A young mom of seven sat crying in her new
home. She was so overwhelmed she didn't know what to do! Though she was a new
Christian and happily married to the father of her youngest child, she still
had the ghosts of two failed marriages haunting her. Was there any answer to
the chaos that reigned in her heart?
Life presented an amazing answer as she
heard a knock on her door. There standing in the early morning sun was the wife
of a Village Missionary from the church right behind her home. The young mom at
her door was holding a plate of cookies and an invitation to a Stonecroft Bible
Study that was soon to take place in their neighborhood.
A new friend and a life line had been
offered … Later that week she was sitting at the dining room table in a
wonderful old farmhouse with other young moms having her first taste of a
neighborhood bible study!
That was the beginning of the joy of
discovery! This once frantic mom, discovered love and acceptance around that
dining room table and she also found answers from the Bible that helped her
become a better wife and mom.
As her love for God grew so did her love
for her family and neighbors! Soon she was knocking on doors with her
own plate of cookies, inviting women to a Stonecroft Bible Study in her home!
She joined an army of moms who began reaching out to women in their
neighborhoods! Friendship evangelism exploded in that community! Many lives
were changed and the Family of God grew.
Now many years later that woman is the
grandmother of 42. Four generations of her family have embraced a personal
relationship with Jesus Christ and they too have found answers for living in
the Bible.
I am that grandma and I am inviting you to
come see …. How you too can reach the girl next door!
But Jesus said. “Go home to your friends,
and tell them what wonderful things the Lord has done for you and how merciful
He has been.”
In 2013 August the granddaughter pictured in the above story will be released after 5 years incarceration. She needs much prayer and preparation. My mom pictured here is now 87 we are hoping to have an updated picture then. Mom has been doing Stonecroft bible studies in her assisted living facility for a year and before that she hosted them in her home. My granddaughter in prison has been doing them by herself off and on for 4 years. Her grandpa my hubby has led couples studies for our family and neighbors for 37 years I have led them for 37 years as well. My granddaughter who died at 18 had led them with her peers before after cancer struck her. My daughters have led them as well. So you see Stonecroft Bible studies can be and are a family affair.
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