*Update: All of the Austin Scholarship LPL tickets have been spoken for. Thank you, ladies! We love you!

Hi ladies! We have ten tickets to give away to the Living Proof Live event in Austin this weekend. If a complimentary ticket would enable you to attend the conference, that you otherwise could not afford, please call our office toll free at 1.888.700.1999 during regular business hours (8:30 – 4:30 CST) and ask for Kimberly Meyer. I will let you know when each of the tickets have been spoken for. Our office will be closed this Friday so please call either today or tomorrow. Unfortunately, this event is sold out, so there are no more tickets available for purchase, but we were able to keep a few for our scholarship sisters.

We would love for you to pray that Jesus will be glorified through this gathering this coming weekend. Thanks, sisters!

UPDATE FROM BETH ON JULY 5th: Hey, you sweet things! Thinking of you so much. This is my first day back in the office at Living Proof Ministries since our time together. I flew to Atlanta right after we said good-bye then served there throughout Sunday then came home and took a few days off. (Thank you, 4th of July!) I told my beloved coworkers that, as long as I have clarity of mind, I will remember our time together in Colorado Springs. God marked my heart with you. I nearly bawled as I watched the recap and was deeply moved to see a comment from one of you who lives in the city saying God opened up the sky and let it rain soon after. What grace of our Savior. I want to let you know that I kept my word to you and, with great joy, just signed a check to Samaritan’s Purse. I don’t want to draw attention to it in the larger public but I do INDEED want you who check in around here to know. I didn’t dare hold off any longer than my first day back because…

TO FOLLOW [JESUS] = TO FOLLOW THROUGH!

What I owe you now is a debt of love (Romans 13:8) and I will gladly pay it for many years to come. STAY IN THE WORD, SISTERS! I’ll see all of you at the Throne and perhaps some of you another time when we flip open our Bibles together. I am honored to be your servant. I love you so. 

The rest of this post is the original one that our wonderful Lindsee wrote. If you haven’t seen the recap, DO IT!

Siestas! Here is this weekends recap video. We have already heard from so many of you that were able to attend the conference this weekend and how the Lord spoke so personally to you and we thank the Lord so much for that. He alone is worthy of praise! In the middle of much chaos, He is sovereign and able to speak truth, speak loud and bring healing.

On Friday, we shared with you that Samaritan’s Purse was going put all of their donations this weekend toward wildfire relief efforts in Colorado Springs. I know you’ll rejoice with us when I tell you that this weekend attendee’s raised $85, 591! Ladies, your generosity is incredible. Thank you so much! May God be praised!

*Update: (Friday Morning) LifeWay Women, Living Proof Ministries along with Beth Moore and Travis Cottrell are inviting those victims and evacuees of the Colorado fires to be our guests, free of charge, at the Living Proof Live event starting this evening through tomorrow at noon at World Arena in Colorado Springs. Please see the details below about how evacuees can gain access to the venue. It is our hope to accommodate and minister to as many of those affected by the fires as our available seating will allow. It is our privilege and blessing to serve them and our prayers are with them:

• Evacuees without a ticket must go to Gate C for access into the arena
• Gate C door will open for evacuees to enter at 6:00 p.m.
• Access to available seating will be on a first come, first serve basis, but we anticipate having plenty of room.
• We are asking evacuees with access to the internet to RSVP with us [email protected] but this is not required for entrance.
• Kaye Hurta will be their contact person at the Gate C door
• Only evacuees need to come to Gate C for free access – anyone with a ticket needs to enter at the main entrance with all other attendees
• The event is general seating for individuals and small groups; large group seating is reserved.
• Samaritan’s Purse will be on hand to provide water at the doors to evacuee attendees as supplies last.
• NOTE: Any attendee who has paid for a ticket but who has lost their home to the fires will be refunded the cost of their ticket and they will be our guest. Refunds will be processed through our registration office next week. Other Evacuees who have already purchased their armbands may enter through the main entrance.
• Any questions can also be sent to [email protected]

Good Thursday afternoon, ladies.

We come to you with heavy hearts regarding all the devastating fires happening in Colorado Springs this very minute. The pictures alone are chilling and sobering.

We serve a God who is into every detail of our lives, and He alone knew that there would be a Living Proof Live scheduled in Colorado Springs the very same weekend these fires would come screaming down the beautiful mountainside.

At this moment, LifeWay still has the event scheduled. If anything further develops, we will update and post that information on our website here.

Beth is flying out today, along with the rest of the team, as they have plans to minister to the people of Colorado Springs. Please pray for them. Please pray for their safety. As we ask the Lord to pour out His Spirit over the arena, we’re asking that He would pour out the rain in that city as well. They desperately need it.

We are so grateful to Samaritan’s Purse, who partners with LifeWay at each Living Proof Live event, for designating 100% of their donations at this weekend’s event to the city of Colorado Springs. They are already on ground for disaster relief, but this will be a huge blessing to them.

If you feel led to give in this area and help with disaster relief, you can do it without even attending the event. What you would need to do is text RELIEF to 85944 to automatically donate $10. You can also visit their website for volunteer opportunities or find out how to get help at www.samaritanspurse.org.

We are praying, ladies. Those of us in Texas know the devastating effects these fires can cause as we just dealt with the same thing a mere eight months ago. Join us in praying for a miracle? Miracle rain?

We love you guys.

Just yesterday I realized the blog had been really quiet for an entire week. To be completely honest, it hadn’t occurred to me until one of you so sweetly commented and asked if everything was okay with our Siesta Mama. You’ll be so relieved to know that not only is she okay, she’s actually hosting “Camp Bibby” this week. Needless to say, she has her hands very full and is loving every minute! In fact, we just returned from eating lunch with her and the kiddos and no one could leave until we found the plastic, fake spider Jackson held so dearly all through lunch. Priorities, folks.

Since she is Bibby this week, and since I’m currently obsessing over the high school girls that we get the sheer joy of hosting every Tuesday, the blog, although always on my mind, suffered only due to lack of time, not lack of material or love!

What you may not know is that May 29th brought a whole new dimension to LPM. That was the first day some of the most precious high school girls waltzed into LPM. They were quiet, reserved and scared out of their mind, just as I would have been at that age. Stink, just as I am now to walk in any unfamiliar place! However, that didn’t last long before they were all chowing down on pizza and making new friends. The most ironic part about the quietness and anxiousness is that starting that evening, all of us were going to crack open So Long, Insecurity together. Is there a book more appropriate for a high school girl? I submit that there cannot. My hope and prayer is that they grasp these truths and principles at this young age so that ten or twenty years from now, they won’t have to dig up as many roots of insecurity as some of us did.

And lest you think I’ve learned all I can about insecurity saying as though I’ve already read this book once already, think again, the Lord has let it hit me in a fresh, new way that is striking all kinds of ugly chords. He knew I would need it again, and He knew the only way I’d read it again was to take a group of high school girls through it. I told the girls the first night that I was not only on this journey with them, but that I was certain I’d learn more than any of them. So far, my predictions are correct.

I’ve received a few emails wondering how we’re doing this study, so I wanted to post some fun facts so that if you’re interested, you too could lead a group of girls through SLI.

Since Tuesday evenings are always Bible study nights, that was automatically our go-to night. When we opened up registration, we had an overwhelming response, glory to God, so we decided to also open up an Tuesday afternoon study, all as an experiment. The LPM office isn’t tiny by any means, but it can only host so many people at one time before we get crazy, so fifty girls was our cut off number. When all was said and done, by the time May 29th rolled around, we had just a small group of girls that I lead in the afternoon, then at night we have our full group, along with five leaders.

For the first thirty minutes, we all just chat it up and eat. It’s what girls do best, right? When we’re all done eating, I typically make them find one girl they don’t know and I give them a fun question to discuss, something like their favorite movie. Then, for the next hour or so, they break up into five different small groups and unpack that particular weeks homework. The book now has a workbook to go along with it and I don’t have enough good things to say about it. It is such a helpful, wonderful guide with a lot of rich questions. So rich, in fact, that just last night we had to ring a bell to break up the small groups. You know what that means, it means they’re not running out of things to talk about in small group, praise the Lord!

For the last 20 to 30 minutes, we all gather back in the board room and I give them a little challenge or devotional. The last thing they want to do is listen to me talk for another hour, so I keep it pretty short and to the point. Then we all hug and say our goodbyes.

You cannot imagine the amount of food that has come in and out of this place. Girls can eat.

We’ve ordered 20 boxes of pizza.

Nuggets trays and salads galore from Chick-Fil-A.

Enough sandwiches from Potbelly to feed the staff, the girls, and the leaders for a good three days.

Over 100 potbelly cookies.  I’ll refrain from telling you how many calories are in each cookie.  You’re welcome.

Jimmy Johns sandwiches that were just right.

And cases upon cases of all manner of drinks, like water, coke, diet coke and dr. pepper.

I think it’s safe to say that LPM is always learning and growing, and this experience alone has been such a learning experience for me, if not for all of us. The entire LPM Village has played a part in some way, shape or form and to say I couldn’t do it without them or my leaders is a vast understatement. Unfortunately, I’m not sure I express my thankfulness enough. They are the bomb!

This I know to be so true, no one has to convince me to want to serve and love these girls. They have my heart. Boy, do they have my heart. Tuesdays are the most exciting and yet the most exhausting days of the week, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything. It is a complete joy and honor to serve them in this way. Oh, I pray that they would be rooted in Christ and their security would be found in Him alone. And that it would begin with me.

The first Tuesday we were ready to receive those girls with open arms and books galore!

The sweet staff made me do this. It felt so awkward that I’m still laughing.

Beth was equally as giddy and excited. She got to pop in and say hey to the girls that day. So fun!

Our typical food set up.

These Potbelly cookies are sinful they’re so delicious. And we had over 100.

If you walked into LPM on a Tuesday, this is what you might find. Isn’t it a precious sight? Brings me such joy.

Hey Friends! Here is the recap video from LPL Calgary this weekend. Praising the Lord for all he did in the hearts of those that were able to attend. He is faithful!

If you’re anything like me, then every time you hear or think of Canada, you start singing, “O Canada! Our home and native land!” Or maybe you don’t. I’m just weird like that. I’ve been known to bust out in song even if one word is mentioned that reminds me of a particular tune. It’s just in my roots.

Anyway, the other day I saw someone ask if Beth was really coming to Calgary, or if she was just doing a simulcast, and I’m so happy to say that this very day, she’ll be hopping on a jet plane headed to the great land of Canada for our next LPL this weekend. How fun is that? The entire team is excited, ready and honored to serve you guys. (Notice I didn’t say “y’all” but “you guys”. Smile.)

With that said, we’d love to offer 20 scholarship tickets, thanks to the Siesta Scholarship fund, to the ladies that really want to attend the conference this weekend, but financially, just can’t pull it off. It is our great joy to offer these and we pray that whomever receives them is blessed immensly and changed by the Word this weekend. However, just a reminder, this isn’t a random giveaway, but for those of you in need that could use a little encouragement.

If that is you, please call the Living Proof office during regular business hours (8:30 – 4:30 CST). Please ask for Kimberly at 1-888-700-1999 and she will take care of you. If you happen to get the voicemail or call during the lunch hour, please leave a message and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

*Important: In the event that our toll free number does not work for you coming from Canada, please call our regular office number 281-257-3344 and we will get you squared away. However, if you are calling from a cell phone, you shouldn’t come across any issues. 

We are expecting God to show up and do a big work among the group this weekend. Will you join us in prayer over our Siesta Mama and the rest of the team as they prepare to serve you?

We love you guys to bits. May God be so glorified in Canada this weekend and may His Word go out in power.

Hey ladies! We have been hearing wonderful things about LPL Boise this weekend. Praise God! Here is the video recap done by our wonderful photographer, Rich. As he stated, be sure you catch the video clip of the mom and daughter taking notes about 1:30. Precious.

Good morning, Siestas! Are any of you headed to the Boise Living Proof Live this weekend? I know Beth, Travis and the rest of the LifeWay team are all headed there today for this blessed event and are thrilled to meet you there this weekend.

By the title of this post, I am sure you can quickly guess what I’m posting for. Thanks to the Siesta Scholarship, we are so happy to offer 20 scholarship tickets to those of you ladies that really want to attend, but at this time just cannot financially afford it.

If that is you and you qualify for this, we will offer the tickets to the first 20 ladies that call the Living Proof  office during regular business hours (8:30 – 4:30 CST). Please ask for Kimberly at 1-888-700-1999 and they will take care of you. If you happen to get the voicemail or call during the lunch hour, please leave a message and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

It is such a joy to us that the Lord allows us to do this and we pray you are blessed!

Also, let us know if you’re headed that way!

And lastly, you wouldn’t waste a prayer on Beth or the team this weekend. I know they covet each and every one of them. Would you pray for smooth travel today as well? May Christ be exalted and lives be changed Friday and Saturday.

We love y’all.