I was born in Battle Creek, Michigan on
December 26, 1946. I am the middle child
and have an older sister, and younger
brother.
I was raised for the most part in
southeast Michigan. I graduated high
school in 1966, and worked for several
years before I married the man, who
later became the father of my three
kids.
I was religious, but not a Chrisitan
until July, 1971 when I went forward in
a small Baptist Church in Richmond,
Michigan. I had known Jesus all my life
but no one ever told me that you needed
to ask him into your heart.
I received Jesus when I realized that I
was lost and didn't want to spend
eternity
without Jesus. I was baptized in water
one week later, and spent the next nine
years growing and maturing in the Lord.
During that time I participated in the
bus ministry, worked as a Sunday School
teacher to pre-schoolers, worked in the
kitchen for the senior citizen bus
ministry, and for the Saturday morning
bus ministry visistation.
One more thing that changed the way I
look at the world forever, I joined a
ladies Saturday morning evangelism group
and went out every week without fail to
lead people to Jesus. When I say that
this changed my life, I mean that for
the first time I saw with Jesus' eyes a
lost and dying world.
I received the baptism of the Holy Ghost
in the spring of 1980 and a whole world
of growth opened up to me. Now I not
only had the desire to serve Him, but I
had the Power do what He asked me.
I continued in the growth and knowledge
of the Lord and moved to Texas with my
husband, mother, and three children in
October, 1982. The road then became
rocky as my marriage of 17 1/2 years
fell apart. I was devastated because
that isn't suppose to happen to
Christian folks who were active in
church. I wasn't ready to become mom and
dad to my children, caregiver to my
ailing mother, and the breadwinner for
the home. I always thought the man
should be those things.
During this time, I really grew close to
Jesus. I can honestly say that without
Him I couldn't have made it. At that
time, the two scriptures that I clung to
were:
PSALM 91:4-7
"He shall cover thee with his feathers,
and under his wings shalt thou trust;
his truth shall be thy shield and
buckler.
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror
by night, nor for the arrow that flieth
by day;
Nor for the pestience that walketh in
darkness; nor for the destruction that
wasteth at noonday.
A thousand shall fall at thy side, and
ten thousand at thy right hand; but it
shall not come nigh thee."
Psalm 121
"I will lift up min eyes unto the hills,
from whence cometh my help.
My help cometh from the Lord, which made
heaven and earth.
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved:
he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Behold, he that keepeth Isreal shall
neither slumber nor sleep.
The Lord is they keeper: the Lord is thy
shade upon thy hand.
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor
the the moon by night.
The Lord shall preserve thee from evil:
he shall preserve thy soul.
The Lord shall preserve thy going out
and thy coming in from this time forth,
and even for evermore."
I have continued to walk the bumpy path
and have had many trials through the
years; some good day, and some bad days.
I would like to tell you that I did it
without complaining, but that isn't so.
I complained a lot. There were times
when I didn't think I could handle
anymore, and without Jesus I wouldn't
have made it.
I ran a daycare in my home, and worked
in daycare centers and went to college
two years. I have just finished a
sixteen month term as a VISTA with
AMERICORPS of America, where I worked
with low income
families and "at risk children."
I am currantly unemployed, and am
sharing an apartment with my daughter
after my second marriage failed. I was in this first apartment with no car and no job, but the Lord opened a way for me to get online with a webtv, where I met someone who sent me the money to buy the car I now drive. I began my page building on the webtv. I asked the Lord one day, how I could serve Him when at the time, I had no car, and no way of getting out to church or anyplace else. The Lord showed me that I could serve Him online and that is where this ministry of Christian pages began. I have found that there are just as many lost and hurting people online as in my own town. The Lord told me to do this and I have had much spiritual opposition from the enemy, but Jesus triumphs and I will serve Him. The Lord is my boss, and I will do what He tells me.
That brings us to this point in my life.
It is the desire of the Lord to reclaim
the internet and to use it as a tool to
spread the Word of God. I will do as He
instructs me. It is His job to bring in
the increase.
Please pray that these pages will do
what the Lord desires, and they He is
the one uplifted in all of this.
I enjoy most types of crafting,
including all types of needle work,
painting wood, ceramics, and building
web pages.
I love country music, country gospel music, and blueridge mountain music. I just love getting into deep conversations with close friends. I have a fair sized collection of beanies based
on topics like Coca Cola, Wizard of Oz, and many others.
I guess one of my favorite things to do would now be building web pages, and meeting new friends on the internet. We share stories, jokes, heart
aches, and testimonies.
