The OC Singles are growing in conviction and gratitude for God’s amazing Kingdom! Last week, Letty Palacios shared powerfully for contribution on how God had seemingly answered her prayers by miraculously giving her a dream job that would provide for her and Sofia, her precious nine year old daughter.
However, her boss changed her hours to include Sundays and totally expected her to either miss church or FIND ANOTHER CHURCH or find another job! She shared how she put her faith in God and refused to compromise on her pledge to “seek first His Kingdom” and so appealed to a top executive who had come from out of state and just “happened to be in the office” that day! The executive was moved to tears by her life testimony and told Letty that no other person since the beginning of her time with the company in 1995 had refused to work on Sundays because of their relationship with God. So she herself refused to let any of her subordinates fire Letty, recognizing in her a boldness and integrity that she felt the company truly needed in their employees!
All Letty is required to do going forward is to call in Sunday mornings and say, “I am unable to work today!” God met all her and her daughter’s financial needs, but Letty is most ecstatic that she can now give sacrificially for the Mission Contribution to see this priceless Kingdom advance!
Lastly, God blessed the OC Teen Ministry with another soul saved today! Anthony, a student at Cypress High School, was invited to do Bible studies by our dear sister Erin Fischer who had been friends with Anthony for a few years. Ever since Anthony’s first Bible Study, there wasn’t a moment where he had a closed heart. Every day for a whole week, the brothers got together with Anthony right after he got out of school and helped this young man become a true disciple, until no one could keep him from jumping into those saving waters!
So encouraging was Anthony’s sharing before his baptism, as he had mentioned that before Erin invited him to study the Bible, he had been praying for friends that would get him closer to God! True to His words – God put disciples in his life!