NDP, Summer Study, and Melissa's Home!

Hi Siestas! It's AJ checking in on this beautiful Monday. I have lots of things to share today.

A) Right now my parents are on an airplane flying to Washington, D.C. My mom has the incredible privilege of being this year's honorary chairman of the National Day of Prayer Task Force. The NDP Task Force has a very informative and helpful web site that you can check out here if you'd like to get involved. The National Day of Prayer is actually this Thursday.

My parents could really use your prayers this week. In addition to attending a number of dinners and meetings, Beth will speak at a women's breakfast on Tuesday and participate in multiple radio interviews on Wednesday. On Thursday she will give the NDP Task Force address in the Cannon Building with Chairman Shirley Dobson, address a group at the Pentagon, and then fly to Lancaster, PA, to address a large gathering there.

Please pray for my parents to be led by the Holy Spirit in everything they say and do and bring glory to God. Pray for perfect health, restorative sleep, energy, endurance, joy, peace, and protection. Please pray that they will sense God's presence with them. Pray that they will be able to focus fully on what they are doing and not be distracted by anything going on at home. Thank you so much, ladies.

B) We have chosen the book for our Summer Siesta Bible Study! We will be doing Me Myself & Lies by Jennifer Rothschild. Our poll in late March showed that half of you had already done Esther, so we decided to do a study that more of you would be able to participate in. We will post all the details you need to know very soon, but you can go ahead and get your workbooks (aka "member books") now. The Summer Siesta Bible Study is something you can do with a group in your home, by yourself, with your BFF, or with a group online. Like I said, we will have many more details to come, but you can be thinking of how you want to do it in the meantime. The study will take place from late June to early August.



C) Melissa is home, safe and sound! She got home yesterday and it was so hard for me not to call her right away and ask a ton of questions about the trip. We did talk this morning for about an hour. I think we could have gone on another 5 hours without any shortage of things to talk about. The only reason we ever got off the phone was because my parents wanted me to bring the kids by their house before they left! I missed my sis so much and I'm really proud of her.

D) My little family of four is going on vacation tomorrow, hence today's blog post overflowing with information. The blog may be pretty quiet this week with Mom and me out of town and Melissa recovering from her India trip. Melissa is going to check in tomorrow morning though.

Thank you, Siestas, for loving and supporting our family. Your prayers make such a huge difference in our lives. May we all love and serve Jesus well this week. See you soon!
Much love,
Amanda