tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122579696566673852.post8078184182638350137..comments2024-01-03T09:30:34.152-08:00Comments on Reaching for the Robe: ...suffering produces perseverance...character...HOPEDonna Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12780252013210712336noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122579696566673852.post-15094265648221891562014-08-11T00:50:28.214-07:002014-08-11T00:50:28.214-07:00Dear friend -- i'm just now (two months late) ...Dear friend -- i'm just now (two months late) seeing your comment -- and i thank you so much for your encouragement!! Little Charles was finally able to begin his ARV treatments (which will last his whole life long). THANK YOU for praying for him and for Steve and i --- oh the richness of blessings that flows through rivers of prayers. Thank you my friend!! Be blessed --- as you are a blessing!Donna Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12780252013210712336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122579696566673852.post-21779380266490895802014-06-25T19:07:21.029-07:002014-06-25T19:07:21.029-07:00Dearest Donna, the life you are living is very for...Dearest Donna, the life you are living is very foreign to most of us, but the spiritual battles you endure are not. I kept thinking of Jacob who wrestled all night with God's messenger and would not let go until he received the blessing. The angel 'touched' Jacob's hip and God changed Jacob's name. God has touched your heart and is changing your whole world. As we continue to pray for Charles, for you and for Steve, we will also pray that when you wrestle in the night, you will hang on until you know you have received the Blessing. You are touching lives not only in Kenya, but all around the globe--thank you for your ministry of service and your ministry of words.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03703567044407529511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122579696566673852.post-32000852423895234532014-06-24T00:37:59.297-07:002014-06-24T00:37:59.297-07:00Thank you so much for your solid reminders --- &qu...Thank you so much for your solid reminders --- "He plan for every day may not be glorious, but it is one where HE uses what is available"... Being available (with open heart and hands) --- Abba can do much. Thank you for your kind encouragement!!! May HE get much glory ----- always!Donna Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12780252013210712336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122579696566673852.post-61384929015943463282014-06-24T00:35:22.361-07:002014-06-24T00:35:22.361-07:00Thank you Jamie --- God is sooooo good ---- oh how...Thank you Jamie --- God is sooooo good ---- oh how He DOES cover and care for His kids. Thank you for reading this "chapter" and for encouraging me with your words!<br />Peace and Blessings to you!<br />donnaDonna Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12780252013210712336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122579696566673852.post-48310926085046818672014-06-24T00:33:53.430-07:002014-06-24T00:33:53.430-07:00Oh thank you dear Kathy! I know you know all too w...Oh thank you dear Kathy! I know you know all too well how life here looks some days. Thank you for your beautiful words of encouragement and strength. And thank you for your prayers ---- oh how mightily prayers do cover -- because God is faithful! Thank you so much for remembering Peter in your prayers too. :) We look forward to seeing Daryl --- will enjoy cooking for him while he's here --- can't wait til you are here with him too. <br />Love and Blessings to you dear Kathy!!Donna Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12780252013210712336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122579696566673852.post-34446412162998846322014-06-23T23:51:17.638-07:002014-06-23T23:51:17.638-07:00I can see it all, Donna. What an amazing gift our ...I can see it all, Donna. What an amazing gift our Heavenly Father has given you to translate normal Kenyan life through your writing to those of us in the West who have no real idea how these little Kenyans continue to put one foot in front of the other and ... still smile. <br /> I look forward to following your saga with Charles. Thank God for compassionate Mrs. N. May Charles embrace Jesus as his Savior and feel true love of his Heavenly Father who never will desert him. <br /> I love your buying stories from Charles. He's not taking hand-outs, he's earning good food for being encouraged to share his life, and in the process, helping him write out some thoughts that he has never been encouraged to share before, lancing the boil of disappointment upon disappointment, and by Jesus' love, helping clean out that wound to be filled with hope. And I can just see non-judgmental Steve loving little Charles and sharing himself as a safe place. <br /> Thank you for sharing such a personal struggle as your battle in the dark of night. Thank God you went to the Word and used it against the evil one as Jesus showed us by example to do. Our loving God is soooo for us. The evil one only wants constant defeat, self incrimination, and the destruction of each Jesus-follower. He will not win. Truly, greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world. Thank God for Jesus! All this and Heaven, too, Donna. God bless you and Steve. I'm praying God's constant protection and presence over Peter schooling in Nairobi, <br /> Have a great week and for keeping a motherly eye out for my hubby. ;-)<br />In Jesus, KathyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01722889938631908121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122579696566673852.post-61169513377479181502014-06-23T08:33:33.781-07:002014-06-23T08:33:33.781-07:00Donna, you are brave. You are light. You, too, a...Donna, you are brave. You are light. You, too, are not alone. Thank you for sharing your rays…and for being the voice to Charles. I stand in awe. just jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09218649675899000158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122579696566673852.post-58736996564805760352014-06-23T06:49:30.551-07:002014-06-23T06:49:30.551-07:00Just remember that the smile and love you carry in...Just remember that the smile and love you carry into those places are truly of God. His plan for every day may not be glorious, but it is one where He uses what is available for Him to use. You are available for Him to use. You may not see His plan. Just follow your own smile and your own love into each day. He will use it for His glory.<br />JRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16866887034674230925noreply@blogger.com