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The next Sow the Seeds of Praise approaches on 10/29/10. It is going to be a great time of just worshiping!!!

The next Sow the Seeds of Praise approaches on 10/29/10. It is going to be a great time of just worshiping!!!

September will be busy with leading worship down at Swamp Christian Fellowship for an outreach and also at Hope of the Nations, leading at my home church. Who knows what is next! God's got it!!!

September will be busy with leading worship down at Swamp Christian Fellowship for an outreach and also at Hope of the Nations, leading at my home church. Who knows what is next! God's got it!!!

It was a great time to just be outside ministering in music and praying with people after the event. It was such a blessing to be able to pour it all out!!!

This month will hold some travel down south to soak at the next Throne Zone in Charlotte, NC. Also, the next Missionary Benefit Concert approaches at the end of the month. I will be singing old choir songs and some originals as guests enjoy the home style gustatory delights from Saul.

This month held many exciting moments. The Swamp Christian Fellowship Womens Ministries held their annual mother-daughter banquet which they titled Gems from the Jewelry Box. I was able to minster in song and testimony to 140 women. It was a great time SwampCF!

I had the honor and privilege of ministering to the Hope of the Nations Youth Group on the 14th. I led in worship and also gave a message, reminding the youth of who God says they are. The Incubator work and audition process is reaping fruit. I am officially a signed roster artist. Stay tuned...May 22 - a Gems from the Jewelry Box event approaches!

THRONE ZONE was amazing! My graduation from the Kingdom Worship Institute was amazing. It was a powerful night. I had the privilege of meeting Earl Bynum and Kari Jobe. The Incubator work continues.

January was an interesting month. I was able and honored to minister at Emmanuel Christian Fellowship in Harrisburg, PA, my hometown. It was a wonderful time. All of the Incubator work continues. The Kingdom Worship Institute work has been completed. Graduation approaches.

Come join me as we Sow Seeds of Praise into the atmosphere on 11/20, Friday night before Thanksgiving, at Hope of the Nations. The praise will start at 8 pm. There is no other agenda other than to lift HIM up, Praise Him and Worship HIM!

Join me at the Royal Call Princess Ball - Celebrate your royal priesthood! More details to follow, but plan now to attend...

I HEAR that the Lord is doing a work down in Midlothian, VA this weekend and I am BLESSED beyond measure to be a part of it, in whatever capacity God has designed for me. You can check out www.HISCALL.ORG for information! I must make this entry brief to work out a few details so I am prepared.

On a follow up note, the Missionary Benefit Concert was GREAT!!! and we raised over $1,500 for Elena. God Bless you sister!! PS - word on the street is that there was a clip on the 69 news...how fun!

I'm excited for Saturday!

This Friday will be the benefit concert for Elena Freas as she prepares to go back to Liberia and bring the Light of Christ to the orphaned children who desperately need to know they have been adopted!!!

A love offering will be taken and I will be donating a portion of the proceeds from any merchandise that is sold to Elena and her ministry.

It is an exciting time for me, as I prepare for this concert. God laid this event on my heart many months ago...long before the CD was even done.

I will be offline until after Friday, so if anyone needs me, hit me up!!

PS - You may hear a commercial on WBYN 107.5 for this Friday's event. Thanks Jen and Kathy for the time of fun and fellowship!

On Saturday, 7/25 I will be ministering at the Pagoda Celebration from 12:30 until 1:30 PM. I'm excited to be up there. I've always thought that it would be great to be able to get on a loudspeaker up there and proclaim God's goodness from up on top of the mountain...

We will see how loud it gets and how far down the mountain the message goes!!!

The concert is one week and two days away! WOW! Time flies...can't wait!

Hope to see all at the Pagoda!

What an amazing day it was!  There were 28 souls saved for the first time and 2 that rededicated their lives to Christ! It was so beautiful.

I could see the prayer station from the stage as I ministered the music from the Gems and some other praise & worship tunes in English and Spanish. It was a contant flow of people in and out of the prayer tent.

God blessed us with a blue sky filled with His glorious Light!!

It was so awesome working with Dove Fellowship in this combined outreach! The Body of Christ came together to reach the streets in One mind, and in One accord, through One Spirit!!! Amen!

So this is it...all packed up, I think...I hope...I pray...

just noticed the time and won't be able to do a run through, unless i want to wake up my downstairs neighbor, which i don't ---- not sure my voice could take it anyway...

the last few nights when i have tried to run through the Praise & Worship or the originals, the bullfrog in my throat has been rearing his ugly little head...that little Jeremiah! crazy bullfrog!

anyway - i'm excited to be embarking on this new journey - heading into this new season...it's scary and exciting, all at the same time

am i on the water? am i walking?

Working in the NICU afforded me the opportunity to attend many deliveries. There would occasionally be women who would have a momentary lapse of reason when it came time to push, as if they had a choice... But now, I think I understand why. I just logged on the Disc Makers site moments ago and saw the following: 1Z 180 E67 03 9817 139 9 There were some little baby blue numbers beside the area where it listed the CD order that were not there yesterday. I quickly clicked on the link which took me to the UPS tracking site. Type: MY CD GEM BABIES ARE ON THE WAY!!! Shipped/Billed On: 05/28/2009 Service: GROUND Weight: 15.00 Lbs FIFTEEN POUNDS of CD's..."Do I have to push?" I stand here on the edge of the birth of the CD and it's actual arrival. Soon I will be able to hold in my hands the creation. I think back to all the hard work, all the time that was spent in the process on the anvil and in the fire, all the pain that most of those of those songs were brought forth from, all the days of recording that were cancelled and all the days that were not, the exhaustion and the elation, the beauty and the pain, the stretching and growth that I have gone through, and the tumbles I have taken along the way. I think about all the people that have been a part of the journey, all those that have supported me and loved me. God has surely been doing the pushing all along, in HIS time and in HIS way...and the pace has quickened lately - so much so, that it feels as if the last three years have passed by in the twikling of an eye. All of a sudden I find myself sitting here asking God "am I really ready?" as I wipe away the tears of happiness. Then, I feel His sweet presence and love surrounding me, giving me that gentle nudge out of the nest, with patient reassurance that I won't fall. As I've been rehearsing for the first concert, which is rapidly approaching, the song The Reason has been messing me up in this one spot repeatedly. I haven't been able to sing it yet without crying. Lord, You sent Your Son to die for me Just for me! That a highly favored child of Yours I'd be... Those lyrics mean so much to me now, in such different way then when they flowed out of me, because I look back over the last several years and see HIS favor and how HE has granted me favor with man. I look back and can see how God has drawn me close and has been SO personal with me. So, now as I prepare to take forth the message of His salvation, His restoration, and how HE is so real, I pray HE gives me the words to convey HIS love for us all. I pray that HE is able to use the book, the CD's, and my voice to sing and speak hope to the hopeless and love to those who feel unlovable. I am ready to push - push on, press in and sprint to the goal...I can see it...it's right over the horizon!

I'm so excited -- It's finally here! It's finally being born fully. I will be the newest Oct-Mom, with eight originals. The CD baby is BORN!!!