Greetings from Anna

Hey everyone, I guess the blog still isn't agreeing with Anna, so here's the post she asked me to put up.

Dear friends,It has been a whole year, and Imust say I’m sorry for not being very good at all about staying in touch withyou all. You are truly special to me and I would never want to take back thememories we shared together. It sounds like all your lives are so busy and Ihope and pray God is blessing you all through the things you are doing.

I just have a few announcements andthoughts to share with you, my sisters: First CONGRATULATIONS to theFredricksons on the new baby…how are you all enjoying him? You all will bereally excited to know that I’m going to be having yet another niece/nephewtoo…Can’t wait. :) Then the brother just older than me is getting married in January and. BothMerrie and I are going to be brides maids so it is very exciting to be more inthe loop with planning things.

I do ask though that you all wouldpray that the Lord would grant me the strength to be content with Him, because,because this brother is the one older than me, I have been struggling withcontentment with the God given blessing of being single.

The main reason for this letter, isI really want to know how God is using you all to fulfill your “Life PurposePlanning” stuff, or if He has you on a different path, what is it?

I feel God has called me to helpthe girls in our church and church youth group who are being pulled in by theworld due to the drama of it. My hope is to encourage their growth in the Lordand that they would learn to love their families more. So It all started offreally slow, but back in May the Lord prompted me befriend and help a girl whois one of the more out-going ones in the youth group. She isn’t really a“troubled” girl but I know how important it is even when you have many friendsto have a few support team friends who you can tell things to in confidence.The two of us started getting together weekly and she is such a joy. We havebeen reading through “His Princess” and already finished Ps. 119 and are nowworking on finding the women of the Bible who we can mottle our lives around sowe have chosen Ruth for starters.

The Lord has shown me that when we do His will to serve others, and are following contentedly in the His paths,his indescribable joy follows and sustains. “Oh the Joy that fills my soul.”And also; it is all about the Lord and He is only using me as a tool to sit andlisten and help these girls.

These girls in my church are rightat that age where the decisions they are making are walking the fine linebetween establishing independent attitudes while still keeping their familyrelationships strong, Please pray for this ministry.

As I said, I would Love to hear howthe Lord is using all of you to help and change other.

Fellow sister and friend,

Eraser