Builders of Faith BFG: Newsletter July 27th, 2008

Monday, July 28, 2008

Newsletter July 27th, 2008

Thanks to Tim and Tony for filling us in this past Sunday on their amazing trip to Honduras. They were both changed on this trip and see things back home through much different eyes. God is so good! Next week I will be heading off to Ethiopia. Thank you all for your continuted prayers and support! PRAISE...I was able to raise all the funds needed to outfit the orphanage of Axum, Ethiopia with a mattress for each bed. The response was overwhelming when I notified our team that we have them funds.

As for the trip, please pray for
-Travel Mercies
-Unity within our group
-For the receptiveness of the people
-Strength of Mind & Body
-My family back home
-Humility
On August 23rd, Allison Anderson & Dee Dee Anderson are planning a fun family trip to the Mesquite Rodeo. Details below.

Our next Ladies Night will be near the end of August, more details to come. Todd Sanders is working on putting together the next Men's outing and again, more details to come.

VISITORS
We would like to welcome Josh & Sandy Rogers, Christopher & Carissa Parrish, as well as Christopher Heath. It was great having ya'll!!!!

BABY NEWS

Allison and Jay Anderson are pregnant with their second little one.
Courtney and Kevin Chadwick are due in September.
Lisa and Marc Fowler are in the middle of the adoption process and have decided to adopt from Russia

MISSION TRIPS

There are many upcoming Mission opportunities to get involved with here at FBC. Either pick up a Transforming Your World passport in the connection or office or Check out the website for more information www.fbc-mckinney.org. Here you can get detailed information on each of the 27 Trips taking place this year. Below are a variety of trips that members of our class are either looking into or have signed up to go on. Here are trips members are planning to go on...

8/4-8/14 Ethiopia, Africa (Rozalyn Payne)

10/11-10/19 Dominion Republic (Todd & Sharee Sanders, Audra Williams)

**If you are planning on a trip this year but are not on the list above, shoot me an email and let me know. I'd love to list your name and trip

PRAYER REQUESTS AND PRAISES

A friend's daugther of the Sanders, Emily Dubois, has a tumor found near her spine. She is 4 or 5 yrs old

Please pray for Rozalyn's mission trip to Ethiopia

Craig Shaver is currently traveling for work

We have multiple couples in class currently praying that the Lord will bless them with a child. Please keep these families in your prayers!

Dee Dee Anderson's Grandmother, Margaret Schnider's, health is not well.

John Payne's step grandmother, Clodella Bridges, is in the hospital for congestive heart failure

Pray for Kari Lynn's exhusband, Jimmy, as he struggles to understand Kari's wish to homeschool her children

SUNDAY MORNING BREAKFASTS

*Remember all, there is always breakfast on Sunday mornings in our class so come hungry! Here is the Sunday Morning Breakfast list…Dee Dee Anderson will shoot you a reminder prior to your Sunday. You will want to bring breakfast for approximately 20-25 people. Questions: contact Dee Dee Anderson 972-542-5432 or dougdietra@sbcglobal.net
August

3rd ~ Andrea and Jake Gosa

10th ~ Audra and Don Williams

17th ~ Jay and Allison Anderson

24th ~ Christy Johnson

31st ~ Tim and Jennifer Moore

CLASS EVENTS

1. Ladies Night - TBD per Peycia Hart
Date: Late August
Details: more to come

2. Family Night at the Mesquite Rodeo

*Tara has access to FREE tickets:)

Date: Aug 23rd

Time: 8:00pm

Please email Allison to rsvp as soon as possible so they can get a headcount: allih@hotmail.com

2. Men's Fall weekend "FISHING" getaway
Details: Details TBD per Todd Sanders

CHURCH EVENTS

1. Leadership Summit Aug 7-8th

2. New Service times begin Aug 24th....8:30am, 9:45am, and 11:15am

** Go to http://www.fbc-mckinney.org/ for more information on the above events -----------------------------------------------------------------------

~If you would like any further information on our class you are more than welcome to contact, Sharee Sanders, Melissa Shaver, Jennifer Moore, or me.
Have a fantastic week ya’ll! I

n Him, Rozalyn Payne Home Phone 469-742-0447 Sharee & Todd Sanders (Directors) Home Phone 972-571-8854 Melissa & Craig Shaver (Teachers) Home Phone 214.544.8648 Jennifer Moore Home Phone 214-383-3306

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WALKING IN GRACE MINISTRIES

By:Melissa Shaver
I just came back from mission in Lancaster, PA to teach the Word of God during a weekend women's retreat at The Lydia Center. As the trip 'bookends' we also had a carnival on the Thursday night of our arrival and then on Monday morning we did a very special session of pampering. Both of those events were at the Water Street Rescue Mission. The ladies we met at the Lydia Center were people who have agreed that their lives need to be changed from the inside out and they've come into a long-term faith based shelter for women that uses grace as their basis for healing and transformation. This trip was different from past mission trips. We had many that were between the ages of 18 and 22 with a handful at the age of 36-42. They were babies it seemed. Their pasts were full of prison time; and addictions to heroine and cocaine. They are clean currently but for many it's an hourly process of fighting the temptation to run away and get 'numb' to life again. Their lives have had so much abuse and they are desperate for lifechange but they're also fearful because they know no other lifestyle. I think that's what I left with that spoke the loudest to me...they want to be healed but they're afraid of what it'll take and what they'll 'look' like after that transformation. It's too much to imagine. It's truly a day by day process. They are completely isolated...their home is on top of a mountain called 'Grace Plateau' - absolutely beautiful at night looking over the river and bridge with the city lights. The quietness often times drives them crazy...solitude...just them and the Lord. The weekend retreat was one that I've written called 'God's Reality' - never forgotten, always forgiven and forever free. An amazing time of the ladies soaking in God's Word and allowing themselves to respond to His message for their lives. The staff and our Dallas team were just as impacted...God's Word does not come back void. We had large amounts of time of fun and laughter too. One of the 'babies' said that this was her first time to laugh sober! Being a follower of Christ can be a blast!!! Another one said on Sunday - which is an amazing day of affirmation, the Lord's supper and prayer - that she hadn't cried for 2 1/2 years. She was in jail and during that time her husband got cancer and died. She was finally able to grieve and rejoice at the same time...God is healing. The Water Street Rescue Mission was our second focus. We spent Thursday night with their ladies and children for a cool carnival and 'spark in the dark' night; and then on Monday morning we came back with 2 hours of hand and foot massages, praise and worship and a message from God's Word...'The Touch of Jesus.' These ladies were addicts, prostitutes, and mentally ill for the most part. It was unbelievable how quickly the Holy Spirit worked in these lives as we talked with them and gave them foot massages. Many of them had never had anyone look at or touch their feet. Some were apprehensive but as soon as we gave that first pressure on the bottom of their feet they just began to relax and enjoy. It was really healing for some that are on their feet all day with bad shoes. Then, after laughing with them and attending to their physical needs, we gave them the Word and the Director said that the message was exactly where they were. Many tears. God touch their hearts in miraculous ways. The other wonderful thing on this trip was that my Mom was with me! One of our ladies said, 'when I get home there's going to be a change in my house!' She was talking about the urgency to speak Christ to her children and to every person God brought her way. She saw the glory of the Lord and she could never go back the way she was before the trip. I think that's how my Mom was afterwards. We had 4 ladies with us in their late 60's and we called them WOW...women of wisdom. I loved how God brought them on this trip - three were mothers of other ladies and one an aunt. But the ladies at the Lydia Center fell in love with them and saved them seats for worship time and meals. I realized that many of these ladies that we ministered to probably didn't have Moms that loved them and nurtured them. We all need that in our lives...these 4 women filled that craving for many this weekend. God is amazing. I've attached a few pictures from the trip so that you can see the sweet ladies God allowed us the privilege to serve. Thank you for praying for Walking in Grace Ministries in all of these events and for the future ones. I am so greatly privileged to serve with the Lord in this manner. My heart sings!! God loves His children and desperately wants them to know their need of a Savior and allow Him to come into their lives. There's just no other way to be transformed. Please continue to pray for the ministry. God is doing great things. Pray with me to follow His lead...to wait on Him or to run with Him at every turn.

Walking in Grace,Melissa Shaverhttp://www.walkingrace.org/

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