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We arrived home late Friday night; exhausted but knowing we had answered the call and that we had ministered under the anointing of the Lord.
Thanks for your prayers. The Special Touch Get Away season has come to a close.
Now we look to the Lord a for a fruitful fall, the season of harvest. Pray for us, Larry.

It's almost over

The MN Get Away is drawing to a close. This day is always an emotional struggle. Many of our guest go back to ungodly institutions and are once again surrounded by humanistic values and have to leave the Christ Center relationships behind. Please pray for our guests.
Our morning chapel was incredible. We meet again to summarize the teaching of the past few days and end launching them back into their world.
Last night our service took a turn toward healing as Pastor Ed deviated from his plan and focused our attention on healing. We had an extended time of prayer as we all prayed for each other.
We plan to be back to Normal by midnight tonight.

day 4 MN Special Touch MN Get Away

Greetings, we had another fantastic day. We had a powerful morning chapel. Our guests love Penny's worship, we practiced our talent night choir song, and my message was anointed and well received. The rest of the day was filled with recreational opportunities and times of fellowship.

Pastor Ed's guest speaker was Horton and some of the Whos and we had another encounter with our Lord at the alters.

After our evening service our talent night began. It puts people on the stage that would have little or no chance of preforming in any other place. It's a venue filled with unconditional love and acceptance. The highlight for me was Sarah's song. Several years ago we in morning chapel we taught on Paul and Timothy and how Paul became a spiritual father for Timothy. Sarah asked if she could be our spiritual daughter; she has called us Mom and Dad ever since. She sang our chapel choir song from last year. She has been practicing for a year. She did an incredible job. She received a standing ovation and was beaming. Penny has included her song in the worship for this morning and will ask Sarah to lead it.
I have to go, breakfast waits for no man, Larry

day 3 MN Special Touch Get Away

Greetings from Alexandria MN about 100 miles west of the Twin Cities. Our morning chapel for people with mental disabilities who are high functioning went very well. Penny lead an anointed time of worship and I taught on the transforming power of the Lord using skits reenacting Saul's(Paul) transformation on the road to Damascus. We then visited the Philippian jail cell and experienced the transformation of the jailer and his family. We froze the action of the skit and Penny projected the ABC's of salvation and a salvation pray. We had the privilege of watching several of our guests be transformed into children of God. Then Penny used a fun word dissolve teaching technique as we all memorized Philippians 1:6.

Last night's evening service went well. Pastor Ed is leading us through a 4 part series using Dr. Seuss books and video cuts. Last night we saw the importance of choosing good friends. Once again the alters were filled with people seeking their Lord.
Please continue to pray for us, THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Larry

Greetings from Special Touch Get Away, MN

Our first day at MN Summer Get Away is drawing to a close. It was a great Day. Weather here was gorgeous, tomorrow looks just as good. Pastor Ed Garvin, Normal AG, is our evening speaker and was outstanding. Worship was wonderful and the alters filled for a time of prayer. Please pray for us as Penny and I will begin our morning chapels on Tuesday at 10:30.

God has a purpose

God has a purpose behind every problem. He uses circumstances to develop our character. In fact, he depends more on circumstances to make us like Jesus than he depends on our reading the Bible. The reason is obvious: You face circumstances twenty-four hours a day.

From the Purpose Driven Devotional Calendar, Aug 2.