by Mark Ragains | Mar 3, 2017 | Summer Staff
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD
98 years old and still serving the Lord here at Gleanings! Russ and Carole have been coming here to Gleanings 10 years now. Russ will be celebrating his 99th birthday next month. Last night at our Love Feast, Russ shared memories of a long- life walking with the Lord: World War II, the loss of his first wife, and God’s goodness and mercies. Our shepherd leads us in times of blessings and in the hard times. God redeems it all. Russ, you are an inspiration to us all!
Thank you, Grace Bible Church for helping to prepare over a million servings of soup this week. As I walked around the base, I could hear the sounds of hammering coming from our tray shed as they repaired our broken trays to use for our summer fruit. You were a blessing! A truck went out to Convoy of Hope and a container to Guatemala’s Hope of the Nations.
Hope of the Nations is another Gleanings story of how our Shepherd leads us. More than 8 years ago, Eric and Lisa Rivera came to Gleanings to do a Discipleship Training School (DTS). On their outreach to Guatemala, God revealed to Eric that he would one day serve this country. After 8 years working in our Procurement Dept. (Eric) and Finance Dept. (Lisa), they knew the time had come to move to Guatemala and fulfill God’s calling for them there. Now, a little over a year later, they are feeding over 28,000 children a day!
It’s a bright and sunny day here with pink blossoms lining our street and snow- capped mountains. One of those moments when nature reminds us of our faithful shepherd.
by Mark Ragains | Dec 5, 2016 | Prayer & Praise
Please pray for the funds for us to be able to complete the task of going solar. A solar system will greatly offset our electric costs saving us 10’s of thousands of dollars each year – for many years to come! We are excited about that, but would really not want to go into debt over it. Pray for the funds to all come in!
by Mark Ragains | Dec 5, 2016 | Prayer & Praise
Gleanings is going on outreach to Greece for 3 weeks, and also to Haiti for 10 days! Please pray for signs and wonders and for souls to be saved. Of course we want to bring mercy ministry and help meet the physical needs of people in practical ways too!
Also please pray for financial provision for those who are answering the call to go, and are lacking the means.
by Mark Ragains | Dec 2, 2016 | Summer Staff
It’s December! We can now officially begin to wish each other a happy holiday season. So – happy holidays everyone!
This week at Gleanings, we began to pull out the Christmas decorations, and started to plan for our Christmas festivities here. It seems like there is so much to plan, to set up, to buy, to bake, to write, to send, to do. What a lot of planning it takes just to celebrate Jesus together!
Psalm 94:19 says: “In the multitude of my thoughts within me, thy comforts delight my soul.”
We hope that you are all enjoying the build up to Christmas, and that you can keep your focus on God, family, and friends, rather than on the busyness of the season. We pray that your December is full of joy, cheer, and peace. After all, Jesus is the “reason for the season”, as they say, and He is the Prince of Peace! May you be productive and accomplish all you set out to do with glad hearts, and may your minds and souls be filled with the love and peace that only Jesus brings. Happy December!
We would also like to say a big thank you to the three groups who came to help us out this week: Newberry Springs Community Church, Bethany Church from Long Beach, and the Sacramento area homeschooling crew. Thank you all for your hard work!
