Blown Away by The Annie Moses Band!

It's Sunday afternoon. I'm snuggled under the covers ready to read and nap (not necessarily in that order). It's thundering and lightening outside.with sleet peppering down. When we left church, there were snowflakes mixed in with the hail sized sleet.... Just another March day in Oklahoma.  Even this Snow Princess is tired of cold wet weather. James Taylor should write a sequel to his song "Fire and Rain", he could all it "Thunder and Ice". Even though it's 10 outside, I'm still feeling the warmth from the amazing church service this morning at Ray of Hope. Dad worked the Welcome desk with us and we were graced by "The Annie Moses Band". We were worried due the weather they might not make it, but they did. Despite the horrid weather conditions and being behind schedule, they took the stage like the professionals. They were friendly, warm  and gracious as I showed them to their area. When they began to play, I was completely blown away by their sheer passion for music and excellence. To those who believe the hymns of yesterday are outdated and are longer relevant, take a second listen to see how it's done. Their passion came from the marrow of their bones and radiated out; a visual representation of the incense of praise. If you haven't heard of them, I encourage you to look them up on YouTube. They are in a class all their own and if you have the chance to see them, I highly recommend you do, I can promise you won't be disappointed. They will warm your soul.

Aja, Seth & Jordan, Haiti 2012

This is the Future of Haiti

These bright faces are the future of Haiti

"Jesus saith unto them, come and dine" John 21:12

Ecclesiastes 4:9
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

Deuteronomy 28:47
Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;

Psalm 37:7
Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him:

Psalm 122:1
I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.

Headed to school

"He ain't heavy, he's my brother"

No longer alone

Proverbs 22:6

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Send Me Missions, Changing the World One Life at a Time

My son just returned from his second mission trip to Africa. He is living a life that is poured out to others and dedicated solely to Christ.

Isaiah 53:12
Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

 Genesis 21:18
Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”

Matthew 9:37
Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.

Genesis 27:28
May God give you heaven’s dew and earth’s richness— an abundance of grain and new wine.

Matthew 9:38
Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”

John 4:36
Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together.

Jeremiah 31:4
I will build you up again, and you, Virgin Israel, will be rebuilt. Again you will take up your timbrels and go out to dance with the joyful.

1 Chronicles 13:2

He then said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you and if it is the will of the LORD our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our people throughout the territories of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites who are with them in their towns and pasturelands, to come and join us

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Ray of Hope Send Me Missions... Changing the world, one life at a time.

The Children of Africa

There are no pictures of Africa that depict it's beauty more than the face of a child. I'd like to capture their cheeks in my hands as their faces have captured my heart.

Matthew 19:14
Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

Mark 9:37
“Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.”

Luke 10:21
At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.

Nehemiah 9:23
You made their children as numerous as the stars in the sky, and you brought them into the land that you told their parents to enter and possess.

Psalm 90:16
May your deeds be shown to your servants, your splendor to their children.

Psalm 127:3
Children are a heritage from the LORD, offspring a reward from him.

Proverbs 22:6
Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.

Matthew 18:5
And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.

James 1:27
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

Luke 9:48
Then he said to them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For it is the one who is least among you all who is the greatest.”

1 Thessalonians 5:5
You are all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness.

Revelation 21:7
Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children.

Ray of Hope Send Me Missions, Changing the World One Life at a Time