New Beginnings...

Aloha!  Just wanted to share with you some pictures from the local park here in Kaneohe where a group of abandoned cats live.  I have felt a strong leading from the Lord to help out, in particularly to help the faithful, precious woman Connie (she's in her late 60's or so), who has been coming and feeding these kitty kats for over 20 years now.  (There are over 100 cats and it costs aprox $30.00 to feed them all each day!)  She does it all with her own money and also with the help of a few donations here and there.  She not only feeds them, but she gathers up any new ones to take to the vet to get fixed (they are the ones with clips out of their ears) and also takes them in if they're sick.  Wow.  Such a precious heart she has and OH how she loves the Lord!  I prayed and asked the Lord if He wanted me to get involved (I have ALWAYS loved kitty kats!) and it was a definite yes!  In addition to helping the cats, I also heard Him say to me, "help my faithful servant Connie."  So I've been working on a way to help raise money to support her with the cats.  I've also decided to take one day a week (Mondays) to go feed them and give them all water...and love on them lots too!  In addition, I've  been calling Connie every Monday to touch base with her and just talk.  She always has many prayer requests around the cats but today she is asking for prayer over her finances, so please join me in praying for her.
If you want to help, please email me at:  Thehealingpath40@aol.com, thank you!  Here some of the special kitty kats at the park...

"Lawrence"   Please be praying that God will open doors for Michael and I to adopt this special guy.
 Getting harder and harder for me to leave him behind each time!

Full and content after a good meal!

Happy Boy!

Lots of chickens here too!  They all eat together and drink from the same bowls of water - so amazing to watch how the cats just let all the little baby chicks wander all around them and even over them when they're laying down!  

I want to also share with you how faithful God is in answering prayer...I know it's something we "hear" a lot in our christian walks..."God is faithful".... "have patience, God will answer your prayers in His timing" ... but I just want to tell you from my own personal experience that it really is truth.  There are many, many times where I have NOT believed that God answers prayers...where I have struggled tremendously in my faith due to "unanswered" prayer as I have continued to walk out this life with relentless symptoms.  I have walked a life of extreme difficulty (since I was 7 years old), with my health and eating and have prayed long and hard for God to heal my body, to bring relief.  (Along with the prayers of my friends and family over the years!)  And I want to tell you now that I feel, for the first time in a LONG time, that God is truly answering prayer in my life right now in this area.  With this new church, Hope Chapel, I have discovered they have quite the support groups set up for any area you need help in.  I have shared before, in my previous posts, how God revealed to me that in addition to a digestive tract that is messed up, I also have food addictions that keep it flared up.  Before moving here, I spent about 2 years looking for a christian support group through the local churches and went to the few I found, only to discover they had NO CLUE what it meant to abstain from food and how healthy, whole food eating needs to take the place of the unhealthy foods!  The first meeting I went to actually served PIZZA & DIET POP for dinner and then brought out a snack of FAT-FREE ICE CREAM BARS!!  What a hoot!  ... no concept.  Anyway, I made some calls and connected with some amazing, helpful ladies today who pointed me in the right direction.  I'm going tomorrow to check out a group that meets every Tues and I'll go from there.  I just felt such an encouragement after talking with them as I felt they really GOT IT.  I also feel, deep down, that God is directing and leading me in all of this and feel such a hope for healing.  Believe me, it's been a long time.  And I know that I can't do it on my own and that I need the help of community, of godly women to help me in this process.  I am thankful for God for opening my eyes to this issue and for leading me here.  It's all in His timing!

The woman I talked with today said she came to Oahu 15 years ago for healing.  And she never left.  That speaks volumes.  Thank you God for answered prayer.

"I trusted in, relied on, and was confident in You, O Lord, I said, "You are my God."  My times are in Your hands"  Psalm 31:14-15

"And now, Lord, what do I wait for and expect?  My hope and expectation are in You"  Psalms

"My eyes wait for You (looking, watching, and expecting) and You give me food in due season.  You open Your hand and satisfy me with favor."  Psalm 145:15-16

"But these things I plan won't happen right away.  Slowly, steadily, surely, the time approaches when the vision will be fulfilled.  If it seems slow, do not despair, for these things will surely come to pass.  Just be patient!  They will not be overdue a single day!"  Habakkuk 2:3  (TLB)

Blessings,
Sue