God wrecked my life-it's the most beautiful wreck I've ever seen

God is just giving me so many opportunities to serve Him. His glory and renowned are all I seek to glorify when I am speaking. Sometimes I don't even know what I'm saying. I have practiced a lot (thanks to all the traveling in the car by myself latetly). I spoke at Gray Fork Baptist Church in Manchester, KY this morning. Surrounded by the beautiful mountains and remnants of the fall foilage, this church encompasses the country culture. The warmth spread into my heart as members started filling this beautiful church. The light shown through the beautiful cross shaped windows. The blue stain glass created a serene illumination of the sky. The souls inside were kind and I could tell that most were hungry for the Word. The pastor, Mr. Boo Smith allowed me to speak and is interested in a partnership with international missions. This is an amazing opportunity for these people to get involved and see the hands and feet tha their money supports. I am very excited to see what God is doing for this little church. Boo spoke on how to be a Christian on Mission in the first with spiritual awakening. <><><

God's Closet

Serving the poorest of the poor in Clay County taught me so many things. We are called to be humble and this is an experience that brings me to that level. At 6:30am (running on less than five hours sleep on a couch) we broke the dawn by running around getting coffee supplies and stirring with excitement for the people who would come today. As we clothed them in a brand new coat-we also gave them spiritual clothes. Upon leaving, they were ushered into a room and the gospel was shared with each person. Five people shared the gospel with 1, 034 people this morning. We are sure of 2 salvations and unsure of the hearts which were stirred as we planted the seeds. My job was to call numbers so that there would be no confusion and so it would be orderly. A group from Applachia Blankets came and helped us pull off this miraculous event. They wore beautiful smiles and bathed these people with the love of Christ. Their positive attitudes and cheer made this an even happier day for these people. They each got a brand new coat, a Bible, pack of socks, gloves, scarves, and bogans! God truly worked in lives and it is not over yet. We gave away every single brand new coat (down coats with fleece on the inside and a hood) and feel like there will be more people coming to see what we have on Monday. <><

I'm missing my parents already..and I'm not even gone....

I've spent two amazing days with my parents. My Dad had the chance to show me some of his dreams becoming bigger and bigger. God is doing so much more than he could ever imagine through these missions he has helped establish in Clay County.
I've been trying to get CrossPoint Baptist (my church in Richmond) to come down and get involved with the center. Yesterday, I visited for the first time and it is simply amazing. I walked in and started breathing the brisk air as the back loading door was open. There were a couple of people volunteering. A guy that I went to high school with is a recovering addict and has committed most of (basically all) his time to this center. One day he stayed 11 hours to get clothes hung up, the floor swept, and the walls painted. Beautiful is the word I can use as I look upon his life and I realize how big God is and He can do whatever He wants in whoever He wants. He serves from early in the morning until he knows everything is just about done. My dad says that these are the people that call asking/begging for somethign to do. This center is helping him recover through keeping him busy on a volunter basis. His story is amazing.
I ran around and took pictures of everything-trying to capture some of the rigid and true to life details of the center. <><

That night we got ready and drove to Williamsburg, KY so dad could speak at a UNITE recruiting event. I never get tired of hearing about how God changed/is changing the lives of the people in Clay County. I'm so inspired by my father's diligence to God and to this cause. He wants better for the youth and the families in Clay County. His devotion is a testimony to his commitment to not only his church, but to God. After Williamsburg, we drove to Pikeville. This was the big event! We attended the UNITE Celebration in which Dad gave the Abner/Bolin Community Leader Award (yep! it's in his name!) and I learned about drugs and kids, challenges in communities, and about what is going on in other counties. I watched these people get awards that they were not expecting and kids receive awards for doing tremendous things in their schools. Truly inspiring!! Tomorrow-we will hand out BRAND NEW coats, scarves, gloves, socks, and Bibles!!!! I spent tonight cleaning bathrooms (!!!) and moving tables. I have a passion for these needs and for their souls. We have the chance to share Christ with all of them!!!! By the way-I got my papers from Brasilia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This will take me into the last steps to getting there!!!! WHOOHOOO!!!