"Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials
of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops
perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and
complete, not lacking anything"- James 1:2-4

A few weeks ago, I asked you to pray for an opportunity to
go to the maximum-security prison and minister to the women. Thank you so much
for your prayers because it appears we have an open door! I spent days trying
to find the Swaziland Counsel of Churches and literally was sent to ten
different places, each place sending me somewhere different. Once I found it, I was given a number to
contact the director, which turned into many conversations with her secretary
asking me to call back another time. I
finally reached her and she gave me the phone number of a Reverend who may be
able to help me. I spoke with him and
he informed me that they usually only go once a year and do an Angel Tree
program to provide gifts for the children of mothers who are in the prison. I
explained we would like to go and pray and encourage the women and if that
would be possible. He said he would try
and find a woman who would be willing to accompany us and call me back in a
week. Tonight, March 15^th, I
received a phone call from a woman named Ethel who said she would be excited to
go with us to the prison!!! She will be out of town the next two weeks but when
she returns she will set up an appointment for us to go and really looks
forward to meeting us. Praise God! Honestly, even if we get to go for only one
week, there may be one woman there who needs to hear from the Word of God!

Continue to pray for the hearts of those we will meet; that
they will be open to what God wants to show them. Pray that we will love these
women as Christ loves us. Pray that every time we open our mouths words will be
given to us so that we can fearlessly make known the mysteries of the Gospel(
Eph. 6:19). 

Sometimes, when doors appear to be closing, God is
challenging us to persevere and fight for the things that are important to us.
By persevering, we are becoming mature and complete, not lacking anything! We
are told in the Bible that ALL things are possible with God and more
often then not, He brings us through trials in order to strengthen our faith.
If He just gave us everything the first time around, how strong would our faith
be? We don't serve a god who is a genie and just magically gives us everything
we want. We serve a God who loves us so much that He wants us to be mature and
complete, not lacking anything! Praise
be to a God of details, who cares enough about us to continue to make us more
like Him!