RAVEN AMARILLO

Our God is a huge and awesome God. He is a God of goodness and love. While He wraps His love around the whole world, He still found us RAVEN's in Amarillo, Texas and wrapped us in His loving arms this last weekend. RAVEN Ministries International gathered last weekend to pray, worship, learn, fellowship and just plain love and support each other. It was a long drive out there, but i would not trade it for anything in the world, especially knowing what the world has to offer! You know how it is, expectant and exciting on the way but long and more subdued on the way home. Our trip back was a mission in itself. God had us in the right time and place to buy a fellow a tank of gas, then later we were right behind an accident where we were able to help out until the ambulance arrived. Pastor Rudy made sure the victim's heart was right with God while we prayed for him all the while. God is so good.

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Yes i did say Pastor Rudy. Rudy Gonzalez was ordained this weekend along with four other mighty men of God and now the Director of RAVEN West Coast is Pastor Rudy!! Praise God. i am honored to call him my Pastor. God bless him as he walks with God in this higher responsibility. i am proud of him and i love him and will support him any way i can.

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This weekend also confirmed the urgency of our mission to save as many souls as we can before Jesus returns for us all. There is not much time and the clock is tickin. We are strong and growing, we are comitted and steadfast. We will work hard to bring every soul we meet into the Kingdom of God. There is no time to waste.

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i finally got to meet some very special people i have only written or talked to on the phone. i can only say that my heart is so full and i was so abundantly blessed this weekend that it was hard to leave. When you are with brothers and sisters in Christ, who are like minded and like souled, where you do not have to explain why you do what you do or why you are the way you are, it is a huge blessing. Each one of you is very dear to my heart and i love you all very much. The Holy Ghost was so present and the prayer changed people and God was lifted up in each moment. It was a powerful and holy time. God bless each and everyone who was there from oldest to youngest, to family and friends. We are all one body in Christ Jesus and we are all moving together to change the face of the world. Amen and Amen. God is so good.

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Our last night we had a worship service and a message from Pastor Troy Bohn. We were at a church called Generation Next. A place with history. When people that love God so much get together, the Holy Ghost becomes so present that it reaches deep down into your soul and brings out your greatest joy. We worshipped, were filled up by the word and prayed for hours. What a holy time it was. i can't do it justice with words. Sorry, you had to be there...

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The last thing i want to say is that there are people in this world, and i have met some of the best, that want to live for Jesus each and every second of their lives. EVERY SECOND. Praise God for that. These people are my family and they will be for all eternity. i love them very much and i will serve The Lord with them as long as i breathe on this earth. Join us, won't you? God bless you guys, keep on fighting the good fight and i know i will see you all soon. i love you.

RAVEN Deb