Prayer for La Casa

...as requested by Amy

Heavenly Father, you are father to the fatherless.  Please provide for the children and the staff of Casa de la Esperanza according to Your great riches in Christ Jesus and according to Your perfect will to bless the orphans.  Comfort those who are hurting and relieve their pain, please.  Allow Amy to touch lives with Your great love.  Thank You that she gets it...that without love, Your love, nothing else really matters.  Bless those children, Lord, and encourage Profe and Maestra and all the workers.  In Jesus's name~Amen.

Do I Ever Need Prayer!

Hey, Lord!  I don't mean to be too informal or casual.  I do mean to unload with You, and maybe on You.  "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and YOU SHALL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS.  For My yoke is easy, and My load is light."  Matthew 11:28-30

Really...Junior Church.  This change of curriculum is much more complicated and confusing than I thought it would be.  Oy vey!  Not only are we all unfamiliar with the philosophy of this particular approach, but we are also having to deal with the logistical issues of large-group assembly and fewer teachers and classroom usage.  Tim!!!  New young pastor gung-ho to make his mark, to make a change, and we -- George and me -- who work full-time (plus+++) and have very limited time to give to this ministry.

So for today and tomorrow, dear Jesus, I need extra.  Since this whole endeavor is all about You, and since "apart from Me you can do nothing" (John 15:5), may I ask that the Holy Spirit do a lot of this work?  I am not unwilling to do my part.  I just don't know exactly where to start or how to proceed.  Holy Spirit, I need to get my directions from You.  Please let me know what to do first, how to do what needs to be done, and what I can ignore for the immediate moment.  Please organize me.  Help me to "be anxious for nothing" but to be efficient and energized.  I am tired; hence, the verse above.  There is much to do!  Indeed, the fields "are ripe for harvest right now." (John 4:35)

Loving those kids, and loving You most.  In Jesus's name and for the sake of Your kingdom~Amen!

PS  Amy's trip to Tijuana is coming up...
PS  Julie in New York~a paying job?

PS  Bill and Wanda...cancer, hospice, support, stamina....

We're Going to Mexico!

Whew!  Lord, I won't spend a lot of time now processing this decision--Your decision, I trust.  It's 1:40 in the morning!  I will say that it was confusing to me to think that You were calling Amy to Mexico and then have the Gordon job come on the scene as a possibility.  Thank You for Your clarity now, though, and please bless the next few weeks as we get her going.  May You be exalted.  Amen!