WHAT A GREAT WEEKEND!

This past weekend demonstrated some of the fruit of our labors here in our Teen Parents Program. In church yesterday, I had the privilege of baptizing Nicole, one of our Teen Moms, as a follower of Jesus Christ. In her testimony to the congregation of several hundred people she shared that she had read through the Bible two times since surrendering her life to Jesus in May. She has read through several devotional books and is now keeping a journal based on the scriptures that she marked with highlighter these past ten months. Later in the service, I called her and her two little ones forward so she could dedicate them to the Lord. None of her biological family would attend the day’s events but our church family and YFC family rose to the occasion to stand with her. Later people from YFC and church came over to the house to celebrate.

On a second front, two of our teen moms got babysitters and served as chaperones for our Snowblast retreat. Twenty some inner city kids from high school and middle school as well as some suburban kids were ministered to by these two gals who are following hard after Jesus. Ebony, herself just baptized a month ago, and Domonica roomed with teens and served as small group leaders. What a blessing to hear the reports of the opportunities they had to share with kids younger than themselves. God has his hand on all three of these gals in a very special and discernable way. Please pray that they would go ahead and grow ahead for God.

PATIENCE

I recognize the communication coming from Ruth and me is not as regular and consistent as it once was. Please be patient with us as we work out the demands of our jobs and raising two foster children. Domonica lives at school five days a week so we have full responsibility her little one, Zanaiya, and it is sometimes difficult to balance all the things in our lives. Ruth is being paid on the basis of a twenty hour a week position but routinely puts in close to thirty hours. There is the possibility that she could be compensated for the additional time if we can raise the funds. When the needs are great it is difficult for her to just stop and be a clock watcher. With our teen parents director resigning as of March 13, please pray for wisdom for us. Thank you for your patience. We could not do what we do without your gifts and prayers. Please know of our deep and profound love for all who serve with us in this ministry.