Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Getting Better

Pastor Rob made the comment tonight that Monday was the best day, then came Tuesday and Tuesday was the best day, until Wednesday came and Wednesday came, and Thursday came, then Friday, Saturday and Sunday, continually getting better and better. God was continually doing extraordinary things that blew our minds. Until Today. We stood back today dumbfounded. We started out trying to get some last minute work done and finish some jobs up. Everyone was in a dead rush to try to get done by noon to be able to go the the prison to go see Jerome, a man who we had been working for that changed his life, got pulled over for a taillight being out while we were there and was arrested by order of a warrant a decade old. Everyone was excited to see Jerome. Many were confused as to why Jerome was in jail and what God's purpose was for all of this confusion. Today we found God's purpose through all of this. God not only allowed Pastor Rob and I to get back to see Jerome, but God led some of our team members to a young man named Steven. After general conversation with Steven, Pastor Rob came over and talked to Steven about the Lord. Steven listened so intently, and by the time it was over the prison minister was leading him to the Lord. God allowed Jerome to go through all of that just to save the one lost sheep.

Later in the evening we enjoyed a final dinner at Cracker Barrel, and it was a great dinner, but at the end everyone was told to get on the bus, and to do it quickly. There was a man that was going to share his testimony with all of us. This man explained that he was a missionary to Hawaii, and had moved back here and that he pulled into Cracker Barrel and the Lord laid on his heart to share his testimony with this bus, but he asked the Lord, "If I am supposed to share please send someone to talk to me." We did not know this at the time, but our very own Mr. Kemerling spoke to the man. The whole ordeal is too much of chance to be coincidence. We are continually seeing how God works in miraculous ways!

God Bless

Kolby Dukes

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