Just checking in at the middle of the year. Since the last time I wrote, I had graduated not only my third level of discipleship training at my church, but also had graduated from my Bible College's first program with a 4.0 grade point average with an Associates in Theology degree. I decided to walk this time with a cap and gown at not only my church's campus where I studied distance education, but also I walked at the university in Lutz, outside of Tampa, Florida. Now everybody's asking me what I'm going to do with it. I tried to apply to be a pastor at my church, but they wanted more time to train me. I need to not only be an usher and volunteer at the community center and cafe loft, but I think they would like me getting back into evangelism again that I used to do with other saints from the church a couple years ago before I got so busy. There's a special blessing in street witnessing. I personally felt a special covering from the Lord when I was out preaching the Gospel and sharing God's love through His only begotten Son. As for my ministries, everything is still running as normal. I'm still writing songs and poems, but I haven't composed any in a while. The new music producer blessed me by him and his son remodeling my bathroom, where I paid for all the supplies, and paid him in cash along with my red 12-string electric guitar he said he always wanted. So the last time he spoke to me he mentioned that he wanted to work on my art designs, since I informed him I was going to put my music on hold. What I need is a band and a producer in Nashville. My first producer made it look so easy. But there are other things that the Lord has put on my heart that I feel I shouldn't had put aside this year. My homeless ministry that I was being mentored for by the SBA SCORE team is needing my attention. All I have to do is read two books that were suggested to me and to pay a visit and try to volunteer and learn from Metropolitan Ministries. My ideas are good, especially my intentions of helping needy women and children who want to be discipled for Christ, as well as to help the ones who want to be rehabilitated. I want to make a way to help them and direct them to the right people as well as make sure they have their needs met that make it possible. And having a live family cafe, with live bands and a reading library and hobby/game shop where the proceeds help my charity, will really benefit the community as well. There's so many charities that support each other to minister to homeless women and children! But I need people to manage it for me. I'd give the vision and set it up, but I'd need volunteers and thrifty, shrewd managers who would know how to run a non-profit charity where the majority of the proceeds go to the needy and not just to the workers. I don't want to be a charity that abuses it's funds.
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
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