As I've been praying and seeking God's direction for this ministry, I've been drawn to the book of Joshua, especially the first few chapters where God was preparing the Israelites to cross the Jordan into the Promised Land. In Joshua 3:3, God told Joshua, "When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests, who are Levites, carrying it, you are to move out from your positions and follow it."   What I heard God say in that verse is, "When you see Me moving, follow Me".

As a ministry we've begun watching very intently for where God is moving.  I personally had hoped it might be in a financial way, but we we've actually seen God moving in other ways.   Over the last few months, we've seen a significant increase both in caregivers seeking mentors for their children and individuals wanting to mentor.  We've also had numerous volunteers come forward to help in different ways and have developed a national partnership with Prison Fellowship and Angel Tree.  All the key ingredients seemed to be in place to grow and expand this ministry, that is everything except for the funding piece…at least so it seemed.

During my one of my quiet times, I was reading the story of Jesus and the Feeding of the Five Thousand. It struck me that the disciples asked Jesus to turn the people away, for they did not have the resources to feed them all…at least so it seemed.  It suddenly occurred to me that we were doing the same thing!  We have been turning away both children and mentors, as we haven't felt we had the resources to hire the staff needed to support those relationships.  Just as Jesus asked the disciples to give him what they had so he could multiply it, I felt God was asking us to use the little funding we had to hire the staff needed to serve the children God was leading to us.  I shared this with our board and they voted unanimously to take that step of faith.

As only God would have it, he had already prepared two individuals to step into the new director roles we created.  God immediately began blessing their efforts. In just the last 4 months we've seen God moving in mighty ways and we believe that God is preparing us for a very significant expansion not too far down the road.  I look forward to sharing more details as God reveals what he has in store for us.

Thank you so much for your continued prayers and support, for without you this ministry would not exist!