Greetings my family, friends and family of f@ith!
I thank G0d for
you and for your footprints beside me as we journey with Him through
this life and this world! With His Presence and your presence with me,
there is power to live out the life J.s.s has called me to live and to
accomplish His plans and purposes for my time here in M@li.
You have been pr@ying with me for M@li and the situation here. You
have sent much encouragement and your pr@yers have been a source of
power, courage, and hope! On the day after the fighting began, I was
skyping with our r@dio partner at KSBJ in H0uston. She shared a song
with me that I had not yet heard, probably because it came out that
day…just as God would have it…smile! I want to share the words of
that song with you…it is called,
Though darkness fills the night, It cannot hide the light
Whom shall I fear?
You crush the enemy Underneath my feet
You are my sword and shield
Though troubles linger still
Whom shall I fear?
I know who goes before me
I know who stands behind
The G0d of Angel Armies is always by my side
The One who reigns forever, He is a friend of mine
The G0d of Angel Armies is always by my side
My strength is in your name
For you alone can save
You will deliver me
Yours is the victory
Whom shall I fear?
Whom shall I fear?
I know who goes before me
I know who stands behind
The G0d of Angel Armies is always by my side
The One who reigns forever, He is a friend of mine
The G0d of Angel Armies is always by my side
Nothing formed against me shall stand
You hold the whole world in your hand
I’m holding on to your promises, You are F@ithful
You are F@ithful, You are F@ithful
I know who goes before me
I know who stands behind
The G0d of Angel Armies is always by my side
The One who reigns forever, He is a friend of mine
The G0d of Angel Armies is always by my side”
This
song has been playing over and over and over and over since that day
and it has been a strength for me in these days when the enemy seeks to
destroy the country and the people to whom the G0d of Angel Armies has
sent me. It means so much to me because it expresses the very message
G0d has given me to share with those who have chosen to follow Him. In
this culture where blessings are the first and last part of your time
with someone, G0d has placed these blessings for those I meet along the
way…especially those who have chosen to follow J.s.s.
“May J.s.s walk behind you!”
“May J.s.s sit on both sides of you!”
During
these times of struggle and personal persecution, we have talked much
about the protection of G0d and how with Him there is nothing to fear or
worry about. If He is with us, then it does not matter what others do
or say to us.
Please pr@y for us this week as it will be
C@therine’s last 4 days here. Tomorrow (Tuesday) we will be having a
time of celebration to give thanks to G0d for sending C@therine to serve
here in M@li, a time to give thanks to C@therine for her work here, and
a time for C@therine to speak to those who have been invited. This will
be a time of pr@ise and w0rship as well.
Pr@y for G0d’s Gl0ry to
be declared and for the finishing well for C@therine as she walks her
last steps here and takes her first steps into the next plan and purpose
for her life with Chr!st as His servant and witness!
Pr@y for
C@therine as she sings the song “Whom Shall I Fear” as she walks into
the unknown, into the unfamiliar, into the yet unseen….