This is my commandment, that ye love one another as I have loved you. John 15: 12

                                                     A Tribute to a Wonderful Friend 

I’ve been realizing that in life we tend to take a lot of things for granted like, clothes, food, shelter, life, friends, and family! I don’t know about you but I know that I want to change that! I especially want to appreciate my friends more. This is something that I want to do right here, right now. I have a special friend that is very dear to me. She has been in my life for sixteen years now. We have shared many joys, and sorrows together. 

It seems just like it was yesterday when I first met her, she was seven and I six. I had just moved to Africa and everything was new and scary for me. One of the first days at the mission we went to another missionary’s house for supper and I remember walking in and seeking a little girl right around my age. She was my exact opposite in almost every way, while my hair was brown, her hair was blond and she was tall and slender while I was short and stocky. At first we were both shy but as the evening wore on we began to play together and by the end of the evening you would have thought we had always known each other. 

After that meeting, we spent many more times together and many of my best memories are with this special person. Even thought we were opposites in many ways ,our differences drew us closer. I can remember times when she would put up with my crazy ways, her patience alway amazed me. 

One of the hardest goodbyes I ever said was to her, when I had to move with my family when I was fourteen and she was fifteen. Even though, God have directed our lives have different directions, our friendship has remand. Thought oceans may separate us, we share a bond that no amount of distance can server. I am so thankful for her presence in my life and I thank God for bringing us together as friends, as sisters in Christ! 

I may not say it often, but I mean it often, I am thankful for you, my dear friend! You are a joy to know and I hope we can enjoy many more years of friendship on this earth. I especially look forward to spending eternity with you!  Mpaka tuonane tena, Mungu akubariki! 

Never Give Up

Here are the words to a song that I really like. As finals are around the corner for me I like to sing this to remind myself to never give up! May it encourage you to never give up no matter what is going on in your life.  

Never Give Up

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By Chuck Fulmore

Never give up, keep holding on!

Verse 1

There are days I know when you get so discouraged,

It seems that all hope is gone.

But there's only One who can give you courage

And strength to carry on.

Chorus

Never give up, Jesus is coming.

It's the darkest just before dawn.

Never give up, Jesus is coming.

Never give up, keep holding on!

Verse 2

This old world I know can't last much longer,

And sin will soon pass away.

But my faith in God simply keeps growing stronger,

For Jesus is coming some day!

Chorus

Never give up, Jesus is coming.

It's the darkest just before dawn.

Never give up, Jesus is coming.

Never give up, keep holding on!

Never give up, Jesus is coming.

It's the darkest just before dawn.

Never give up, Jesus is coming.

Never give up, keep holding on!

Never give up, keep holding on!

Keep holding on!

It's been awhile since I have posted on here and I've decided that I need to keep up with my blog more consistently. I'm going to start off by posting some of my canvassing stories from the last two canvassing programs that I have been on. Before I post them I want to make a disclaimer, all the GLORY goes to GOD and him ALONE! I'm just a humble servant and so I post these stories not to bring me any form of recognition, but to show what God is doing in my life.

A couple of canvassing experiences from Fayetteville AR:  

Never Give Up!

It was between 6:30 and 7 at night on Super Bowl Sunday. There had been some people who were not happy that we were knocking on their doors during this “important time.” Yet, despite these people rejecting us, God was working powerfully and books were going out. It was dark when I knocked on a door where people were obviously watching the game, I could see the TV through the window and the screen revealed the Super Bowl in action. I took a deep breath, said a little prayer for help and knocked, a few seconds later the father of the house came to door and I began to canvass him. After showing him a couple of books he invited be inside to talk to his wife. I began by showing her the Peace Above the Storm (Steps to Christ) and she liked it. Then I showed her Bible Answers and after that I closed her. She then asked me if I had anything else and I began to show her my other books until I had showed her everything except my cook book, DVDs and Spanish books. Then I closed her again and she said that she liked all the books and she asked her husband what he thought. He said its up to you (his wife) and she said lets get all the books. They only could pay by credit card and so I had to have my leader come and complete the transaction. While I was waiting I decided to show them the DVDs and they ended up getting them as well. When my leader came to do the transaction, we had trouble with their credit card as it had been maxed out for that day. After a brief discussion (the whole time I was praying silently)  they felt comfortable enough to gave us their information so we could do the transaction the next day. At the end just before I left I surveyed them and they signed up for Bible studies. I praise the Lord for this experience because it showed be that me that we should never give up, even when the going gets hard. In the end there is a divine appointment waiting for us. 

A donation for someone special: 

 I was on my second street of the day, when I met lady who seemed interested in my cook book. She was vegan vegetarian and she seemed to like my cookbook, Something Better. She decided to get it or so I thought and she went into her house to get a donation. When she came out she gave me $20 but told me to keep the cookbook cause she didn't it want it. I was slightly disappointed at first but I prayed that God would show me who I could give a book to who couldn't afford anything. That evening around 5 I was doing some nice upper middle class houses. I had forgotten what I had prayed for but I still knew that I had that extra donation. I knocked on one door and a Spanish lady came to the door. I canvassed her and before I could finish she stopped my and told me that she only worked there. Then, she told me that the lady of the house would be coming home at 6. I told her that we talk to everyone and I showed her the Lessons of Love (Christ Object Lessons) in Spanish. She immediately loved and she began to look through it. She kept saying that the book was very beautiful. I could see that she really liked it and I closed her on it. She told me that she didn't have money but that she would like to get if from me when she would get paid. I could see that she really wanted the book, I then remembered that I had gotten an extra donation that morning and I told her that I would give it to her if she promised to read it. She could hardly believe it and she kept telling me over and over again that she would read. Then, she thanked me profusely. As I left that door I realized that God had answered by prayer from earlier that morning. It was a blessed experience! Friends let us never forget that God answers prayers!