The Holy Spirit & Christina

About 3 weeks ago I was heading into the church sanctuary when I saw one of our members setting up a table. I saw the banner and knew it was for sponsoring children in other countries. I asked him for a brochure and continued into church. As I was reading the brochure I felt the Lord moving my heart to sponsor a child. The more I tried to fight the feeling the stronger it became. And out of nowhere I said to myself 'I have to do this'. This is so unlike me! I know it was the holy spirit guiding my heart to help a young child. So I got up and went back to the table. I was amazed at all the pictures of children that needed help. As I combed through the pictures I saw a little girl from Peru that just hit my heart. I knew she was the one I needed to help. I filled out the paperwork and went back into Church. As we were singing the fellowship songs at the beginning of the service I couldn't help but cry. I felt the holy spirit touch my heart telling me I did the right thing. When my husband came to sit next to me, he looked at the information and was proud of me for doing it! I did not expect that kind of reaction! But he said when he went to Peru many years ago he saw the conditions children were living in, and how poor parts of the country are.

So, for $1 a day we are sponsoring a 3 year old girl from Peru who lives with her mother and grandfather. With the money we send every month she will be able to go to Bible centered activities, learn about God, and hopefully in the years to come become a Christian. Something most children in her country don't have the opportunity to do.

Lesson Learned: Don't fight the holy spirit! Go with it, and learn from it!

Church Family

I am in awe of our Church family. We go to a church that has been around since the 1978. They started out with a few people that met at the local Fire Station and now have over 2000 members. The weird thing is...it doesn't feel like a big church! Everyone is so loving and welcoming that you forget how many people there are.

My husband has a 100% commission job. This is good and bad! There are times that are fruitful and times that are not. This week is one of those"not" times. I have not done a weekly menu because there was no money to use. I had an extra $20 from my business profits that I used to buy the must haves ( bread, milk, eggs, etc). I was trying my best to stretch the food I purchased last week into next week. I was doing fine until my list got to Wednesday.

After spending $56 on heart medicine last night, my husband called our Deacon at church (who has had several heart surgeries as well) and told him the situation. Today he came to our house and delivered a gift from the church that shocked both of us! It was enough to cover 3 weeks worth of food and pay 2 of our bills. I can never thank them enough.

God will provide if you put your faith and trust in him.