Heartworks Ministry at Crescent Hill

So much has been marvelous since we started back to school, August 1! Just this week: Amaya was baptized on Missions Day, this past Sunday, OUTSIDE at Shandon Baptist Church along with 17 others - it was a powerful sight! She did great! Amaya has also become our Jubilee Prayer Coordinator and keeps a notebook with each prayer request for our Jubilee Family and Friends. God has given our children such a heart for prayer - I am amazed and thrilled! They truly believe that God hears us and answers!

Missions Sunday at both Sea Coast Community Fellowship and Shandon Baptist were both successful! Thank you to both churches for having us with our booths of information and giving us the opportunities to speak to folks who are interested in what God is doing through us, in our inner city community. In some of the darkest corners of our city, God is shining some bright lights and teaching our children at a young age, to represent Him and HIS love within their own families and groups of friends. We hope that God will speak to more hearts about volunteering, praying for us and sending monthly financial support that will sustain Heartworks and Jubilee Academy leading to expansion and growth!

Have you heard of the Divine Playhouse at Lake Carolina? Wowee!!! We had such a wonderful experience there and are looking forward to becoming part of their “homeschool group” that meets each Wed. for Dance, Drama and Art lessons. Sweet Sarah Clough, who we’ve known for years from Shandon, called us up weeks ago volunteering to teach our children Liturgical Dance. She has been coming and the children have shown great interest - so, she invited us to the Divine Playhouse where she actually takes lessons and teaches younger ones. Sara and her sister Emily brought the most precious dance outfits for EVERY ONE of our 12 students to us this morning. We thanked them and God but did not find out until later that they had used their own bundle of savings (designated for an upcoming event)! I almost cried as the chills crawled up the back of my neck! Their mom would not let me even suggest giving back to them, explaining to me that “this is how they grow” and “it was all Sarah’s idea - she wants to do it”. The children and I discussed this true blessing in love and we are now thinking of what things we each could “give up” for someone else. We have committed to sending a monthly Blessing Box/Care Package to our friend and new missionary to Sudan, Dr. Ingrid Reneau. Please pray for God’s richest blessings on those who bless others so sweetly and sacrificially!

Sandee gave us some old video tapes this weekend, containing TV news reports from back in the early days of Heartworks. I have processed

and uploaded the most recent of those to Youtube and made a page for it here. Watch for the older ones in the coming days.

Also, please check out the newly-released Trumpeteer newsletter for the month of August [5MB PDF file], which will also be linked in the sidebar.