February 2025
Dear Praying Friends,
Over three years ago, she wouldn’t even talk to us or acknowledge our presence at
her grandson’s first birthday party. We were those religious outsiders who had changed her daughter’s life and she hated us for it. The entire family kept us at arm’s length and were relieved when we said our goodbyes.
Since then, many of them have visited our church, attended ladies’ meetings, family nights and special services. G. is the mother of one of our faithful ladies, A. I had the privilege of leading A. to Christ a while ago and she and her husband, J., are growing and maturing. As a couple, they decided that A. would be a stay-at-home mom while J. earned a living as an electrician. G. was opposed to her daughter giving up a career to “only be a mom”. “Work a job and put your children in day care” was her advice. In spite of family opposition, J. and A. are doing a great job raising their three children according to the Scriptures, and it shows.
G. recently told A. that she could see the huge difference in her grandchildren. She could see the results that godly parents were having in the joy and peace of her three grandchildren and told her daughter she was doing right by focusing on her children and not a career. While not everyone has that option, this couple is being a daily testimony to their lost families. Please pray for G. that she would soon be saved. She is SO close to salvation! A. thinks her mother would get saved but is afraid of mockery from the rest of the family.
God’s way is the best way,
Mark Hale
