This past Monday we had a bitter sweet celebration. We celebrated Charlie,Mike and Sylvia's leaving. They are moving on. Both are relocating to other states.... They will both be missed a great deal. Charlie just celebrated one year clean and sober. He has also been a great drummer while he was here. Charlie shared a few things that have helped him over the past year stay clean and sober.

Mike & Sylvia have been a part of our church for 20 + years. This will be a huge change for them and their family. They are moving to Montana. Mike has had victory over his addiction from sexual sin for 2 1/2 years. Him and Sylvia have been working with two groups dealing with sexual sin. Their marriage was able to be salvaged because they allowed God to do an amazing work in it. The Bible says that in this world we will have trials.............. But, we are to be good of cheer for He has overcome the word. Mike and Sylvia shared a bit about how their marriage and how it has been put back together. Thank you Mike, Sylvia, and Charlie.

July Birthday's and Harvey's Testimony

Praise God for another great night of food, fellowship, worship, birthdays and testimony.
If you didn't get a chance to come last week and had to miss Harvey's testimony, don't be discouraged, look for a video version to be upload to the blog within a couple of days.
Thanks MEW for always blessing us with God's abundance. I hope that you enjoy the pictures.

Another Scott Update

Hello Everyone,

It has been a busy June and already the second week of July is ending. Time flies! I have received a letter from Scott that includes praise reports and answered prayers, so I wanted to share the good news with you all. God is so faithful to answer prayer; praise the Lord oh my soul!

Some Praise

• “God has been faithful to give me the strength to endure this. I am diving into His word and I am being conscious of other men and how God wants me to be of service to them. God keeps moving me around a little bit and everywhere I go there’s at least one or two really strong Christians to hook up with and make strong bonds with. We are planting the second bible study as of yesterday and there are obviously a lot of men hungry for the Lord. It is good to get outside of myself and help them.”
• “As far as fire camp goes, I am still very much in the running for it, nevertheless, God’s will first. I do pray for His favor here as it should get me home about six months early and you know how much I love and adore my family. I can’t wait to be with them again. I love my kids so much and never wished to hurt them or anybody for that matter.
• “As far as camp goes, honestly I would be close to passing the test today! I’ve been training for 90 days and I am getting in pretty solid shape! I am very confident I’ll pass the P.T. test! The Dr. just had to go by an “old school” chart at 5’ 91/2” I should be exactly 200 pounds. I have lost about 20 pounds so far and I am about 235 now.”
• “ I want to let you know that I include Pastor Nate, Pastor Geoff, all the support team, friends and family in my daily prayers.”

Some Requests

• “If you ever want to send me a prayer need list from the Saturday prayer group, I would love to receive it and pray over it.”
Well brothers, obviously I don’t go to that prayer meeting but if you do and the Lord puts it on your heart, PLEASE meet this request for him. I know that it would bless him and encourage him greatly to have a bit of his church family brought to him while in that dark place. I have found that it is better to put my thoughts and prayers on others than to put them on my self, my circumstances, feelings or emotions.
Scott Nichols
CDC# G60555
N.K.S.P. A-GYM 34L
P.O. Box 5004
Delano, CA 93216

• Scott also asked for some books. I sent him 3 last week, and I don’t know how much longer he will be in reception but I do know that any book sent will be passed on and used by the Lord in some way. Some of Scott’s favorite authors are Chuck Smith, Jon Courson, Greg Laurie, Dr. James McDonald. If the Lord puts it on your heart to bless Scott with a book or two, the books must be shipped directly from a source such as http://www.amazon.com/ or http://www.christianbook.com/

Prayer Requests

• Scott still cannot receive or make phone calls and cannot have any visitors yet. Please pray that communications would open for the family and that they would be able to visit Scott soon.
• Melissa’s letters to Scott are being returned so please pray that he would get approval to receive her letters. She is a mess over it so please pray for her to trust God in this area.
• Continue to pray for the Lord’s will to be done regarding fire camp.
• Pray against depression and any spiritual warfare that may oppose what God is doing in and through Scott.
• Pray for unity within the family and for God’s love and grace to fill their hearts to overflow.
• Pray however the Spirit leads you and then pray some more☺

Thank you all for your love and support of this family. I am so blessed to see the Lord working through all of your prayers and love. May God bless you and shine His face upon you.

In His loving service,

Angela