Hi Everyone,
I know that the holidays are a blessing for some, a mixed blessing for others, and a down right bummer for the rest. So let's keep each other in mind and cover each other in prayer. Sometimes it is easy to get busy and forget -- but please remember as your prayers will be treasured.
Love
SteveV
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Please be praying for me over the break. I am struggling so much being home and i just got home this morning. I will be praying for all of you and i hope that everyone has a merry christmas. Love and miss you all soooo much.
Alek
Alek we are praying so much for you, we love you tons.
I could use alot of prayer right now; being with my family brings out terrible sides to me and I am living in my old man. It is so hard to be loving to my family, and every time I fail to do so I resort back to my old tendencies and just get angrier.
I don't have any Christians around me to encourage me to not fall into the Devil's trap, so if you could pray for me it would help alot.
I need strength to act differently and the wisdom to know when to walk away from a situation. I'm not sure what else to say, but it's pretty lonely in these surroundings and I can't wait to see you all soon.
Love Ali
Ali and Alek, I am praying so much for both of you. Just find a way to bathe yourself in the word of God and let it just cover you. I know your environments are so counter productive so please find a way to hide away and just give yourself to the Lord. He will meet you there.
SteveV
hey guys, i am praying for you all sooo much. I know it can be hard when we are not in our close/safe church environment, but this is when God challenges us the most. It is especially hard for me when i am put into a certain environment at home, that brings out the worst in me, attitude and demeanor. I think though that every time i get placed in those situations, i get stronger and stronger in my resistance to it. I have tried so hard not to let other people's negativity and lack of God's love affect me. I hope that you all are having a great holiday, despite some unpleasant environments...i love you all and cant wait to see you when i get back!!!
love, toni
First i want to praise God for everything he has been doing in my life the past 3 days and also just thank you so much for all your prayers. The past 3 days has been a miracle. Basically I have been really down in the dumps just being home having no fellowship and feeling like i have no purpose to be home. I have been hanging out with my family and have had a lot of time to read and journal with God. I didn't even hear from any of my friends till the other day when i got my first phone call that God set up. The guy who called me was my friend who first started taking me to his chrisitan church junior year of high school. He was a huge believer at the time and lead worship at this church. I looked up to him a lot and we became real close friends during this time but starting the summer of his senior year in high school something happened to him that i could not understand. Long story short, he stopped going to church and started falling into the party scene, binge drinking and doing drugs. He has had a crazy life like this up until a few months ago. So when i met up with him the first thing that he wanted to talk about was God. I was so confused because he looked and sounded like his old self again being driven by the spirit. All our conversation was about our relationship with God. It was crazy because he was using the same lingo that we use as we learn and talk. He was telling me how the devil was lying to him during his darkest moments about how God doesn't love him and will never forgive him for what he has done. He understands the battle and these false lies and realizes that he needs to relearn the truths which is why he has been getting into the word. After all this we got to pray together and praise God that he arranged us to meet. I am so excited to have fellowship out here and that was a freakin miracle. We are hangin out daily and getting into the word together and praying with each other and worshiping together. Its so cool. There a whole other story to praise God forl that just happened last night that i want to share but I have to go talk to my childhood friend about our different priorities in life right now and then talk to my mom about everything. Sooo part 2 of Gods miracles in my life will be up shortly. Thanks so much everyone for you prayers. Praise God.
Love,
Alek
hey everyone!! Ian and I are sitting in an internet cafe in London, pretty crazy really. I am excited to see how everyone is doing. The time in both Ireland and London has been great. We had a good time with Ian's friend and her friend traveling around the smaller towns of Ireland. We got to London yesterday and celebrated the new year in front of the London Eye (the big ferris wheel). Everything has been quite breathtaking and it has been a pleasure being outside the states for a short while. The people here a real joy and quite easy to get along with. We have enjoyed a few random long conversations with people of Ireland or England.
I am overjoyed to hear about what happened to you Alek. God provides. Been thinking about everyone quite a bit as we travel about the city. We have been praying for everyone when we get the chance. Very excited to be home and catch up. We both love you all very much!! Please be praying for us, both the our relationship would be entirely centered in the Spirit, and also that we would be in persuit of God without hesitation or fail. Also we are traveling to Belfast in a couple days, in Northern Ireland, which is a more dangerous place than we have been yet. Just pray for our safety. We are meeting and staying with a ministry out there, so pray that God would use us and we would be totally prepared and ready to be used. Love you all, cheers
Alex, i am so excited to see you expreience God when you dig into Him and avoid the dark hole of the me. Please post some more, let us know about the second thing as well as what happened with Mom and stuff.
Taylor and Ian, all I can say is that I miss you so much. Cant wait for you to get back and we are praying for your safety. Love you
hey guys! tay and i are in belfast right now. its really incredible to be here. we have been refreshed by being around 20 other christians living so closely in community. its a very cool environment here because people are wrestling with how they are supposed to function in this christian world. some want to go to the "nations" some dont really know what they want to do. the amount of questions allows for the space to explore new ways of thinking. unfortunately it doesnt seem like there has been much teaching on leaning on the spirit for your direction. some people here have a clear understanding of it, some dont...but one thing that is true is that being here has lifted our spirits and washed us. we miss you all very much and cant wait to come home and continue to experience what God is doing there. its nice because i feel like i havent left you guys...you have been in my prayers and thoughts this whole trip long. we long to be back with you all. love you very much.
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