Pictures!

My Sunday school teacher, Lydia, and I at a Frisco Rough Riders baseball game

The Frisco Rough Riders baseball game

Lena and I with LeAnn (far left) and Stacey (on my left), who stayed with us during the MUP meetings, and Donna, our neighbor

Erika sharing during the MUP SC overview training

MUP SC Overview training in Plano, Texas

Cool Verses

Sunday morning before we left for church I was reading in Isaiah. There were a few verses that stuck out to me.

Isaiah 55:4-6 See, I have made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander of the peoples. Surely you will summon nations you know not, and nations that do not know you will hasten to you, because of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has endowed you with splendor. Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near.

Isaiah 56:7 These I will bring to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be acceptable on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for the nations.

Last week I got to hear some pretty amazing stories of what God is doing around the world, drawing the nations to Himself. There were moments where I was moved to tears thinking about the peoples around the world who have never heard about Jesus and the home that is found only in Him. I am thankful that God loves all the peoples, and His house is for everyone! I am praying that I will be a part of taking His salvation to the people who still need to hear.

Prayer Requests

This next week we will be hosting 3 different meetings at our offices here in Plano. We have about 17 coming in for the first meeting beginning on Wednesday, 15 for the second meeting, and close to 50 for a training next week. We have been busy getting ready, and it will be an intense time, so I would ask you to please pray for us.

- Pray for calm in the midst of all of the logistics
- Please pray against any attacks Satan might attempt to cause troubles.
- Pray for any hiccups in the logistics to be worked out easily
- Pray for unity among the taskforce and the board as they continue to work through big issues
- Pray for the Holy Spirit to work and inspire through the planning that will be taking place
- Pray for patience for me and for Erika as we handle the behind-the-scenes work
- Pray for rest for Kent and Erika as they came from a meeting last week that was very draining

Thank you so much for your prayers through the next 2 weeks! I know that I will not be able to make it without them! :) Blessings, Sarah

The Heavenly Man

I am reading a book right now called The Heavenly Man about a Chinese Christian and evangelist named Brother Yun. He came to know Christ in his teens after his father was miraculously healed after being near death. This was during a time when missionaries had been killed or sent out of China. Brother Yun desperately wanted a Bible to be able to learn more about God and he began to pray and fast for a Bible, even though there weren't any to be found in the whole country. When God provided a Bible for him, he used every spare moment to soak up the teachings found there, and the Bible was so precious to him, he carried it everywhere even sleeping with it. God did some amazing things in his life and through him. Whole villages came to know Christ through his witness. He suffered intense persecution, beatings, and imprisonment, and was wanted all over China. On several occasions God did an Acts miracle, opening prison doors and allowing Brother Yun to walk out of the prison without being detected.

Reading this book, I have been really challenged. Do I hunger for God's Word with the intensity that Brother Yun did? Do I have a burning desire to share Christ no matter what the consequences? Do I believe God can do miracles like opening prison doors? It's a pretty amazing book, and I would encourage you to read it for yourself (or borrow it from me).