This is me, so far....

A few of you have asked me to start blogging, so I decided to start! I have thought about it before, but I have allowed myself to become lazy in regards to writing, so in a way by me starting this blog you guys can keep me accountable to using a gift that I know God has given me which is writing.  Also, those that do not have a facebook can see what I have been up too and what not. I can't believe I have lived in California 7 months, it feels like just yesterday the Lord was talking to me about moving here. In these past few months I have seen how mighty and powerful God is, not that I did not know that before, or seen him like that, but he has just proven himself faithful time after time. I went from having no job, to working part time hours, to having a full time job. From wondering were my next meal was coming from to being able to bless others. I have grown up so much by being out here this past months. I have learned that God will supply my every need, according to His will, not mine. I have learned that he is my source of joy when I am depressed, because trust me being far from my family and friends has not been easy, but somehow God has provided so many awesome people to be a part of my life here. I have learned that he is all I need, I struggle with loneliness, but he has shown me that he is my partner,my best friend, my everything. It's hard to give yourself to someone you can't see, but man do I feel his presence in my life everyday. At the end of the day for me it has all been about surrendering all of my life and handing it over to him. Roots had it's first service this past Sunday, and man was God faithful. Saturday night Evan and Tiffy's house was the command center and we were BUSY getting everything finalized for service, wondering if anyone was going to even come. We could all feel the stress and tension in the house, so I decided to buzz cut my 6 inch curls that I have been growing out, and it most def broke the tension and we all had a good laugh. Sunday morning we were all just running around setting up and getting everything ready, we had a few issues with our media, but if it was not for Mr. Timmy Kelch being there who knows what would have happened. Service was supposed to start at 10am, and no one was there . We were all a little nervous, but at around 10:10 am people started showing up. I believe we had about 40 people come, and 15 give their lives to Jesus. Sarah Angne and I are starting up the Children's ministry and man do we have a LOT to learn, we had 7 children in our service, and I was so nervous to teach them (I wanted to be just like uncle Mark!) but God for sure did all the teaching, because I could not have don it without him.  After the children's service it was good to see that all had gone well, Evan was super happy, which made us all happy as well. We can't wait for all that God has for our team out here! Thank you all for the support and prayer, it is such a blessing to know that we have the love and support of our Church back at home. I look forward to sharing with all of you what the Lord is doing in my life! (rach d. i hope you are happy ;)

Your friend,

Manna G.