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Spring Greetings

As I type, the sun is shining, looks like Spring 2010 is finally here; unless you have been in the Panhandle this week, where it snowed the day we drove there & the day before we were to leave. I do appreciate the snow, but this winter has been a travel nightmare!

I know that it is only the beginning of spring, but it feels like we have been working for 6 months rather than only 3 this year. Our schedule has felt even a “little” out of control. I know God is the One who designed it, so He will empower us to carry it out, but more than ever do we sense a “heating” up of things. And that brings some great moves of God & some battles alongside. I do not remember a January & February where we have seen such intense services most places we’ve been. The highlight so far was probably FBC in Las Cruces, NM where we began with a marriage retreat & went right into a revival where we had over 200 decisions for Christ! The pastor, staff & church were in a spiritual state of shock I think and it was intense; they hadn’t experienced a revival in over 10 years & God was working. There’s always LIFE with Jon Randles.
So what is going on is in the spiritual realm, but it affects the physical.

You know when everywhere you turn seems hard? When nothing goes smoothly, things breaking all at once, “surprise” bills come out of nowhere….hotels losing your reservations repeatedly, computer eating all your emails, all 3 of your vehicles in the shop at the same time; those are really not important compared to your own physical & mental well-being going under attack. For the first time in my life as a musician/singer; I am experiencing some issues with my voice; the gift God gave me to use for His glory. And not surprisingly, Tammy is having some vocal issues, as well as some strange symptoms that do nothing but make her mind go crazy; could be anxiety, stress or who knows; could blame it on what God is about to do this spring!? I know we don’t always tie the spiritual to the physical, but we should always have our eyes open to that possibility.

We covet your prayers for April. We will be in 5 different locations in a 2 week period, doing 2 revivals back to back with Ken Freeman, the evangelist we worked with during the incredible harvest we had in Paris, Texas last November. We will be back there for Easter week & then we will all move to our home church in Acton. God is preparing the fields, we can sense it.
Where we are imperfect, Satan looks for the weak spots and starts his attack. Thank God that Christ goes before us & behind us covering us with His grace & protection. We do covet you lifting our whole family up to Him daily. Pray for Josh as he continues to seek God’s plan for His life as he works here in Granbury through May. Pray for Brooke as she is in the thick of her junior year academically, getting ready for ACT testing & 2 proms!...and for Tammy & me, as we fight these personal attacks. The next update you read will be incredible, I just imagine. That’s our God!

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