Monday, November 10, 2008

Staying out of the Box

It has been so busy. Thanksgiving is almost here.. Wow. What a year...
Boot camp was like having Christmas in my soul early. We had dinner with our good friends The Mendoza's this weekend. Pastor Mendoza got his salsa. It is so nice to see your friends and catch up and meet new people.
We met a guy from Illinois at their house. He was visiting on business. We all talked about Boot camp. This guy had met Bro Maddix too so it was great conversation and great food if I do say so myself.
Great church yesterday. My best friends son came to church. MIRACLE!!!!! A little prayer goes a long way!!!
I woke up at 2:00am I did like I always do and started to pray. I just prayed about everything I could think of. My poor husband I kept tossing and turning. I finally got restless and told God if you have me wide awake Lord tell me who or what I need to pray about so I can go back to sleep.
So, He did. I nudged my husband and told him to pray for this person with me. I think he did. I did. Then I started thinking about this young man and how God has changed him drastically.
We were at Super Taco place and I saw a lady walk through the door and I knew I was going to talk to her. On her way out God impressed me to go after her and pray for her. So I started asking everyone for a church card. As graceful as we "werent", lol Giovanni one of our young people says, "Where are you going Sis Noel. Are you going to witness?? I want to go with you, can I go???? Of course I tell him. So I go out and the lady doesn't speak english so the guy in the front seat starts to interpret. I told her I felt to pray for her and God sent me outside to pray for her. Gio started to translate for me in his broken spanish. As we began to minister to this van full of people. I think there was 6 of them all the youth started to join around the van. She said to us I need prayer for my kids. Im having a lot of problems with them at home and also I have a child who is still in Mexico and I want my child to come here. We started to pray. By now it felt like half our church was swarming this van and we began to pray right there in the parking lot. The man next to her started to cry and Gio started to explain to him in spanish not be afraid that it was the Holy Ghost he was feeling. The people in the very back got tears in their eyes. We gave them the church cards that we finally found and invited them to church. Omar finally popped up and translated to end it very well. I told this story to tell you the real miracle of the story to me was to see Giovann's face light up when he got up to go outside with me. It was like Christmas happened to him or something. I watched him as he was so excited to talk to these people with me and it was contagious his zeal and child like faith and to see him witness and talk about Jesus like he had known Him all his life touched my soul. It was almost like he couldnt contain himself. I wish you could of seen his face or watched him in action. It was beautiful. He looked at me as we walked away and he said that was awesome Sis Noel. He said get back in your box Sis Noel to which I replied, NEVER!! Who is next?? He laughed and you couldnt take away his smile if you tried. When we went back in one of the waitresses was watching us at the window to see what all the commotion was about. I have a feeling people all over Hollister are going to start buzzing about The pentecostal Church of Hollister.
When I finally went back to sleep I dreamed about a couple in our church praying a lady in a store through to the Holy Ghost. I was crying because this person told me one time, Sis Noel you are bold. Im not like that. In my dream she caught the boldness and I was crying in my dream thanking God that people who have lived in a box for so long were stepping out of it.
When God woke me up to pray for this young man in our church last night I thought, my God he has nothing, he is alone, he has to fight so hard, but yet you would never know by the way he talks to others about God. Every time I hear him talking lately he is talking to someone about God and how great God is. My husband always talks about this one message he heard called "Where are the weepers of this generation" I say "Where are the Giovanni's of our generation?" God bless us with more like him that are hungry and have a burning desire to be used by you.......

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I HAVE BEEN INSPIRED BY GOD TO SHARE WHAT GOD GIVES ME WITH YOU. I WANT TO GET THE MESSAGE OF FAITH IN MIRACLES OUT TO THOSE WHO NEED A MIRACLE AND TO TELL YOU GOD STILL HEALS TODAY AND HE IS JUST WAITING ON YOUR FAITH TO MOTIVATE THE MIRACLE!!!! I GO TO CHURCH IN HOLLISTER, CA I HAVE THE GREATEST PASTOR AND PASTORS WIFE. BRO. AND SIS. HURST. I BELIEVE GOD WANTS TO PERFORM MIRACLES TODAY AND I WANT TO BE THERE WHEN HE DOES...

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