Some of the people who impacted us the most through their example were: first, my parents. . .they TIRELESSLY walked the streets of London and road all the various modes of transportation, reaching out to people and praying with anyone who desired prayer. They led their big band across the ocean and our family into a life changing opportunity.
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| Gaumi and Poppa! |
The band members impacted us by their sweet spirits and efforts to be used each day. One husband and wife left one evening to travel to Paris and while they were there, they became lost in the night and could not find their way. A cyclist found them and he lead them to safety and they led him to Christ! Ashley Krogstad (daughter of our dear friends, Mike and Jody Krogstad) at age 18 worked to earn money so she could go on a mission trip. When she found out we were going, she asked if she might help us with our children as well as join in on the mission work. Ashley thrilled us with her initiative and energy and heart for God. Ashely has traveled with her family on several missions trips and her sweet, joyful, serving spirit spirit was a great encouragement to all of us.
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| Victoria, Ashley, Alonna and Monica |
Maricela (https://www.facebook.com/maricela.carelock) (mother of 8 children) came to share with anyone who would listen. Maricela is a ventriloquist and she invested in our children and sparked a desire in some of them to learn ventriloquism as one means of sharing God's message with a hurting world. Maricela taught us songs and was one of the most active examples, full of energy and love for others. As it turns out, she lives near us and we are looking forward to getting to know her now that we are all home.
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| Maricela and the kids |
A father came from South Dakota with 3 of his 12 children to invite people to programs. Bruce Crevier and his three children became fast friends with us as we all went out together. Bruce is a master ball spinner and can do amazing things with basketballs. He and his children ride unicycles and have been in full time ministry for over 20 years. Bruce encouraged us to continue in our efforts to eat healthy and stay trim and ready for service. He and his children do half time programs at basketball games all year long. See his website for more details (http://www.champions-forever.com) You'll be amazed as you watch what he does. He performed in churches and parks with his 3 middle children and impacted lives for eternity. We saw people come to Christ when Bruce talked with them. Bruce and his children were easy to relate to and they never saw a stranger. They gave out small cards that had a picture of their family on it and a Christian challenge on the back. Josiah, Holly and Ben Crevier were bright lights to our family as they had many tricks they could perform and make balloon creatures to entertain children.
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| Some of the Crevier family at Tower Bridge |
There were other ministry teams present in London and all were trying to impact our world to make it a brighter, better place. There were street preachers, singers, musicians, both young and old. We spent time with grandparents from Australia. . Jon and Jenny. . .they loved on us and we loved on them! Jon volunteers in the school system near where he lives and tells children stories and helps them understand the bigger picture of life. We hope Jon and Jenny visit us in the USA one day. There were people whose main job was to feed the rest of us, twice each day and a Chaplain on site to lead us in prayer and worship each morning. We learned from Precious Jade how she has a passion to take old songs and turn them into new songs that glorify God. Precious Jade loved on our children and spent time teaching them some very sweet songs that she wrote specifically for children. Latrelle Lindon and her husband came and shared a beautiful testimony about heaven and an experience their family went through. Latrelle has written character songs for children and impacts schools in her area through creative music. There were many others who had a variety of talents and ways to reach out. Our main way was to simply give gifts. People loved that and we enjoyed it, too! We did park outreaches and saw souls saved.
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| The Browns, Randalls and Ashley at Tower Bridge! |
Part 3 coming soon!
The 9 Browns
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