Family and Friends visit David's Tent

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David's Tent has been going on for over 30 days . . . we have been blessed to have family and friends come to the White House Ellipse and worship Jesus with us!  We are grateful that they made the trip and I know Jesus met with them as they came to pour themselves out to him through worship. 

Above: An amazing group of people from Mercer and Grove City, PA!  Dan's parents, a good friend Liz and the Augspurger's and Mach's, two couples from a Sunday School class at Grove City Alliance Church, a class who have been supporters of us for the last two years.  They drove on a Friday after work and spend the whole day Saturday with us and then drove back Saturday night! What troppers! When they arrived they had a great surprise and were able to take a tour of the White House garden lawns (which only happens once or twice a year)!  We had a great time at the tent worshipping Jesus as well as fellowshipping and share about what God is doing in DC.  It was a amazing how in a short amount of time we were able to really connect with each one of them.  Thank you for your love and prayers!

It was a joy for us to see our friends from the Covenant Life Church Deaf Group/Bible Study in DC as the group meets on Wednesday in MD.  This was the first Deaf bible study that we were able to connect with when we moved to DC.  It was through God's guidance and blessing that we were connected which encouraged us greatly that DC was the place where we were supposed to be and a place where God is moving in the Deaf community.  It was an overwhelming presence of almost everyone and plus some friends and family! Thank you for making the trip and praying for our nation and president from the White House Ellipse!  

Tom from Florida was one of the first Deaf people Laura (in the picture as well) brought to the House of Prayer when we first moved to DC.  Tom was visiting from FL and had to stop by the tent! It was so good to worship with him again in person! 

Kelby, Dan's brother who lives in NC also made a trip up with his daughter Kaelyn.  Kelby spend the night watch, 7 pm to 1 am, at the tent with Dan and joined in the worship!  Kaelyn got to spend time with Titi Carole and make four new friends, the Hershey children.  They warmed up to Kaelyn very fast and were sad when she had to leave! 

It was a blessing to see each one of you! Thank you for coming and worshipping Jesus from the nation's capitol with us! 

*David's Tent Random Fun Fact*

 As of DAY 25, we had a group, individual or family from each one of the 50 days here to worship Jesus with us! America loves Jesus! 

ASL Worship Video

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Davids Tent ASL Worship Set Video

Here is the link to a video made by a friend, Kari, from the pictures and videos that we took during the 2 hour ASL worship set for David's Tent.  Since this night, the girls have led two more two hour sets of worship through ASL.  It has brought breakthrough in their lives, the lives of the people there during the set as well as in the spirit of worship in DC!

We love what God is doing through David's Tent and in the Deaf community here in DC and being a part of it!

The Joys of being a Nanny!

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I was praying about my role within the team at the Washington House of Prayer, God opened my eyes to how much I have enjoyed spending time with the Hersey kids, the family that Dan and I live with right now.  Jason and Kimberlee are the founders of the Washington House of Prayer and have been living and praying for the nation for 7 years. They have a huge heart to see the end of abortion in America and revival here in America.  They are a son and daughter of God that talk with him through prayer and have a huge heart of worship.  They have four children. Cadance is 7, Blaze is 5, Avella is 3 and Anthem is 7 months old.  As I came here 4 months ago, I felt called to stay at home and serve with Kimberlee and help out with the house work and pouring life into her children.  The last four months has been a great learning time for me about children and how God sees us and his amazing character towards us always.  He always loves and is patient and wants to spend time with us! I have grown in my desire to reflect his character during the day with the kids that God has given me the opportunity to invest in.  Below are some pictures of what we do! 

I am teaching them American Sign Language throughout the day, which they love! They are signing the first letter for their names! They are children full of life and joy as reflected in this picture! They love to laugh!

Being silly and drinking when Carole is taking a picture!

They love stories, which is great because I love reading stories! We read stories from the bible or other books everyday! 

In the picture above, Cadance and Blaze heard Rev. 4 and 5, a picture of worship in heaven at the HOuse of Prayer read aloud and they wanted to hear it again and again.  During our bible school in Costa Rica one of our assignments was to draw a picture of the description in Rev. 4 and 5 so one night I brought them out and read Rev 4 adn 5 to them and they found all the people (24 elders, 4 living creatures, angels, lamb who was slain and more) in our pictures! Then they drew their own pictures of worship in heaven! It is so awesome how much they love hearing the Word of God!

Here the kids where playing and Cadance made signs for Sign Language Classes for 1 dollar! Instead of lemonade they were selling ASL classes! With themselves as the teachers! They went outside to see if anyone wanted to learn the signs for fruits and vegetables.  It was so adorable!

Children are a blessing from the Lord!

Psalm 127:3-5  Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate
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