When the devil comes in like a flood ...

Wow, these past few day have been like a flood ... High and low events like you wouldn't believe ....

But our God is faithful ... When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him. (Isaiah 59:19)

I am like a lamb ... we are the sheep of His pasture ... I KNOW the voice of the Shepherd, My Father.  His voice does not bring fear, chaos or stir up anger.  That is the voice of the enemy.  In the midst of the storm, His voice brings peace.

The morning after receiving awesome confirmation from the Lord that we were on the right path, we were instantly in the middle of a storm.  It left us angry, confused, disillusioned, feeling betrayed.  But not towards the Lord.

We cried out to the Lord to speak to us, to let us know we heard Him correctly, to speak to us in the midst of the storm.....

And that He did! 

As I was walking out of my bedroom, I noticed a piece of folded notebook paper sticking up out of a slightly opened dresser drawer.  An unusual sight, since I don't even use that dresser, except for storage.  Ordinarily, I would have just shoved it back in and shut the drawer, but somehow it intrigued me.  I picked it and opened it.  This was a letter that had gone missing shortly after receiving it 5 years ago.  The letter was dated 8/11/05.  It was from a good friend in Oregon, who had sent us a check for $100, when we were attempting to raise funds five years ago to adopt 2 little boys from Guatemala.  We raised a total of $170.  A clear indication that the doors were shut.  We never cashed the check, and soon the envelope and it's contents went missing.  I was so sad about it, I never even thanked her.

So as we were crying out to the Lord to give us direction, to calm the storm, to bring clarity and peace, we read the letter.

"May the Lord MULTIPLY what He sends you in all love offerings, especially in what I am sending today.  May He open the heavens and richly bless you and yours with His Love .... Regena.  The letter and check were dated 8/11/05.  Five years TO THE DAY of the re-adoption of our 3 new Ethiopian children.

For us, this was a huge confirmation that the Lord heard our prayers and that we are on the right path ... the path that He has set before us today.  We were both instantly flooded with the peace that comes from the Lord. 

"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." John 14:27

Thank you Jesus.

My God Shall Supply ALL of Your Needs ....

My husband spent a day in Prayer and Fasting a while back.  When he was done, I asked him if the Lord had told him anything.  He said we need to get a van.  To be honest, I thought he was a little off.  (This was before I heard the Lord asking us to open up our hearts and home to adopt more kids from Ethiopia.)

We had a Suburban, in fact we have two.  Although the older one is for sale.  But recently when we decided to adopt we realized, we need a van.  We have enough room for the eight people in our family to rise together but not one or two more.

Well this local Catholic Non-Profit organization was selling their used van. Our Pastor's wife, Julie told us about it parked out on a main street in Butte, where we go to church.  So we called about it.  Turns out they just had a new van donated to them.  We test drove it and we liked it.  Then I told the very nice man, Leroy, that I was praying that the Lord would have them donate it to us.  He smiled.  Told me to write a letter to the Board of Directors.

So I put this prayer request out on Facebook, asking my friends to pray that they would donate the van to us. 

First they dropped the price down $500. We said thanks. Then we applied for a loan we really could not afford.  We got approved.  Then we asked them would they consider coming down a little more on the price.  He said they would be having a board meeting Tuesday (today) and he would bring it up at the meeting.

Well Leroy called me tonight and said, "How are you Bonnie?  Have you been praying?  The van is yours. You can pick it up as soon as you'd like to."

THEY DONATED THE VAN TO US!!!!   Isn't the Lord AMAZING????
 
 

Tickle Me!

Ever since Zakeya (4 yrs old) came home to live with us, she has not been ticklish.  Instead she gets this distant look on her face and hardens herself, will not smile, will not laugh.

We've been praying for her to let down her walls, and for the Lord to immerse her in His love.

She made a decision to be baptized yesterday and today ... SHE IS TICKLISH!!!!