Thankful Hearts and Testimonies

When I reflect back on this past year, my heart is filled with so much gratitude.

Gratitude for the blood of Jesus and what he has delivered me from and that he has rescued me from the Kingdom of darkness into his Kingdom of Light!

Gratitude for my girls and the growth that God has done in me in my mother's heart.

Gratitude for how the Lord has preserved our marriage and led us to an amazing counselor that leads us to the feet of Jesus and into true healing through the Gospel.

Gratitude for family who love our girls so well and give us the gift of caring for them.

Gratitude for the goodness of the Lord and how he has led us to this season of ministry in Lancaster county that I could have never imagined in my wildest dreams!

Gratitude for friends and family who have walked with us through the years and encouraged, prayed for, and supported us.

THANK YOU for praying and lifting up our arms when we are weak, thank you for sending encouraging texts and letters, thank you for your financial gifts and meeting practical needs for us so we can continue serving our community and region. We are so grateful for you!

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HUB LEARNING CENTER

School is going so well and I am loving every minute with my students. Praise Jesus for creativity and for energy and strength!

Last week I had the opportunity of sharing at Alive Church about the Hub Learning Center and thanking them for allowing us to use their building! I made this video about HLC and I wanted to share it with all of you!

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TESTIMONY!

Last Sunday, YWAM Lancaster hosted a regional women's gathering and one of things that hit my heart was about making Jesus LORD. Jesus can be our savior without being our LORD. Making Jesus LORD means that when he asks you to do something, you obey right away.

Later that evening, I was with the Encounter group and we were worshipping Jesus and I felt the Holy Spirit ask me to preach the Gospel. Immediately all these excuses filled my mind of why I shouldn't, but I remembered the message earlier and about simple immediate obedience, so I talked to the prayer facilitator and they handed me the microphone.

They Holy Spirit came upon me and I began to share the Gospel message from the beginning of creation and original design of relationship with God and how sin separates us from God and how Jesus has paid the price to bring us back into that right relationship with God! The Holy Spirit did it and gave me the words and all I had to do was obey and open my mouth!

Three precious souls came up to surrender and repent and make Jesus Lord of their lives!

GLORY BE TO GOD!

Oh what joy would I have missed out on if I said, "no" or didn't follow the promoting in my Spirit. God is so good and he is WORTHY of our simple obedience!

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PRAYERS

• We have an upcoming marriage retreat with our YWAM staff couples this weekend! Please pray for continued breakthroughs in our marriage!

• Please pray for spiritual covering over our family and our marriage

• Please pray for continued wisdom as parents on how to help each of our girls thrive in this season

• Please pray for each of our HLC students that they will grow in the knowledge of the Lord and encounter him daily

• Please pray for energy, creativity, and wisdom for the HLC teachers & administrator- Amanda, Bethany, Erica, Wilna, and me

Thank you for your love and prayers and for your partnership with what God is doing in Lancaster!

We so APPRECIATE YOU!

TO GOD BE THE GLORY,

THE SHENKS