In 1 Kings 17 Elijah meets a widow and she and her son are down to their last bit of flour and oil.  He tells them not to worry, the Lord says “the jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the Lord sends rain on the land.”

Every day they were supposed to use the last remaining oil and flour and every day the Lord would supply enough for the next day.  Over the last 6 months I feel like God has been teaching me to rely on Him daily.  Each day I am to come to Him, with no plans, nothing that I am holding on to, just open palms releasing my wants and desires to Him, daily depending on the Lord.     Certainly, the first couple of months I was kicking and screaming about all of my cancelled plans, but as time went on, our family started to shift to daily plans and began to pray specifically for things for that day or the next.  As months went on, we looked back and saw God answering our daily prayers in amazing ways.  God wants us to go Him daily and ask Him to supply our needs.  He wants us to look to Him to guide our families as we seek to live our lives daily to glorify Him!

Young Life Area Development

Over the last 6 months we were able to start Young Life ministry in both Moline, IL and Bettendorf, Iowa.  This is so exciting as we seek to reach more students with the gospel. We are currently praying and working to develop ministry in:  IL- Decatur  Iowa–Orange City, Waukee, Urbandale, & Clear Lake Join us as we pray and ask the Lord to lead us!

In August we had a person that applied for the Area Director position in Waukee.  There is a lot of development that needs to take place in Waukee, but this person was originally up for the 1 year ramp up (praying, building a group of adults, gathering donors).  We interviewed him in August and were excited but at the same time we were praying for Gods leading and not wanting to make a quick decision.

Following the interview ( socially distanced!), God clearly showed he was not the person for our area which was hard news to hear.  We continue to pray and look to God to lead us in developing Waukee.   Please pray for more adults to help reach students for Jesus in Waukee.

YoungLives of Greater Des Moines

In August I (Liz) finished going through the YoungLives Mentor Training Handbook with three women. So we are now ready to start meeting with teen moms when God brings them our way.   We all have been reaching out to local ministries and organizations around Des Moines and are hoping to partner with an organization that is already working with teen moms.  We are encouraged as things are moving forward and are continuing to pray for God’s timing and God’s leading. Please pray for God to bring more women for mentors and teen moms who are open to mentoring.

Family Update