This past Tuesday was Michaele’s birthday!! I (Brent) had been worried that this might possibly be a hard day for Michaele in that she would be away from home..
BUT …
God had plans for Michaele.
The day before her birthday Michaele received a call from one of the leaders of the New Hope center asking her if she could come over at 4 as the kids wanted to celebrate their “Thanksgiving Time” with her. New Hope center is a home operated by Elizabeth and Tracy Hynd along with their staff that have adopted 40 orphaned children. We arrived at 4pm and the children sang songs of praise to God for all he had given to them that day and than began to “thank” God for Michaele on her Birthday. It was an awesome event to take part in with 40 plus people thanking God for the life of my wife Michaele. The girls there had also purchased Michaele a gift (a coffee mug) which she especially enjoyed as she loves coffee. After that each child came up to Michaele and gave her a blessing in their own way..some blessed her with the fruits of the spirit..others blessed her with a hug if they were to young to say something.
After that Michaele and I came home and made Chilli and corn bread for about 7 of our new friends who came over to celebrate Michaele’s birthday. For some of them it was their first time having chilli and corn bread. At the end of the day being able to watch Michaele relax and enjoy herself with new friends drinking out of her new mug I was praising God for taking care of our needs ..even going far beyond our needs by making Michaele’s birthday very special for her.
The next day Michaele received a notice from the post office that there was a package for her. We picked it up and it was from BFC thru their links program. It was a great reminder to us that there as SOOOOOOOOOO many praying for us and supporting our ministry here in Swaziland.
Many thanks to our God and to the people of God for taking such good care of my wife.
BUT …
God had plans for Michaele.
The day before her birthday Michaele received a call from one of the leaders of the New Hope center asking her if she could come over at 4 as the kids wanted to celebrate their “Thanksgiving Time” with her. New Hope center is a home operated by Elizabeth and Tracy Hynd along with their staff that have adopted 40 orphaned children. We arrived at 4pm and the children sang songs of praise to God for all he had given to them that day and than began to “thank” God for Michaele on her Birthday. It was an awesome event to take part in with 40 plus people thanking God for the life of my wife Michaele. The girls there had also purchased Michaele a gift (a coffee mug) which she especially enjoyed as she loves coffee. After that each child came up to Michaele and gave her a blessing in their own way..some blessed her with the fruits of the spirit..others blessed her with a hug if they were to young to say something.
After that Michaele and I came home and made Chilli and corn bread for about 7 of our new friends who came over to celebrate Michaele’s birthday. For some of them it was their first time having chilli and corn bread. At the end of the day being able to watch Michaele relax and enjoy herself with new friends drinking out of her new mug I was praising God for taking care of our needs ..even going far beyond our needs by making Michaele’s birthday very special for her.
The next day Michaele received a notice from the post office that there was a package for her. We picked it up and it was from BFC thru their links program. It was a great reminder to us that there as SOOOOOOOOOO many praying for us and supporting our ministry here in Swaziland.
Many thanks to our God and to the people of God for taking such good care of my wife.
happy late- B daty sorry about being busy.
ReplyDeleteHi, Brent and Michaele,
ReplyDeleteSO happy you had such a special day on your birthday!
Keven thinks about you often. He stops and looks at your picture.
He just got back from spending 3 days at Handicamp (Round Lake Christian Assembly)! He had a good time.
Thanks for the updates.
Prayerfully with happy thoughts,
Keven and Janice
Michaele, so glad you had a great birthday and that all continues to go well there. We continue to pray for you regularly. Julianna received a globe beach ball at the fireworks the other night and wanted us to help her find Swaziland on the ball. :-) Hope all continues to go well for you. God Bless.
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Hi, Michaele,
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I hope your birthday was a happy one. Seems like yesterday I was holding you in my arms at Christmastime. God has done wonders in your life and so much more to come!!
Love,
Uncle Randy
such a cute picture dude!
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