My Voice, My Heart, My Life

Recently I have been listening to the North Point Community Church podcast message by Andy Stanley (on Itunes under Best Of North Point Ministries). I really enjoy listening to him. He has a very modern relatable manner. He is down to earth and tells you how it is. His not up their wagging his finger, being judgmental. He is honest about his short comings and everything he teaches is Bible based. He has an amazing biblical foundation, did I mention his dad is Dr. Charles Stanley. So you know that there is no funny business. Andy Stanley has many message series. The one I'm currently going through is called Recovery Road a 6 part series. The series is about steps to recovery for our nation through ourselves. Finding recovery through Jesus with some heavy lifting on our part. The first two messages have been so powerful. The first part was about stop pointing fingers and start looking in the mirror. "Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not

Anderson Family  I heard an amazing story today that I can't keep to myself. It begins in Pichilemu, Chile the surf capital of Chile. Mitch and Juliette Anderson are missionaries with YWAM (Youth With A Mission). They are expert surfers who's ministry is teaching the local children to surf while sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. On Good Friday of this year, Juliette was teaching a group of children as normal. Her 12 year old daughter, Katrina (who has down-syndrome), took a surf board and went out into the water without her mother knowing. Katrina knows how to surf so she didn't fear the open water. She paddled in and reached a point where the waves became rough and dangerous. Juliette now seeing this from the shore gets on her board and goes after Katrina. Katrina goes deeper and deeper into the water, where the waves can overtake her at any moment. There her mother loses sight of her. If Juliette goes in any deeper she may lose her life. She does the hardest thi