It's a new day and an exciting one :) It's been a hard first month or so adjusting to being off of night watch, but the hand of the Lord is very present and tangible in my life. I KNOW that I have heard His voice, I know that He is still speaking and that there are wonderful, exciting adventures ahead :) God is faithful, and soooo kind! 

He is bringing so many things together. There have been pieces that He was forming in me and they have sprouted and grown together beautifully! I don't see the grand view of the "garden" He's cultivating in me, but I sense things moving into place, shifting, sliding; like the clink of a door when it locks in place, or the sound of the new crisp puzzle piece locking in place with another piece. Ever so subtle, but delightfully pleasing. I "hear" the sounds of closure and completion to places in my life, though I haven't seen the fruition or the actual culmination of things YET.

Maybe it's better said like this: I'm a child that hears my father at work in His workshop. I know He is making a special gift or surprise for me. It's been a while of waiting and I have told Him all of what I want and would like. In anticipation, I hear the clinking and the tapping. I have seen Him take material in to His shop, but the time is near when something will finally be produced and presented to me. I'm excited. I have an smidge of an idea of what He has in store, but I really don't have a clue :) 

It is a brighter day, and I am looking forward to the days ahead. I have a longing, groaning ache in my heart that is accompanied with a rising joy. Joy is rising from what used to be ashes in my heart, and the ache propels me into God's heart. Aching is a gift that makes it evident that my heart is alive. I pray that God will give me grace to obey that hunger and satisfy my longings in Him. Jesus come be the love of my life.

Queen

Zechariah 6:3-10

What is the North Country and what does it mean to quiet the Spirit of God?

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In the very near future things are going to be changing for me. Starting with Brazil in October. I know that I am going to be changed forever! I have seen women in desperate situations, and I have met some broken-hearted men as well... But I have yet to look into the eyes of a child that is selling themselves for sex just to get some money for food.

I am going to be changed. Every penny that has been sown into this trip is going to reap rewards. No doubt about it. Every person that gave for this trip is going down in the record books of history in heaven. If you are in Jesus, great is your inheritance in what you give towards. 

Do you want to be blessed and do you want treasure in heaven? Treasures in heaven aren't going to be a let down, I guarantee! God loves a cheerful giver and God loves the poor. God is near the afflicted, oppressed, broken, weak and the lowly of heart. 

If you want in on an eternal investment, give towards the poor, needy, orphan and widow. Most important, Give to ministries that are Jesus Justice people. Without Jesus there is NO justice. Let Him be the center, let Him be the focus and watch Him deliver the oppressed who cry out "Abba Father!"

The poor and oppressed need to be healed, saved and delivered. My prayer is this that the Father of Glory would fill them with a Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of God that the eyes of their understanding would be enlightened that they would know the hope of their calling. And that they would be filled with all the fullness of God in Christ Jesus. ` Ephesians 1:17-19

Queen

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August 15th deadline coming up! I need $1,500 to buy my ticket for Brazil Trip in 16 days  :)


I don't know how it's gonna happen, I never do on these trips. Every mission trip I go on, I come face to face with my weakness, bareness, & dependence on God.


Without God & His people giving & pouring into my life, I would be a much differerent person today. I am not the same girl that I was 5 years ago.


South Africa 2010 ~ I embraced women crying for freedom , I observed toddlers entertaining adult male tourists by posing with them in pictures and holding the money given to them, I stayed up all night outside of the brothels of Rosettenville, laid hands on a man in shock from a gunshot wound at a BP station at 3 in the morning, Got chased by angry pimps at 6 in the morning on our way home for the night, stayed in rat infested lodge for the night in one of the worst and most dangerous neighborhoods of SA... 


Poland & Ukraine 2011~ Talked to a film student about why he was handing out flyers of nude women, got led through a restaurant kitchen to the back door leading up to the door of a brothel, met some amazing nuns who care for rescued women and their children, I saw their faces, and we heard some of their stories, We visited an Aids hospital, worshiped on the Odessa Port and prayed for the women, We visited orphans and those who care for them....


And next is Brazil... there are children on the streets of Fortaleza and Recife being prostituted... the age of consent is 14yrs old... there are girls younger than that on the street. We will visit some of them that have been rescued, and we will visit even more who are still on the streets of Brazil.... 


I can't go without your help and I won't go without the Lord's blessing. I believe He has said YES. Now remains the question, "who will join me?" You have an inheritance in the things you sow into.


I invite you to join in the blessings that I know God will pour out from this trip. No matter how much or how little you are able to give, it counts and it matters!!! Please contact me if you are willing to give financially, or if you want to be a prayer partner!! :)


stephaniequeen@ihop.org


Bless you, 


Stephanie Q