Prayer Request

Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.

May I please ask you to pray with John and I as we seek God for direction regarding a need at the Robeline Food Pantry?

In 2008 two local food pantries closed their doors. One in Natchitoches which is 15 miles from us and one in Winnfield which is about 40 miles from us. There is a couple coming from south of Winnfield with a list of people who need supplemental food in that area. They come each month in their small pick-up truck to pick up the boxed food and deliver it to the needy. There are many more in that area who would benefit from food but are having issues traveling the distance to pick up the food each month.

We have a few options:
1. We can continue to load the couple’s small truck with boxes and only serve a limited number of families.
2. We can find a location, load our own trailer and make a trip up there once a month at a specific time to distribute.
3. Or we can open another pantry in that area and appoint someone there to oversee the pantry and duplicate what we do in Robeline.

At the pantry each month there are hundreds of families who receive not only physical food, but we have been blessed to see many salvations, people filled with the Spirit, and healings through what our wonderful Lord does through this avenue of ministry.

Please pray with us as we seek the mind of Christ and get His direction.

Thank you... God bless you...

The Quilt That Keeps On Giving

This quilt has taken our church through three fund raisers (you may read the testimony of the bus in my previous blog "A Small Miracle?") and now it is giving joy to Linda... (This quilt was donated by Kathy Ellzey, an award winning quilter)

Linda is a well deserving woman... Kathy says she does have quilts (one on every bed!), but what she makes now is given away to children, grandchildren, etc. She now finds very little time to complete quilts because she is so busy working and being wife, mom, and Grammy to her family.

She is also very involved in community activities. She is a very giving person, and does a wonderful job as director of the COA in Many. She really goes the extra mile to provide needed services and activities that are relevant and fun for people, but sadly she gets very few “thank-yous” for the job she does. She allows Kathy's quilt group (and other organizations and individuals) to use their facility at no-charge. She goes out of her way to be friendly to everyone, and has a wonderful sense of humor.

Way to go Linda!