Back into fitness ;-) yeee harrrr

Well these two good fit legs of mine have started doing Jacobs Ladder again, after a very long break! I just found this little blurb about the ladder while surfing the Net...

"Jacob's Ladder is not for the faint hearted. Just short of 300 hundred steps will take you on a steep 43 metre descent from Cliff Street down to Mounts Bay Road. If you are after a good workout or are training up for a big mountain climb adventure, this is the place for you.

So the saying goes that "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." Well, the equivalent saying in relation to exercise is that "A step up and down Jacobs Ladder keeps those pounds away".

The challenge of Jacob's Ladder is to run, walk, (and eventually stagger if you are not fit!) up and down around 300 hundred steps (242 steps and counting).

Jacob's Ladder is located at the end of Cliff Street which marks the boundary of Kings Park. The descent will take you to Mounts Bay Road. It surely gets that cardio vascular system working and if you are a regular visitor to Jacobs Ladder, you will get a chance to chat to those friendly Perth locals who are doing it again every day" - taken from this web page.

Yup, that pretty much sums it up. Having not done the ladder for maybe six months, my legs are incredibly sore and keep complaining. Monday i went with Kristin. Today, i was going to go with Kristin and Luke, but Kristin piked out on me because it was raining and Luke forgot his gear! Never mind, there's plenty more days. It is so lovely running in the rain. You'd think it would be cold, but it's not at all. It just feels so refreshing and pure. I'm sure the Holy Spirit is with me all the time ;-)

We overcome by the words of our testimony

Today I stood up during Chapel time at college and testified through streams of tears about how great our Lord Jesus is and how He proved faithful to me in a time of great need. I also typed up what I said and that’s shown below. Afterwards, I had heaps of people come up to me and thank me and say how awesome my testimony was. I was overwhelmed with love for the wonderful God I serve.

My Testimony
On Wednesday, 25 June 2008, I became an aunt for the first time to a beautiful healthy baby girl named Angelina Grace. This was a miracle in itself because prior to the pregnancy, my sister had multiple miscarriages, and during this pregnancy, she was very ill. On the Monday before she delivered her baby, she had gone for a routine scan, but returned with a negative report. The obstetrician suggested that the baby had an abnormal heart (reflected in the baby’s low heart rate) and said that the umbilical cord was twisted around the baby’s neck, so my sister was booked in for an induced delivery.

At Victory Life Centre, where I am currently studying, some of the prayer warriors and I got together and rebuked the bad hospital report (in Jesus name) and prayed words of life over my sister and her baby. We stood together in faith and declared that they would both be well in Jesus name. Consequently, my sister had an incredibly smooth and quick delivery and her baby was completely healthy, despite being very small (just over 2kg).

However, within her first few days of life, the baby didn’t take to breastfeeding very well and by Saturday, she had developed jaundice, along with its associated symptoms of having the baby’s skin turn a sickly yellow colour and a loss of 10% of her body weight (which is a lot to lose for a baby born three weeks premature). That morning, my mum received a very emotional phone call from my sister, who believed her baby would die. She managed to convince mum that the baby was dying and all morning, they would not stop declaring that Angelina was about to die, despite my pleas to not say that because we learnt in Bible college (in Ps Mandy McKenzie’s unit - Power of Your Words) that “death and life are in the power of the tongue” – Proverbs 18:21 and that we need to be very selective in the choice of words we use in the circumstances we face.

In my frustration, I retreated to my room to study for my upcoming college exams. As I opened my study notes for Ps Gail McMillan’s unit - Prayer Workshop II, I remembered that we were told that the Holy Spirit speaks to us (believers) every day. So I paused for a moment and said “ok, Holy Spirit, what is it that You would say to me now?” and I felt so clearly that He said to drive to the hospital, lay hands on the baby and anoint her with oil. I hurriedly opened my study notes from Ps Barbara Oldfield’s unit - Christ the Healer, and familiarised myself with those methods of healing. We were told to anoint the forehead of a sick person with oil and make the sign of a cross – in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. We were also told that the Bible says that when a believer lays hands on the sick, the Holy Spirit imparts healing power to that person – we just need to be obedient and use our hands in faith to see the healing manifest. I also noted the methods of using the name of Jesus and words of Scripture.

Then I went back to my study notes for Ps Gail’s unit on prayer and read about the prayer of agreement. According to Matthew 18:19-20, if two Christians agree in prayer for something (and have no doubt or unbelief) then Jesus is there in their midst and our Heavenly Father will answer our prayers. So I rang up a friend from Bible college, Josie, and we agreed in prayer for Angelina. While we were praying, she told me that she heard the Holy Spirit say to tell me to go to the hospital and anoint the baby with oil, but in particular, to anoint her mouth with oil and command her to eat. She also said that the Holy Spirit said I needed to pray in tongues.

Subsequently, I started singing in tongues as I jumped in the car and headed to the hospital – about a 40 minute drive away. About halfway to the hospital, I realised I was no longer singing in tongues, but actually in English and the followings words: “Angelina will not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord” – Psalm 118:17 modified. I was a bit shocked to hear the words I was singing, but felt a deep peace come over me. When I got to the hospital, I laid hands on Angelina, anointed her with oil, commanded her to be well in Jesus name and then thanked God that He is Jehovah Rapha - Our Healer and prayed every Scripture I could think of over her. The Holy Spirit brought many scriptures to remembrance – they just kept coming out. These included Psalm 107:20, Proverbs 4:22, Isaiah 53:4-5, Psalm 91, Psalm 27, Isaiah 54:17 and more!

About two hours later, I was standing beside Angelina with my sister when I suddenly heard a familiar voice at the door asking me if I’d like a cup of tea. I turned around to see a beautiful girl from second year Bible college, Hilda, and it turns out that she works in that hospital every now and then. I invited her to see my niece and she said to me that the Holy Spirit had said to her to tell me that “the baby will not die, but live”. She said that it seemed like a strange thing to say to someone when they had just introduced their niece to you for the first time, perhaps even a bit dramatic!, but she was just being obedient to the Holy Spirit. That touched me so much as a remembered the song I sang in the car on the way to the hospital.

I left my sister and her baby about an hour later to go home.

Apparently, all night the baby drank and drank and drank. By morning, God had miraculously restored her health and she was discharged from hospital around lunch time. I know without a doubt that it was God who healed my little niece (shown below at 23 days old) and that all the things I am learning in Bible college are actually extremely useful and applicable to my circumstances. Praise God!

Double her birthweight!

My beautiful little niece has now doubled her birthweight to 4.5kg - glory to God ;-) I cannot belive she has grown so much. Funny how you don't notice it. This is Angelina with her proud mummy, taken today at 21 days old ;-P

Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things

Yesterday, I went to a big shopping mall that I used to spend a lot of money in (especially on nice work clothes), back in the days when I had a high paid job. It was the weirdest feeling being there because I hadn’t realised how much I have separated myself from the things of this world since I started Bible college. By the things of this world, I mean worldly passions like carelessly spending money on stuff I don’t need (which could be much better spent on fellow students who can’t even afford basic necessities or my little sponsor child in Haiti whose family is struggling to find food to eat), wasting lots of time meandering through shops and letting things pass my eyes that grieve the Holy Spirit – things like massive posters advertising horror movies, magazines filled with scantily dressed people with poor moral standards, new age rubbish, even some of the people - smoking, swearing, trapped in the materialism of this world…

For the last six months, I have spent hours studying the Word of God, reading Godly literature, praying, worshipping God and fellowshipping with people who love God with all their hearts, who are not materialistic or selfish. The whole atmosphere of the shopping mall was an extreme contrast to the atmosphere I have been in. I actually felt like I was from another planet and I was filled with overwhelming sadness sensing how lost the people around me were and how the things of this world have deceived them into a false sense of security. I left without buying anything. I just wanted to get out.

At night, I sat and read the Word of God and prayed a few psalms over my family. As I did so, I felt God’s presence all around me and I started weeping. In the early hours of the morning I experienced the most amazing thing. It was like a dream, only I was semi-awake, so I guess it was more like a closed vision… like, you know you are awake, however, your physical senses are temporarily suspended.

I was sitting in a room and facing a massive window. Then the window opened and I could see the most incredible panoramic vision of planets and stars and all sorts of lights. They were moving all around me. It was so spectacular, it was like I was on some sort of aircraft up in the solar system. I don’t watch TV or movies and read very little secular literature and so it was like nothing I have ever seen before. The whole time I was thinking about how Josie had shared with me that once she was translated in the spirit into heaven and she said it was absolutely beautiful, like a new earth filled with peace and nothing evil. She said the grass was so green and lush and it just bounced back up when she walked on it... such a sweet fragrant place. The Bible tells us that each of us is a spirit, we live in a body and we have a soul. I wonder if i was actually being translated in the spirit realm.

I awoke with the scripture that Ps Ginny gets us to pray all the time “Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things from your Law” [Psalm 119:18] and I also had a song on my heart that goes: "Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in His wonderful face, and the things of earth will grow strangely dim, in the light of His glory and grace". Somewhere in the book of Revelation, I think, it talks about how God will create a new heaven and a new earth for us for when we die – but only those who have accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior will go to it.

There are so few people that i can share this vision with. My family just don't understand. Oh the things of God are so amazing. I wish they knew how much it is worth it - the sacrifices of following Jesus are so worth it.

Turn your eyes upon Jesus,Look full in His wonderful face,And the things of earth will grow strangely dim,In the light of His glory and grace.

El Shadaii - the God of More Than Enough

This post is to remind me of how great God is in that He provided me with some really snazzy designer clothes recently, after I had been only really been thinking about how i'd really like some nice jeans, a pair of unique boots and a denim jacket that was better than the average boring plain type that so many people have. Being a hunble student, i couldn't afford the expensive price tag that comes with high class clothes! Well, glory to God, He miraculously got me some Guess jeans, a pair of funky red leather boots and a tailored designer denim jacket ...pretty kewl. Thanks to my Father in Heaven ;-)

Malachi 3:10 says that He will open up His floodgates of Heaven and pour out abundant blessings on us and Ephesians 3:20 says that He is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us.

When you devote an entire year of your life to study the Word of God and seek Him with all your heart, He rewards you. He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him (Hebrews 11:6). I thought bible college felt like a huge sacrifice because I quit my full-time, highly paid permanent job, but it turns out that I have received way beyond everything I have needed and the last six months have been the most blessed days in my life, despite all the challenges.

Airport parking is expensive

This morning i got up at 3:00 am to drive my friend, Josie, to Perth Domestic Airport. I dropped her and her luggage at the Quantas entrance, then parked my car in the "fastparking" area, before racing in to help her check-in. We got her boarding pass, queued in the luggage area, then she walked through the scanning section. Only 22 minutes later, i returned to my car and got a rude shock. It cost $30 just to park for 22 minutes!!! I am so glad we went early and that i decided not to stay for coffee.

Full-on week so far

Been on hols this week and so far, it has been really busy! Bernard Blessing was in town again, so my friend Josie and I went to four of his five lonnnnng preaching nights down in Perth Christian Life Centre. He was great, as usual, and very funny. On the last night (which was Sunday), he was still talking at midnight and i was so sleepy, i just had to leave at about quarter past twelve. On the way home, i got pulled over by the cops and fined $100 and lost three demerit points for not driving with my lights on - dulp! Just shows how tired i was.

Monday, i got up and bought breaky before heading to Josie's house to eat it with her. I knew she didn't have much money on her, so i wanted to feed her a meal. Then we hung together all day - i sat and wrote out my exam notes, while she did lots of chores around the house. In the arvo, Mason dropped in to collect Josie's spare mattress for his new african house mate. We hung together for a few hours.

Tuesday, i drove to Josie's house again and we went to the library and booked her air ticket for NZ. I can't get over how different the prices are depending on what time and day you fly. Because we are so close to her departure date, the airfare costs a lot anyway, but the prices ranged between $415 and $1,500 for the same one way trip!!! Just as we booked the cheapest, the computer had an error message and when we went back on, somehow that ticket was no longer available. I think someone else must have booked it fast. So, i managed to get her a ticket for $500. I paid half her fare because she couldn't afford it. Man, i am a good friend! Then later, i shouted Mason and Josie to pizza at Mason's new work place, which is a small Italian pizza shop in Dalkeith. We had a wonderful time. It only cost $50 for the three of us to eat three pizzas and some beautiful warm bread with a vinegarette sauce and three coffees and three soft drinks. That was because Mason's boss gave us a huge discount.

On Wednesday, we visited Josie's daughter, Estelle, who has a 4-month old baby called "Perth Melody". She lives up in Morley. I also had the privilege of meeting Estelle's 21 yr old son, Lance, and his 23 yr old cousin, Quinton. I couldn't get over the fact that Estelle is only 35 and has so many kids! Nice to start young - she had her first in her teenage years. Being Maori's, they were all gorgeous-looking. Apparently, Lance and Quinton told Estelle in Mouldi (their native tongue) that they thought i was pretty. Ha ha, how sweet.

Today it is Thursday and i am fighting off a cold. Yesterday, i couldn't even talk, but i knew how important it was to Josie to see her daughter and cos she didn't have a car, i felt like i simply had to go. Pretty awful meeting people for the first time and hardly being able to talk. It was so worth it though. They welcomed me into their beautiful BIG family with open arms.

Mum doesn't actually know i'm on holidays because i didn't tell her and have been out all days. I am sick of living here with her and Julz, Julz' new baby, Julz' immoral bf, Grunde, and five German Shepherds! It is just crazy. I know God has a beautiful unit somewhere for me, but i need to wait for His timing - oh where is it Lord!?

What a little angel

These are some more recent snaps of my beautiful niece, taken yesterday. She is nine days old today ;-) Her big blue eyes just make me melt inside ...so precious.

Victory Life Bible Training Centre

These are some of my wonderful brothers and sisters at college. We are just like one big happy family. I love them all heaps. They come from so many different nations ;-)

My little angel niece

On Friday, my sister was going to come home from hospital and then the paediatrician checked Angelina and said she had lost 10% of her body weight because she had not been eating - she hasn't taken to breastfeeding much. Anyway, Jules was very upset and emotional. Yesterday arvo, mum heard a voice say that my niece was going to die. I knew that wasn't God because God only gives good gifts and brings life, not death, and the Bible says that the devil comes to steal, kill and destroy (John 10:10).

It made me feel uneasy and so I rang up a fellow prayer warrior (Josie) and we prayed in agreement with eachother (Matthew 18:19-20) and declared God's words of life over my niece. We claimed God's promise of healing from Proverbs 4:22 and Psalm 107:2o and thanked God that He is Jehovah Rapha, our Healer, and that by His stripes on the cross some 2,000 years ago, Angelina was healed. Then i heard the Holy Spirit tell me to go and lay hands on Angelina and annoint her with oil. When i told Josie that, she said she heard that too and that she felt the Spirit say i was meant to annoint Angelina's mouth as well as her forehead (with a cross as i declared her annointed and appointed in the Name of the Father, His Son and the Holy Spirit). She also told me to start praying in tongues.

After we got off the phone, i got in the car and started singing in tongues. Then i found myself singing very loudly "Angelina will not die, but live and declare the works of the Lord" [Psalm 118:17 modified]. I kept singing that over and over. When i got to the hospital, about 40 minutes later, i prayed over my beautiful niece and annointed her and all. About two hours later, i heard a familiar voice ask if i'd like a cup of tea and i turned around to see Hilda - a beautiful girl in 2nd year Bible college. We were both surprised to see eachother - it turns out that she works int he hospital Jules was in. Anyway, she came in and i showed her my niece and she said she had heard my testimony. She said to me, she felt the Holy Spirit tell her to say to me that the baby will not die but live. She thought it was a very unusual thing to say, but was just being obedient! I told her how the Spirit has said the exact same thing to me in the car! Amazing. It was so nice to get that confirmation.

Afterwards, Jules made the big decision to feed Angelina on formula milk, rather than breastfeed her and i think it was a good decision because Angelina drank about 70 mL straight away - a huge relief to all of us because she has had very little over the last few days and has had a bit of jaundice because of the lack of nutrition.

Agggh, what a day! I went home in peace, knowing my little angel will be restored to perfect health. The Lord spoke to me in February this year and said "The Lord will perfect that which concerns me" [Psalm 138:8]. I am so grateful I have Him in my life! Angelina is safe in His big hands. Praise God.

Welcome to Angelina Grace

That's the name my sister finally chose for her baby. Pretty cute really ;-) Both mother and baby are doing well. They are still in hospital cos Angelina hasn't taken to breastfeeding yet.

Created in His image...

Today my sister's baby came into the world and praise God it was a really quick, smooth delivery with a healthy bundle of joy as an outcome ;-) We had a bit of a scare on Monday when Julz went to have her scan, because apparently the baby's heart rate was too slow and the obstetrician suggested that the baby was unwell, hence the baby was induced today. It is 37 weeks this week, so effectively three weeks prior to the full term target date.

Anyway, I gathered together my faithful prayer warrior friends and we rebuked the Dr's bad report and declared God's words of life over the baby. I have no doubt there was a supernatural intervention. How awesome. The baby girl (yet to be named) is soooooooo cute! It has light brown hair and its eyes are light - possibly blue or grey, kinda hard to tell at this stage. It is such a beautiful little precious miracle ;-) Aggghh, big sigh of relief to all of us!

Trust Him

Went to Josie's house after college today with Hariet and the three of us prayed together and took communion and had arvo tea. It was really sweet. We prayed for the unit that i'm going to moving into and Josie said the Holy Spirit told her to say that i just need to trust Him and listen to His quiet small voice for direction - then He will lead me to where i need to go to find it. It may be just talking to someone or through an advert or the Internet. WHo knows, but i know i'd prefer to find it through someone at church.... like a sweetheart deal for a nice tenant, who will keep the place looking immaculate.

Another baby update

Apparently, the Dr said that if Julz has not delivered her baby within the next week, she will facilitate the delivery so she delivers the baby on Friday next week! Wow

First night with Julz and two dogs!

Last night was a hard night - the first night that Julz and her two BIG German Shepherds have slept over. I gave her my orthopaedic mattress, only to realise afterwards that the second mattress underneath it isn't actually another mattress, but rather just a rock hard base that cannot be slept on ;-( ...so i had to sleep upstairs in the room we set up as a baby room. It was absolutely freezing and having Julz sleeping over changed the spiritual atmosphere of the house, so it was challenging trying to sleep. I tossed and turned all night.

In the early hours of the morning, I had a vision of Ps Judy's face (Ps Judy is the Dean of the college). Then when i woke up, the verse from Joshua 1:9 came to mind. It says "Have i not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage. Do not be afraid, nor be dismayed for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go". I went up to her today and told her and she said that that is a verse that she says to herself every day. What was amazing is that Heidi stood up in our prayer class today with Ps Gail and shared the exact same verse, saying that God gave it to her. I think God's trying to tell me something....

Julz and mum have gone to see Dr Margo now to have another scan done. Mum felt the Lord say that the baby is coming VERY soon. It'll be interesting to hear what Dr Margo has to say. It's 36 weeks now for Julz baby.

Moving boxes

Am totally stuffed. At 6:30am, mum and i left home to drive all the way up to Julz's house where we met yet another removal van man from a different company to what we used a couple of weeks ago, to move the rest of Julz's stuff. She hadn't even packed a lot of the stuff, so we frantically had to empty the cupboards and shelves. Grunde was there, trying to scam what he could. All her bf's are total jerks. This one is not even the father of her baby - uuurgh...

Anyway, Julz just has so much stuff it's not funny. Last time we moved half of her stuff, it cost mum $635 for four hours worth of work. This time it cost me $500 for three hours of work. Julz just has no money left to pay for things like this, so mum and i have to wear it. It's made me feel ill at times just thinking about the extreme waste of money. One day, she will be completely transformed. Her mind will be renewed and we'll all have peace of mind. I can't wait for that day.

Last Thursday, i met with Ps Barbara to tell her all that concerns me. She came from an absolutely horrific background, so i knew she would understand. Other people just have no idea. She told me to find a unit and move out of the situation, because it's only when i make a clear break that i can help Julz and mum properly. Ps Barbara said that she used to cry every time someone told her to give her testimony and that was a clear sign she was not out of it entirely. She said something really important that really hit me hard - i can definitely see the reality of it.

She said that while i keep cleaning up after Julz and remaining quiet every time she doesn't tell the truth, that i am actually supporting her bad habits, encouraging her to maintain them and preventing her from realising that she needs help in getting her life straightened out. The devil is the father of all lies and i am giving the devil ground by not speaking up. She said i need to confront her and tell her that what she is doing is not right (i.e. lying about the father and all...).

Oh well, i have started looking for a new home though. Josie had a vision of it. Funny how things ahead of us are all known already by God.

Sooooooooo cute

This has gotta be one of the cutest babies i've ever seen - born to a white Australian mum and a black Kenyan dad. Just gorgeous. His name is Isaac and he belongs to Penny and Andrew.

Wisdom from the Apostle John

Bible college is going really well. It is what enables me to keep my peace of mind and the revelations I receive, really charge me up.

I am currently preparing for a class discussion we are about to have for one subject called the Books of John. In it, we have to talk about the following two verses among many other aspects in the Gospel of John and the three Epistles of John.

In 1 John 2:15, the Apostle John warns us to “not love the world or the things of the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in Him”. We were asked what this passage was saying about worldliness. My response:

The world or the things of the world include: lusts of the flesh (i.e. passions, sensual delights and enjoyment); lusts of the eye (i.e. pleasures, gold, silver, riches, stately houses, rich gardens, etc…); and pride of life (i.e. pursuits, high titles and ranks, honor, dignitaries).

When we fix our affection on worldly objects / visible things, or put our trust in them and make them our treasure, there are detrimental consequences. They become supreme in our lives and take the place reserved for God. They also:
· destroy the influence of truth
· delude men into a state of false security
· mould the activities and plans of life
· lead to religious apostasy
· facilitate false worship; and
· are unprofitable.

If people only knew what they were getting into! I am so grateful, I managed to overcome the biggest stronghold in my life last year, which was to put my career above God and to pursue all the worldly pleasures that went along with it – i.e. position title and honor, a nice place to live, nice car, flash clothes … it really is a trap you fall into in life. Everyone around you in work competes with you to get higher paid jobs and more prestige. Accordingly, people commit to big mortgages and in doing so, they lock themselves into working long hours with people who don’t honor God and then missing God’s ultimate plan for their lives.

In 2 John 11, the Apostle John warns us against supporting people who embrace false doctrines “for he who greets him shares in his evil deeds”. We were asked what we were being warned of and why. My response:

We are warned against doing anything which may assist false teachers to further their evil works (wrong teaching). This may include things like entertaining them in our homes, being hospitable, financially supporting them, temporarily providing accommodation to them, encouraging them, blessing them and wishing success upon these people who embrace false doctrines. By doing these things, we are effectively propagating their errors, being accessories for them, identifying and partaking in their deeds and assisting the anti-Christ! This is because the outcome of their teaching deludes souls, opposes Christ and undermines the glory and kingdom of Jesus Christ. Saints cannot have fellowship and communion with the anti-Christ at the same time. We cannot support them because God strongly opposes falsehood, seduction and sin.

The revelation of the meaning of this passage really hit me hard because I have had many friends over the years who have believed all kinds of garbage, things like New Age stuff (e.g. clairvoyants, fortune tellers, astrology, numerology, tarot cards and occult practices), Bhuddism, Hinduism, B’Hai, etc… none of which will lead them into Heaven, into eternity with our Lord Jesus, who created the world and everything in it. I suppose if I had been in a position of providing them with a spare bedroom to sleep in if they were in town and needed somewhere to stay while they attended a conference of some false doctrine, I may have considered letting them stay with me. I may also have allowed them to come over and have lunch or dinner with me….. but my Father in Heaven forbids it, and now I totally understand why! …because it would assist in helping them or strengthening them in their wrong beliefs, which would help the demonic influence inside them get a foothold into other peoples’ lives. I want more people I know to spend eternity in Heaven, rather than hell.

Where would I wear this dress?

This is a rather unusual dress that Julz gave me. She said someone bought it for her and its never fitted her. It fits me perfectly, though I am not sure where I would wear it to .... hmmmmm, maybe to an art exhibition? I quite like it. It's very different.

A channel for blessings to flow through

About six months ago, I inherited a stash of beautiful clothes from Julz. There were pretty feminine shirts, formal business tops, formal jackets, work dresses and more! Unfortunately, most of the clothes were a couple of sizes too big for me, so I purposed in my heart to give them to someone at bible college. The other day, my friend, Helen, commented that she was going to go next door to the Community Services section of Victory Life Centre and get some tops to wear.... and it then hit me she would be about the right size for all Julz' clothes.... so I told her to wait and I would bring her some clothes the next day.

Josie and I went to the prayer meeting on Thursday night and because the clothes were in the car, we prayed over them - that God would annoint them and that when Helen put them on, she would be clothed in His presence, filled with joy and healed. Anyway, so I lugged the clothes to college on Friday (about 30 items) and gave them to her. I couldn't wait to give them to her and she was so excited to receive them. It turns out that they are a perfect match for her. How awesome!!! She was so ecstatic, she text messaged me a few times saying how blessed she was. Funny how something of so little value to someone who has a lot of money and possessions, can be of such great value to someone with so little. I feel blessed being the link in the middle to pass on the blessings, especially to someone who was so unbelievably grateful. Here are a sample of the clothes ...