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November / December 08’ MONTHLY MISSION REPORT FOR REV ARMOND S. FLOYD
HAPPY 2009 FROM THE FLOYDS
Heellloooooo THERE… I’m Harmony Floyd. My mother usually writes these things but she has been..(ahem)….. busy. Actually WE ALL have been really busy. Dad has been cleaning and going to meetings more than a fish swims. Well the cleaning part is totally the same but he made us EAT THE ROTTEN FOOD THAT WAS UNDER HIS BED!!!!!!! And I am NOT exaggerating!!! Ok, Ok!! (maybe just a little) Mom has been really stressed cleaning & cooking for Christmas parties .My little sister Aria has started her first year of pre-school too, my little brother Richard is the lucky one this year. HE… ok WE went to Disney World in Florida. And me … well… I have been almost as busy as everyone else but we all had a wonderful Christmas and that’s all that counts!!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
GREETINGS FRIENDS, THIS IS RACHEL NOW. As Harmony, said, we have been keeping busy lately. (and no, there is no rotten food under our bed, nor did we make anyone eat rotten food. I am going to have to do something about her lying! LOL.)
Harmony is 9 (going on 15) she is in the 4th grade and is not exactly enjoying school this year. She struggles with focusing but we were working on ways to help her concentrate. (she has been diagnosed with ADD but we do not have her on medication as of yet.) She has been able to maintain good grades in spite of this problem. She enjoys reading books, Science, art & music mostly. She has become an avid reader, which makes me so happy but I am having a hard time keeping her supplied with good books, appropriate for her age, so if anyone has suggestions I welcome them. She has been taking piano lessons this year too. Her teacher says that she has some natural talent. (Must get that from her dad. 8-) )
Richard is 7 years old. He is doing well in first grade this year. As Harmony alluded to above, he was granted a “Make A Wish” and decided to take us all to Disney World. We truly enjoyed every minute of our trip and made some memories to last a lifetime. One thing that amazes me about Richard is his desire to figure out how everything works. If he could, he would take apart everything in our house to figure out how it goes back together again. While it frustrates me sometimes, I love this part of him too.
Aria is 4 years old. She absolutely loves to go to pre-school. Learning comes easy to her and she already has figured out how to do some basic reading & math. One thing we discovered at Disney was that she is an adrenaline junkie! The bigger, faster and rougher the ride the more she wants to go on it. What was funny was that even though she cried after a wild ride she still wanted to go right back on it again!
Armond has had a year chocked full of ministry. The struggles that people are entangled in amaze me sometimes but this year some exciting things have happened that make it crystal clear that we made the right decision to stay here. Two examples are Mick & Eddie. Mick is a guy that we’ve been ministering to for as long as we have been living here. He has been a drug addict almost all of his life. He is in his 50’s and got addicted as a young boy. One day I was sharing with Armond that I had very low hope for him ever being able to overcome this but the Holy Spirit scolded me and said “How dare you think I would change you and not Mick! I love him too! You must really not believe in my power do you? Well stop praying out of unbelief! Pray with assurance and sit back and watch me work!”
I have learned one thing, if the H.S. says sit back and watch…you’d better hold on tight and buckle your seatbelt ‘cause what is about to happen will blow your mind!
So we began to pray in earnest for Mick. I no longer doubted that God was going to change him and I couldn’t wait to see how it was going to come about. (Mick had accepted Christ while in prison about 3 years ago but was unable to stay away from the things that held him in bondage) God was faithful to Mick. He has delivered him in amazing ways. Mick has been healed and redeemed. He is alive and on fire! I LOVE talking to Mick now because he is so on fire…it is contagious! He makes you want to jump into the Word and drink and learn because that is what he is doing now. He is free indeed! And I know that this isn’t just a spiritual high that will come crashing down around him. (I’ve seen that before but this the real deal). He is learning and growing and deepening his relationship with God every day. Armond meets with him several days a week for lunch and they have Bible study.
Eddie was a veteran of the Vietnam War. He suffered the affects from Agent Orange. He started to come to our church about a year ago. He also started his 4th round of Chemo treatments but his attitude was amazing. His faith in God just grew and he always talked about God’s goodness…no matter how much pain he was in. His hearts desire was to be baptized by immersion so in September we took him to a swimming pool and he was baptized. I have never been to a more amazing baptism. The joy just flooded over him and he wept because of it. Then we all broke out in songs of victory. Eddie too overcame years of addictions and struggles. Now he was a free man indeed. His baptism was very timely because his health started to decline quite rapidly after that but Eddie felt at peace. On Wednesday, December 16, 2008 God released Eddie from his pain-wracked body and took him home to spend this Christmas with Him. His funeral was one of great joy and celebration for our dear friend. As God often does, He used this opportunity to reach out to Eddie’s family and friends and Armond preached a very bold message of salvation at the funeral. As a result of Armond working very closely with the family through all of this, many of them have decided to come to church and check out this God that gave Eddie such peace and joy in the end. Please pray for our ministry here in Waterloo.
Rachel- I feel like I have really changed this year. As a result of reading a book about being still and listening to the Holy Spirit, I began doing that at 3am each morning. Now I am SO NOT a morning person but for some reason, this works well for me. The house is still and I can hear Him without the distractions so prevalent in the daytime. The difference in my spiritual life has been incredible but also the practical areas of my life have been affected. I have obeyed Him when he told me to shut off our TV for good and also that I need to be in bed earlier at night. I am amazed how much more I am able and willing to do for Him when I am listening closely to his voice. I was also blessed with a vision of Heaven while in devotions one morning.
I feel like we are on the front lines of battle for Christ and I feel honored to be here. I appreciate everyone who supports us financially, emotionally and through prayer. The Eddies and Micks out there…and so many more, appreciate you too. You are making a difference for eternity in many lives here in Waterloo. How amazingly cool is that??!!
If you have stuck with me through this entire long letter, I thank you. I wish you all the best this coming year. May 2009 be a year of Spirit filled growth for you and your families.
Much love,
Rachel, for all
God has blessed me abundantly this year! I pray that he has for you as well & that He will in the coming year... Amen
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