IMG_4028We are nothing without Him. We have no power without Him. Believe that! If and when you start doing it on your own, you will find out real quick, you need the power.

…and Jesus came to them and told his disciples, I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth.”

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Satan is NOT in control of me. Jesus Is my Master!

Satan knows your sin, Jesus calls you by name.

Satan knows your sin, Jesus calls you by name.

Yes, he calls you by your sin and you listen to him too. We all hear him. But we need to hear God call us by our name! Satan will beat us down and Jesus will build us up. Satan is there to knock the wind out of you and Jesus is there to breath, the Ruach breath of God into you. When you become confident in Christ you won’t give Satan the time of day. When you know Christ knew you before you were formed in your mothers womb. As a matter of fact He created you! Satan has only tried to destroy you… with drugs, alcohol, the love of money…promiscuity. God has tried to deliver you from evil. And you keep going back and answering the door to the evil one. Then you sign for the package…and Jesus is yelling…NO! NO! NO! I have Life for you! Run for your life! Haven’t you already had enough of your life destroyed by the enemy? You have been delivered…for he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness Col 1:13 When you go back in, it is hard to come out again. But the Bible says that will happen. It say’s, it will come back, then it says, ‘I will return to the person I came from.’ So it returns and finds its former home empty, swept, and in order. Matt 12:44 Tell Satan! You are not in control of me! Jesus Christ is in control of me! I will follow the One who created me! I am a mighty woman (or Man) of God! He is my Savior! My way maker, my healer. He is my Master! 

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God is drawing them in…reaching them with His love…all in one week

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Help me…Save me…

1. This story is amazing, as we were taking backpacks and gifts to the dancers in the adult night clubs, after we had an amazing outreach we were leaving this club for the second time, we brought extras at the request of the DJ for the night girls and we were heading out the door and we heard someone behind us…help me…save me…only her head and her arm reaching toward us was out the door. Our team looked at each other and hurried back inside together with the dancer. We sat on a sofa with her, we listened, i am so lost she said over and over, we prayed with her, we prayed for her and we exchange phone numbers, we are following through to see what is the next thing we can do to help her.

“I can’t do this! Can you help me?”

Story 2. I was on my way to Jail when the call came in. I had just finished working at the store all day. I had two appointments with two girls and then Jail ministry with my partner. Back to the call the woman was very shaken up. She said: “I can’t do this! Can you help me?” I wasn’t sure how urgent her situation was. I asked if she were in any danger? She said “Not at the moment but I could be.” I said “ I actually was on my way somewhere, so I will have to make other arrangements. Give me just a little bit and someone will be there. I worked things out and within the hour I picked her up and dealt with all that was at hand. She needed food so I fed her, she needed a safe place for the night and I can’t put a new woman at our house because she has to be drug tested and be clean. I got her a room at the Best Western (Because it is safe and clean) and in the morning I picked her took her to Second Chance and got her clothes, all she had were the clothes on her back. Since then we have drug tested here, helped her do a resume, partnered with probation on her plan. Housed her. Bought her some things she needed.

I need a way out!

Story 3.  Got a message from my web site: I need a way out! Met with her today… very sad sorry, mother of 8, stepmother of 4 more, addicted to heroin Lots and lots of issues… we have a call in for detox for her, we also helped with some clothes (that were stolen) Baby diapers, wipes, underwear and shoes for one of her children to start school. We have only just begun but we will be aiding her in her sobriety and one year in the One Way Out Program.

These are just the three new girls in the last week, we are also still helping 2 houses full of women and others who don’t live in our homes but are in our one year program.

Sales are down unfortunately at Second Chance…but it’s like that everywhere. We are doing our best and have cut back as much as we could. We could really use some help…

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God’s arms are not too short…

I have a friend who makes fun of me because my arms are short…if i drop something she will scoop down and pick it up quickly and then smile because she knows how short my arms are. LOL! I laugh right along with her, she got me one of these little dinosaur’s with short arms and painted it purple…her and her cute self..lol…

Now on more of a serious note, God’s arms are NOT too short. (BTW, I am so glad I am not God) He can reach you right where you are! You will never, be beyond his grasp, or reach. And the word says if you need Him, cry out to him, He will answer!

Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear. Isaiah 59:1 NIV

I love that!!! His arm is not to short nor His ear too dull! He can reach me, He can hear me! I am not alone. He’s got me! He’s got you!

Call on Him!

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If your happy and you know it clap your hands!

If your happy and you know it clap your hands!

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Drink and never thirst again!

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Today, I went to a BBQ and brought Snookums with me because it was an outdoor event. It was hot…probably 90 outside, kids were playing in a slip-n-slide so i knew there was fresh water for her to drink. She kinda put her nose in the air and walked away. Pretty soon, i saw her trying to drink one of the kids kool-aid, I said no Snookums, A minute later, I saw her by someone’s beer. A few minutes she came sniffing around my drink.
God says…come drink the water I have for you and you will never thirst again. (John 4)
Snookums is kind of like us. She tried the kool-aid, (like relationships) not good for her, then the beer…well, (like addictions) not good for her, then the other drink, (Like money) not good for her. We try to satisfy our selves with all these other things instead of the big pool of fresh water Jesus has for us. So that we will never thirst again! Drink from what he has for you and leave the rest alone, they are NOT good for you!

He provided LIVING water so that we would never thirst again. Drink UP!

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The Royal Treatment Spa in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Looking back.

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The Royal Treatment is a ministry designed by God Himself, even the Logo, even the name.

First let me preface this by saying. I don’t think I am smart enough to do all that God did in the beginning of this ministry. He gave me the heart for His…the Crown was about the first Royal Treatment which would be done in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, the red light district September 2007. The crown actually represented the royalty of Europe (But also the Royalty of God. All the curly lines made it more feminine. The cross at the top is God at the Top of all we do. The purple of course represents the forgiveness that Jesus died on a cross for us for.

God put an amazing team together. The most amazing team that has ever been! (As far i can know) Image

On my goodness…I can’t tell you with words how amazing this team was. I was honored to be able to lead this team, but I knew who was leading. The team was (Bottom row R to L) Linda Dorcey, Ligia Barijas, Karen Douglas, Nancy Smith, Julie Faircloth, Gay McDonald, Michelle Meiser, Me, Katy Sheffer-Vicara now Weitzel, Robbie Saffell and last but not least Annette Scheel. This was the LOVE team.

Our Mission was to go to the Amsterdam Red light district and do The Royal Treatment Spa for women in sex industry there. Our Mission statement was to be a bridge of love between the girl and the missionary. We wanted to help build relationships for them. We knew we would be leaving. We took gifts, bought roses, chocolates, spa supplies, decorations, and we brought a plane full of Love.

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Every one of those tea cups came from a personal collection from a woman in the United States with a note of love to a woman working in the sex industry in Amsterdam. That was amazing!

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As we welcomed the women, things started to roll…tea and chocolate pastries not to mention served with the most gracious of smiles. We had with us many licensed cosmetologists. We did hair, manicures, pedicures, facials and massages. While we were giving their treatments the missionaries were spending time with them too.

The ministry we partnered with for the outreach was with the Cleft a YWAM organization and the missionary pictured below is my friend Edna Vallenilla. We loved partnering with Edna and also YWAM. Our ministry connection was Robby Bradford and Eva Van Wessem and her husband Sebastiaan for doing so much hard work for us ahead of time from Thousand Hills Church in Hilversum. (Fabulous Church by the way.)

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Some of the women from the Thousand Hills Church we were blessed to get to know.  It was an amazing time.

One of the things we did not do was preach or talk about Jesus. We we prayed up and asked God to use us as instruments of love.

One of the women was getting her hair washed and she got up an ran out of the room and down the hall. Edna ran to see if she was ok.. she said she had never experienced that before and she asked experienced what? The woman answered …Love. The woman stayed the rest of the day, she received every treatment.

I know for myself, the thing that this trip helped me personally experienced was an amazing new dimension of love.

We have had other Royal Treatment Spa’s, one was even for 12 rescued human trafficked survivors. You might ask, why am I blogging about this today. Because yesterday was September 21 and on September 21 the day we were leaving Amsterdam there was a headline on the News Press there that said, The Mayor was closing 1/3 of the Red Light District it was being shut down. My heart jumped for joy. Progress in the oldest profession in the world that has changed its face.

Article below: http://www.nysun.com/foreign/amsterdam-deal-may-lead-to-fewer-sex-windows/63177/

The Cleft YWAM is now The Lighthouse YWAM Amsterdam and they have changed their vision to help strictly women out of the sex industry, when they used to help more than just that specific targeted group.

Our ministry continues to help women out of the sex industry, including sex trafficking.

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Have a nice day!

20130909-153635.jpgThe story goes…Two friends catch a cab together. As they enter the cab, the grumpy driver say’s where to? The address was given and he sped away. He was the worst cab driver possible. Even so the one passenger was very nice to him. The other one was kind of surprised that his friend would be so nice.

When the cab driver slammed on the breaks at the address the two men jumped out and the one man paid and gave him a nice tip…and said you gave a great rideto the man have a great day! His friend looked at him and said… man are you crazy? That was the worst ride ever! Why would you tip and compliment that crazy driver too? The friend said. Obviously he has had a bad day. I didn’t want to add to his bad day. I tipped and complimented him in hope’s of improving his day. I was hoping if I helped improve his day, he would be nicer to the next rider. Possibly he will go home and not take it out on his wife and kids. I feel as if all of us could be a little nicer, especially when others are having a horrible day, that we could all help the world to be a better place.

What do you think?

What does the bible say?                                                                                                              Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. Eph 4:31-32

One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered.  Prov 11:24-25

And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” Luke 10:27

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Am I CRAZY?

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Am I Crazy? 

Maybe. I know I use to be. I even used to sing an old Patsy Cline song called “Crazy.”

Crazy for thinking that my love could hold you
I’m crazy for trying and crazy for crying
And I’m crazy for loving you.

Now those words seem crazy to me!

What I know now is, what the Bible say’s “I have the mind of Christ” (1 Cor 2:16) and I choose to believe that. I am however “CRAZY” about my Jesus! When you are in Love with someone that changes everything! I don’t want my life to be normal, or status quo. I don’t want to go back to the days when the one I was in love with couldn’t rescue my sick soul. The one’s I was in love with could not save me. OH no..I wouldn’t go back for nothing.

I choose to go forward and walk in the steps ordered by the One who loves me!

I choose to run the race and win, cause my team can’t loose!

I choose to offer this Crazy Love from my Love to all, because He compells me.

I choose to spend my days telling others about the unconditional Love of my Lord!

I choose to Love unconditionally until the day He arrives for me.

You can choose too. LOL! But people may call you Crazy like me! Try it. I think you’ll like it!

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God’s heart…

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All I can say is I normally am ministering to women. But there he was standing near the 105.5 The Beat tent talking and my heart felt so heavy for him. It was the Lord, I am sure of it. He was asking, so you gave away hot dogs here? Yes, said the Kountry Kim from behind the table. We were at the Stay Alive and Thrive Event on April 6th. Our Goal is to get people tested for HIV and STD’s. We invite the world. We have a combined effort of many of many venders to draw the crowd. We tested almost 100 people! That’s a huge success. But…the spiritual part was still in progress even at the end of the day, last guy still there.

I started digging in my purse to give him some dinner money, but it was about more than that. I called him over…I said  quietly “here’s some money for dinner” and held out my hand. He said “Thank you” and his eyes got big and he tried to reach inside the car to hug me. I asked him, would you like prayer? He said yes. I asked do you know the Lord? Have you ever invited Jesus into your heart? He said yes, but then I walk away every time. I said He knows your weaknesses man, Let Him do it this time.  As I began to pray I began to cry. I could feel what I believe was the heart of the Father for him. I didn’t know his life, or his need…but God did. It was an inside job…that’s all I know. The spirit of the Lord, will fill our mouth when we seek Him.

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free… Luke 4:18

Don’t forget God knew him before he was formed in his mothers womb. Jer. 1:5 Also… though my mother and father forsake me, the Lord shall take me up. Psalms 27:10 The Lord cared enough to put him on my heart! He has not forgotten Luke!

Lord, thank you, you have a future for this young man, thank you, you care about where he is laying his head tonight. Your heart is for him and not against hm. Lord, please deliver him from evil. Keep him safe from all harm. Direct Luke in your will. Provide every need he has, like a job, or food, clothing and direction. Lord please show him your amazing love! In Jesus name, amen.

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It’s His Love that never fails!

IMG_9148On Good Friday, we went to the adult night clubs and brought beautiful gifts in sweet little gift bags with candy inside and a butterfly flying above the bag. We also brought cupcake trees full of homemade cupcakes by Deborah Vause-Crowe and I heard more than one person say, “Those are the best cupcakes I’ve ever had!” Deborah prayed over her baked goods. She prayed for every woman who received them. Thank you, Deborah! Five girls prepared the gifts for the women and we prayed as we prepared them! OK, now we are ready to go!

It was a priceless moment as we entered the first club and the bartender rang the cow bells! That was exciting right off the bat! We walked around to talk to the women and passes out the cupcakes and the gifts. Each girl thanked us with a hug. One of the DJ’s came down and told me, “There are not many girls here, church lady! I think your prayers are working, they took off for Good Friday, church lady!” I asked, “Are you still going to church?” He responded, “Yes, I am. I go every Sunday. I love it!” As we continued around the club passing out more cupcakes, one of the women came back for a second one. She said, “It was great!” I said softly and smiling,”Don’t tell anyone!”

We traveled on to the next club where we found many girls who were happy about our love gifts! Two of the girls didn’t know me… they were brand new. A couple of the other girls who have been there a bit, told them about how we always come bearing gifts and the new girls welcomed us with open arms! (Wished we could have whisked them right out the back door.) More girls loved their gifts and cupcakes! We also invited them to our “Life Support Group,” and “Stay Alive Health Fair” (to test for HIV and STD’s). We chalked them full of good stuff! As we continued on our journey, the manager recognized the young woman I brought with me… He said, “What are you up to?” She answered, “Trying to do better. Working for this lady now. Doing good.” He looked at me and said, “Don’t forget about me! I’ve been here twenty years!”

When we finished at the clubs, we went to take communion at our church’s Good Friday “In Remembrance Of Him” service which was in progress.  Pastor Phyllis was talking about Jesus’ walk to the Cross. Then she started talking about the thief on the cross. He said to Jesus, “Don’t forget me!” Immediately my mind raced back to that moment in the strip clubs when the manager said, “Don’t forget about me.” “I won’t forget,” I whispered and neither will Jesus.

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“I tell you the truth, today you will be with Me in paradise.” 
 Luke 23:43   

It is the Lord’s will that none should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

We went back to the clubs that evening and took more gifts to more precious women. We entered and began looking for girls who hadn’t received their gifts yet. We passed by the girl who had already eaten two cupcakes earlier, and I handed her a third. She said, “They really are the best!” Then she started telling us how she did not want to be there. She told us many horrible things that had happened in her life and asked us to pray for her. We prayed right there and then – in the middle of everything that was going on in there- we prayed, she wept! It was an anointed prayer of deliverance! Praise the Lord! Isn’t it awesome that God would call us back for that one woman!  His precious little sheep!

“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he finds it?”

Luke 15:4

Thank you Lord for your Goodness!

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