December Blessings

It has been a great beginning so far, the LORD helped me read the whole book of Revelation a couple of times and He helped me get 5 people saved so far but I am hoping for at least 5 more before the end of the year.
A few days ago David called from work to let me know that he was getting laid off on the fifteenth, my answer was "well praise the LORD", I have such peace about him loosing the job now unlike the times in the past, it is a real blessing!!! then a couple of days ago his manager told him that he can stay until the end of Jan/2012 and my thought was again"well praise the LORD". Another big blessing we had is going to the shooting range for a whole day and we got to shoot all kinds of different guns and learn about them. It was alot of fun! and Lord willing we will be doing that more often. Another big blessing was to see our horse DeeKay after months of medical care, hoof care, exercise and training that he started performing so good especially the past couple of days with the rain, he was getting frisky and running all over the backyard showing off his strength, speed and beauty. I can't wait to see Iris sitting on his back and taking off down the dirt road at a dead run. And the latest blessing in the past couple of days is the amount of rain and the beautiful winter weather we are having we even had snow on top of the Superstition Mountain behind our house! It is an amazing and breath-taking view from my kitchen window, when finally the clouds pass by uncovering the white covered peaks of the mountain which makes my dish-washing event a joyful one.

Well I must stop now and enjoy the rest of the blessings God is going to give me for the rest (2011).

One More Soul Bound For Heaven

Yesterday David and I went to Wal-Mart as we were coming out we saw this young man standing in front dressed up with fancy Army uniform, he had some coupon books that he was trying to sell for funds raising, so we stop and asked him a couple of questions and then proceeded to share with him the plan of Salvation, when we asked him if he was sure he would go to heaven when he died he said that wondered and thought about that a lot and did not know, so we showed him how he can know for sure by believing that Jesus died to paid the penalty for his sin and asking Him for the gift of Eternal life, it took a little while explaining it then we asked to him and if he wanted to to believe in Jesus and ask him for the gift of Salvation, he said Yes, so when we said lets pray he extended his hands to us and we all bowed our heads and lead him to our LORD.
It was one of those days when the Lord burdens us for the lost and would have some seeking and all ready to get saved, this was the case with this young man, His name is Micheal and he had a very long German name, he is 16 years old and wants to go into the Army so he could finish his collage degree, I can tell that he was poor, he had glasses on that were broke and kept together with tape. he was very polite and professional, well that young man made our day, and we went home rejoicing.

Fun Filled Weekend

Saturday Iris participated in the Cowboy Christmas Gymkhana, this is what Gymkhana means " timed speed events such as barrel racing, keyhole, keg race (also known as "down and back"), flag race, and pole bending. All of these events are designed to display precise, controlled actions and tight teamwork between horse and rider at speed, although most clubs offer a variety of classes, allowing riders to compete at the speed level they are most capable of, and comfortable with.

So this event went on at the Rodeo Grounds in Apache Junction AZ, this was Iris's & Pumpkins first time, there was at least 35 participant men, women, and young people, Pumpkin, Iris's horse was very restless at first but later on she calmed down, Iris was too but I kept reassuring her to just go out there and have fun, well, she did!!!!! and she loved it!!!!! then came the time of giving out the awards, they all lined up and the announcer started and after mentioning a few names he called Iris and gave her a $60 certificate to a saddle shop, she was shocked and we were too and rejoiced for her and we figured she must done some thing right, she barely had any experience or practice with gymkhana, I did put 4 sticks in the ground for her and 2 flags and she practised in our half acre back yard, but it was very exciting to see her there, later that day David and I decided to take her out to dinner to one of our favorite family meals "Pho" Vietnamese rice soup and we had found a restaurant so we tried it the soup tasted great and it was not busy at all in fact when we finished eating there was no one in the small restaurant so we started chatting with the 26 year old Vietnamese waitress we got to have the chance to share salvation with her and tell her how much Jesus loves her and died on the cross for her so she can have a way to get to heaven, well to our surprise she was willing to pray and call on the LORD as soon as we asked her to pray with us and call on the LORD to save her, we all walked out of there rejoicing after I left her our phone #, well that was an extra blessing from GOD to let us share His name and Salvation with that dear lady, if you are a Christian and reading this post please pray for her to grow in the knowledge and love of our Lord Jesus Christ.

God did good again, another soul saved, another name added in the book of life...

It was an easy going day for the girls and me today, prayed and did my stretching while I was listening to the Bible reading, had to go to the store to get some stuff.

We have been praying for our next door neighbors to get saved and that God will open the door for us to witness to them and share the precious Gospel of our Lord Jesus, well after Iris finished school , Justin came over( a neighbor from across the street, we witnessed to him about a month ago and both him and his mother got saved) so Iris and him went to the next door neighbors and asked if their daughter Sara would want to come and hang out at our house, so she did come, all three of them were running around chasing each other until Iris twisted her ankle so they had to sit and chat, David and I were in the house, I asked David to please go out there and make sure they are having a good conversation, so he did and all of sudden he comes in and get his Bible and goes out, so I went out to see what they were talking about, here was Iris talking to Sara about Salvation and Justin whispers to Iris to please help her get saved, so then David started showing her all kind of verses and answering her question, after about half an hour we asked her if she wanted to get saved she said yes and she prayed with us and got saved, she was so ready to get saved we can all tell that the Holy Spirit has been working on her and I could see the tears in her eyes as we were talking to her, God is sooooo good, ready to forgive and save, all we have to do is open our mouth with the good news and watch the power of the Glorious Gospel work on the poor helpless souls. Iris ridding the Mule and Justin ridding the quad, they both belong to Justin but he brings them over to ride with the girls.