March 4, 2008

Life in Warefare...

God is still faithful and never leaves us, this we know! Praise God!!!

Scott left for Florida...on Feb. 24th.

Had a 2 hour delay right off the bat.

He makes it there ok. (Praise God)

He goes to Haiti...another 2 hour delay...both due to fog/low ceilings
has run-a-way passengers at one fuel stop that he has to retrieve before customs finds out. (but did just in time, Praise God)

due to delay at beginning of that day, had to RUSH to get back to FL before customs closed...caused stress, but arrived 15 minutes before closing...Praise God.

On the homefront, basement door falls off hinges and door frame splits...must call landlord to fix due to no "man" at home. (He came and temporarily fixed the problem, praise God!)

Vehicle dies...left stranded....called landlord once again to help out and he does (praise God) but only to get it started. Bigger problem...will die again if not fixed now. Cha-Ching....because Scott is not here to fix it, must pay to get it done. Fellow MMS'ers help me out, (Praise God for Bob & Lisa), all fixed with something Scott wishes he could have done because he finds it hard to pay someone else to do something he could do.

Same day as vehicle gets fixed...Scott gets call from tenant that our basement has a crack in it and water is gushing into our basement (at home on Michigan)...we are so not there to do anything about it but Praise God, Ed (Scott's step dad) went to check it out for us. He said no gushing, but something Scott needs to give attention to.

During the week, we have all had our "bad" days with feelings and attitudes...probably because we plan on starting the 58 fast with other MMS families on Saturday, March 1st. The one BCC has done. The enemy doesn't want us to do it apparently. :-) BUT, we did start it and are trying to stay to it. It has been hard.

Scott is coming to Michigan this weekend with the 4 boys and has many things to get done in that weekend. He will be very tired from his trip as they have worked from EARLY morning to LATE evenings everyday...even on Sunday!! He gets home late Thursday night (if there are no delays again) and has to pull out of here about 4:30 a.m. to get to Brighton by 10 a.m. for a meeting. He needs to drop off the 2 younger boys at his mom's before getting to the meeting so he has to plan for that time as well. He has a few people he is scheduled to meet with and then must drop the boys off at church at 6 p.m.

He is also trying to figure out a way to get our new bed home and not sure if it will fit into our truck, Pray that it does. :-)

I have been on a emotional rollarcoaster all this time and not doing the best but God is faithful and is here in the midst of this storm.

Scott is not sure when he is coming back to Ohio from Michigan, I am sure he wants to see everyone at BCC but also, he wants to see me and spend time as a family before Monday...which is when he has to go back to work. Pray for God to help him in this and not feel guilt either way. I am so tired of the "guilt" thing and feeling that I could scream!! The enemy thinks that is his "wild card" and I know God can top it, but anyways...just pray for him.

Scott, I know, is very tired and will be very much so by the time he reaches MI. I know he has a lot on his mind and on his to-do list while he is there, I desire for you to pray for him that God keeps him safe, calm and allows him to accomplish all that he feels he has to do.

I will be at a MMS Ladies Retreat this weekend. That is why I do not get to come to MI. I am on the retreat committee and are implementing many ideas the I have experienced from BCC in the past and they are very excited here to see it happen. They keep telling me that they can tell that I have done this before. ha ha...got them fooled ay? :-)
Pray that God will bless the women this weekend and meet with them. I titled the weekend "Sitting at the Father's Feet". It is on prayer and the speaker is a wonderful lady who is a pastor's wife here and moved to the area the same time as us.
She is so sweet and has such a heart for the ladies.

I have been asked (yesterday) by one MMS staff lady. who is a very dear lady. if I would meet with her weekly and pray with her. She wants me to mentor her in this and help her develop her prayer life and quiet time. Apparently one night when she was over, I had asked her a question about something we were suppose to be praying about. I asked her what God had been telling her about it during her QT. She said that she realized that night that I was an intercessor and wondered if I would help her. She said she didn't have a QT and wasn't sure how to make it happen. I truly feel so inadiquent (sp?) to do this but told her that I would meet with her to pray with her but that God would be our mentor and He would teach us both. Please pray that God would bless her and meet with us during this time because I truly don't know what I can do. I do want to serve God in whatever way He calls me to and when someone asks for me to help them, I don't want to say no but want to be used by God in this. I feel that this request has come at a low time for me and I truly don't feel capable or worthy...not sure what word to put there, to do this, but at least God WILL get all the glory for it because it WONT be anything Lela did...that is for sure.

Sorry this is so long and late. I appreciate your prayers and ask that they still continue...as I am still struggling with many things. We need you and the warriors that you are. Thank you for meeting monthly on our behalf, we couldn't do this without you!!! Your time is so not wasted and God does hear your hearts!! Thank you all!!!

Thank you Brian and Kate for doing such a great job in leading the prayer team. You are such a blessing to all of us on the team!!! We love you and appreciate you.

Sorry if this doesn't make sense or if it is boring to read, but it is all I have. I hope you feel updated and can somewhat sense what is going on. I pray the Holy Spirit reveals the rest.

Bless you all,
Lela and boyz~