God Stories

Sometimes God reveals himself so clearly that it’s impossible not to see that He is in control of all things. God has just showed himself in so many details lately that we can’t help but want to share 3 stories with you. Yard Worker We were getting ready to welcome new personnel the following day and had arranged for someone to come clean their house and sweep the yard. The house cleaner showed up as planned but the yard worker never showed up. Because of several storms, the yard looked a mess so we begrudgingly went over to do a quick clean of the yard. We had a security company looking after the house while it was empty and the guard started pitching in and helping us. We started talking to him about his hard work ethic and he shared with us how his parents died when he was young and he had to work hard to earn his keep. We asked him if he knew Christ and he said he was searching. This opened a clear door for us to share the gospel with him. He told us how he believed he could pray to his ancestors and they would help him, and we proceeded to share truth with Him about Jesus Christ. If the yard worker had showed up as planned we never would have been able to share Christ with this young man, God is in control even when we think things aren’t going as we had planned, they are His plans.

Lollie’s at the hospital

The other day we went to visit a little boy at the hospital who is part of our children’s Friday ministry. I grabbed some Lollipop’s from my house to share with kids who may be in the room with this little boy. I only had 7 lollipops and just prayed it would be enough. Guess how many little patients were in the room with this little boy…yep, 7. God is so good! We were able to share a lollipop and the hope of Jesus Christ with these sweet children.

Bags at church

Brent’s mom loves making bags for the children here in Botswana and stuffing them with goodies like toothbrushes, soap, face cloths, flip flops, etc. I had 9 bags left over and took them to church after Christmas. During Sunday school, I shared Romans 6:23 and we talked about the “gift of God”. We talked about the true meaning of Christmas and why sometimes we give gifts at Christmas. Over half of the kids didn’t raise their hand when I asked if they got a gift for Christmas. Guess how many kids we had that morning, yep you guessed it…9, exactly how many bags I had left. They each got a gift and heard about the best gift of all, “eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” God is in control!!