Signs, Wonders, and Miracles!

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, November 9th - 11th, we had a three day healing revival with Pastor Marshall and his beautiful wife Cherise! :) Friday night the Spanish Service from Springs came up to help us with an outreach and join us for service that night. It was a wonderful time! We had a total of around 110 people come through out the weekend and people got saved and we prayed for many to be healed! One lady came down to the altar for healing of a head injury and God healed her! Another lady and her family came and her daughter gave her life to Jesus and they have been coming since! Many people were touched and we are seeing the fruit of it! Thank you Marshall's for taking time to come up!

It never ceases to amaze me to see the miracles God can do in someone's life! Sometimes we just don't realize how much people are hurting or just choose to ignore it. Many are desperate for something to fill the void in their life that the world leaves and we have the answer! God forbid we would go through our lives without sharing that answer with as many as we can! It is so easy to become comfortable where we are, but the bible says this life is like a vapor; we are not promised tomorrow. Jesus' command was simple: "Go and preach." We come up with so many excuses not to, I am guilty of it myself, but it all comes down to a matter of the heart. Where we place our priorities will be shown by the fruit in our lives. Don't let the devil cheat you of what God has in store! We are fighting a fixed fight; We have already won! Nothing is impossible for God! Take Him at His word and see what He can do!

Harvest Carnival

Halloween...a time for candy, cavities, costumes and carnivals! This past Wednesday, we had our very first Harvest Carnival. After a couple weeks of building, buying, painting, and outreach, we were ready to go! We had games, prizes, hot chili, and of course, candy; lots and lots of candy! There was a cake walk, sucker tree, bean bag toss, bowling, basket ball, and face painting with Joe, our very own clown!

At the beginning of the night, we weren't seeing too many people come through and we all had visions of eating chili and candy 'til Jesus came back! But as the night went on, they started to come and the candy level started to drop. We saw princesses, doctors, superheros, Jack Sparrow and some, well, we weren't quite sure what they were... We had around 150 people come throughout the night, and every piece of candy was gone and most of the food. I only got 7 pieces of candy, but I try not to be bitter... :) We got to meet new people and had opportunities to witess to the kids and their parents. The kids had fun with the games, and even some of the adults. We learned you could never have too much candy and you should never let a clown do his own make-up! (Haha! ;) Just kidding Joe!) The whole night was a wonderful time of food and fellowship! Although, I will never eat another bowl of chili again...EVER! :)

What a Weekend!

Sometimes I find the hardest thing about writing posts is starting them...so, I will just start from the beginning! (Good place to start, huh?) Last Saturday the spanish service came out to help us with an outreach for the following Sunday services. We had Mario Owens coming in the morning to preach and we were showing a movie Sunday night. We passed a lot flyers out and prayed with 8 people for salvation! After that was done we went back to the church for some lunch. We all piled into the headstart classroom and sat in the tiny chairs for some sandwhiches and chicken! After all that was over, we pried ourselves from the chairs (literally), and started cleaning up, then headed home to get ready for the next day.

The Next day, Mario, DeAnza and the kids came out for the service that morning. Tina and Jason Farrell and their family were also in town so they brought some relatives and stayed for the service. We had 6 visitors that morning and a total of around 32 people! Tanya, Kenadee and Kobey also came up from Springs for our very first baby dedication that morning with Joe and Stephy and their baby girl Ashlyn. We had song service and Mario preached a wonderful message and then pulled the altar call. We had two people get saved that morning! After the service we all headed to Applebees for some lunch, and then over to my house to just lay around and watch football and soccer until the evening service. That night we arrived at the church ready to set up for the hotdogs and movie only to find the power was out in the church, and in most of the neighborhood too. People started coming anyways and we kept on setting up and decided that if the power didn't come back on we'd just grill some hotdogs and hang out. It is true what they say...if there's food, they'll come! :) The power did come back on after a while so we got the building warmed up and everything was set up for the movie. We ate some hot dogs and chips, then after a short song service we started the movie. We had 10 visitors come out and we all had fun and were able to witness to people through out the night.

I apologize for some of the pictures...I forgot the camera that night so I had to use the cell phone to take pictures...some of them are kind of grainy. Please continue to keep us in your prayers. God is still moving here in Denver and we're excited for the things we have planned for the coming months! I'll give you an update soon and let you know what's going on!

Conference and Much More!

What to say about the last 2 ½ weeks....Well, I'll start with the Jones family visit! Sunday, September 30, we had Pastor Paul come up to preach for us. He brought his family (including Landon) and we had a blast! Tyler and Shaunna were also in town celebrating their anniversary so they joined us that morning. It was so wonderful to have all of them with us! Sunday morning Pastor Paul preached a powerful message out of Ephesians 2:19. He told us that if we’re going to have what the apostles had we need to have what Jesus left us. We need to have the confidence and the boldness of the Holy Ghost believing that God is going to do what He said He would do! (I John 5:14 – 15) We must remember our calling and remain committed! (Acts 2:43 – 47) That night he preached again from Jeremiah 29:11 – 13 about how there are no shortcuts to God or answered prayer. (Matthew 6:33) All in all we had a wonderful time! Food fellowship and great messages. Thank you Jones family for your encouragement and for all your help with our song services and sound system! :) It means a lot to us!
That following Monday was the first night of conference; I don’t quite know what to say about that first service cause I was in Sonshine Kids, but I’m sure it was awesome! We did have quite a night in nursery though. From throw-up to rebellious little “angels”! :) But that’s beside the point. The whole week was a wonderful time of encouragement and fellowship. Not too much sleep though, but that’s to be expected! The atmosphere was wonderful and you could feel the presence of God in the services. It seemed as though everybody was, as I heard many people say, really “On the Mark” this year. That friday night the youth continued the tradition of staying out all hours of the night, well, until 12 anyways. We ordered Dominos pizza (which IS the best) and we ate in the fellowship hall and then split up to play soccer and dodge ball. I don't know how the dodge ball went, but soccer was AWESOME!!! Soccer is always awesome though! Unfortunatley my team lost...but not by much! Only by three points which we could have easily made up for if we had like 10 more minutes! lol We all had fun though! It was all over too soon, but I made new friends, hopefully no enemies, and we will take what we heard with us into Denver. I hope the rest of you will do the same! Never let the vision grow cold and stagnant! It’s who we are and what we’re called to do. If God’s not in it, then we labor in vain. Stay encouraged and keep moving forward!

I just want to give a big THANK YOU to all the wonderful ladies in the office! Conference time can get pretty hectic for the office. Without you guys how would we stay organized?! Big thanks to the kitchen ladies who fed us and kept us from malnutrition! Conference malnutrition can be pretty ugly and may even lead to delirium! lol I've experienced it! A BIG THANK YOU goes to all our nursery workers and leaders for keeping the children those long 5 days! Much appreciated! And thanks to anyone I might have forgotten! Unfortunately I don’t have any pictures of conference; :( I was slacking there. Hopefully most of you were there, and if not I’d recommend getting some CD’s of the services. Well, until I post again, have a great day! :D

Victory World Outreach of Denver

John 15:16, "You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you."

Greetings from Denver Colorado! 5 months later and we are finally here and ready to get started.We have been here about a month now and have had three weeks of services so far. Our very first service there was 8 of us, counting my family and Chad, Marie, and Kate. :) We were halfway through the service when a man walked in and started giving his testimony. He told us how he was once saved but then he backslid. He came in and sat down and my dad continued preaching. When he was done my dad called the guy down to the altar and he came and got saved! He said he would come back that night and bring his family, and true to his word, he came back with his wife and daughter in the evening service. Along with three other teens that came, we had six visitors that night! Praise God!

It's been so wonderful to have Chad and Marie with us for our first services! They have been such a blessing and have really helped us get our feet on the ground, from song service to outreach. We will miss them very much! For those of you who have pioneered before you know it can get lonely sometimes and it's comforting to have familiar faces. :) Thank you Chad, Marie and Kate! We love you guys!

Next Sunday we are having Pastor Paul come up to preach for us, so this past Saturday the Springs church and some people from Greely came out to help us do an outreach and get all the flyers out. We hit the streets and passed out flyers and even prayed with a couple folks. Afterwards we came back to the church for some much needed food and cold cups of soda. We're excited to see how many people will come out next Sunday! Much thanks to all of you who came out to helps us! We hope to see the rest of you soon! Well I will try and keep you posted. Sometimes I get an idea in my head (like this blog) and it's hard to stick with it. So bear with me as I gather my scattered thoughts! God is so good and we're excited to see all that He has for us! We appreciate your love and support; and as always, keep the prayers coming! We will do the same! I hope to see you all very soon at conference!