Six and two.......6 accepted Christ and 2 recommitted

What a glorious thing...... On March 4, we prayed with four young people who wanted to accept Christ as Savior. Then on March 11, we prayed with 4 more......two had never asked Christ into their hearts before and two recommitted that desire.

We don't always give an "invitation".....some lessons aren't really as evangelistic (is that the right phrase - not sure but I think so) as others. Some lessons are more for growth and getting to know God whereas these last few lessons were on parts of the Easter story and just seemed to need that invitation. And as you can see --- the kids are ready for that.

On March 1, the lesson was on "I am the resurrection and the life." It was the story about Lazarus being raised from the dead and how Jesus has power over death. On March 8, the lesson was on "I am the way, and the truth and the life". It touched on Judas betraying Jesus, and Peter saying he would NEVER deny Christ and where Thomas said - "Lord we don't know where you are going so how can we know the way??"

We give the invitation but then ask the young people to write it down on their prayer request paper....that way they can do it privately and we are the only ones who know what they did. Then on the following Sunday we meet with them and see if that is still what they want to do. Lately, we have been going over the "Wordless Book" or the "Bridge" illustration with them just to go over the Gospel message and their need for a Savior....."Now" we ask,"is that what you want to do?"

So if you would pray for these young people that would be wonderful. Marlow, Princella, Adam, Valentine, Donovan, Jesse, Rhaya, and Marcos.

Marlow said that he had accepted Christ when he was in the 5-8th grade (sometime in there) when he was at the St. Joseph Indian School. We said "Wonderful!! And you remember doing that! "Yes." So then we discussed how sometimes we turn down the wrong path and feel like we need to ask Christ into our hearts again.....but HE never leaves us --- it's us. Jesse had accepted Christ this past summer (with us) but felt he needed to do it again ("were you serious"?? ...."I don't know - not really"). So we prayed with him after discussing things once again.
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And now on another note.......
Gary and I are going to a Dunamis Conference this coming Thursday through Saturday evening (we will be leaving early --- Conference goes thru Sunday morning.......) These are RCA in nature and this one is on the Power of Prayer.

So we would appreciate your prayers for us that we can take the information in and use it. We all know that prayer is important and powerful...... But do we use the Holy Spirits Power that is available to us ---- no doubt not in the fullness that we could and should.
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Ranch work ------ calving season is in full swing. This morning we went and helped a neighbor move some pairs. The cows are in the corn and it's so soft that he can't get in with the pickup --- so we brought the pairs out (with the 4 wheelers) and then he could tag them and sort them off to the different spots that he wanted them to go.....(heifers in a corral and cows to a pasture). Some of those calves are newborns and pretty wobbly on their feet.....and oh so cute!!

So we will be back to report on the Conference after we get back.
Thank you for the support.

Gary and Barb