RIJ Runner’s Stories

Well ladies, we’ve completed a week!  Give yourself a little pat on the back!  This last week was about getting down to the bedrock.  We came through the Sheep Gate, or perhaps we came in through the Fish Gate, but we are inside the city through what JESUS has done for us. This last week, [...]

As I flip over my daily devotional here at work, I just about fall out of my chair.  I was just thinking/praying about this this morning!  Perfect (for me) on this day 3 of The Call To The Wall! For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down [...]

I know, you are scratching your head and asking yourself, “What in the world is she talking about?”  Chalk it up to my weird personality.  I make odd connections and Tyson Chicken is one of them.  Remember in the post about How to Get Ready for the Fast, I told you to plan to be [...]

God woke me up this morning.  It’s Saturday and I really wanted to sleep in, but He was whispering to me that I needed to write you a letter in the form of a blogpost.  So here I am, sitting at my computer trying to get the jumble of thoughts down on a page for [...]

Kisses From Katie I‘m going to share a link to one of my FAVORITE blogs. It is Katie Davis’ blog, a 22 year old who lives in Uganda where she takes care of her 13 “children” (orphaned and abandoned girls that she has taken in). Her love for the Lord and radical devotion to serving [...]

The Count-it-all-joy-ride I am reprinting this as I know that we are still living this poem that the Lord gave me when Ben was unemployed…and I know that some of you need to read it too… By Vicki F, June 22, 2005© I know you have compassion Lord- You promise in your word That if [...]

I am posting Josh’s story to my blog because yesterday was a big day for us!Josh was baptized 16 years to the day of when he quit breathing in his car seat. On February 6, 1995 I really did not believe we would see Josh live another day, let alone witness him telling the whole [...]

  This blog post was written while my husband and I were in a very hard place with our business. The Lord brought us through this and the lessons learned in the lifeboat have cheered us during further trials. Please fill out the “contact us” form if you are a business owner and are in [...]

 We just completed two weeks “In the Valley”.  If you missed the Louie Gigleo videos, please click here: HOPE When Life Hurts Most Part 1 and here: Hope When Life Hurts Most Part 2  (for this one you will have to click through about 4 times to watch it all). But we are now coming around the [...]

Well ladies, we’ve completed a week!  Give yourself a little pat on the back!  This last week was about getting down to the bedrock.  We came through the Sheep Gate, or perhaps we came in through the Fish Gate, but we are inside the city through what JESUS has done for us. This last week, [...]

Well ladies, Today (Sunday), we talked about the Ancient Boundary Stone.  Proverbs 22:28 tells us, “Do not move an ancient boundary stone set up by your forefathers.”  A boundary stone was a stone that designated where the boundaries were.  These stones were to show everyone whose property began and ended at a certain point.  Since [...]

As I flip over my daily devotional here at work, I just about fall out of my chair.  I was just thinking/praying about this this morning!  Perfect (for me) on this day 3 of The Call To The Wall! For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down [...]

Can I just take a minute to say, “WAY TO GO!”? For some of you, today may have been the hardest day of your life. If you have never fasted before, day two or three is usually the hardest day in a fast. It is starting to really sink in that you are depriving yourself [...]

I know, you are scratching your head and asking yourself, “What in the world is she talking about?”  Chalk it up to my weird personality.  I make odd connections and Tyson Chicken is one of them.  Remember in the post about How to Get Ready for the Fast, I told you to plan to be [...]

Hey Neighbors, I am going to put up a bunch of links to helpful books that you can use on the Daniel Fast.  Remember, don’t get all hung up on the fasting part of this 52 day Call to the Wall!  If you are going about your day on one of these days and all [...]

God woke me up this morning.  It’s Saturday and I really wanted to sleep in, but He was whispering to me that I needed to write you a letter in the form of a blogpost.  So here I am, sitting at my computer trying to get the jumble of thoughts down on a page for [...]

Kisses From Katie I‘m going to share a link to one of my FAVORITE blogs. It is Katie Davis’ blog, a 22 year old who lives in Uganda where she takes care of her 13 “children” (orphaned and abandoned girls that she has taken in). Her love for the Lord and radical devotion to serving [...]

This article was originally written by Ruth Schenk and first appeared in the Southeast Outlook Newspaper. It is reprinted with permission from the Outlook and Wesley Korir. This race was different than all the rest. When the pistol fired in Hopkinton, Mass., for the start of the 116th Boston Marathon April 16, Southeast member Wesley [...]

We are closing in on a week of fasting…how’s it going for you?  I have to give you true confessions.  I blew it yesterday.  I hate it that I have to say that because for some of you, you may think it is impossible to sustain this fast for 52 days if the leader can’t [...]

I know, you are scratching your head and asking yourself, “What in the world is she talking about?”  Chalk it up to my weird personality.  I make odd connections and Tyson Chicken is one of them.  Remember in the post about How to Get Ready for the Fast, I told you to plan to be [...]

Hey Neighbors, I have a great sense of excitement growing. September 16th is only a few days away and I am filled with such a sense of anticipation for what we are going to see God do in our lives as we do this Daniel Fast Call to the Wall prayer and fasting project together! [...]

God woke me up this morning.  It’s Saturday and I really wanted to sleep in, but He was whispering to me that I needed to write you a letter in the form of a blogpost.  So here I am, sitting at my computer trying to get the jumble of thoughts down on a page for [...]

A few days ago, the daughter of one of my dearest friends and one of our other resident runners, Vicki, put this cute little picture of her and her girlfriend after a run in the rain with the caption “This Ain’t no Beauty Pageant” on their Facebook page. They of course looked adorable with their [...]