What a walking, living, breathing testimony she is. I still see her
speaking in front of many people affectively changing the lives of those
who listen to God use her for his sake. By many I'm seeing not only many
groups of one or two, but groups of hundreds at a time. She'll be a
powerhouse for God and is showing that even now. Celebrating with you guys.

Blessings,

Brad


Phil Scovell wrote:
>Vinny wrote off line and asked so here is my reply to him.  I thought the
>whole list would like to read the latest about Gretchen.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>
> > Vinny,
> >
> > By way of follow up, Gretchen is doing amazingly well.  She is praying
>like
> > nobody I know, she worships the Lord all the time, she is really showing
> > humility, she talks about the Bible all the time, and she is getting on
> > fabulously at the church home she is living in.  She has a good 8 and a
>half
> > months to go in the program but they are letting her come home all day
> > Saturday now and soon they will allow entire weekend visits.  She told me
> > she thinks maybe some day she will be in this type of ministry working
>with
> > addicts.  She prays so much, the home leaders come and awaken her during
>the
> > night to come and sit and pray with the new girls just admitted to the
>home
> > having drug withdrall problems and homesickness troubles.  There isn't a
> > weekend she doesn't come home that she doesn't read a new Bible verse to
>me
> > that the Lord has given her.  It is nothing short of a miracle and we
>praise
> > the Lord for it.  How well I remember last November when I was in the
> > hospital with pneumonia and the worst flue Colorado has seen in decades.
> > when the Lord spoke to me one night during a time of deep depression, He
> > clearly told me I was in the hospital for one reason only and that was
> > because He was asking me to give Him Gretchen unconditionally.  I finally
> > did but it was very difficult to do.  The depression immediately lifted
>when
> > I submitted her fully to the Lord.  It has been worth it all.  Her divorce
> > should be final mid June but it keeps getting pushed back by the courts so
>I
> > keep doing spiritual warfare every day that God will keep their marriage
> > together.  Furthermore, another note of praise is the diversionary
>probation
> > program she is on through the county.  Her case officer is a woman and
>this
> > lady, Gretchen recently learned, is a born again Christian.  More than
>that,
> > the diversionary board has granted her a two year extension to get the
>4200
> > dollars paid back to the county for the program she was supposed to be on.
> > Nothing but the grace of God once again.  When she gets clear in about 9
> > months, her police record will be erased from the police computers and she
> > will have no felony record at all.  Praise God.
> >
> > Phil.
> >
> >

Brad

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