Classic Mary Moments: I've been told...

Sunday, July 18, 2010

I've been told...

I've been told before, NOT to toot your own horn...BUT guess what I am about to do?! Yes thats right!!! I'm gonna toot my own horn!!! ;)

TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY!!!

(Heeey i might toot my own horn, but I'm Mary...who's horn DON'T I toot?!?!!;)

Sweet 27 todaaaaaaaaay and havin a total blast!!! I'm amaZed by how many people LOVE me...there is NO greater present I can get, than knowing I am LOVED!!! I am soooo blessed!!! :) It is ALSO my niece Mary Jo's birtday today, Sis. Betty Cleveland's AND John Morale's!!! If you have a chance make sure to wish them ALL a happy Birthday!!! ALSOOO...
MJ was at the alter praying today for the Holy Ghost!!! This is a HUGE deal, considering that she normally covers her ears a soon as the Holy Ghost is mentioned!!! Today when pastor Abbott was preaching, he said, "Mary Jo, God wants to fill you with the Holy Ghost TODAY on your birthday! AND when he said that I just started sobbing, cause I realized just how much I want that TODAY on OUR BIRTHDAY!!! If you guys only knew where God brought her from...She was trapped in her Eygpt...BUT God has brought her out!!! Please pray for our little girl today!!! She said that she is going to get the Holy Ghost TONIGHT!!!
Thank you everyone for ALL the birthday emails, and text messages!!! I love them all and they are soooooo sweet!! You guys are AWESOME!!! :)

The Votaws!!!

He has preached all over the US, China, Taiwan, the Philipines, Vietnam and many more Asian countries. He preaches in underground churches in communism countries. He converted a man on death row in prison to Christ and 3 hours before that man died he baptized him in Jesus name. He prayed the first man in Vietnam to kill and americn soldier through to the Holy Ghost and Baptized him in Jesus name. He has converted trinitartin preachers all over to the Oneness doctrine...BUT ABOVE all else...I thank God that I TOO am ONE OF THOSE souls he reached out too...he gave 7 years of his life to New York City!!! I thank God that he answered the call!!! It wasn't until his 6th & final year as pastor there, that our family came into church...we were there for 9 months before we came to AZ and then right after that the Votaws left NYC for the mission fields of Asia...I THANK God that someone had a burden for NYC!!!

Sis. Kathy!!!

This is the woman that invited my Momma to a Pentecostal church!!! She told me that she was actually new in the church herself and that she would see my mom in the front yard of our house playing with us kids and she just wanted so badly for my mom to have what she had just recieved herself. It may have been just one person that she was witnessing to at that time, but that one person has had an affect on her own five children and now its her Grandchildren that are still recieving the blessing of Sis. Kathy's witness. 25 years ago, it wasn't just my mom...I may have only been two at the time, but it was ME she was winning too! I thank God she wasn't afraid to be a witness and that she didn't give up on my mom. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. (Acts 2:39) When you decide to live for God it doesn't just stop with you!