SACRIFICE

Hello all,

We are so blessed! God is so good! I keep saying this over and over but it is so true. Tuesday night we had our biggest VBS in all our 31 years with 170 Choctaws coming to VBS. And we are surely praising God for it all. It didn't rain Tuesday except before we left to go to the church and it poured a bit. But then not on our VBS. Praise God!

Last night we had an amazing group for VBS of 162. Another record attendance! Now these numbers I have been reporting are not including the team. All the numbers are Choctaw only! Children and adults!

We have had more God moments on this trip than I have remembered. God is working mightily. We do not come here for us. We come here for the Choctaw people and Jesus! But we are truly blessed when we serve God. I know I am! And I hope the team is!

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Romans 12:1

 And I can tell you this, I have never been so tired in my life! I believe all 24 of us have been a living sacrifice this week. But it is all worship and all Jesus! We couldn't do it without Him!

But be sure to fear the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you.  1 Samuel 12:24

I can only think that we could do nothing less for Him when we consider what He has done for us on the cross. God gave His only Son. And Jesus gave His life for us. For the propitiation of our sins. 

and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world. 1 John 2:2

In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 1 John 4:10

How could we do any less for Him? We are called to give our all to Him because He is our All in All!

Here are some pictures from the last 2 days for you to get a better picture of what we do this for! 











Thank you for your interest and your prayers. We head for home in the morning but tonight we have our last VBS night. Pray for God to be glorified!

Lesbear 

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