Our Personal God and Spanish Camp Meeting '09

Spanish Camp Meeting was this past week and was a great success! The services were held in the "big Tabernacle" this year and we had some great crowds. Wendell went a couple of nights, and I went one, but that one night was a "landmark night" for us. I will explain.

Last Wednesday night was a "down night" for me. I do not have very many of these times, but for awhile on Wednesday I was "down". Wendell and I sat down and talked about our "impossible situation" with our house not selling and the "giants" that were confronting us. Yes, I say "impossible" and "giants" because that's exactly how we felt and we knew WE could do NOTHING about it. Yes, we had prayed. Yes, you had prayed. But, it seemed there was no answer. I wasn't giving up, yet for a "short time" on Wednesday evening I caved in. Now, that I've totally exposed my "human thinking", I will go ahead and tell you what I said. While we were in discussion I said to my husband..."I just don't understand! It just makes me WONDER! I KNOW we are in the will of God, but it just makes me WONDER what is going on!" God heard what I said and decided right then to give me an answer.

Thursday night rolled around and we went to Spanish Camp Meeting..

You must understand that everything is spoken in Spanish, and every song is sung in Spanish, and I do not understand anything that is being said. We had a wonderful time of praise and worship! The music was beautiful, and I felt the presence of God touching me. I was thankful to be in His presence! I really was enjoying the music and the beautiful voices that were singing praises to God! Here is one of the songs they were singing.

When the service leader took the pulpit he was excited! If I had not known better I would have said he was "preaching", but I knew he was excited and saying things that was going along with the service when all of a sudden, in the middle of it all, I heard him say very clearly, "STOP WONDERING! STOP WONDERING RIGHT NOW!" I was completely overwhelmed as I heard God speak to me in the middle of this Spanish speaking service!!!! Those were the ONLY English words the "man of God" spoke the rest of the night! Without a doubt I KNEW I had just heard from GOD!!!

I feel His presence as I write this tonight.

After church, I told Wendell about it and he said, "Let me show you something." He opened his Bible and showed me a scripture he had underlined and said, "When I sat down tonight on the platform I opened my Bible and underlined this scripture." He pointed to it and I read:

Phil. 4:19 "But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus."

That was wonderful, but what made it even more awesome was when Missionary Sones, the Camp Meeting Evangelist went to the pulpit, he greeted the crowd, then said, "Tonight let me turn your attention to...

Phil. 4:19, "But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus."

Then he told us the title of his message:

"My God Is Not In A Crisis"!!!!

He went on to preach straight to US! It was as if no one else was there. Bro. Sones didn't know anything about us, and I'm sure he thought he was preaching to the large congregation of people, but God was directing his words straight into our hearts!

After church I told Bro. and Sis. Navarro about what I had heard the young man say in English, and Sis. Navarro asked, "Did he say that?" I had to laugh and answered, "Yes he did, or else God interpreted it for me!"

You know, it doesn't matter to me if God was my interpreter, or if the young man said it, but I do know God spoke straight to me as I sat in His presence! I don't know when I have had anything impact my mind like God did that night! I'm so glad our God is a "personal God". He loves us and He works His will in our lives if we will completely trust Him!

As a lot of you know from being on Facebook, we got an offer on our house TODAY and now a contract has been signed and is being sent back to the realtor in the morning! Andrew and Mandy have now had an offer on their house! I haven't heard yet about a contract, but I'm sure it's coming! It looks like God decided to take care of "two birds with one stone" and is working it all out in one weekend!

Thank you ALL for praying and believing with us! Our God is an awesome God!