Coming out of the cave update

Hi folks:

The last few months have been pretty unusual. About 6 months to be
exact. With my daughter and three grandchildren living here, life is
"different." Living with young children can be youth giving. On the
other hand it requires lots of running around and time invested. Each
day I am given the opportunity to draw God's blessings into their
lives in a physical way and the changes have been dramatic. But, as I
have said we have been so busy, that there is little time for many of
the opportunities I once had right now. Letters are frequently
interrupted by the smiling face of one of the children.

And it some cases I get a type of forgetfulness. The other day I was
connecting the boat to the van to take down for service. In the
middle of connecting, my granddaughter came over with a question
about something. "What are you doing? Where are you going?" 4 year
old questions. My friend showed up and we took off. Up hills and down
hills, over dirt roads, etc.. I chalked the occasional clunk up to
never had it hooked to this vehicle before. We got to the marina,
many miles away, and I pulled up front and went in to make the
arrangements. My friend came in and said "did you know that you had
not locked the hitch?" Obviously, I did not know and we were very
fortunate that the boat did not beat us down one of those steep hills
we live on. Life with children...

Many things have changed with us. In May I sold our store and spent a
lot of summer building our PPL business and doing ebay again. In late
August I sold the remainder of our 45' container and the rest of a
warehouse. So, that phase of my life is pretty much set aside. When
you are trucking people all over creation in an effort for them to
get healthy, go to school and appointments, you do not have time for
the day to day business.

The last three days the Lord woke me up at 3:16. The first morning I
received a word for the church and shared it on Sunday. The second
morning I was drawn to prayer for 2 hours. Yesterday, I received what
I would consider the third most life changing dream I have ever had.
The dream is not so important to others as it is to me. A few weeks
ago, I began to build a leadership team. With the help of some
friends coming in on Sunday morning, I have taken their words, along
with what I have seen and begun to revamp. I will be pulling back
from the position I have carried and will in January be ordaining my
friend Mike. (We will have to find a place large enough to do this
and will let you know.)He will be carrying the gathering to a
different place than I. The week to week operations will change for
Tina and I. Even today, we are working with a friend to develop both
a business model and a business ministry. The changes in the church
will be significant. A group of people who have better shepherding
skills than me. Tina and I moving into our gift sets.

Why the big changes? Well, I guess you would say, it is time to
embrace what the Lord has for me. I believe the results will be
excellent. I am always more comfortable in the business realm. I am
always more comfortable using the prophetic gifts the Lord has given
me to reach the lost. Nothing gets one's attention than coming up and
telling them their name and their past to get an inroad. I will
minister once a month in our Sunday gathering. Others will take the
Sunday morning times. Even the Tuesday times will change.

I see reaching people that are not reached. People who work their
lives away without happiness when heaven is at hand. Children who
need Jesus. I confess, I have been hard on the church. I see church
often as Christian ghettos, all huddled up, not reaching the masses.
We have often soaked while others have fried. I look into the face of
Jacob. The child who had been given up for adoption. As he sits here
with me, I can not imagine life with out hi. What can the Creator of
the universe feel, as people head to hell? I am not sure exactly.
But, I do know that i have an opportunity to shape culture and change
lives. And that position I can envision.

So, hopefully my communication will be more regular.

Blessings to you!
Lee

Lee Johndrow
88 WCFR Drive
Springfield, VT 05156
802-885-2885