blessing from God!

In July I will be traveling with a group from my home church to the city of New Orleans to continue to help rebuild even though it has been almost 5 years since it happened, there is still a great need.

I sent Art (owner of Papa Roux) a copy of my support letter. He agreed to help me out, and in turn came up with "sides of Kelsey" the sides are normally free with your meal when you dine-in so he asked customers to donate a dollar for them and then he gave the money to me, Art ran the special for a week and in turn gave me 261 dollars! That is amazing the amount far surpassed my expectation. I thank the Lord for Art, his family and all the Papa Roux customers who helped me out!!!!! I will be sure and take lots of pictures and update you when i return the end of July. Thanks again!!!!!!!

rebel.

romans 12:1-2

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

the word conformed(syschēmatizō) in the greek means to fashion or shape one thing like another. So when it says we need to conform to this world, we should not look like the world in any fashion. This is a difficult thing to accomplish, from the music we listen too- to the clothes we wear. We need to conform to the image of God, when we do this we should look more like Him everyday.

Jesus was a rebel, a renegade, outlaw/ sanctified
troublemaker but He never sinned, oh/ and He lived His life by a different set of Rules/ the culture ain't approve/so you know they had to bruise em/ that's the way they do/ man, His sweat is so gangsta/ everyone the same/ everybody do the same stuff/ tattoos, pierces, smokin' up and drinking/ money sex plus them extravagant weekends/ man if that's the high life/ I'll puff puff pass that/ you leave evaporated like missing a gas cap/ I guess I'm passed that/ I'm in rebellion/ rather have a dollar in my pocket than a mill-ion/ scared to worship money, my wants over Elyon/ I'll remain a rebel while the rest of them just carry on/this is what I live fo/ this the hill I'm buried on/ if Jesus is the truth/ that means one of us is VERY wrong/ think about it

REBEL ]Lecrae

(I know in our day, 'rebel' means 'sinner'.
But everyone is sinning, so it's no longer rebellious to sin!
Jesus was a rebel who was counter-cultural.)

No glory to me all glory's to the King on the throne (Jesus) you either love Him or leave Him alone but you can't do both yeah, I know you heard that once in song I pray you hear 10 more fo ya gone hey listen up, holmes The stage is the corner crowd is the streets That's why I rap the bread of life cause they dyin' to eat
I'm a rebel you know the kind that die in the street Cause you refuse to
conform, won't eat the kings meat yeah, Christ rebelled by shunning the
Cultured He eatin' with sinners givin Pharisees ulcers He never got married, He was broke plus homeless yeah that's the God I roll with ya boy gotta wife
and no I neva cheated I'm prayin for humility whenever I get heated forget
about the drugs rebel against pornography this ain't how it oughta be,
homie this is how it's gotta be A rebel

You're just a conformist if you're drunk and naked, and driving around on a motorcycle, smoking cigarettes and breaking commandments and getting pregnant out of wedlock. Everyone's done that! That's so tired. If you really want to be a rebel, read your Bible, because no one's doing that. That's rebellion. That's the only rebellion left!

single moms.

today i attended a graduation... much different than graduations that we normally attend. It was for the girls where my mom works, she works at a daycare for single low-income mom's who are still in high school and college. the moms can attend the daycare if they attend parent meetings, clean, and keep up their grades. It is a free daycare. It is essentially a ministry... but not Christian based. anyways at tonights graduation it finally hit me, i never realized the importance of the my mom's job or how amazing the mom's are. One mom talked about how hard it was too study and to also be up with the baby multiple times a night and how her little sister helped her out so much. I have been babysitting for 4 kids and it is really hard work I cant imagine being a single mom. As i sat watching the graduation video, the preschoolers graduate and the mom's give their speeches. I was almost brought to tears. One mom talked about how she never would have finished school if it weren't for mom's house. Then i realized Mom's House is changing Toledo. They are helping break the welfare cycle in Toledo, it may only be a few girls at a time, but its working. Tonight celebrated that over 100 moms have graduated Mom's House! I don't think that Mom's House realizes all that they have accomplished. One mom who graduated was telling how now she is married, 2 kids, and an awesome job that she worked hard to get and deserves! She has broken the cycle and hopefully people will begin to follow her example. I wish that Mom's House was a bigger place but there is constantly a waiting list... It is a perfect organization to begin developing a community with. I thought about other cities who don't have Mom's House and I pray that it will begin to grow and expand! I thank the Lord for Mom's House and the impact they have on these girl's lives, and for my mom who takes care of the young children, she is doing an amazing thing much more than just a "job"