Melissa & Aaron

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My trip to Visit Melissa...

Here is a pic that I took of Melissa while I was visiting her a few months ago...just thought I would share I know it has been a while but I have been super busy. God is doing some amazing stuff there at IHOP in KC, just sitting and soaking in God's presence I brought it home with me...subscribed to the "Prayer Room". Have a blessed day!

Prayer for my mom.

This is me with my Mother Denise
(she is the tender age of 48). When I was home in Texas 3 weeks ago, we went to lunch and took this pic. Little did we know at that time that a week and a half later she would go in for her annual biopsy (to have tests run for Lukeimia, she had it over 3 years ago, almost died 3 times in the hospital and then The Lord healed her at the Doctor's amazment) she went back to the Dr. to get the results and found out that there was 66 percent Lukeimia in her white blood cell count which means it is coming right from her bone marrow like before.

That day Dr. Drikard told her, Denise you need to go and check yourself into the hospital right away (Baylor Medical Center in Grapevine).

"I most certainlly will not." -Denise

"Denise, you have to!" -Dr.

"I am going to go home, shave my legs, color my hair and THEN in the morning I will check myself in." -Denise

And so she under-went a full week of kemo to knock out the cancer, but it didn't work. Just last night (July 5th) I got word that on Monday they will be putting her on 3 different kinds of Kemo at the same time and that that day the Dr. found an infection in her blood, on top of all the other.

So if you believe that Father God hears your prayers and moves at the sound of your voice, please speak up, He is listening.
I have settled in my heart that it is His mercy if He heals her and it is His mercy if He takes her home. Either way His mercy will have the last say.
And pray for me to have wisdom as I listen and wait on the Lord. I need direction right now, when to go and when to stay. At this time I am at peace, as long as I don't let my thoughts spin out of control.

Psalm 27: 13
I would have lost heart unless I had believed I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

Thank you to all my dear friends and family.

Family is forever, time with them here is only for a moment.

There is a man

There is a man... There is a man who loved me even when he knew I was telling a lie. There is a man who loves family. There is a man who pointed me to my Heavenly Father. There is a man who loves those around him, and sees the best in each soul. There is a man who is willing to confess his faults. There is a man full of love. There is a man who loves to bring joy to those who enter his life. There is a man...

I am honored to call him Dad.

In 1996 my Dad gave me this as one of my birthday cards.... it is my favorite card ever.




I love you Dad. Happy Birthday..... oh ya, your card will be late. :)

Deep in the Night.

This is the Night Watch in the Prayer Room where I have spent most of my time for the last 2 years now. Many of you have asked the question, "What is that 'thing' you are doing in Kansas City again?"

Well, do you have a minute? Good. Let me tell you a little about my life deep in the Night.

3 years ago I was working at Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen in Fort Worth, Texas. I was working hard, living life, going to church, saving money as the Lord had asked me to in mid year of 2004, and asking Him the same question I had been asking for 5 years....
"Is this all there is to loving You God, church once a week (maybe twice if I have time) work, work, work, paying my bills, having some fun, but carrying this on going pain with in the walls of my heart....where is God and what does He think of me?"

When God spoke to me about going back into the food industry I kicked and screamed for another way, but it was so impressed in me to do so. It is a very dark and wicked, worldly vocation. I knew He knew this yet He would not relent on me going. After a few weeks and much softening prayer time I willing said, "Yes, I will go, under one contition, when I go for the interview that I am given Sundays off for church (in the resturant biz getting Sundays off is really unheard of) and if I get Sunday's off I will know You are in this."

Interview day came. I waited 2 hours for the G.M. to arrive at the store. He called after being in Dallas traffic and told the hostess to tell me to come back in 3 days. Now at this time I am working at my old church's daycare, which was not an easy thing to get out of work early. But the 2nd time the let me go early for my interview.

I arrived with not much wind in my sail that day. The G.M. looked over my application, peered at me through his long fingers on his face, asked me a few questions as to why I left the former Pappadeaux I worked at on the other side of town. Then he asked me if I had any quesitons for him. "Yes I do. I can only work here if I can have Sunday's off for church, will that be possible?"

"Sunday's? Ya that will be fine."

Thus started one of the most difficult yet rewarding jobs of mine to date. I was so excited to work there, every day that I left I would go home and study during my 2 week training period. I wanted to know all about the fish, where they came from, what was the best way to eat them and with what. When I was at the resturant I would clean up and keep things straight just because I was so thankful for this job, I knew God had something for me there. I prayed in detail and He answered it.

Spring of 2005 came around and the church I was going to at the time, Beautiful Feet Ministry (a homeless church near downtown Fort Worth) was planning a trip to Kansas City for a weekend at International House of Prayer. I was so excited, I had heard about this place for 6 years but had never been able to go for one reason or another. I was determind that nothing would get in the way of me going this time. March came around and 11 of us headed off North on 35 for 9 hours of road, sunshine and conversation over radio.

What was waiting for me 564 miles ahead was more than my big Texan heart could handle, I was about to run right into all my nights full of tears and prayers answered in one day. We arrived on a Thursday afternoon to register for the conference, by the evening worship time I was crying out all my cares, worries and longings. "I want to see You Jesus. I miss You. It has been so long since I have heard Your beautiful voice." (The last time I heard His voice was when I told me to open a savings account and start saving, that was a year and a half ago.) Friday afternoon I was watching people mix and mingle during a break in the conference and I spoke this inside, "Jesus, I would love to be a part of a community like this back home, jeans and t-shirt, lovin You kinda people." His voice broke in so clear and full of peace, "You are moving here."

....to be continued.

Hello again!

This is Jessica again. I am posting to let you all know I talked with Melissa recently and it sounds like God is really doing some awesome stuff there at IHOP and in and through Lissa. I cannot wait to visit her in February. I just wanted to post a note to let you all know that Melissa is doing good and that your prayers and support are much appreciated. I leave you with a picture that I took of Lissa last year in the park while we were hanging out just before she left. When I came across this picture it just reminded me that our time with God is so intimate and peaceful and that when we need to find rest that all we need to do is go to Him and there we find rest. God Bless you all...

Welcome & Thank you for stopping by...

This blog page is setup for Melissa so that you all can keep up with the current events going on in Melissa's life from time to time she will submit a post here about what is going on with her in MO as well as IHOP. Thank you so much for stopping in to have a look around. I have created a support area over to the right side of the screen it is super easy to use you do not need to have a PayPal account to donate. Just click on the Donate button and enter in the amount that you would like to send to Melissa and update balance then it will give you your payment options. This is simple and secure so no worries that your gifts will not get to her or that your personal information will be leaked. As a matter of fact Melissa will not even be able to see it but when you do donate money to her it will email her that she has cash and who it is from. Be praying for her as I have been watching the news and it appears that the weather has been quite extreme lately. I am certain she will submit a post soon. If you have any questions regarding the technical side of this page please address them to me (Jessica) and I will do my best to reply as soon as I possibly can. Thank you so much and have a bless day and a beautiful Christmas and holiday season.

Jessica Dromgoole