Kathy, I'm rejoicing at God's faithfulness!!  So happy to read your report.

Love,
Helen

Earlier, Kathy Du Bois wrote:
>HI Guys,
>Well, God certainly does work in mysterious ways, His wonders to perform.
>I just hope that my retelling of what happened today makes sence to you
>as you read it. Much of our opposition didn't show up at the meeting and
>one of our defenders, who had thought that she wouldn't be able to make
>it, went out of her way to come; so, the meeting went much better than we
>had anticipated. Whoever wanted to suggest that our pay be reduced to
>part time either didn't show up or didn't speak out. Some people thought
>that they were going to be able to call Greg on the carpet for writing an
>email to the former pastor questioning whether or not he wished to
>continue his membership in our church since he has not attended for more
>than five years. Well, Greg did enquire, and Pastor Olson had responded
>that he wished to remain a member so Greg dropped the matter altogether.
>Pastor Olson then proceeded to go behind our backs and show the email to
>the old guard, but it appears that he may have deleted Greg's name making
>it look as though Greg had tried to do this anonymously, which Greg
>hadn't. Anyway, fortunately, Greg kept the correspondence so we have
>proof of what was actually said. But, Greg surprised the opposition that
>was there by simply admitting that this interaction between him and
>Pastor Olson had taken place and Greg spoke the truth about the
>situation. Then, our defenders spoke up for us and pointed out that
>pastor Olson had been the one in the wrong by gossiping and possibly
>trying to deceive and that he was the one in the wrong, by making others
>aware of the correspondence between Greg and himself, not Greg. I did
>fire off a bit about the frustration of trying to grow a healthy church
>and saving souls and the frustration of not getting anywhere when there
>is so much opposition and talk behind our backs. Some people thought that
>I put it pretty well. I don't know, I ended up being mad at myself
>because my main prayer going into this had been that the Lord would help
>me keep my mouth shut. Well, unfortunately, the heavenly duct tape got
>pride off my mouth once, but I did manage to stay quiet for most of it. I
>don't know how in the world Jesus did it, to sit quietly amidst all the
>lies and falsehoods being hurled at Him at His trial. I guess that I
>still need to learn more about letting God fight my battles for me.
>Anyway, our place here is still in tact. I can go back to enjoying
>watching my house being built again. I know that the ugly stuff is still
>there, but at least we, especially Greg, faced it well. Oh you guys, I
>wish that we would see more fruit to our ministry here. The struggle
>sometimes is just so hard.
>Thank you for always praying when I ask.
>God bless,
>Kathy
>
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