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
Amanda, Thank you for the updates. I rejoice with you and family that Melissa is home. I will be praying for your parents this week…sounds as though they will have a busy, active week. I will be praying for your family of 4 to have a safe, fun-filled vacation and look forward to hearing from you on your return. Take care and enjoy!
WELCOME HOME MELLISA! Thanks so much for going on this trip and sharing it with us. Last week I wrote our sponsor child we have had for a few years and told her we loved her.
Also, SO EXCITED about the summer study! I had picked this book for my local summer Bible study and just emailed it out this morning. Now I see we picked the same one!! This was an affirmation from God that I was needing on picking the right study. Yesterday I was stressing out about several decisions that needed to be made and I wasn’t feeling God’s direction. Check one decision off that list and obviously God was shoving me in this direction! 🙂 Thank you Lord!!
1. Welcome to our fair District of Columbia, LPM. I hope your mother enjoys our fantastic cherry blossom season!
2. I will certainly pray for the events of the week.
3. Thanks for posting the book! I will have to check it out.
4. I am glad to hear about Melissa’s safe trip, and eagerly await the update!
5. I hope you enjoy your vacation.
Amanda,
If you can, please alert your parents to this family in DC greatly in need of prayers for their preemie son.
http://beauandbrittanydaniel.blogspot.com/
Thanks for the up date. Have been praying for Melissa’s safe return. Will be praying for Beth and Keith. Sounds like a very busy trip. Amanda have fun with your family.
Ya’ll better let Life Way know about the summer Bible study. so they can start printing extra.
I am so happy for all three of my Siestas. So proud of Beth for being the NDP Honorary Chairperson, but what better choice?! So glad Melissa is safely home, and safe travel for you and your family, Amanda- have a great vacation!
And thank you, Jesus, for all you do for ALL Siestas!
Love,
Fran
I’ll keep your family in my prayers.
Very much looking forward to the bible study!
Amen and Praise God for Melissa being home safe and sound as well as the rest of the team – I pray for quick recovery from jet lag and peace to reign!
Prayers for Beth and Keith.
Have fun on vacation!!!!!
Yeah on summer Bible study – will get the book ASAP . . . most excited!
Blessed week Siesta’s.
I will definitely be keeping your parents in my prayers this week.
I’m so thankful Melissa and the team made it back safely. How great that you two were able to talk for an hour today.
The Jennifer R. study looks really good. I’ve heard such good things about her studies.
Y’all have fun on your family vacation. You’ll be in my prayers too.
Love,
Valerie
Prayers for all of you to get through this week with your various activities! You ALL mean so much to me, you have no idea!! Thanks so very, very much for sharing your lives and ministries with us! Love to all…
Amanda: Thank you for being so faithful to keep us all up to date and going on the Blog – you are the best.
I am so very proud of your Mom and will be praying for her and your Dad and their busy week. I know she will bless lives everywhere and I hope she will be used mightily in our country for such a time as this!
So glad Melissa is home safe and sound – I love that girl!
Have fun on your family vacation – take lots of pictures and enjoy every minute of it – you are so precious.
Can’t wait for details on the SSS (Summer Siesta Study).
Much Love,
GA JAN
big week for you guys! enjoy the vacation (it’s such a lovely week for it!) and my prayers are with Beth for the NDP.
Is Melissa experiencing any reverse culture shock? It used to take me a few weeks to feel like I had resumed regular life when I came back from other countries… prayers are with her too!
Amanda, our trip was missing one thing: You. Wish you weren’t so serious about that whole parenting thing. There’s always room for you though, in case you change your mind ; ) Your kids will get married and move away eventually right?
Melissa is the rare blend of head and heart: theological brilliance and humbling sarcasm. I loved hanging with her – thanks to you and your family for loaning her to us for a week. We’re all better for it I think.
And thanks to all the LPMers who clicked somewhere on this sight and sponsored a child last week! YOUR click is sending ripples into eternity. On behalf of Compassion International and all our kiddos: THANK YOU.
-Shaun
CompassionBloggers
Melissa – Welcome Home! Beth – Have a great week! Amanda – Enjoy your holiday! Woo Hoo Yippe Yay for the summer study choice!
Having fun in 70 degree May weather (yes, we’re breaking records),
Warm, Really, Really Warm In Alaska.
Will definitely be praying for your parents. I am in the middles of Me, Myself and Lies right now with my womens group at church and it is awesome! It’s a great choice. Hope you guys have a super vacation.
Thanks for keeping us “in the loop”, Amanda! It is a privilege to pray for you all.
I’m so looking forward to seeing Beth and Travis at our Lancaster NDP gathering this week!
Thanks so much for giving us an early heads-up on the summer Bible study. I have just contacted my local Bible bookstore and the clerk told me it could be four to six weeks before the workbook comes in.
I have never heard of Jennifer Rothschild before, so I am looking forward to this adventure.
Blessings in the Lamb,
Trudy
Alberta, Canada
We’ve got your back! It’s an honor to pray for you all. 🙂
enjoy your vacation!
Looking forward to hearing all about Melissa’s trip when she has had some time rest…
Hugs to you all!
steph.
How Amazing is Our Gracious Father! To show His grace to Beth and Keith and still answer our unvoiced petitions. This study was was on my heart to do. Praise God.
Praying for all of you. So much happening in your family. I was hoping it would be Esther for summer, but I am game for whatever the siestas are doing. Can you do the Esther bible study on line? Oh I have digressed here…so glad Melissa is home. Love you all dearly.
OK so guess what?! I LIVE IN LANCASTER AND BETH MOORE IS COMING HERE ON THURSDAY!! I know that’s not proper netiquette to shout like that but oh boy am I excited! I’m going super early for a front row seat and REALLY hope to get to meet her and get a picture with her. But above all I’ll be praying for her — dear siestas, please join me in praying that God uses her to start a big revival in Lancaster!
Thanks for the update. I’m glad Melissa’s home, I’ll be praying for you parents and I’ll think about doing the study this summer. I’ll also be praying for you and your family during your vacation, Have Fun!
Thanks for the updates.
However, I accidentally ran across the part about our dear Miss Beth’s having the enormous privilege of speaking at the National Day of Prayer on the main Lifeway.com website late last week. Thus, I started praying about it and for our sweet Beth right then and there.
Wow, what an awesome honor~ =)
I hope that Beth’s portion of it will be televised, so we can all watch her minister to the entire country . . . I love her, and know that God must really have “special” things for her to do this week, or He would not have called upon her to take part in it.
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Praise You, Lord ! And, please watch over everything that our dear teacher, Miss Beth says and does this week. And, please give her refreshing rest during the night time hours.
Also, thank You for bringing Melissa home to the states safely. Please give her lots of opportunities to rest and reflect upon her mission trip this week.
And, please watch over Amanda and her family, too, as they go on their vacation.
In Jesus’ Name, Amen
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In Christ’s Love,
Jennifer
Southern Wisconsin
So excited with all your information. Bought the book today (shall I say type A personality?). Amanda, thank you and your whole family for living your lives and allowing us to tag along. I can not begin to tell you what a difference LPM (the Moores) have made in my life. My outlook is 180 degrees from where it was when I began my relationship with LPM. My prayer life has grown and my relationship with my God has flourished.
Your families are in my every prayer. Have a great relaxing and refreshing vacation! Excited to hear about it later.
Love you guys at LPM!
Jan
Praying for all
Been praying for your mom for NDP. So exciting!
Will be praying that this vacation is everything you hope it will be Amanda. I know how much you have been looking forward to it. Also, so exciting!
And finally…Yay, Melissa’s home!!
Soooo much going on in your lives this week!
I just ordered the book for summer Bible Study. Not sure if I’ll do it by myself or what….? Last year I had a group of ladies here at the house. Big perk with that…the house had to stay clean!
Will be praying for all y’all!!
Melana
Our prayers will be with Beth and Keith that they will be led with the Holy Spirit in Washington. What an honor – and how I blessed I feel for our country that Beth is leading.
Thanks for the update.
Have a safe and restful vacation with your family.
Have a blessed vacation Amanda! Will be praying… it’s all so exciting!
You all are a blessing to each and everyone of us! Thank you!
So appreciative! Emmy : )
May your lamps be filled with a fresh quantity of oil (Matt 24) as you go about your different activities. May there be unity in your households as you each adjust to new circumstances. May you enjoy the love and peace that He showers on you in the midst of it all.
As my son said this morning, may your ship be anchored in His harbor should any storm arise.
I’ll be praying!!
Praying for you all-glad that Melissa made it home safely.
Blessings,
Jennifer
So excited about the Summer Bible Study! Was wondering about the video sessions myself.
Will be praying for your parents too. I also can’t wait to hear from Melissa.
So much going on!!! 🙂
Enjoy your vacation!!!
I am so excited. I just bought that study book to preview for my Ladies Bible study. It looks so wonderful. I can hardly wait to get started!!
Hey ya’ll
Is the Me, Myself and Lies ok for teens also? My Teen needs a Bible study for the summer, I was hoping we could do one together.
RS/Nashville
My prayers will be with all of you this week. Sounds like quite a week for the Moore clan. I appreciate your blog so much, I can’t tell you what a blessing it is to me.
What an exciting week!
I will be praying for our siesta mama and her man!
Can’t wait to do another summer Bible study together!
So glad Melissa is home safe and sound! Waiting with great expectation for her posts!
Have a great vacation! I will be leaving for a quick trip next week!
I can’t write a sentence without an exclamation point I am so excited!
Much love!
What a wonderful and busy week for your family this week. Praise the Lord that Melissa is home, for a vacation for you!, and for the opportunity that God has given to your Mom. My prayers will be with her this week. I pray that He will use her in a mighty way (as He has done so many times). Thank you for allowing us the privilege of being a part of your life.
Welcome back, Melissa. May God give you peace where you are troubled, healing where you are torn.
We are still praying.
Could I get all you siestas to lift up my friend Francesca. She is pregnant with a little girl, Jenna. She has had alot of compliations through out this pregnancy and has been “incarcerated” as she says in the hospital. I just recieved a call from her stating that they think they will have to take her out tonight through c-secion. She is due in July and baby Jenna is only a little of 1 pound. She has been having bad heart issues. Thanks girls!
I’ll be part of that “group at the Pentagon” on Thursday. I’ve already been praying—EXPECTING—the Holy Spirit to show up in a huge way!
The Journey Continues ~
On my Knee's in Prayer this week for the following ~
1. Wonderful trip for Amanda Curtis and the children. Travel safety and great memories.
2. Beth to have clarity of heart,spirit,mind as she blesses others during the week of National Prayer for the USA.
& time to smooch on her man.
3. Keith giving Beth support with daily hugs, words of affirmation,Starbucks,backrubs,
rubbing her feet, and smoochin on her in between her speaking engagements.
4. Melissa for restful recovery from trip and jetlag and cuddling up with Colin.
With "Heaven bound" blessings,
Kim Safina
Thank you for the update. I will be praying for all of you!
Father, I pray for Beth to have a sense of freedom as she accomplishes this call on her life this week. Give her courage and victory as You guide her by Your Spirit. Speak to her what she should say. Guard her tongue and let Your Will and Words be accomplished. Bless the whole team as they gather and proclaim Your Name…One Nation Under God! We love You, Lord. Let that be evident in all things. In Jesus Name. AMEN.
absolutely praying for Beth and Keith!!!! what a fantastic privilege it is to chair the NDP! now more than EVER before this effort to set aside this day in collective prayer is crucial!! thank you!!!
PS – Looking forward to the Bible Study!
Thanks for taking the time to update us Amanda. I so appreciate all the time you all take to keep us updated with your lives. We love you all so very much. I will be happy to pray for your Mom. I heard sometime age she was the going to be speaking and have been praying for the right words and open ears. Our country sure needs prayer!!!!!!!!!!!
Glad to have you back Melissa. I am looking forward to hearing about your trip…..thoughts etc.
Get lots of rest first though!!
Have a great time on vacation Amanda.
Blessings,
Bible Bunny in NO MI
Blessings to all of you. Thankful for Melissa’s safe return to her home, looking forward to hearing more about her trip.
Have a great vacation. We are beginning this study next week at our church, love doing studies twice!
The Dobson’s were wise in their pick this year for the honorary chairman. A woman who holds such truths about prayer so close to her heart is just what the Doctor ordered!
Love and Blessings, Debbie in Tennessee
I am doing that study right now!!! It is awesome! You will love it…I might just go right along with you again this summer…
Did we ever hear about Melissa meeting her sponsor child? I guess the video was the meeting? I know one day we were told about the meeting the next day and then the next day was the video.
Confused!
Looking forward to the study.
Jennifer goes to my church and she is the real deal.
Tracy Drake
Ozark, MO