Mrs. Ulrich’s Kindergarten Class at Williams Elementary School, Gainsville, Fl

Reid, Hatcher, Harrison (front), Tracy Ulrich (my brother, Ben’s daughter), Cruz Thomas and Matt Ulrich.
Cruz Thomas is our newest family member. A student at Limestone College in Gaffney, SC, Cruz is a strong believer. He lost both of his parents in the last couple of years and we collectively decided to “adopt” him. He joined us in Gainesville during his Spring break.

Tracy and Matt Ulrich were our hosts in Gainesville, FL.
Matt just began a new position as an associate Pastor with First Assembly of God. Tracy is a first year kindergarten teacher. Please pray for their ministry.


Williams Elementary School
Mrs. Ulrich’s Kindergarten Class
Gainesville, Florida

Only Twelve?!
Friday, March 14, 2008
We visited my niece, Tracy’s kindergarten class and told her kids about our trip. We gave out the Gospel bracelets that glow in the dark and shared the meaning of the colors. My boys loved being with the class and played with the kids.
Cruz Thomas (Limestone College Student on Spring Break who joined us and my new fourth son : ) and I were debriefing after we left. I couldn’t help but voice what was in my head, “all this way, all this preparation, all this money….we spoke to maybe twelve 6-year old kids.”
Cruz very wisely shook his head and replied, “Look what the twelve did who Jesus taught.”
‘… “Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit,” Says the Lord of hosts…’ Zechariah 4:6 NKJV

Glen Springs Apartments, Gainesville, Fl

Glen Springs Apartments
Gainesville, FL.
Sharing the Gospel – Our First Run
This was our first venture in direct interaction with children without any introduction.
After some soccer time, we offered snacks and drinks. While the kids ate, Cruz Thomas (Limestone College student who joined us while on his Spring Break, red shirt) read from the Bible and shared about Jesus.
As he spoke, there were several teen age boys who sat on the sidelines and disrupted the talk. I walked over to them and gently laid my hand on the shoulder of one of the boys and just began to pray quietly.
When Cruz finished speaking, we shared the Gospel through the colors on the bracelets and offered the children a prize if they could share the Gospel back to us using the bracelets. The teenage boys were all for this and gathered around me to show they had listened. I went through the Gospel a second time with them and when I spoke about the blood of Jesus, I asked, “Would you guys like to ask Jesus into your hearts?”
To my absolute shock, all three of them eagerly nodded. To test their sincerity, I said, “you’ll need to get on your knees to pray”….all three without hesitation, dropped to their knees.
I prayed and they prayed after me. I couldn’t stop asking God to do things in their lives and put them to work….they repeated everything I asked. Then a fourth teenage boy ran up and said, “I want to ask Jesus into my heart too!” We started praying all over again.
Theo, Torres, DJ, and Kendal….please pray for these new believers and that God will work a mighty work in their lives.
“And Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.” Luke 23:40 NKJV

A Mom and her sons
Takishanda desperately wanted her boys Tyler and Noah to learn the meaning of the colors. She had asked how the boys could get a soccer ball and I told her if the boys could share the Gospel with it and would promise to tell others the meaning of the colors, I would give them one. She sat on the sidelines coaching them. We prayed over kids individually. I especially loved praying for this mom and her boys.

We gave out lots of the Children’s version of the Jesus film for them to take home and watch.
The day was fun, exciting, and a learning event for us. My boys just fit right in playing with the kids and really enjoyed themselves.

Persecution Party
Our day ended on a rather sour note when a big kid tackled Reid pretty brutally for no apparent reason. Reid, to his credit walked away and seemed to understand that this incident was not so much about him as it was probably about the child’s home life.
We decided it was close enough to being persecution and immediately called for a Persecution Party (a family secret we have learned when things sometimes seem tough even though we are trying to follow God). Chocolate ice-cream and cookies for all!
“Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven…” Matthew 5:11 & 12 NKJV

Training And Ministry In Christian Spiritual Warfare

Brian Connor http://www.goodshepherdinstitute.com/

Good Shepherd For Training And Ministry In Christian Spiritual WarfareNeeds: Those willing to be trained in Spiritual warfare (the need is great and many must travel very long distances to receive prayer from Good Shepherd). Prayer partners to cover the team when they are working with an individual
Technical help (they would love a more updated website, note Brian has videos from Dateline, CBS and a host of other TV. appearances that would be helpful to have on his site) Those willing to help schedule training at churches for groups or make a financial donation.

The Battle of Cowpens, then and now...

Cowpens, South Carolina has great significance as a battlefield, historically since the Revolutionary War AND contemporarily in the Spiritual War!

Who would have guessed that each Monday morning mighty prayer warriors make great strides in the greatest battle ever fought, just by using voice, pick, and finger to raise up the King and vanquish the Enemy in a

Hardee's restaurant in lil' ol' Cowpens!

The Battle of Cowpens

http://www.nps.gov/archive/cowp/batlcowp.htm
By: Scott Withrow, Park Ranger
The Battle of Cowpens1, January 17, 1781, took place in the latter part of the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution and of the Revolution itself. It became known as the turning point of the war in the South, part of a chain of events leading to Patriot victory at Yorktown2 The Cowpens victory was one over a crack British regular army3 and brought together strong armies and leaders who made their mark on history.
From the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge4 on, the British had made early and mostly futile efforts in the South, including a failed naval expedition to take Charleston in 1776. Such victories boosted Patriot morale and blunted British efforts, but, by 1779-80, with stalemate in the North, British strategists again looked south. They came south for a number of reasons, primarily to assist Southern Loyalists5 and help them regain control of colonial governments, and then push north, to crush the rebellion6. They estimated that many of the population would rally to the Crown.
In 1779-80, British redcoats indeed came South en masse, capturing first, Savannah7 and then Charleston8 and Camden 8A in South Carolina, in the process, defeating and capturing much of the Southern Continental Army9. Such victories gave the British confidence they would soon control the entire South, that Loyalists would flock to their cause. Conquering these population centers, however, gave the British a false sense of victory they didn’t count on so much opposition in the backcountry10. Conflict in the backcountry, to their rear, turned out to be their Achilles’ heel.
The Southern Campaign, especially in the backcountry, was essentially a civil war as the colonial population split between Patriot and Loyalist. Conflict came, often pitting neighbor against neighbor and re-igniting old feuds and animosities. Those of both sides organized militia, often engaging each other. The countryside was devastated, and raids and reprisals were the order of the day.
Into this conflict, General George Washington sent the very capable Nathanael Greene to take command of the Southern army. Against military custom, Greene, just two weeks into his command, split his army, sending General Daniel Morgan southwest of the Catawba River to cut supply lines and hamper British operations in the backcountry, and, in doing so "spirit up the people". General Cornwallis, British commander in the South, countered Greene’s move by sending Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton to block Morgan’s actions. Tarleton was only twenty-six, but he was an able commander, both feared and hated – hated especially for his victory at the Waxhaws.11 There, Tarleton was said to have continued the fight against remnants of the Continental Army trying to surrender. His refusal, tradition says, of offering no quarter, led to the derisive term "Tarleton’s Quarter".
These events set the stage for the Battle of Cowpens. On January 12, 1781, Tarleton's scouts located Morgan’s army at Grindal’s Shoals on the Pacolet River12 in South Carolina’s backcountry and thus began an aggressive pursuit. Tarleton, fretting about heavy rains and flooded rivers, gained ground as his army proceeded toward the flood-swollen Pacolet. As Tarleton grew closer, Morgan retreated north to Burr’s Mill on Thicketty Creek.13 On January 16, with Tarleton reported to have crossed the Pacolet and much closer than expected, Morgan and his army made a hasty retreat, so quickly as to leave their breakfast behind. Soon, he intersected with and traveled west on the Green River Road. Here, with the flood-swollen Broad River14 six miles to his back, Morgan decided to make a stand at the Cowpens, a well-known crossroads and frontier pasturing ground.
The term "cowpens"15, endemic to such South Carolina pastureland and associated early cattle industry, would be etched in history. The field itself was some 500 yards long and just as wide, a park-like setting dotted with trees, but devoid of undergrowth, having been kept clear by cattle grazing in the spring on native grasses and peavine16.
There was forage17 at the Cowpens for horses, and evidence of free-ranging cattle for food. Morgan, too, since he had learned of Tarleton’s pursuit, had spread the word for militia18 units to rendezvous at the Cowpens. Many knew the geography some were Overmountain men who had camped at the Cowpens on their journey to the Battle of Kings Mountain.19 Camp was made in a swale between two small hills, and through the night Andrew Pickens’ militia drifted into camp. Morgan moved among the campfires and offered encouragement; his speeches to militia and Continentals alike were command performances. He spoke emotionally of past battles, talked of the battle plan, and lashed out against the British. His words were especially effective with the militia the "Old Waggoner"20 of French and Indian War days and the hero of Saratoga21, spoke their language. He knew how to motivate them even proposing a competition of bravery between Georgia and Carolina units. By the time he was through, one soldier observed that the army was "in good spirits and very willing to fight". But, as one observed, Morgan hardly slept a wink that night.
Dawn at the Cowpens on January 17, 1781, was clear and bitterly cold. Morgan, his scouts bearing news of Tarleton’s approach, moved among his men, shouting, "Boys, get up! Benny’s22 coming! Tarleton, playing catch up, and having marched his army since two in the morning, ordered formation on the Green River Road for the attack. His aggressive style was made even now more urgent, since there were rumors of Overmountain men on the way, reminiscent of events at Kings Mountain. Yet he was confident of victory: he reasoned he had Morgan hemmed in by the Broad, and the undulating park-like terrain was ideal for his dragoons23. He thought Morgan must be desperate, indeed, to have stopped at such a place. Perhaps Morgan saw it differently: in some past battles, Patriot militia had fled in face of fearsome bayonet charges – but now the Broad at Morgan’s back could prevent such a retreat. In reality, though, Morgan had no choice – to cross the flood-swollen Broad risked having his army cut down by the feared and fast-traveling Tarleton.
Tarleton pressed the attack head on, his line extending across the meadow, his artillery in the middle, and fifty Dragoons on each side. It was as if Morgan knew he would make a frontal assault – it was his style of fighting. To face Tarleton, he organized his troops into three lines. First, out front and hiding behind trees were selected sharpshooters. At the onset of battle they picked off numbers of Tarleton’s Dragoons, traditionally listed as fifteen24, shooting especially at officers, and warding off an attempt to gain initial supremacy. With the Dragoons in retreat, and their initial part completed, the sharpshooters retreated 150 yards or more back to join the second line, the militia commanded by Andrew Pickens. Morgan used the militia well, asking them to get off two volleys and promised their retreat to the third line made up of John Eager Howard's25 Continentals, again close to 150 yards back. Some of the militia indeed got off two volleys as the British neared, but, as they retreated and reached supposed safety behind the Continental line, Tarleton sent his feared Dragoons after them. As the militia dodged behind trees and parried saber slashes with their rifles, William Washington’s26 Patriot cavalry thundered onto the field of battle, seemingly, out of nowhere. The surprised British Dragoons, already scattered and sensing a rout, were overwhelmed, and according to historian Babits, lost eighteen men in the clash. As they fled the field, infantry on both sides fired volley after volley. The British advanced in a trot, with beating drums, the shrill sounds of fifes, and shouts of halloo. Morgan, in response, cheering his men on, said to give them the Indian halloo back. Riding to the front, he rallied the militia, crying out, "form, form, my brave fellows! Old Morgan was never beaten!"
Now Tarleton’s 71st Highlanders27, held in reserve, entered the charge toward the Continental line, the wild wail of bagpipes adding to the noise and confusion. A John Eager Howard order for the right flank to face slightly right to counter a charge from that direction, was, in the noise of battle, misunderstood as a call to retreat. As other companies along the line followed suite, Morgan rode up to ask Howard if he were beaten. As Howard pointed to the unbroken ranks and the orderly retreat and assured him they were not, Morgan spurred his horse on and ordered the retreating units to face about, and then, on order, fire in unison. The firing took a heavy toll on the British, who, by that time had sensed victory and had broken ranks in a wild charge. This event and a fierce Patriot bayonet charge in return broke the British charge and turned the tide of battle. The re-formed militia and cavalry re-entered the battle, leading to double envelopment28 of the British, perfectly timed. British infantry began surrendering en masse.
Tarleton and some of his army fought valiantly on; others refused his orders and fled the field. Finally, Tarleton, himself, saw the futility of continued battle, and with a handful of his men, fled from whence he came, down the Green River Road. In one of the most dramatic moments of the battle, William Washington, racing ahead of his cavalry, dueled hand-to-hand with Tarleton and two of his officers. Washington’s life was saved only when his young bugler29 fired his pistol at an Englishman with raised saber. Tarleton and his remaining forces galloped away to Cornwallis’ camp. Stragglers from the battle were overtaken, but Tarleton escaped to tell the awful news to Cornwallis.
The battle was over in an hour. It was a complete victory for the Patriot force. British losses were staggering: 110 dead, over 200 wounded and 500 captured. Morgan lost only 12 killed and 60 wounded, a count he received from those reporting directly to him.
Knowing Cornwallis would come after him, Morgan saw to it that the dead were buried – the legend says in wolf pits -- and headed north with his army. Crossing the Broad at Island Ford 30, he proceeded to Gilbert Town31, and, yet burdened as he was by the prisoners, pressed swiftly northeastward toward the Catawba River, and some amount of safety. The prisoners were taken via Salisbury32 on to Winchester, Virginia. Soon Morgan and Greene reunited and conferred, Morgan wanting to seek protection in the mountains and Greene wanting to march north to Virginia for supplies. Greene won the point, gently reminding Morgan that he was in command. Soon after Morgan retired from his duty because of ill health— rheumatism, and recurring bouts of malarial fever.
Now it was Greene and his army on the move north. Cornwallis, distressed by the news from Cowpens, and wondering aloud how such an interior force could defeat Tarleton's crack troops, indeed came after him. Now it was a race for the Dan River33 on the Virginia line, Cornwallis having burned his baggage34 and swiftly pursuing Greene. Cornwallis was subsequently delayed by Patriot units stationed at Catawba River35 crossings. Greene won the race, and, in doing so, believed he had Cornwallis where he wanted -- far from urban supply centers and short of food. Returning to Guilford Courthouse36, he fought Cornwallis' army employing with some success, Morgan's tactics at Cowpens. At battle's end, the British were technically the winners as Greene's forces retreated. If it could be called a victory, it was a costly one: Five hundred British lay dead or wounded. When the news of the battle reached London, a member of the House of Commons said, "Another such victory would ruin the British army". Perhaps the army was already ruined, and Greene's strategy of attrition was working.
Soon, Greene's strategy was evident: Cornwallis and his weary army gave up on the Carolinas and moved on to Virginia. On October 18, 1781, the British army surrendered at Yorktown. Cowpens, in its part in the Revolution, was a surprising victory and a turning point that changed the psychology of the entire war. Now, there was revenge – the Patriot rallying cry Tarleton’s Quarter37. Morgan's unorthodox but tactical masterpiece had indeed "spirited up the people", not just those of the backcountry Carolinas, but those in all the colonies. In the process, he gave Tarleton and the British a "devil of a whipping".

Feeding the Armies
In the Revolution, Patriot and British armies often marched and fought on empty stomachs as plans for obtaining food went awry. This was particularly true in the backcountry where food was scarce. Examples of foraging for food and food-related problems abound. Earlier in the war, General Gates and his Southern Continentals, on the march to Camden, subsisted on apples, peaches, and half-ripened corn. James Collins, writing about backcountry campaigns in his Autobiography of a Revolutionary Soldier, told of eating turnips and parched corn. In one poignant example, Battle of Cowpen's participant John Martin, recuperating from wounds in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and beyond assistance of the army, reported the death of his horse because he lacked money to purchase forage. In another instance, Cornwallis, because his army was so dead tired and hungry, chose not to pursue General Greene in the aftermath of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. Up in Virginia, Samuel McCune was employed to drive cattle from Augusta County to Yorktown. Throughout the southern theater of war, scouting parties on both sides would scour the country in every direction in search of food.
At Cowpens, Daniel Morgan worried about obtaining food for his men - the area around the Pacolet River had been plundered and fought over so much, there was little to requisition. In addition, he had horses to feed. Each militiaman had brought a horse, in addition to those of the cavalry, making the total over 450. Perhaps that was part of Morgan's plan to stop at Cowpens - there should be some grass for the horses, even in winter, and, possibly free-ranging calves could be found and killed for beef. Beef was indeed available: James Turner, a Spartanburg District resident and participant in the battle, butchered beef to feed Morgan's army before and after the battle. It was reported that militia groups constantly left camp to hunt for forage. Such were the realities of feeding the armies.

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"Go Forth Into The World..."

Where does one learn about Jesus in the 1st place?
How does one learn to develop an unshakable faith?
As you watch this video you may appreciate the love and nuturing that the Hatcher Family models. This original worship song is among rich family tradition!


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Modes of Transportation on a Mission Trip

Watch and listen as Hatcher, Reid, Harrison and some beloved family members describe a few ways to "carry" the message!

Who knew thatHarrison could fly?

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Prayer for Mothers and Children...

Dear Friends,

This past week my children experienced illnesses in the middle of the night. While this is not unusual, what happened to me while I was awake with them is.

On two separate occasions as I was praying for healing for my children, God brought to mind the numerous mothers around the world who have sick children and no access to medical help nearby.

I was convicted of my need to pray for these moms and their children.

As we prepare to travel to such far-away places as India and Ghana, I feel a need to see how we can take any and all medical supplies possible. I know nothing about what restrictions are in place and what I can or cannot take.

Please join me in praying for God to provide someone to help me with this who has knowledge in this area and can oversee helping us get supplies to the various ministries we will be visiting.

Thank you in advance for your prayers,

Gloria

Letter from Gloria To Prayer Warriors & Loved Ones Everywhere

Leaving Missouri
International House of Prayer
It is with a heavy heart that we pack to leave Missouri and our delightful time of growth at IHOP (International House of Prayer… http://www.ihop.org/

Many have asked our itinerary and God has already made adjustments to where and when I thought we would be going. Our next stop on our mission trip is now Gaffney, SC, our hometown. I truly feel it is a stop on our trip and that God will use us to minister to children and others while we are there. Please pray for wisdom, obedient hearts and open doors for us as we leave. God has also opened doors and laid on our hearts other stops not previously planned. We are praying for Divine direction and timing from Him.

Harry Truman’s house on an icy Missouri day. Truman was the instrumental political figure in Israel becoming a nation in 1948. This event is a key to set the stage for the second coming of Jesus Christ.

Lessons Learned
The boys and I have discussed what we are taking with us from here and how we feel God is calling us to minister as we go. May I take a few minutes of your time and share what is new to my heart from the Lord?

1) The Bible is God’s Word to us, individually.
I’ve always had a holy reverence for the Bible. In the last several years I’ve come to know and believe that the Bible is true, completely. As a Christian, I am called to believe. What is new to me since spending the last 3 and one half months in prayer and fasting is that it is my responsibility to study and pray over the word. I will one day stand before the Lord (as we all will) and give an accounting for my life. That accounting is based on the divine directions God has given us in His Word (The Bible). My lack of knowledge for His truth (in other words my lack of knowledge of the Bible) will not be an excuse. I cannot depend on my church, pastor, parents, or friends to feed me the truth (these can be legitimate ways of learning the truth of the Bible, but cannot be our main avenue). This understanding helps me to place a high value on my time of studying the Bible every day. I pray you place a high value on that as well.

2) A lifestyle of prayer and fasting
This lifestyle is radical. John the Baptist was radical. Jesus was radical. If drawing closer to God is radical, I pray He will make me the most radical of all. If falling in love with Jesus makes me look foolish, then who better to be foolish about than Jesus Christ? Call me a fool for Jesus and I will be flattered. When you want to be intimate with someone what do you do? You spend as much time as possible with Him. Prayer is spending time with God. When you fall in love with someone you make sacrifices for them. Fasting is a form of self sacrifice that brings our natural desires in line and makes us weak before the Lord. The rewards for this lifestyle are beyond explanation.

And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” 1 Corinthians 12:9

3) Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Matthew 5:5
Oh the power of meekness! Our culture would teach us to “look after number one” or “be assertive”, yet the Bible teaches truth. “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” James 4:6. This is yet another reason to know the Bible and understand the truth of God. Don’t be deceived by popular culture.

4) Seek to be great in the eyes of God.
This concept is still new to me. I am praying for God to teach me what greatness in His eyes is. My prayer is to be great in Him. Join me and pray for God to teach you too.

Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:19

There are many more deep truths we’ve learned. Want to know more?....just ask. ; )



Reid and my Missouri daughter, Adrianna (lived with us) playing worship songs on Reid’s keyboard…. Pray for Adrianna and Amber as God calls them to their ministry.


May God bless you and make you radical for Him during this holy Christmas season.

"And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, ...for you serve the Lord Christ." Colossians 3:23-24. NKJV

Seven Day Fast

International House of Prayer, Kansas City, MO USA
On Monday we start a seven day fast. IHOP staff fasts the first Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of each month. In the month of December, the staff fasts for 7 days. This completes 40 days of fasting for the year.
Hatcher is fasting meat, Reid and Harrison are fasting everything but fruit for lunch each day. I am fasting all food. As a family we have agreed to fast for God to prepare our hearts for our travel time on the mission trip. Harrison and Reid praising the Lord in the Malachi 4:6 prayer room. Reid is playing the bongo drums.
My prayer is (and has been) that God would give us servant’s hearts. God continues to work in us to change and mold us. He is drawing us closer to Him. We are blessed.

My new friend, Jordan and his step mom, Megan. I met them in the airport waiting for a delayed plane. I told Jordan I was going to pray for him and asked what he wanted me to pray for. Without hesitation he answered, “You and your 3 boys.” I was touched by his generous heart. Please pray for him and his family.

Dorota, Ewa and friend - all part of the Polish church leaders who visited IHOP. Far right my mom, Gloria White and aunt, Dorcas Holman helping serve the group Sunday lunch. Please pray for Poland and for God to pour out His spirit there.
Two chapters of scripture God continues to lay on my heart to study.
2 Peter 3 which reminds me that Jesus is returning soon and I am called to live a life that welcomes His return. This scripture grips my heart to tell others about the goodness of God for sending His son.
Zechariah 4 is also prophetic about the second coming and rich in symbolism. This chapter has many correlations with the book of Revelations. I encourage you to read these two chapters.

Heading home from IHOP to SC

Dear Prayer Partners,
About a month ago I had a powerful dream where I was walking down a path and suddenly felt the power of God on me. I turned around to look and there before me (actually filling the whole room) was the Lion of Judah. (It truly was an incredible and powerful sight!) In the dream, all time stopped and He spoke to me (talk about a powerful voice J). I remember in the dream being overwhelmed by His presence.

After He spoke I awoke and remembered what He said. I kept repeating it, because I did not want to forget it. Then I fell back asleep. (Let this be a message, write it down while you remember it) The next morning I could not remember exactly what He said but did remember that it was both a command and a promise. I knew it was one of two things….either it was that I would go when He told me to and not before or He would empower me in His timing and not before.

I had forgotten that dream until yesterday.

On Monday, I went to my office and my office manager gave me her notice to leave. I was not surprised, but had known in my spirit this would happen. The thing that surprised us both was we both had a peace about it.

These last several days I have sought the Lord and what He would have me do. I have spoken to Pastor Joel and a couple of others and I believe we are to return to Gaffney for a short season.

I ask for your prayers about a couple of specific things.

1) As I have prayed I feel there is something specific God has for me in Gaffney. God has really been laying on my heart to pray for the spiritual atmosphere of Cherokee County since I have been here. Please pray for strength and boldness to walk in whatever He would call me to do there. (Truthfully, this call is more scary to me than any other part of the world….maybe that is why He is calling me there first?)

2) God has taught me many deep truths that I do feel called to share and yet at the same time know will not necessarily be received well. Again, I ask for prayers to be obedient to Him and also for wisdom to know when to speak and when to keep my mouth shut. (Do not cast your pearls before swine. Matt 7:6)

Thank you for your precious prayers. I pray God will pour out an abundance of blessings 100 fold of your time in prayer for me and the boys.

With much love,
Gloria