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“You
are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me
with songs of deliverance.” Selah Psalm 32:7
“And
now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me; therefore I will
offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle; I will sing, yes, I will sing
praises to the Lord.” Psalm 27:6
We
began preparing for our next trip during the last few weeks of April. Charley changed the oil in the
car and I went about the house gathering items to pack. The Lord gave us direction
to go to Kansas City May 3-8 for the college graduation of the young man who is
to marry our goddaughter and for their wedding. Father gave us very special
visits with some of the family and then we had many divine opportunities to
speak life into many of their friends. It was an exciting weekend! We love keeping
Father’s appointments and watching Him do His miraculous work. All we have to do is be
obedient to speak what He tells us and see how the Holy Spirit works in
people’s lives. The graduation was so special! It was the culmination of much
prayer, study and perseverance. Much healing has taken place in this young man’s
life and his focus is on Jesus. The wedding was absolutely beautiful! Not just the decorations and
planning, but it honored the Lord and included so many of the couple’s friends
as attendants and in the audience. The couple had asked us to pray a blessing
over them during the ceremony. Our time with them was precious and as we held
hands on the stage, our hearts were rejoicing in this union brought about by
the Lord and we knew that His healing had happened in both of their
lives. Our God
heals and restores!! So glad He does! After some wonderful times of sharing
with the couple and seeing them joined together in the Lord, we headed
home.
We were
home only a couple weeks when Father sent us to Northern Colorado. This trip was from May 18-June
1. We
hadn’t a clue all that the Lord had planned. So often now He gives us part
of the journey and then tells us as we go. I often think this happens as we are obedient
then Father reveals more of His plans. We have to take the first step. We arrived safely on May 19 in
Northern Colorado. We see the hand of the Lord in our surroundings, it is
lovely, weather is so good and our time of ministry intense and so covered by
Father. The enemy tried to take us out again on both trips while driving. In
Kansas City we were following some people in downtown and were almost hit by a
bus and another car. Only
Father’s angels protected us. Then on the Colorado trip a driver came into
our lane to pass an 18 wheeler but did not have the room to pass safely.
About 500 feet in front of us he moved to our shoulder and he passed us
going about 70 miles an hour on our right, the semi passed us on the left and
we threaded the needle between them. Father told Charley to stay the
course so he just held on to the wheel and praised the Lord for His protection.
We know that we are following Father's direction on this trip. We have a team
of prayer warriors covering us as we minister whether at home or on the
road. We had the awesome privilege to spend time at a pregnancy resource
center encouraging and loving on the staff. Father gave us a message, a word, for each one of
them. We
spent some very special time with dear friends and then on May 30, we headed
home. The weather was good and our time together sharing so sweet. Father
gave Charley a neat divine appointment in Childress. We stopped for a
rest stop at Wal-Mart and he met a young man named William. William is a
Wal-Mart greeter who is in a wheelchair. Charley introduced himself,
shook William's hand and they began talking about our travels and about Jesus.
It was obvious that William knows Jesus and it was such a blessed visit.
Charley thanked William for being there to greet and help people.
We love
to keep Father's appointments and we look forward to each day whether at home
or on the road for those divine encounters. We were protected on this
trip in a mighty way, met many new people and had the blessing of spending time
with family and dear friends. The Lord is working in each life and we got
to speak life into each person we met. The love of Jesus and His message
goes on and on and on. We look forward to our next trip. We do not know
when that will be. Since our arrival home, we are experiencing some
attack of the enemy. It usually happens that we encounter this attack as the
enemy wants to tear down what Father did in the lives of many people. We stand
against any attack he brings in the name of Jesus our Savior and Lord!! We have
the Victory!
Charley
& Karen
