The next week everything started falling into place. I met with some ladies who could not come to Stir and shared my ideas. When we found out that the Stonecroft speaker topic in December was "My Greatest Hope" we knew this would be perfect. We are having the Christmas luncheon in the tea room that hosts special events at the center, which can seat 25-30 ladies. There are so many women who want to come that we are having two lunches to accommodate all of them. Each lady who attends will receive a gift bag including the "A Gift for You" booklet from Stonecroft.

We are looking forward to what God is going to do on December 9th.

Pam Weddle, Chairman CWC Moneta Smith Mountain Lake Virginia

Thank you, Stonecroft, for all you did to help impact the world for Jesus Christ.

Norma Stewart, SRA, Jacksonville, Fl.

+ Sharing our story moves others toward faith.

+ Injustice is breaking God's Heart.

+ Will I LET God move me or will I let fear stand in the way?

+  If you cannot reach the world for Jesus, you CAN reach one.

+ Obedience takes bravery.

+ Stir up the gifts within that are lying dormant.

+ We are women of POWER, LOVE and SELF-DISCIPLINE.

+ Fear of rejection, the unknown and persecution keeps us away from sharing the Gospel without shame.

+ Hospitality is making space for a stranger to belong.

+ God does not want me to compare myself to others, He wants ME.

+ God will move me step by step (without getting my ducks in a row first).

+ We can evangelize those with whom we are comfortable (Jerusalem), those who are a bit different but not too uncomfortable (Judea), but we must reach the Samaritan, those "outcasts" of society who are our neighbors.

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I look forward to each day...for God's special assignment designed just for me>>>

Because of hearing the "FEAR" in some women who are afraid to 'share' their faith in God and Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit....I  WILL LISTEN AND ENCOURAGE WOMEN TO SHARE THEIR FAITH AND ALLOW THE LORD TO WORK OUT THE RESULTS!!!

I am living life 100% and enjoying every second!!!

I 'share' Christ for a healthy eternity and I 'share' our business so people can live a healthy and quality life here on earth!!!

GENEVA ...BLESSINGS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM AT STONECROFT WHO MADE STIR A 4 HOUR  GLOBAL EVENT REALITY.

God will continue to STIR in the hearts of women from this ONE EVENT...

Looking forward to TODAY and what God has planned for me to do!!! I am 'living, moving and being'>>>

ENJOY TODAY!!!

For me, the most moving portion was the extended time of prayer.  To think we were joining hands with women around the world and praying such large, visionary prayers was a touching experience for me!

The most challenging part of the teaching for me was Geneva's wrap up.  She really gave a call to step out of our comfort zones: not Jerusalem, not Judea, but Samaria!  I needed that word - to make space for strangers in my life, people that need God desperately.

As I thanked one friend for her help, she said, "you did more than me."  I replied, "You did a little, I did a little more, and Jean Margheim did a lot more, but it was Stonecroft who truly did all the hard work."  Stonecroft did all that so that it would be easy for us to have a top-rate conference right in our hometown area.

Blessings & prayers,
Lynn Lilja
Thomson, IL

As the broadcast ended we sensed some weariness among the audience but as Diane Rose, RR, led in a follow up, asking "What did God say to you today?" we witnessed a mighty rejuvenation!  God had shown up in many ways...hearts were touched and ladies shared how they would respond to God's leading...calling an estranged relative; allowing a teenage neice and friend to visit; trusting God for creativity in sharing the gospel with parents of kindergarteners in a public school; moving on God's leading to teach English using the Bible to Hispanic children...on and on...God had spoken. 

Of the 46 present, 23 were members of our site church and knew little about Stonecroft.  A young woman who attended said to me on Sunday..."I was so impressed that the entire conference was centerd around sharing Jesus and not all about Stonecroft!  Can we get together so you can tell me more about this ministry?"  Wow, Stonecroft Sisters, how do you think I responded?!! 

Thank you, Geneva, and all the many staff that planned and presented Stir.  The long range effect will be immeasurable!

This is Stonecroft ALIVE. "Stir … (live, move, be)" … ALIVE! Father I stand in awe of You to know the stories behind these two women and to see them share so spontaneously what YOU have done in their lives through Stir! I know what you have been doing (somewhat) over the past 3 or more years in Angela's life and in the past 17 months in Cindy's life! Their story is YOUR story and YOU will tell it in Your time.

But here I am crying as I read their Stir Alive stories! I did Stir from my laptop! Being grounded though did not keep me from attending, or from posting a link (ONE MORE TIME) to Stir on my facebook profile inviting others to attend.

I was able to attend the whole 4 hours live! And followed along on facebook as well and like Cindy made new friends!!!  It was on facebook that I realized I was attending with Cindy 3000 miles away who had seen my post and joined in time. What a joy as I saw my Cindy facebooking her comments along with mine! Cried and laughed for joy … alone in my compromised physical condition in the privacy of my home! Worshipped and attended with sisters the world over through facebook and Twitter too.

Oh so much more to this story! But maybe another segment will come. By best part was the worship in prayer as my sisters of many Nations and languages prayed in their native tongue. I KNEW what they were praying in my Spirit … it was our own Pentecost. Women on facebook shared their own experience as similarly they too knew. My friends in Madras had the same experience!

I give God praise and thanks for putting the STIR vision in Geneva and her Team! Thanks so much Dan, Jeff, and Megan for helping us be there! I love You God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit! I love the Body around the world. This year 10,000 next Impact 100,000 we the people have been Stirred!

I was ready to give up after 35 years of serving Christ through this ministry and just be old! But God spoke and said "Faye Marie you are not dead yet and I have not called you to quit being alive and useful. So even if it be the rest of my life I am in a chair... I have the Spirit and a key board ... look for me on facebook. I will be there. Serving God through His Spirit as a part of Stonecroft!

http://www.facebook.com/#!/fayemarie.miller

Although none of us knew their languages, we "knew" their languages. We understood. We understood the words of the pain of opression, the pleas for jusstice, the yearnings of the heart. We understood beyond words, in a deep and profound way, which to many of us brought uncontrollable tears of compassion and love.

This experience was the purest of absolute UNITY.  It was clearly the kind of unity that Jesus yearned for as He prayed that "They may be one, Father,  as You and I are one".  A taste, in Madras, Oregon, of what heaven must be like. 

We agreed that it was much like strong ripples of the Power of the Lord, expanding and generating love, further and further out across physical boundries to join in a heavenly chorus of global conversation with Father God and His daughters. 

"We are no longer Jews or Greeks or slaves or free men or even merely men or women, but are all the same--we are Christians; we are one in Christ Jesus".  TLB Gal 3:28

In Him,

Cindy Martin/TN