Prayer in Motion,
LLC Newsletter
January 10, 2004
Dear Family &
Friends,
I hope that you all had
a wonderful Christmas season filled with God's love through the gift of
family and friends and that your 2004 is off to a great start!
Amidst the holidays
I was blessed to receive 2 new great opportunities. First, thanks to my
backyard neighbors, LeAnn and Larry Elmer spreading the word, I was contacted
by a friend of theirs planning a retreat on January 17th for about 50 college
women through their campus ministry program. The retreat is based on
the book "Do you Think I'm Beautiful?" which discusses the struggle
girls and young women have with wanting to be thought beautiful by the men in
their life. It points to the more important relationship with God and
how beautiful we all are in His eyes. The book has references to
dancing with the Lord throughout and I have been asked to come in and
facilitate just that. Wow! Am I excited to be able to do
this!! Second, thanks to a great reference from another friend,
Ann Putallaz, I have been asked to do an introductory presentation with the
adult education group at St. Clare's Episcopal Church in March. Both of
these were truly heaven sent as I was home preparing for the holidays and
merely answered the phone! I was also blessed by another directee in
December, bringing me to a total of 7 right now, each one uniquely different
and bringing me great gifts of the Spirit.
On the more
discouraging side, I woke up this past Monday with vertigo. Seemingly a
reoccurrence of the same symptoms I struggled with for so long last year
about this same time. While I am still functioning, it is not
easy. I am dizzy, nauseous and have upper back pain most of the time
Since Monday I have
also had 2 engagements that I was asked to participate in cancelled, a
women's wellness retreat in the thumb area in January and a women's
fellowship at St. Columbin's on Valentine's Day. I know this is part of
the business, events get cancelled for a variety of reasons, although I do
feel somewhat "kicked while I'm down!"
So I begin this new
year with some challenges. But I am trusting that I am still on the
right path and that as I follow where God leads all will be well.
Please keep me in your prayers particularly for the upcoming programs I have this
month. As always I pray that God will
send me the people that need to experience this type of prayer through
movement and that He also make known to me the best means to reach
them.
Prayer in
Motion....Let the Spirit move you!
Janene
