiller, the infamous abortion doctor of Wichita, Kansas, who has been responsible for up to 80,000 abortions. Many of those were late term abortions. We condemn this terrible killing and the use of violence as a means to ending the great injustice of abortion. There will be extremists and extremist groups, but we know that millions of pro-life people and activists in America are peace-loving, and this killing does not represent them in the least.

Justice belongs to the Lord

The Bible says that we are to forgive and even bless our enemies. We are never to take vengeance into our own hands, for ultimate judgment belongs to God. Violence reaps violence, and the shedding of blood reaps the shedding of blood. We urge the pro-life community to continue to stand for truth and to extend forgiveness to those who may use this sad and terrible event to hinder and possibly persecute wrongly those who pray and work peacefully to care for mothers in crisis, adopt children, and end the killing of pre-born infants.

Hope Beyond Politics

Once again America is reeling under the repercussions of its turning away from God and His benevolent rule. The economy is still on the verge of collapse. The upholding of Proposition 8 will further galvanize those who stand against the foundations of marriage between a man and a woman. There is no hope to be found in the political realm. America has one recourse – the church must turn to God in repentance and humility, by confessing her sins and the sins of her nation. Perhaps never before in American history has the moment been more pregnant with the need for the heartfelt enactment of the divine remedy for the crisis at hand.

“If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”

Will you answer the call to restore HOPE?

TheCall is fervently joining the burden and vision of Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council. On July 5th, the day after Independence Day, we are calling churches, houses of prayer, and families around the nation to literally get on there knees before the Lord expressing not just in posture, but in desperation our need to return to God. Millions of Muslims bow every day in reverence to their god. Maybe we have lost the deep, reverential fear of the Judge of nations and individuals. This could be a step leading to a lifestyle of humility that alone could magnetize God’s heart to save a nation in her blatant rebellion.

We encourage everyone in TheCall family to go to http://www.call2fall.com/ for the details and heartbeat of this national mobilization.

I will never forget the statement I read soon after 9-11 which said on September 11th America was brought to her knees, but the next day she stood up again. Brothers and sisters, that is my fear. On 9-11 millions of people fell to there knees to pray, and then we got back up again forgetting our national calamity. It’s time for America to fall on her knees in prayer and never lose that posture. On July 5th we join The Call to Fall.

Lou Engle

Just The Girls

Pictures taken by Lincoln.

Uh... little higher, Link.

Very nice. THANK YOU, Link!