A new weave...

A lot has happened since my last entry. God has been stripping us down and clothing us with a new weave.

God had given me a word about a year ago to go listen to Bill Johnson speak - that there was something important there for me. I tried going to Bethel and then Harrisburg, but it was not to be. We went to see "Father of Lights" at Temple U in July and that was a great night. The movie was awesome, but that was not the only reason we were there. I met one of the organizers for AwakeNow in the lobby and he gave me a pamphlet on the event with schedule of the speakers. The event was to be held in late September and Bill Johnson was one of the speakers. The event was in Pennsauken, NJ - about 15 minutes from here. That was so doable! So we went. The host church was HUGE and there was thousands of people there. To make a long story a little shorter, Poppa arranged seats for us the the 3rd row front. 

The worship and all the speakers were amazing and although I was blown away by Bill Johnson's message, I really had no idea why God had sent us here until we went home. I had posted an iPhone photo I took while there on Facebook and I wanted to see how it looked on my Mac. Much to my surprise and delight, not only was my photo there, but there was also a photo of Diana and me worshiping! As it turns out, Ben Osborne, 3000 miles away, saw this photo on his FB feed, grabbed it, and then posted it on my page. WOW! I instantly got what God was saying; what He was setting us up for. We have been intrenched in trails and tribulations so so many months and God was telling us that He saw us! To keep going! Again, WOW!

The photo I took.

The photo AwakeNow posted

I was so blessed at the Friday night dinner/birthday party here on the Oct 12th. Above and beyond what God usually surprises us with at these dinners, so many words of encouragement were spoken over me as we celebrated my birthday. And Rebekah Howell, bless her heart, wrote a poem for me. How great is that! But what was really cool is that God used all this to reveal Himself to two of my neighbors who are not believers. They both got to hear His name spoken and the love we have for Jesus and they were clearly effected by that. Yay God!

 

And then there was The Voice of the Apostles. This weekend radically changed our lives. So much learned, so much inner healing! Even tough we crashed our car! God so used that to bring deep, deep healing. We are still processing everything that happened there. God is indeed good!

The battles continue, but breakthrough has begun and victory is coming. Please continue to pray for us. If it is on your heart to help us repair our car, you can make a donation by check or by clicking the donation button. Monies can be sent to:

Victor & Diana Atkins
PO Box 29273
Philadelphia, PA 19125

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