Update on Memphis happenings

The people out here in the Memphis Gatehouse have been praying that God use us and show us what we are supposed to be doing out here. We have been asking God to bring the people to us that He wants us to talk to. For a while we prayed but nothing happened, but about three weeks ago, we have really been slammed with a bunch of things from God. We have had meetings at Ben and Toni's house every Tuesday night and having some really good talks with the people there, Memphis mom's ladies meetings every other Thursday morning at our house or at a park, meetings at our house with people from the village, Ben and Toni, and Thomas and Erica every Thursday night, a men's breakfast every other Saturday morning, and a Gathering every Sunday morning! It has been stressful I admit, but God has been with us every step of the way.

A couple mornings ago, Stephen, my brother-in-law who lives out here in the Gatehouse too, went next door to talk to some neighbors of ours. We've known them for a couple years now but have never really had any serious conversations about God. The day before Stephen went to talk, our next door neighbors lost a baby before it was born. They were devastated! So Stephen ended up talking with the dad for about an hour about all kinds of things concerning God and religion. There was a barrier between them that Stephen couldn't get down. After the talk he was pretty depressed because we love these neighbors and don't want them to totally close themselves off to us. We are praying that something happens with them to where we can see eye to eye.

People are sooo stuck in religion that they can't see God anymore. People believe that God doesn't talk to His people! God talked to His people in the Old Testament, why can't He talk to us now?!? He is the same, yesterday, today, and forever! If He did it then, He can most definitely do it now!! I hate it when people misunderstand each other because of religion and doctrine. God is one God! He wants one church! He wants The Church! Why does the world have sooo many different doctrines and religions? Why can't people just love each other like they were commanded to by God?

Anyway, that's just a little bit of an update. There's more to come when I next feel the urge to type. :)