STORIES FROM THE ROADZoom Gathering: Tuesday, July 14th, 8 PM EST
We've officially been on the road for TWO months now! Our first "Stories From the Road" included launching out from GA, then traveling to North Carolina, Maryland, and Washington D.C. where God showed up in each place!
Our second month has found us at Gettysburg, the Lancaster Area, New York (Croton-On-Hudson), Connecticut, Rhode Island, and the start of our Maine travels.
We've continued to see God move in the most beautiful ways, heard God speak to our hearts personally, had our assignment in Him more clearly defined, watched God touch lives in big and small ways, and always seen Him so very faithful along the way!
Each month, we're sharing our latest stories, what we're learning and hearing from God, and hopefully inspiring others to create stories of their own.
We would love for you to join us this Tuesday, July 14th, at 8:00 p.m.!
(No recording will be available - some stories are more sensitive.)
This is the perfect time to hear behind the scenes on the road and ask questions real-time!
--> RSVP to get the Zoom link - we hope to see you there!
OPPORTUNITIES TO
CONNECT & GROW DEEPER
Did you know Brian has a men's mentoring group that meets Thursday nights at 9:30 p.m. on Zoom? This group is a brotherhood of men committed to following Jesus together. As we learn at His feet, we encourage one another, celebrate what He's doing in each other's lives, and grow into the men He created us to be—walking confidently in the gifts, purpose, and good works He has prepared for us (Ephesians 2:10). This group is designed to propel men as kingdom leaders in every facet of their lives.
I (Andrea) am considering starting a weekly morning Zoom gathering for women and would love to know who's interested! It would be a welcoming space to grow together in our faith as we explore hearing God's voice, prayer and intercession, understanding dreams, and developing a deeper, more intimate walk with Jesus.
We're also opening up a limited number of individual mentoring opportunities, whether weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly.
Providing these opportunities are another way we can partner with God in journeying together with others and respond to His Great Commission to "make disciples of all nations" (Matt. 28:19-20). We'd love to journey with you!
Want information on the men's group?
Are you interested in participating in a women's group?
Would you like to know more about individual mentoring?
(There is a cost for each opportunity.)
Please reply to this email or reach out to us via text to learn more!
BECOME A TRAVEL PARTNERWe're traveling wherever He leads—praying, encouraging, mentoring, writing, teaching, and sharing the truth of who God is and the joy of walking closely with Him.
Many people have asked how they can be part of the journey.
First and foremost, we ask for prayer, especially for those we'll meet while on the road - for their hearts to be open and awakened to Him. For us, please thank God for His protection and travel mercies, for open doors/campsites, and pray for us to clearly hear Him leading us in every way, including logistically.
If you'd like to support us financially, every gift helps us continue saying "yes" to God's call. Whether it's a gallon of gas, a campground stay, a meal on the road, or simply a gift as God leads, you're helping fuel miles, ministry opportunities, mentoring conversations, writing projects, and God-ordained encounters across our nation.
In many ways, you're traveling with us.
Not everyone is called to go, but everyone can be part of the journey.
Ways to Give:
Thank you for praying, encouraging, and traveling with us!
WHAT'S NEXT???Our next stops include Maine, then a brief stop back in Connecticut before returning to the Lancaster area, where we've had the honor of being invited to gather with an Amish community for a time of worship and prayer.
While we've traveled, we've had multiple opportunities to pray for people, including those recovering from or facing surgery, as well as other illnesses and needs.
If we can pray for you, please reach out! I have a prayer journal, and I'm writing each request and answered prayer in it!
Living for Him,
Andrea & Brian
Our Mission: Love Others Well & Empower Them to Do the Same
What Does It Look Like to Live Forward?
This is part of a larger discussion, but let me open it with the idea of what it looks like to “live forward.”
As a whole, we live in a world that’s divided, and we accept that as today’s norm. That’s not God’s desire for us.
He’s told us to live together in unity, to love one another, and to lay down our lives for each other. He’s told us to remove the plank from our own eye before trying to take one out of someone else’s. We see admonitions like this throughout His Word.
God has also told us a house divided can’t stand, and history has proven it. TRUTH: We can hold differences of opinion, still love one another, and maintain healthy relationships.
Living forward can dramatically change the future our families and our nation are headed. It starts with each of us laying down the need to be right, heard, vindicated, etc., and relies on us living forward, walking in love as He has loved us.
We can’t change the past, but we can learn from it, and we can choose differently as we intentionally live forward in love and forgiveness. If we don’t, we’re going to see cycles, including civil war, continue to be repeated.
What does it look like to live forward?This question dropped into my heart a couple of weeks ago, and it’s stayed with me.
I think it’s safe to say there are things in the past that each of us would love to change if we could. While we can’t go back and relive it, making different choices than we did previously, we can intentionally choose actions and words that touch today and create a framework for what can become a different future.
Notice I said “can,” not “will.”
It’s easy to create a storyline in our minds of how things will unfold, but that’s almost guaranteed to become a work of fantasy, rather than non-fiction, because we don’t get to determine how our new choices will be received by others or how they’ll react or respond.
I’m not walking out “living forward” perfectly, and I’m figuring it out as I go. Only time will tell if it bears fruit. That said, here are some things I feel are important - a lot more could be said about each point.
- Listen - to the Holy Spirit and to the other person.
- Own your mistakes and ask the other person’s forgiveness.
- Forgive if you’ve been asked.
- Don’t take false responsibility. If others are trying to take false responsibility related to you, help them let that go.
- Live by your convictions while also walking in love.
- Let go of expectations of the other person or how you feel things should be now.
- Live out what God has shown you and be consistent in it.
Living forward begins in our families – they are the building blocks. Start there. Lay down your offenses. Fight for one another, rather than against. Live according to your convictions and respond in love.
If we keep letting the world guide us in this, the path is one that leads directly to the decimation of families and to war, and there’s a very planned agenda for each.
As dire as that sounds, look at history and repeated cycles.
We can create a different future. It starts with each of us.
How will you live forward today? What steps can you take?
Living for Him,
Andrea
Scripture References: Psalm 133:1, John 13:34-35, John 15:13, Matthew 7:3-5, Matthew 12:25, Ephesians 5:2, Colossians 3:13, Ephesians 4:32, Leviticus 19:18, James 1:19, Romans 12:18
Our Mission: Love Others Well & Empower Them to Do the Same
