Romans 15:13, "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope".


Thank you for praying for us!

We are astounded at the work of the Holy Spirit and will share more soon!  

He is guiding and directing our next steps in such a beautiful way, doing things that only He is capable of.

We have great hope for the future!

God ALONE is worthy of all glory, honor and praise!

Humble servants of the Lord Most High,

Jeff and Diane

God is always preparing each of us for our "NEXT".

What's our...."NEXT"?

When Jeff and I returned to the United States in April, we never would have imagined what God was orchestrating.  

We have had the privilege to work alongside some AMAZING Christ followers, dedicated to knowing God's Word and applying it in their lives and ministry.

We celebrate these brothers-in-Christ that matured in their walks with Christ incredibly during these past six months.  

As well, we celebrate our brother-in-Christ who has decided to use his energy and efforts to go to seminary and become a pastor!

Last Sunday was a bittersweet day as we closed the church plant and celebrated what God has done through all of this journey.

Now we stand at a crossroads, Jeff and I.  We are excited for our next chapter and are listening intently to Him as we reflect, pray, dream, consider and seek God's will for our next ministry.  

We are in awe of our amazing sending church, Westwind, that is so beautifully caring for us!

Thanks to those of you who have reached out to us via e-mails, texts and phone calls with words of love and encouragement!

Please pray with us as we follow God's plan for our lives and for our "NEXT"!

Humble servants of the Lord Most High,

Jeff and Diane

1 Peter 1:3-9, "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!  In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade---kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.  In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.  These have come so that your faith---of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire---may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.  Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls".

Focusing on Christ...THE Transformer of Lives!

Jesus' power to transform hearts and lives continuously AMAZES me!

Let me share with you a current praise:

We are delighting in the transformation that we see Christ making in the life and heart of one of our friends!  

We're slowly seeing her getting excited again about her walk with the Lord, as if being in a desert walking aimlessly for years and finally walking into water---living water!

God connected us as friends in an amazing way the day that we moved to Grimes!  It was truly only by the leading of the Holy Spirit!  

As well, we've been praying, without ceasing for this dear friend, studying God's Word together and ministering in love and unity, never judging and always encouraging.

Join us in praise and continued prayer for our friend, who is now greatly enjoying encouraging us in our journey with the Lord!  

I remarked to her the other evening, "if it brings you joy to encourage us, imagine the difference you can make in the lives of so many others, as well!"

Humble servants of the Mighty King Jesus,

Diane and Jeff

COME, HOLY SPIRIT!

Our Connection Group...minus Drew and Jeff!

We've been leading a Connection Group in our home for several months and Wednesday night was an amazing night!

We spent some time sharing about situations in our past when we felt God's very real and clear presence in our lives and one thing was very obvious to me---we all desire MORE of God.  We desire MORE Holy Spirit experiences.

As followers of Jesus Christ, nothing delights us more than those times in our lives when we feel our Father's presence and/or witness the Holy Spirit doing amazing things!  So....can we have MORE of these "Holy Spirit moments"?  I believe the answer is, "YES"!

I have recently been reading in the book of John and John 14 reminds and encourages me in verses 12-14 that say, "I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing.  He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.  And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father.  You may ask me for anything in my name and I will do it."  

Wow, these are powerful words and they are hard to believe!  And yet, there they are---God's truth.

As we go on and read in chapter 15, we see however that God is the gardener and will cut off branches that bear no fruit.  He prunes us, or disciplines us, so that we can be more fruitful.

What does he ask of us?  That we remain in him.  If we remain in Him, He will remain in us and apart from Him we can do NOTHING.

As we read further, He explains that if we obey His commands we will remain in His love.  He tells us this so that His joy may be in us.  His complete joy.  He chose us and appointed us to GO and bear fruit.  Fruit that will last.  Then He will give whatever we ask in his name!  

James 5:16 tells us that the prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.  I believe God responds to our prayers.

Our interaction with God affects His actions.  In His Word, He has told us how He will react to certain actions and attitudes of ours and our prayers reveal what our attitudes are.

When we go to Him prayerfully, we are showing our reliance on Him.  We are showing our dependency and trust in Him.  He relates to His children who pray dependently upon Him, just as an earthly father wants the best for his children who come to him in dependence.

To me, this means simply that if I remain in relationship with Him, remain in His Word each day, remain in prayer, always remembering to ask His forgiveness for my sins and be "right" with God, that my "Holy Spirit moments" will be many instead of few.  

God WANTS to use us.  We are His ambassadors.  

Are we prepared every day, making ourselves available and "interruptable" to be used by God and see the Holy Spirit at work?

Jeff and I love these moments when the Holy Spirit shows up and we crave more!  So we remain....

...ready and willing,

Diane and Jeff