This is the story of how God has been moving in a remarkable way to make all the pieces of the puzzle come together. He has been connecting the lives of various people that otherwise may have not been brought together.
So it starts kindof like this. I got back from Puerto Rico six years ago. I had been there for three years working as a missionary. When I came back I attended Willow Lake Church once again. At that time I met Melissa Johnson and Casey Lynn. Melissa was working with the children's ministry while a student at Columbia International University. and I met her only once back in 2003. I then met her again just months ago. She lives in Charlotte now and is from there. I met melissa again because she is friends with Kelly Hawkins. I met Kelly two summers ago. I was out in her neighborhood going door to door inviting people to come to my church. Through Kelly I then met and became friends with Jessi Adkins. Jessi is close friends with Melissa. Jessi comes to Willow Lake Church quite often. Jessi invited Melissa to come to church with her not knowing it was the same church she used to go to to work with the kids. Now Melissa is from Charlotte. I live in Columbia but have been to Charlotte many times over the last couple of years for various things. I have been up there to hang out with Melissa and with mutual friends. I have been up there to drop my brother-in-law off at the airport. I have been there with my Pastor to meet with a pastor and assistant pastor from a church there in Charlotte. We went there to get help with our small groups. I was also there to go to a worship conference. When I went I had been a worship leader for a year. I was sent to the conference at the recommendation of my Pastor's brother-in-law. He said that is would be good for me to go to get training and to get ideas for the praise team. I was originally going to go to a Conference in California and then Atlanta but finally went to the one in Charlotte. Finally, one of the guys that helped start Willow Lake Church moved to Charlotte for a while to work in a Church in Charlotte. Its also note also noteworthy that all these things are geographically close to one another in Charlotte.
OK, on to Casey. Casey and I were on the praise team together at Willow Lake years ago. I had not seen her nor heard from her in a couple of years. Months back I started attending a Bible study/prayer group on Thursday nights. I was invited there by Jessi Adkins. When I first started going one of the leaders of the group would read emails every week sent by a girl who had been on a missions trip in Africa for a couple of mounths. They told incredible stories of people being delivered from demonic possesion. As I began to put to clues together I figured out that the Casey in the letters was the same one that I had known from years ago. When I first started going to the group I had no clue what this group was about or who was in it. I don't know exactly what God is up to, but I know this...He's up to something.
I have heard similar testimony from many other folks about how there lives are being orchestrated in a way that it can only be described as divine providence. As I said He is up to something and I look forward to seeing what that something is. Keeping you posted, D.
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