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Praise the Lord, everybody! Praise the Lord! I miss ya’ll! I am going to miss worshipping with my church family tomorrow. I know my husband is going to have a fresh word from the Lord. I’m sorry that I am missing a tithing series message, especially since that is one of my favorite things to talk about with others. It is interesting to hear our South African brothers and sisters talk about tithing, since many of them have so very little. I am reminded of what pastor preached about last week; sacrificial giving. When I asked for the inspiration behind the song, “Always Pray, Always Give, Always Praise the Lord,” I was told that the ‘always give’ specifically refers to giving the tithe. We have truly been worshipping with a giving community.
I neglected to share that on the plane ride over here, I met a pastor from South Africa. He actually walked over to me, and asked if I was a preacher. He said when we were in the airport, he overheard someone say ‘reverend’ in our group, but he wasn’t sure who the person was addressing. After takeoff, he said he felt it was me. After some conversation, Pastor Jerome Campher of New Faith Church Cape Town, extended an invitation for me to preach at his church on Sunday (tomorrow). Now of course we were thirty thousand feet in the air, and less than thirty minutes outside of New York, and I was getting a preaching engagement?? That was crazy to me! He said he had never extended an invite to someone he didn’t know, but he felt the Lord was leading him to have me give a word to the people! What?!
I was overwhelmed! I told him that I would pray about it, and we exchanged information. I asked Reverend Jessica Ingram, the organizer of this journey about Pastor Campher, and realized that it is a small world. Apparently, she knew him because he had preached at her convocations on two occasions in the past several years. So, after prayer, confirmation from Rev. Jessica, and support from my husband, I accepted the engagement. Interestingly enough, he also does a radio show on Saturday nights from 12:00am to 1:30am. He likes this time slot because he finds a unique opportunity to speak to those brothers and sisters who are unable to sleep, and are lying awake because their minds are not able to rest. He asked me to call in for an interview and to give an encouraging word to his audience. So, it is 1:00am here and I just finished speaking with him on Radio KC, 107.7 FM, on his program entitled, ’Shooting the Breeze’. It was truly a divine opportunity and I am grateful to God for his divine favor. Sometimes, I think I forget that, ‘I am the beloved of God. His favor rests on me, and in me He finds favor’. Thank you Pastor Mike for those words of encouragement! And. . . of course I gave a shout out to my dynamic Pastor, Reverend Michael A. Walrond, Jr. and the First Corinthian Baptist Church family!
When asked what I wanted to share with the audience, I reminded them that we serve a God who neither slumbers nor sleeps. If we know that God is awake, we should also know that we can rest a little easier. God is so amazing! Tomorrow morning, I will be preaching, worshipping and praising with the Faith Church, Cape Town family. Please pray that God gives a fresh word for us all on tomorrow! Also, isn’t it ironic that we have a praise team here with us in South Africa? Keemya, Sharon, Katrice, Laurianne, and Akira will be singing, ‘You Are An Heir’ and ‘Created to Worship’. I heard them practicing tonight and they sounded wonderful. I can’t wait to see what God will do on tomorrow. This was a set up!
Blessings 
Kathy Vaughn
/ February 21, 2010I thank God right now for the owerful word he will deliver through you on tomorrow. I know this is the cherry on your cake cause thislife plan was set in motion for you when you were 6 yrs old…hallelujah. I am proud that you are one of my spiritual leaders.
i pray that you all praise the Lord in a mighty way…we will feel it across the water tomorrow!
Gregory Spence
/ February 21, 2010Amen, amen and amen!
Ironic? Perhaps. Coincidence? NEVER! You all are meant to be there, at the chosen time and place for a very special and specific reason.
Wow! Simply wonderful and amazing!
Let us all be prayerful, thankful, graceful, prasieful and giving.
I am so very, very proud of you all.
Deborah Wiggins
/ February 21, 2010I am truly enjoying what I’m reading. Your visit is so favoring and it doesn’t surprise me to feel the excitement in your writing. And wow!!! an invitation to preach the word of God in Cape Town and another opportunity to give “encouraging words” on a radio interview–what’s really going on? I just know that God is pleased. You can believe that God truly has a plan for your life and the rest of us, and we are not in control of any of it. Tell Dawn and the rest of the crew hello. I will continue to lift you guys up in prayer. Love, mother
Tohma
/ February 21, 2010PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is an awesome blessing and I am certain that God will give you a fresh word for the people. You had no idea what God had in store for you on this journey. You were just following a Dream that you had since you were a little girl and I’m sure you had no idea the blessings that would come from jumping at the opportunity to visit the Motherland. Become what you BELIEVE!!!!!! Creation is sooooooo Ready! To God Be the Glory.
Cheryl Faye
/ February 21, 2010Wow!!! Look at God!!! God told Pastor Campher who you were. God also told him that you had a powerful Word for the people of God there in Cape Town. God IS !!! And yes, see I knew the praise team was there for a reason, too. LOL I can hear their beautiful voices ringing out, praising God like never before. I bet the listeners of Pastor Campher’s radio show were blessed by the message you gave last night, too. Look at the way God is moving through you and the others journeying with you. How awesome is our God!!! Yes, we will certainly miss you in service this morning, too, but thanks be to God, we will be praising God with you in absentia. Love you much. Give my sisters a hug for me and make sure you hug yourself, too!!
Deborah Wiggins
/ February 21, 2010On again, looking for your daily log on what happened in Cape Town and on the radio. Ellis says, “Inquiring Minds Want to Know; I guess I just need to calm down and pray for patience. Ok….I’ll do just that. Love you, mother
Kercena
/ February 21, 2010W-O-W! You all are such a testament that God’s plans for us unfold in ways that we can’t even imagine! With God, be ready for absolutely anything!
Shellyce Daniley
/ February 22, 2010Wow….. I’m a day late on this however, I agree that was a God ordained set-up. This is wonderful……
Sing ladies, sing your hearts out for the Lord and Preach!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You have your choir, Armor-bearer, and a minister there with you – He prepared you for this trip.
Love you
Zandra J
/ February 22, 2010God bless you for sharing your experiences in the Mother Land. I am sitting at my desk reading, visualizing, smiling, crying and shaking my head at how amazing He is all at the same time. Sister LaKeesha you are truly an inspiration in that strangers can see and feel the love of God in you just as your FCBC family has experienced. I am sure the same can be said about our other family members traveling in the group. I also believe this day was orchestrated long before all our births, praise God. Big Time Set-Up! Oh what a day, what a day, this must have been. Our own sisters preaching and praising with their African sisters and brothers in South Africa! With eyes closed I have been transported there to experience this wonderment.
April
/ February 22, 2010What a wonderful opportunity. It just keeps getting better and better, for you are blessed and highly favored.
Sharntesse
/ February 22, 2010I LOVE THE THING U R TELLING U S
llewellyn
/ May 11, 2010hi i im having trouble in finding my way to GOD.all my life i have been with GOD and GOD with me but reasonly i have been doubting him and now im lost can you please insure to me that GOD does exist please i realy need the lord every night i cry and ask why but no reply you can email me at llewellynanthony3@gmail.com