Who Might be Affected by God’s Story?

Prayer & Praise Report # 1, December 2016 - January 2017

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Do We Know For Sure People are Engaged

Prayer & Praise Report #6, October-November 2016

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Should Bible studies engage people with the Word?

During a recent phone conversation, the person shared about her desire to be baptized. We spent an hour and a half discussing baptism, the Ethiopian eunuch in Acts chapter 8:26-39 and more.  I knew this person had been part of a Bible study for several months in her town, so I asked, “How’s the Bible study going?”

She shared that she’s not engaged. As well, she was struggling with the thought of quitting that Bible study.  Since the second session months ago, she has “zoned out” due to the way this group does the study.  She described this popular and highly literate Bible study method, which is a great method, but the group failed to understand that this person is an oral learner. She continued to share that when we talk on the phone about Scripture, she loves it because I engage her. 

It made me ask myself, “How many people attend Bible studies or church because it’s the thing to do, but leave unengaged with the Word of God? How many people are present in body and gone in mind?” Many people love the Word, want to know God better, but don’t know how to reshape their thinking to integrate with some styles of teaching.   This led me to ask more questions, “How do we know for sure if people are engaged? How do we engage those who are not?”

Why Might Sudanese Refugees Engage with the Word?

During most of November, three lead STS instructors from Africa traveled to Uganda to train Sudanese refugees in Simply The Story. They helped with medical needs, provided beds for orphans, lead Bible discussions, and showed God’s Story: From Creation to Eternity. Eleven Sudanese, who were trained the last time the team was in Uganda, assisted the main instructors.

The main STS leader texted me daily with results that overwhelmed all of us in the office. Enjoy the amazing photos!

Children watched God’s Story in Juba Arabic.  One night 3000 people watched God’s Story.  The next night 4000-5000 people blocked the roads to watch! The leader reported, “Thousands prayed and they shouted for joy after praying.” 

After one training in a distant settlement, our instructor shared “Those who had no hope, now they have vision to win their nation for Christ. Many people young and old prayed to receive Lord Jesus as Lord and Savior.”

In another settlement the instructor shared, “…refugees are doing their best to help. They gave us two houses for one week for free. Some hosted others.” Can you imagine refugees, who have so little, sacrificing to help feed and house 14 people?

In answer to the question, “Could Sudanese Refugees Engage with the Word?” Yes, in more ways than one.

Jordan

We just completed an STS workshop in Jordan. During many trainings, we have practicals, where we send students to go tell Bible stories and have discussions with anyone they meet. The instructor reported the results. “Practicals went great. One of the ministries that came has already had a meeting where they committed to changing the way they do Bible studies starting immediately. …. All the students got it very quickly."

Asia

Christmas time provides many opportunities for showing God’s Story and for sharing the story of Christmas that comes from Scripture. In one closed Asian country, our leader there will again be going to the prisons, as well as conducting programs with children and leprous groups.  Please pray for this team.

Who said, “I will build my church”?

Recently an instructor returned from a difficult African country where he met someone, who had to leave another highly Musl*m country in that region. 

This missionary shared with our instructor that up until 7 years ago, there was no church growth in that country where the missionary previously served.  Dorothy Miller trained this person 7 years ago in Simply The Story, and the person returned to the country which had no growth. 

This missionary began to share Bible stories and have in-depth discussions with nationals, and the nationals wanted more.  The missionary had the nationals go share with others what they learned and then return for more Bible stories.

Soon the church began to grow and nationals were sharing with other nationals the Bible. At one point, a national leader in one region was killed and the missionary thought this was the end of the church movement in that area.  However, a couple years later, this person took a team to that region and discovered that the national leader raised 4 more leaders before he died. Along with that, the church growth in that area was flourishing!

I wish it was possible to share the country where these results occurred, but for security reasons, we cannot.  However, this is the first I have ever heard of a church movement in this country, and it is clear, Jesus is building His church, even after several missionaries have had to leave.

Please keep the people involved in this movement in prayer.

How does the Bible impact People when Understood?

USA — STS Workshop — Gratitude to the “Nth” Degree

A young lady wrote this letter to our instructor at a recent training in the USA.

 “Even if I told you every second of every day thank you it would not even come close to what I feel inside. … I thought how can I share God’s word when I don’t even know it. So I prayed to God if this is what I should do please help make it possible. I was able to get the time off of work but I didn’t have the money to pay for the class.

 “So I filled out the form and asked … if I could pay when I got my next paycheck. God knew I didn’t have the extra money so God work his magic and somebody provide money for scholarships to attend…. I knew God wanted me in the class.

 “For the last year & half my soul has been searching for a way to understand God’s story. Everyone would tell me how perfect God's love was for us but I wanted to know for myself. You have finally delivered the red neck version of understanding the bible to me. I wanted a simple way that I could look at God’s Word. I know I could have talk to people at the church but they all seem so smart and they knew all about God’s word and I didn’t want to admit to them that I didn’t know what they were talking about. Your team has given me hope that with time & using the process I WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND GOD’S WORD & LOVE.

“Thank you for giving your time, knowledge & understanding to me who thought that I was not worthy enough or smart enough who knew that by simply sharing a story that I would find understanding in God’s word & worthiness in my self.”

Bible Stories Affecting Several Groups

Our STS instructor on the Africa Mercy ship continues to share the Bible with the patients in the hospital ward on Sundays, and with the crew every Wednesday.

Pray for him as he also meets with the day crew who were trained in STS.  The day crew goes to churches to share Bible stories.  When the ship leaves, our prayer is to have people in Benin trained and leading STS for the country.

We share the following story from a ministry that uses STS on the radio and in their Oral Bible Schools.  Pray for this project.

Grateful to the Lord,

Andrea

Executive Director
The whole staff of The God's Story Project (TGSP)

Listening

Prayer & Praise Report #5, August-September 2016

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Preparing the Word in Asia

“Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.” Rom. 10:17

TGSP has known for years that the power of God’s Story rests in the audio. We praise God for recent opportunities to record Bible portions. Our leader just recorded parts of the Bible (Old and New Testament) in the Yin language. He shared, "Still this people not yet having Bible.”

Can Radio Bible Studies Impact a Nation?

Missionaries in a predominantly Muslm area of east Asia reported the radio station is transmitting the Oral Bible Studies (STS style) from 2 times a day (2 hours each time) 7 days a week.  “Listeners text in comments and answers to the questions posed during the Oral Bible Studies and their texts are discussed during the transmission.” As people discover this radio station, its popularity grows!

The “STS radio station” airs the Bible stories chronologically. Our leader trains the students from two Oral Bible Schools (OBSs) how to do stories on radio so that (in his words), “I duplicate my self to the students so that they can help me in many ways of work for God.” The leader shares that story-telling changes many people in the Lord and raises disciples. He plans to start a 3rd OBS soon.

This leader and his instructors just finished their first training with another “anti-government” group who are devout Muslms. “They are glad hearing the stories and the first meeting was just a few leaders because they are so strict about fellowshipping.”

Please pray for this Gideon’s army. Another opportunity exists to teach values education to the 7^th thru 12^th grades.  The team hopes to engage other students as part of the STS team to reach other students. Many youth love STS and teach STS to others.  Currently, the government is open to this move for the sake of the young. Pray also for the other radio stations planned for Muslm areas.

What Is the Lasting Impact of STS Training?

USA

Recently, an instructor shared the blind Bartimaeus story found in Mark 10:46-52 with a group. They discussed how the crowd treated this blind man. At first the crowd told this blind man, who was crying for mercy, to be quiet.  The second time, the crowd obeyed Jesus and called for the man.

During the discussion, one man shared how he had planned to go to the casino, but he saw a lady bent over and struggling with some packages, so he helped her.  As a result, the “bent” lady, who was homeless, attended the Bible study for the first time that night.

Another couple came in late because it was the lady’s birthday. The birthday lady wanted only one thing, to be with people who had eyes on Jesus. She cried after listening to people talk about a blind man, whose eyes were opened and he saw Jesus.

Before the instructor finished telling the story, one man said, “I want another story!”

Another man shared how he felt at times in a church because he was shunned by the people who did not want to hear that he used to be a drug dealer and alcoholic.  The church seemed to be telling him, “Just keep it quiet.”

One STS-trained storyteller, who goes every Friday to the mall, shared, “I am now doing a Bible study with one man from the Mall, and helping a Chinese woman from the Mall learn English.  All these relationships came about from being at the Mall to tell stories. …. I'm deeply grateful for the doors that opened from first telling stories.”

Could Bible Stories Start a Village’s First Church in Africa?

Three leaders have been raised up to teach STS to others in Congo Braza.  They have more invitations than they can fill. One person recently wrote about the Villi region, "They went door to door asking the people if they wanted to hear Bible stories in their own language. Everyone they went to, said yes, … In 5 days, 52 people accepted the Lord, including the local witch doctor and the chief of the village. The chief has now given them land to build a church, the first Villi church ever built in this area."  As a result the pastor wants to train a local Villi pastor in STS so that he can design his church services each week around storytelling.”

Students Changed and Helping Others from Bible Stories?

A man trained in STS shared the following information about students attending his 2-year Bible school in Africa, which uses the STS method in their discussions.  “Students do not receive written materials except for the written exams at the end of the terms. … Since the method emphasizes application, the students seem to retain the information well. Each lesson included … discussing the story using the STS oral, inductive approach.”

Students respond in a consistent way. “The first area was that their lives had changed--the study had made a significant impact on their character. The second area included comments about understanding the Word of God. … And the third area was that they felt that they knew how to apply the Biblical principles to their own lives and help others to practice them in their communities.”

Can a New Believer Lead Others to Jesus in West Africa?

A team in West Africa shared the results after attending an STS training in Burkina Faso. “We have seen progressive results in our ministry and the [story-telling] is always the highlight of the evenings. Several have professed faith in Christ and we had now for the first time one of our believers lead a friend to Christ on his own. We had the honor and privilege of baptizing them both as well as another young man in that village last May. … We are continuing to use the STS as our main teaching method for this coming dry season as well.”

Sierra Leone

Staff at an education facility share Bible stories that they learn in the morning with guests who come to the resource center. The staff divides the guests into groups so that all the staff have the opportunity to practice presenting STS-style Bible stories. The organizer of the STS training shared, “We are so grateful for the time to practice using this helpful tool.”

Some from the training also conduct a “Ministry That Multiplies” (MTM) meeting, which helps STS graduates slowly hand to others the skills of STS while going deep in a Bible story.

Pastors and chaplains throughout Sierra Leone are now requesting that many of these STS practitioners introduce STS to their groups.

Some people are using the STS method at home during family devotions.   Another group wants their staff trained so the teachers can use STS in government schools that have Bible clubs throughout the country.  The multiple uses of STS throughout Sierra Leone as a result of the recent training are too many for one Prayer & Praise report. 

Latin America

Salvation and Baptism

In early August, several leaders trained in STS from Paraguay, El Salvador, USA, Mexico and Guatemala gathered for both an advanced STS training and to help lead a regular training. The man being baptized in the picture became a believer at this August training. This businessman was selling chewing gum on the street when a storyteller in our training told him a Bible story. The man came to the workshop that afternoon and was impacted by two more Bible stories. He accepted Jesus as Lord that day. He is an active member of the church now and attends regular STS Bible studies taught by some of our STS graduates. Thank you to Bryan, our European Director, for capturing the story.

Listen to the story here (as told by our European Director): http://tinyurl.com/STSLeper or a podcast here: http://tinyurl.com/STSLeper2.

Singapore

In Singapore more than 40 people were equipped to use STS in English, Mandarin, and Tagalog. One Chinese STS group leader went to a maid agency to look for a helper and reported, “I told the staff, I need a maid [with] smiling face. Why they all look so sad. … we chose [Mary] to work for my sis and our ministry. She [was] willing to serve God together & she attending church, also attending leadership training half way [half way house]. …Then I tell them the lost sheep story using STS. They all participant and said they are like that sheep. Many share their personal story to me, they said, they want Jesus, they need Jesus. Then I share the gospel with them. They all came to faith and we prayed the sinner prayer. (the two Indonesia maid also accepted Christ). praise God.

 “This morning, we went half way house with a few STS story teller to present story…. One brother accepted Christ after the story. They love to story and invited us to go back to tell story again.”

Extra Prayer & Praise Items

Our STS instructor in the South Sudan wrote recently asking for prayer and the restoration of peace. He said, “True peace come from God no from man join us in prayer. International body try to bring peace to South Sudan but it has failed now my village is empty…”

More than 400 solar audio players have gone out from July to Sept with many languages of God’s Story.

This month 3 new languages will be started in an East African country. A translation clinic is being planned for West Africa. One language has been postponed due to spiritual attacks on the storyteller’s family. Other languages in Asia, that have been on hold for a couple of months due to two computers crashing, are planned to resume recording soon.

Grateful to the Lord,

Andrea

Executive Director
The whole staff of The God's Story Project (TGSP)

How Old?

Prayer & Praise Report #4, June-July 2016

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India

Our leader in India sent an email recently in which he shared about an 87-year-old woman who trusted in her high caste position to get her to heaven. Our leader's wife and her friends minister in the hospital weekly, but this high caste woman wanted none of the ministry. 

However, this woman received God's Story on a solar player as a gift for her birthday.  She quickly learned the player was not a cell phone to talk with family and friends, but instead was an audio player that would only let her listen to the message.  She listened day and night.  When our leader's wife returned to the hospital, the 87-year-old asked to see her and gave her life to Jesus.  We share the photo with our new sister’s permission.

Who’s Willing to Die for the Gospel?

A missionary using God's Story in Asia wrote the following in his newsletter about a conversation he had with a new believer.  The team had visited a "J-sus meeting" in this new believer's village (one of more than 45 groups started in the past 2 years by this team).

The new believer said, "Even if they shoot and kill me, I will still follow J-sus."

The missionary shared, "I heard these words from a new believer. As we talked about bapt--m, I asked, 'When they come to your house, beat you, arrest you and put you in jail, will you still follow J-sus?'”

The new believer added, “I will bring many others with me!”

The new believer shared that at night he lies on a cot in the middle of his field and listens to his J-sus Radio. As he listened to the Good News over and over at night, God caused the seed of faith to grow.

Children Understand at a Young Age

A young mom reported that her 3 year old loves to watch God’s Story with her.  The little girl was telling the mom who the characters were, occasionally asking about them. The little girl would remember what the mom told her.  The interesting thing is they were watching the DVD of GS in Mandarin and the little girl does not speak Mandarin!

What Can Happen in 4 Weeks?

We praise the Lord for His grace. We just finished 4 weeks of Comprehensive Leadership Training (CLT) with people working in at least 7 countries or regions of the world (North, West and East Africa, Middle East, Europe, Latin America, and USA). 

We experienced going deep in the Word, as well as sharing Bible stories on the streets using Simply The Story (STS). People were trained in specialized situations, such as telling Bible stories to children and doing STS style Bible stories on radio. We increased our STS instructor skills, and learned from children leading Bible stories! As well, we had great fellowship and amazing food.

One attendee shared, "Thank you all for an amazing two weeks.  You all showed me so much grace and kindness.  And I learned so much and began some new friendships.  I hope to keep learning from and working with you all for many years to come for the advancement of the Kingdom."

We had several opportunities to minister on the streets. At one point, 3 of us prayed before going into a coffee shop. When we finished, a man yelled from across the parking lot, "Hey, are you real Christians?"

I yelled back, "What's your definition of a real Christian?"

It turns out we passed his test of being real Christians and this homeless man shared a bit of his story. He had cancer and some other problems, and he just wanted prayer. We tried to give him food and he did not accept it.  People had told this man if he was right with God, he would not have these problems.  So we shared Mark 4:36-41 where Jesus and the disciples were in the storm.

Our friend discovered that even the disciples, though obedient to Jesus by getting in the boat, were in a storm.  This homeless man was so encouraged, and we prayed for him. 

While dialoguing with our new friend, a man yelled for us from the coffee shop.  It turns out this other young man was homeless too and saw us in the parking lot and wanted to give us water. Both these men heard from the Word of God.

What Happens In Africa Blesses Many

Our leader in Côte d'Ivoire shared these testimonies from a recent workshop.

"In the Fall in the Garden story [Genesis 3], I realize how like Adam and the woman [I am.] I accuse others for my own choices. I need to assume my bad choices and forgive my parents today."

Another man said, "Now with STS I'll not waste my time forcing people to believe what I'm telling them, but sharing Bible stories and have nice discussion with people. During the outreach in Pangouin Village, I've seen how people are ready to listen to our stories and share when they can say what they think and we listen to them, I've seen people give their lives to Jesus after sharing simple stories from the Bible. It was amazing to experience how STS is working simply. Thank you for bringing STS to us.”

A third participant said, "STS has impacted me greatly through the stories. My desire is to go back home and share with the young people in my village. I used to beat the drums to call people to come and listen to me share the Gospel, now I'm equipped with STS to go meet the people where they are and share stories with them."

One happy person shared, "I was afraid of sharing the Gospel, in fact I didn't know how to do it, and I was afraid not to be able to answer to people questions. Now I'm confident that I can share stories with people as I did at the outreach. Thank you God.”

One non-reader shared, "... STS has washed my shame, yes it was shameful for me to not be useful to God because I could not read. I've learnt many stories here and I'm able to present them, and my life has changed here as many stories have impacted my life like Martha and Mary one. I'm a new person, I'm blessed. I long to learn more Bible stories” 

Our leader reported to me that even a group of blind people say that STS is for them and they want a workshop for themselves!  One blind man uses the solar player with God's Story everywhere and people want it.

Please continue to pray for our leader in Burkina Faso who returned with these amazing impact reports from Côte d'Ivoire. She is hosting and co-leading the very first French Comprehensive Leadership Training mid-August through September.  The people plan to come from at least 5 Francophone (French speaking) countries in Africa, including 1 or 2 blind people, a missions director, and a Bible school teacher.

USA

An instructor in the USA meets with several people each week and recently sent us this praise from someone in his group.  "... it has left me with the hope of being able to do something I never thought I had in me.   I have never felt, I had any gift of teaching the Word, but today I started to see, that these tools have the power, thru deeper meditation and its revelation, to help facilitate that very ability, even in me.  The stories and story tools stand on their own as teaching tools.  I am convinced that with these tools, treasures in the Word of God can be discovered even by those who don’t necessarily believe in God, or believe that the Word of God IS from God.”

Sudan

An STS team from Africa just conducted a training in Sudan.  They planted new house churches that the Sudanese are leading. By investing in the people these past couple of years, the Sudanese are now leading the training.

The leader reports that believers are multiplying disciples as a result of developing good church planters and instructors in STS.  Along with this, 6 new STS Oral Bible Schools opened in different areas.

Pray for this ministry in Sudan, they lack Bibles in the North and need them. Even though the government says they allow freedom of religion, Bibles sent in large numbers are stopped at the border. 

Could STS Add to What Seminary Students Learn?

A few months ago, a team taught STS at a seminary in the Philippines.  One student recently wrote to an instructor.

"Sir, our class for story telling has help me to be more effective in preaching and teaching. I have used the technique for preaching and it was very good to me and the congregation. This is helpful for all ages of people."

We continue to be grateful to the Lord,

Andrea and the whole staff at TGSP
Executive Director
The God's Story Project

All Together

Prayer & Praise Report #3, April-May 2016

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Can All People Learn Together?

While talking with an STS instructor about the way many Bible studies separate families, such as teens go to one Bible study, and men being separated from women in another study, and children in a different class, the instructor said something profound. "The more literate the Bible studies are, the more division has to happen. This is due to the literate levels and aptitude of people at different ages.” We are blessed that with the oral style of a Simply The Story Bible study, families and people from all age groups can learn together and from each other as they find treasure in the Word of God.

One such example comes to mind. A few years ago, I was invited to do a Bible story with a group in Macedonia. The youngest in the group was 12 and the oldest were in their 70s.

There were at least 2 or 3 different languages being spoken, so translation was needed. Some in the group were believers and some were seekers, so Bible background varied from person to person. I think you get the picture of the challenge. Since it was God's Word we were studying, all were affected and blessed by our time together. I enjoyed watching the faces of our hosts light up as they realized their investment in STS would reach their community, regardless of age, as they were all personally touched by the Word.

How are Oral Bible Schools affecting the students?

In a highly Muzm area of Asia, 9 students graduated from the first Oral Bible School (OBS) in that area. There are even more students who are ready and eager to hide the Word in their hearts. Please continue to pray for all the students and the Oral Bible Schools that are ready to start.

Oral Bible Schools preparing to Launch

We praise the Lord for the work going on in Cote d’Ivoire where our team just finished working with 6 OBS leaders and students, who are preparing to launch several schools soon. The team also recorded 4 languages of God’s Story that will be used in the OBS areas.

During one of the workshop outreaches, 55 people accepted Jesus as Lord. Our leader there reported, "It was a great encouragement for all, and motivation for all the students to go forward with the OBS.”

Quick God’s Story Report

In Europe one couple took the morning off and shared that they stayed in their pajamas to watch God’s Story. She wrote, ”Both of us were profoundly impacted and are brimming with ideas and ways that the combination of the film and story telling (and training) can be passed on...” Praise the Lord for the impact He has on lives through His love, His Word, and His guidance.

Could Bible stories be used in everyday life?

Thailand

One STSer recently wrote to us about how he used a couple of Bible stories in his daily life. "For a week I had been involved in orality training at a conference and on my last night coming home I passed a couple on side of road. Feeling convicted that I should help them, I stopped and then reversed back to them. Their motorcycle had broken down and they needed a ride…. I was able to tell this couple “The Good Samaritan” story and was pleased when the young man answered my questions about why the 2 religious people walked by without helping. This couple thanked us profusely when they left our car."

Does a Simply The Story training affect people?

One STS instructor recently led 2 training classes in India and also introduced STS at two seminaries in the Philippines.

The following are reports that the instructor shared with us from the students at the seminary. (Names

changed for their protection.)

Student Simon, a strong Filipino preacher and M-div candidate wrote, "You know, when I preach, people don't remember what I say; this is more powerful."

Student Maz, a man from India and M-Th candidate, said, "This is more interesting for the people; they can engage in it."

Peter, another student from India who is a Doctor of Missiology candidate describes his experience, "A sermon is like a meal in a fine restaurant--it's good, but you can't enjoy/cook it at home.”

Peter had to leave the workshop early because of an appointment to meet with a Sikh woman and three of her friends. In the STS training Peter had just learned the Jars of Oil story from 2 Kings 4:1-7. He told the ladies that story. At the appointment, one of the women explained that her husband had just left her for another woman and she was in bad debt (though not in danger of losing her children). Additionally, she held on to severe bitterness towards her family and extended family back in her home country because they had mistreated her since childhood; she hasn't seen or talked to them for years. The woman began to cry.

After Peter finished discussing the story with the ladies, she asked him about the God of this story, and he told her about Jesus. She accepted Christ as Savior and began saying God had sent Peter just for her! When she returns to India, she's going to try and reconcile with her family.

How might Simply The Story be integrated in to VBS and Bible Studies?

This report comes from one of our instructors on the team in New Zealand. “The VBS part of the team has had great success in sharing the gospel and seen kids and a couple of adults accept Christ. “We have a worship time every night and have done stories. ‘Karel’ has done 2 stories. For being 17 she is amazing.

“Last night ‘Leander’, a local, who has been here every night and who the pastor said, ‘he never shared anything in church’ has not stopped sharing. He said what he really likes about this method is the freedom to share and explore the Word.”

Eastern Europe

One recent attendee of an STS training implemented what she learned and reported the results on Facebook.

“Did an STS Bible study with our home fellowship group tonight. We def (definitely) had fun! One of the ladies is a non-believer. Man, did she have good spiritual observations!! And the other one is a new believer who just got saved a few weeks ago - she’s never been so enthusiastic about discussions before! Our spiritual applications went on and on. It brought back so many sweet memories from my time….

“What an amazing tool that will never cease to amaze me, inspiring me to fall more in love with my God!”

How might STS encourage us in a difficult situation?

A young lady, who is working towards being an STS instructor, reported about her experience upon landing at a United Kingdom airport. On a previous visit to the UK she had been deported due to a misunderstanding in paperwork. Once again she found herself detained at Immigration.

After waiting in the detention room for more than 5 and a half hours, and following an interview, the border officer said they decided to release her.

The young lady clearly knew this was a spiritual battle and could have been bitter. She described her emotions as, “a bayonet against your throat when you are detained and imprisoned, especially if you've been deported in the past... and how those emotions can linger and poison.” However, she chose to put this behind her. As a result of the time in detention, this young lady shared how the Lord ministered to her.

“As I sat there waiting for hours, pretty numb, I kept hearing Jesus ask, ‘Do you trust me?’ And I had to honestly answer no, I don't, because look what happened last time. So Jesus, if you want me to trust you, you're going to have to make it happen. I asked him for a story, and two bits rose to the top... Mary, sitting at Jesus' feet, quiet, not saying ‘I should have said this or that,’ and what happened? Jesus defended her...” (Luke 10:38-42)

Recounting the second story, she shared, “Moses Rock One, when God's people get led to a place with no water, and they ask, ‘Is the Lord with us or not?’ (Exodus 17:1-7)

The young lady continued, “The story prodded me to recognize that attitude for what it is, and simply wait to see what He would choose to do. God's faithfulness doesn't always look like faithfulness from our perspective, but there are times we get to see it, bright and clear!”

Grateful to the Lord, Andrea

Executive Director

The God's Story Project

Going Deep

Prayer & Praise Report #2, February-March 2016

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Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow!! Going Deep