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Our first "family" trip
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Posted by: MamaMoreno
Hello All,
just wanted to let everyone know..........you won't see me on anointed this weekend. My fiance' and I will be going out of town, as the two older girls have a soccer tournament this weekend. This is our first "family" trip out of town, and I am excited to see how the LORD will work this. This will be the first trip we will take with ALL of us together. There have been previous day trips that my fiance' and i have taken with the younger two; but the teenager was out with friends. This is going to be an awesome weeking of building foundations for strong family ties and relationships. Although we are not yet a "family" by man's word or even GOD's word yet........however; we strive to be one and act like one. The younger two girls will be sleeping in the same bed with me; while the teenager will be sleeping in the bed with her dad. We are making sure there will be no room for temptation as we will all be in the same hotel room together. I believe we may even try to get to a church service while we are out of town. This trip will be good one; Please pray we travel in safety and that GOD will use this time together to help the eldest understand how FAMILY is supposed to be, and not the visions that her biological mother has planted in her brain. Any other insight you feel needs to be prayed for, please do so. I will post after we get back to let you all know how it went. take care and have a great weekend. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. I will miss my "anointed family" while I am gone.
Posted by: ninababy73
Father, I pray for Your hand is upon this first family trip. May Godly impressions be made. May they start to feel and act like a family. I pray for travelling mercies to be upon them, bringing them safely to and fro. Cover this time together. In Your name, I pray. Amen 
Posted by: GodKeepsHisPromises
God of All ~
Thank you for family. I pray that Mama Moreno's family becomes one of your perfect will and blessings. Let the teenager(s) have an open heart and a giving heart, as they all feel the love of the Father move about them. Let this trip be as enlightening as it is exciting for all of them. I pray Your peace and harmony knit each person together as you knitted us in the womb, so they will be a strong family of God.
In Jesus Christ's Name-----Amen
I pray for all of his gifts for you and yours, Mama Moreno!
God bless you in every way!
Posted by: MamaMoreno
Hello All,
Although I have not sown into this seed; I wanted to share with you what happened this weekend.
We had recently paid our two tithe payments of $50 each right before our trip this weekend. We knew we could have used this money for our trip this weekend but we just asked GOD to cover us and allow things to happen as he would have happen.
We heard from the girls mother on last tuesday and she asked us to hold off on cashing her check of $125 til the 15th as she did not have the money for it to be cashed. Instead of being angry and upset with her, we just knew GOD would provide for our needs somehow.
When we got to the hotel friday night, my fiance's card would not be accepted but fortunately I had some cash on me from some things I had taken back to walmart. We needed at least $73 to get into our room or else we would have to drive back home and leave again for the soccer tournament early in the morning. We got in the car and just asked GOD for his will be done, and went to a von's. My fiance was able to miraculously get $20 out of the atm (this being the same card that was just declined at the motel) WE went back to the motel and were able to be checked in. By using the $53 I had from the items I had returned to Walmart, and the $20 he had taken from the ATM, we now had just enough to get into the hotel room but we now had no money for food.
We spent some time getting settled into the room and then praised GOD for his blessings. We had brought some food with us, but not nearly enough to take care of the whole weekend as we had anticipated being able to buy food when we got there. My fiance' then reminded me that he had gotten a $20 gift card from the company he works for so we returned and got some basics to make sandwiches and to be able to have cold cereal in the morning. Far from what we had hoped for in the means of food for the weekend, but at least we had a place to sleep for the night and food for in the morning. We blessed the food, ate and asked GOD for his will be done in regards to the rest of the weekend. It was restless night as the beds were extremely uncomfortable (felt like we were sleeping on nothing more than box springs with a pretty cover on them)
We woke the next morning, ate breakfast and just asked GOD again to have his will in regards to finances. My fiance' went to the front office and money was there to pay for a second night so at least we would be able to stay in the hotel room instead of the car.
We went to the games, and amidst some tension and rebellion from our teenager, my fiance' and I got into a fight because he allowed her to go with her team instead of going to her sister's game and showing support as I felt she needed to. I felt truly upset and walked away instead of being thankful that she would be able to participate in a positive activity and made it all about me. GOD took that time to put me in check and helped me to realize that I was not showing CHRISTlike love and that the bond I wanted to build with her would be destroyed by attitudes such as mine.
We then were able to go fill up the gas tank which was somewhere between $23-27 (I can't remember exactly how much); my fiance' then started singing God praises at the gas tank and I was thankful but not as much as I should have been. I was tired, hungry(I didn't eat to make sure the food would be there for the girls and my fiance), irritable and just wanted the weekend to be over. My fiance' went to the ATM inside the gas station and was able to take out $60. THIS was truly a blessing from GOD. We now had enough money to go and enjoy a nice meal and get some of the things we needed for the rest of our weekend. We were also able to purchase some of the photos that were taken of the girls while they were playing soccer.
It was thru GOD's mercy and grace, because we had been faithful in our tithes, that he blessed us with a total of $300+ for the weekend.
Even as I write this now, I am still in shock as to how finances worked out for the weekend. There were many lessons to be learned this weekend, and I'm not sure I caught all of them, but I certainly learned about being faithful to keeping your word to GOD and how he can and will bless you.
Father,
I am eternally grateful to you for covering us this weekend in regards to food, clothing, shelter, finances and all you provided this weekend. Thank you for humbling me and reminding me of how my behavior was being presented.Thank you for all you do and continue to do in my life and those I care for.
I humbly ask you now to please cover Jerry while he is on this trip. Provide him blessings tenfold of what you gave us this past weekend throughout his trip. Please protect and cover your servant and have the Holy Spirit to be with him. Grant him favor and an overflowing abundance of your love and mercies while he is doing what you have called him to do. I plead the blood of JESUS CHRIST upon him and all that are with him, protect them and keep them safe. May they reach out to all those you hope to reach, and more. I ask these things in the name of thy beloved son, JESUS CHRIST. AMEN
Posted by: pickone
Enjoy building your testimony. I haven't enjoyed the bad parts of mine.