A new Vision for a New Season!: God Send Us?

A new Vision for a New Season!: God Send Us?: So as we said in our last blog we were at a standstill at this point . Stephanie new that God was speaking to us and Joe was fighting it too...

God Send Us?

So as we said in our last blog we were at a standstill at this point . Stephanie new that God was speaking to us and Joe was fighting it tooth and nail. The Fear of flying and the lack of trust to raise funds just were too much. Of course we submitted to pray and we new the other would heard from God and it would be settled. Well Joe decided that this fear had to go and started to ask for prayer. We remember going to a service where Dave Duell was preaching. Now Dave had prayed for us many times before and we had seen miracles. One of which is our youngest son, Jesse. The devil said we could not have him but God said different another story for another time. Anyway, Joe went up for prayer totally expecting to be delivered of a chicken spirit. Joe got delivered alright but not of a chicken spirit but of a spirit of control!  Wow "what a deal" as Dave would say. So now we were both in agreement that if God supplied the money to go in time we would go. Joe was still dealing with the fear of flying. The spirit may have been gone but we really didn't have any confirmation yet. Joe was pretty convince the money would not come in. One day a business man at church told Joe to stop by his office that he wanted to help us a little with the mission. Well time was pretty much up and we needed more than a little to go. Joe prayed "ok God if you really are telling us to do this it has to be you". As Joe went up to the mans office his secretary handed Joe a envelope. The long ride down in the elevator was a interesting one. Joe opened the envelope and found a check for $2000!!! Oh No we have to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! God had spoken! Stephanie's faith and trust won out. Sometimes as a couple one of us has to take the reigns and seek the Lord for Gods best! Well now to prepare for the trip to Denmark and Sweden.

A new Vision for a New Season!: A new Vision for a New Season!: God send us?

A new Vision for a New Season!: A new Vision for a New Season!: God send us?: A new Vision for a New Season!: God send us? : It has been a while since we last blogged. So we want to get back in the blogging saddle , so...

A new Vision for a New Season!: God send us?

A new Vision for a New Season!: God send us?: It has been a while since we last blogged. So we want to get back in the blogging saddle , so to speak. We want to tell a story about our jo...

A new Vision for a New Season!: God send us?

A new Vision for a New Season!: God send us?: It has been a while since we last blogged. So we want to get back in the blogging saddle , so to speak. We want to tell a story about our jo...

God send us?

It has been a while since we last blogged. So we want to get back in the blogging saddle , so to speak. We want to tell a story about our journey as we have tried to serve the Lord! We hope that you will enjoy some of these stories of how we came to taking the step into going to the Nations and what it has meant to us on our family. Way back in 1985 when the Lord healed our marriage and as we started to receive and walk in His healing we started ministering to marriages, we were very content to do it here in the US in the comfort of our home. When we started dating back in 1975 Stephanie had a call on her life to be a Medical Missionary and gave it all up to get married. As you may have known we were not equally yoked and Joe was not a Christian even when we did get married. So Stephanie has always had the missionary call on her life. Joe was a Denver Police Detective and worked in the Homicide Unit from 1986 til 1987 so he had all the adventure he needed. We ministered to marriages in Nova Shalom which became Marriage Ministered International in 1993. Oh by the way Joe in all he had been through in the police department had a fear issue when it cam to flying so of course God was content in us being content. In 1991 Joe found a letter in the mail box from Todd and Candi Halberg who were the National Directors for MMI at the time. Joe opened the letter and started to sweat and shake. The letter was asking us to consider being on the International training team and there was a Training Weekend coming up in Denmark and Sweden if we were interested.  NO WAY! Joe had never been on a commercial airliner and wasn't about to make his first time to Scandinavia! He actually flew a small plane in High School in a Aeronautics class but that was when he had no brains or fear and now NO WAY! After all you don't know if those pilots are any good. Forget trusting them and of course God would understand Joe not trusting Him. Yep Joe was willing to face 5 guys with guns before he would get on a plane. So as Joe brought the letter in the house the only way he knew he would not have to worry is to not tell Stephanie about the letter. WHAT! Boy was that not what we taught! So after Joe finally showed Stephanie the letter and saw her face light up like a light bulb and get all excited he began to tremble and give every excuse in the book why it couldn't be done. "We have to raise our own money! How can we do that?" " How can I get time off work to do that?" "We just can't do that , who will watch our kids?" Well Joe went on and on and on!!! What was it that was holding him back? Could we at least pray about this? "NO!" we aren't doing it. Now the journey begins.....