I will post a full report later tonight but wanted to share a huge praise! John 4 is the story of a divine appointment between Jesus and the Samaritan woman. Today we experienced a divine appointment of our own.
Upon completion of our home today we took to the streets to evangelize an apartment community. There we met Vanessa. Vanessa is a sweet foster-mother who is also helping care for her two-year old grandson (who, by the way, was precious!).
As we unfolded things to her it became evident that she was a Jesus follower. She needed help, though. Her most recent foster child was very troubled…a broken home, some criminal background, and generally unhappy. She (the foster child, age 12) was also white in this predominantly black area. The foster mom’s concern was finding a church where Bentley, the foster child, would be comfortable.
As as a group of students and myself began to mingle, pray with, and play with Vanessa and her other foster children our crew chief Billy and a female student from our team Taylor took Bentley aside. After many minutes and many tears they emerged from a corner seeking a hammer and nail. They proceeded to the nearest tree where Bentley hammered the nail into the tree.
This young lady was in desperate need of love. She was angry, felt betrayed by her family, and was lonely. Billy and Taylor allowed the Holy Spirit to use them and God did the drawing…Bentley marked the spot where she asked the Lord to rescue and redeem her with that nail.
Bentley had one of the most genuine professions of faith I’ve ever been able to see…Praise the Lord that this sweet girl now knows the love of Jesus. Praise God that He planned long ago that our group would finish our project early, have extra Gatorade and waters, and be on the right street at the right time.
Her road will be hard, so please pray for her. Her eternity, however, is secure and she will forever know that she is loved by our Father. If World Changers 2011 Tupelo project was put together just for Bentley it was a success.
Thank you, Lord, for divine appointments…we seem to be having a lot of them lately.
awesome!!
Hallelujah and praise our great and glorious King!