Don’t be Jonah’s

As I listened to 105.9 last night, Wally talked about how he faught the Lord over the direction his life was going.  God wanted him to go one way and Wally said it was something he didn’t want to do.  We forget that the Lord knows all and only does what is best for us.  Too many times we are Jonah’s.  We want to do what we think is best for us and don’t follow the leadership of our Lord.  

We’re told to go into this world and make deciples (Matt 28: 19-20)  Going into this world starts at home.  If we can’t talk to friends and family about God’s love at home, how can we go elsewhere?  This year let’s try to not be Jonah’s.  Instead, let’s be followers of Christ by sharing to others how Christ died for our sins b/c he loved us so much.  Remember this statment for the year:  Our attitudes and actions reflect our heart! 

ADAM    

BTW do you remember what happened to Jonah?  He ened up in a big fish and following God’s will anyway!

Commissioning…

hondurasToday at church we had a Teacher Commissioning ceremony.  I thought it was really neat to stand there with my husband of which we teach the College and Career class and see where God is taking us and how he is working in our lives.  As we were listening to Bro. James speak I was reminded of how not only has God called us to teach our Sunday School class, but we are also reminded in Matthew 28 as a believer to “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.”  I pray that as we leave on this trip to Honduras that we are reminded of that and come away with the reassurance that we must do this everyday!  I know this is going to be a life changing experience but I want it to be an experience that sticks with me and changes me in ways that glorifies God.  We will be leaving on Saturday please keep us in your prayers for what God has in stores for us!!

In Christ,

Stephanie Vittitoe

GO!

As I was reading the assigned Scripture this a.m., a verse from John 21:22 jumped out at me. Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me.” Let me explain. Approximately 15 years ago, I was ready to go on another foreign mission trip. We had one week before departure. My father was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Torn between obeying my Heavenly Father and wanting to be with my earthly father, I didn’t know what to do. I prayed and asked God what to do. When I read the above verse, I had the answer. My family supported my decision. After I got back from the mission trip, Dad lived approximately 6 more weeks. Dad accepted Christ as Savior 2 weeks before He died! Praise Jesus!

Matthew 28:19-20 “Therefore  go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Wow

Only 8 days until we leave. The Lord has taken care of all my needs for this trip, He has given me the funds that I need, and also the medication that I will need through the VA, very cheap. I want to thank everyone for their support, and prayers. To my class the Lamplighters, you are family to me, thank you for your love, and keep praying for us. God has truly blessed me through this so far and I know there is more to come. This trip is to take God’s word to the people of Honduras, and I pray many will come to know Christ. Please pray for us, and that His will be done.

God’s Provisioning

I am thankful to God for providing the skirts I needed for the trip. I don’t wear skirts so I didn’t have any for the trip. My husband had been laid off for 18 months so I wasn’t too happy about purchasing anything I wouldn’t wear often.  God brought a new Sunday School class member to our church. God plainly told me to introduce myself, which I did.  As the friendship continued, she told me she wanted to donate her clothes to charity, and could I recommend any.  “Well now” I thought. I told her how about starting with me. I told her I was going on a mission trip, needed skirts, and she was happy to help. I have enough skirts to get me through the week now!

And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4: 19

Less than 2 Weeks…

WIth less than 2 weeks to go, we are all getting excited about our Mission Trip to Honduras.  I cannot wait to be there and share the gospel and God’s love with the people in Comayagua.  My prayer has been that as God is preparing each of our hearts that he is also preparing the hearts of those we will encounter.

Isaiah’s First Blog

The trip to Honduras is only 9 days away and I can’t wait to go there. This will be my first trip out of the country and it will also be the most eye opening experience that I will have ever had. I hope everyone else ont he team is as exited about this trip as I am because this will be a great way to share Jesus Christ with people who do not know Him.

Will Blog more during the trip,
Isaiah

P.S. Happy New Year

Little Drummer Boy

I think I said earlier that I was going to post the video that the kids made of their drama that we showed at the Dessert Theatre but I did not link it anywher until now. I will say that this is the full video so if you have a slower connections speed it may be choppy so you may want to right click and download it first before watching it. I will try to shrink it at a later time.

Little Drummer Boy on 4HisServcie.com

New Year/New Hope

2009 had many ups and downs for me.  As I move forward into 2010 and prepare myself mentally for things to come I get very excited at whats ahead.   This trip to Honduras will be an eye opening experience.  I am really excited to see how God is going to work in the natives lives and our own.  While Erin and I are gone on this trip I want you to pray for our team and pray for the Hondurians.   I pray that 2010 will bring new hope to the people who live within the community we are visiting and to myself.

Ready to start the New Year… then head to Honduras!!

Today is New Years Eve and its always fun to look back and reflect on the current year and see what all God has done in our lives but it is also fun to look ahead and start new things and see what we can improve on in the new year.  One thing that we are super excited about is going to Honduras on a mission trip, what better way to start the New Year!!  God has greatly helped us into making this possible, when we first prayed about going on this trip we thought how can we afford it, but God answered our prayers and thankfully all of our funds has come in above and beyond!!  God is so good!  So in your celebration of the New Year, while you are reflecting back on 2009 also ask God what he has in store for you for 2010!!

Stephanie Vittitoe

“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.” James 1:17 ESV