I will let Shawn update this post with the details of the Licensing, but I wanted to go ahead and post a couple of pictures of the humbling and honoring evening that Shawn was licensed for ministry from our church, First Baptist Church of Woodstock, in January.
(There is also a video link that we will try to post soon!)
Awesome pictures! Congratulations Shawn, we are so excited to see what God is going to do through you in this ministry!!!
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I have seen the video. It is truly awesome! Receiving a standing ovation from thousands of people! I can only imagine what it will be like for you guys when you get to heaven. The lines of people to say THANK YOU will be unending.
ReplyDeleteI SECOND WHAT THE OTHERS SAID BEFORE ME, BUT EVERYTIME I THINK ABOUT YOU GUYS AND ARK MINISTRY, I GO BACK IN MY MIND AND MY HEART TO THE VERY FIST TIME I SAW SHAWN STANDING ON THE SIDE LINE INSIDE DRJ DINING HALL AS A KAIROS #5 (i THINK #5 ?) HELPER. THIS WAS MY 1ST TIME IN A PRISON AND SINCE I DID NOT KNOW WHO WORE WHAT AND COULD ONLY SEE THE FRONT OF HIS SHIRT, AND HE LOOKED SO HAPPY, RADIANT AND SMILING FROM EAR TO EAR, I THOUGHT THAT HE JUST COULD NOT BE AN RESIDENT THERE AND PROBABLY WAS A KITCHEN HELPER WHO WORKED AT THE PRISON!!!
ReplyDeleteAT THAT TIME, THE LORD HAD ALREADY SET HIM APART FROM THE CROWD AND HE WAS WORKING OUT HIS PLAN FOR SHAWN'S LIFE AND PREPARING HIM FOR HIS NEW LIFE!
I AM ALSO SO GRATEFUL FOR SUE'S STRENGTH AND HER UNWILLINGNESS TO LET WHAT THE "WORLD WOULD THINK" INTERFERE WITH GOD'S PLAN IN HER LIFE. THANK GOD SHE WAS ABLE TO LOOK PASS THE CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH MAY HAVE SEEMED SO HOPELESS AT TIMES AND LOOK AT SHAWN'S HEART AND NOT HIS CIRCUMSTANCES!
JUST AMAZING ...THIS STILL MINISTERS TO ME WHEN I START WONDERING WHERE I AM GOING, AND WHAT OUR FATHER HAS PLANNED FOR ALL OF US OR WHEN THINGS DON'T MOVE FAST ENOUGH FOR ME! YES, AT TIMES I STILL GET A LITTLE IMPATIENT! :) LOVE YOU GUYS! I AM SO VERY PROUD OF BOTH OF YOU AND SO VERY GRATEFUL TO OUR FATHER FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE IN YOUR LIFE AND WHAT HE WILL CONTINUE TO DO!
BE STRENGTHENED, BE PROTECTED AND BLESSED IN JESUS'S NAME. monique