Classic Mary Moments: God is THE SAME!!!

Thursday, January 26, 2012

God is THE SAME!!!

Soooo of course I know that God is THE SAME everywhere we go...buuuut it was amazing to feel that once again in Bohol!!! It was like I had missed church the past Sunday cause we were in the middle of traveling...BUT the moment we stepped into church the first night there my heart felt SUCH a relief...

When we got to our hotel, we were there for like an hour when my brother Joe called us and said that there was church that night and he was preaching...I was like OH no...gotta get ready...He was like...they said they would be here to pick us up at 8...I was like WHAT??? 8pm??? To pick us up??? FOR CHURCH??? My brother just laughed and said...ITs THE PHILIPPINES!!! You NEVER know what will happen!!! HAHA!!!

I ended up riding a TRIKE over...which was pretty BOMB AWESOME...I must say!!! LOL!

From the moment I stepped into the church that first night and we started singing...it just felt soooo good to be in God's presence once again...I just felt like an overwhelming feeling of feelin God again even though I was so far from home...

Here is the audoriam of the church...its in a driveway...

This up here is Sis. Wellina, the Pastora, LOL...on the platform area which is inside the carport...

Here I am with Jewel doing some impromptu singing...I was trying not to laugh at first...HAHAHA!

"Singing MY ONLY SONG I EVER SING...

♪♫♫♪♪"If you can use anything Lord, You can Use ME!"♪♫♪

Sis. Jewille, leading the song service Sunday morning...

♪This is the church, this is the church ON FIRE!!!"♪♪♫

LIttle Miss Hannah playing the keyboard...she is such a sweetheart...both of these girls became my good friends before we left...AND they are BOTH single- fyi GUYS!!!...although...they do have boyfriends...ahahha!!!

THe girls told me later one when I got back to the US...that some of the other girls were surprised by me...they hadn't expected me to be soooo friendly!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!! Thats ME!!! I greet people for the first time with NOT a handshake...but a HUG!!! (Females ONLY!!! HAHA!!!)

This here is my sis-in-law, Jewel's Dad, Bro. Britania preaching, he is the pastor of a home missions church in Manila!!! Overall I had a wonderful time at the church in Bohol...NO AC! SWEAT!!! A stray dog walking through...it was a great experience and its GOOD TO KNOW AND FEEL THAT GOD IS THE SAME!!!

One of my favorite parts of the trip!!!

GOOD CHURCH!!!

GOOD PEOPLE!!!

GOOD GOD!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

The Votaws!!!

He has preached all over the US, China, Taiwan, the Philipines, Vietnam and many more Asian countries. He preaches in underground churches in communism countries. He converted a man on death row in prison to Christ and 3 hours before that man died he baptized him in Jesus name. He prayed the first man in Vietnam to kill and americn soldier through to the Holy Ghost and Baptized him in Jesus name. He has converted trinitartin preachers all over to the Oneness doctrine...BUT ABOVE all else...I thank God that I TOO am ONE OF THOSE souls he reached out too...he gave 7 years of his life to New York City!!! I thank God that he answered the call!!! It wasn't until his 6th & final year as pastor there, that our family came into church...we were there for 9 months before we came to AZ and then right after that the Votaws left NYC for the mission fields of Asia...I THANK God that someone had a burden for NYC!!!

Sis. Kathy!!!

This is the woman that invited my Momma to a Pentecostal church!!! She told me that she was actually new in the church herself and that she would see my mom in the front yard of our house playing with us kids and she just wanted so badly for my mom to have what she had just recieved herself. It may have been just one person that she was witnessing to at that time, but that one person has had an affect on her own five children and now its her Grandchildren that are still recieving the blessing of Sis. Kathy's witness. 25 years ago, it wasn't just my mom...I may have only been two at the time, but it was ME she was winning too! I thank God she wasn't afraid to be a witness and that she didn't give up on my mom. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. (Acts 2:39) When you decide to live for God it doesn't just stop with you!