G&G Ministries

Gary and I have bought our dream of an old farmhouse with 5 acres.  Every inch of this barndiminum needs to be transformed and loved. In other words it is a major fixer upper.  We have completed three room of this huge project and we have so much more to do.  And this is the house where we will live and have many Bible studies ahead.  There have been no updates on this website because we have been living out of our suitcases waiting for this property to become a reality.

We also plan to build an event center and sleeping quarters for those that want to stay longer than a few hours.  We have prayed that God place his blessings upon everyone that comes to find Him and rest in Him.

We are applying for grants and doing a lot of fundraising for this G&G endeavor that God has placed on our heart.

Please keep us in your prayers and if you feel led donate to God’s ministry.

We have had so much going on and we haven’t had access to our computer.  We have moved to a beautiful 5 acres with an ugly house on it.  We were living in motels for 7 weeks before we could move out here.  However, now that we are here….every inch of this house is in desperate need of a huge amount of TLC.  So we have spent every waking hour working on the house.  Currently we have my office, Gary’s office and one guest bedroom completed.  So much to do….

We are also building an event center with rooms for people to stay as a retreat for those that want to spend time on their relationship with Christ.  We have had this vision for a long time and watching God work this out has been awesome.

We have purposely not accepted any concerts recently because we are human and need to rest some.  However, we are now ready to get back out there to meet each of you and share Christ.  I will be updating the event calendar also.

Thanks so much for your support of God’s ministry.

We have had a busy year and are amazed that we are heading to the end of April.  We had the opportunity to go to Nashville, TN and record another CD.  We met some amazing people while we were there.

The concert on March 30th was such a blessing with the awesome Babbie Mason.  The miracles and blessings keep coming in as we hear how people were touched by that concert.

Gayla has been able to learn more about songwriting from Babbie and has learned so very much.

Griefshare was also a blessing.  We just completed our 4 round of teaching this curriculum. We loved getting to meet the people that came to the group and watch them grow individually as they journeyed through their grief.

We love being able to watch God work in ways that are unpredictable by us.  His ways are bigger than ours and He always takes very good care of us.

God is good all the time and all the time God is good.

There are so many preparations and things to look forward to for this holiday.  I can remember years that I felt so exhausted that being with others was not all that enjoyable.  I love my children, siblings, grandchildren and all family and friends.  Though I am thankful for each of them it can sometimes be too much to cook, clean, prepare and try to visit with each one the way I want to.

This year we decided to do something different. We served others by serving food at a shelter and then we went to a gathering in a small town that has had a yearly Thanksgiving feast since the end of WWII.  It was wonderful.  People drove from all around to go to this gathering.  The food was amazing and there was some uniqueness that I was not familiar with.  They had the regular Turkey and dressing but because this was a German settlement from years ago they also had homemade sour kraut and homemade sausage. There were many people there that we knew and it was fun to visit with people that we had not seen in a while. By the time we got home we were not exhausted and felt like visiting with family that came over that night.

Thanksgiving this year was different and it was a very good different.

We both have had a very blessed year with this ministry and in our personal lives.  We didn’t realize that there would be friends that would fall by the wayside due to jealousy, arrogance, negativity and gossip due to this ministry.  However, we have gained new friends that we have no doubt God placed in our lives. Friends that understand the nature of this business and ministry.  It has been a year to be thankful for in so many areas of our life that as we began to list our blessings we became very humbled by how our creator has smiled down on his creations.

Thank you Lord for each of the blessings that You have allowed us to have and for the supports that you have placed in our life and a Thanksgiving to be restful, reflective and enjoy.

Next month is the last month of the year and there is much to be done as we have three concerts coming up and various Christmas parties. I love that God has opened so many doors for us to serve Him.

I received a card in the mail the other day that has meant so very much to me. It said “You’re being remembered today in prayer before a God who deeply cares about you.”  Then in someone’s personal handwriting it says “We are covering you in prayer, love from the LRBC Women’s Ministry”  This is a ministry at the church that Gary and I go to.  The day before I received this beautiful card I felt very overwhelmed.  Our schedule had increased and the month of October has been full of concerts, speaking engagements and our regular jobs.

I got down on my knees at one point in the day and just asked God to take it because the tasks were becoming too much.  I did feel much lighter and more calm and peaceful.  But the moment I saw the card and realized that others were praying for me just as I needed it my heart became full of a peaceful energy that I had not felt in a while.  I got more tasks done on that day that I had the days previous.  Instead of trying to get one foot in front of the other, I felt like there was productivity and tasks were being completed.

It was a precious reminder to me that we just need to go to HIM and ask.  He takes very good care of us.  And the bonus of having others praying for me and covering me in prayer gave me wings to fly through each chore one at a time knowing that it is ALL in God’s hands.  He truly deeply cares for me and for you! Praise Him! Praise Him!

Gary and I have been loving the opportunities to be out and about doing concerts and speaking engagements.  God has blessed us so, so, very much.  Our longing and desire is that ALL hear about Jesus love and grace and come to know Him as their personal Savior. We do a lot of events on grief, hurting, and how to allow God to heal those hurts.  However, I recently did an event in which I was allowed to speak on “Tell Me The Story of Jesus”, an evangelism topic and in both classes I really didn’t get to finish the story and though the participation was fabulous I felt that the class left before we could get into the “meat” of what it takes to talk to others about Jesus.  We would love to be able to do this class again with more time.

We are also trying to sell our house and God has given us a vision and a promise of a retreat for those that need time to just be still and spend time with Him.  So prayers for this project would be amazing.

God has opened many doors for us and the ministry is growing in directions that we had not realized it would go but we are grateful that God as always has been faithful and watched over us as we minister to others. Our thankfulness for your prayers is always on our mind.  We have many events coming up that are not posted yet because we are still confirming but we are looking forward to sharing with you all that God has put in our path.

We also pray for each of you that have given us your prayer requests and all that have been so supportive of this ministry.

Someone asked if we ever feel like we don’t need God because of the talent we have.  First of all, we need Him every second of every day and will always need Him.  Second, the talent comes from Him and Him alone and we are ever mindful of that fact.  It is all about Jesus and not about us at all.  We are His instruments not the other way around.

God bless you abundantly….

We just got back from Alexandria, Indiana. This is the hometown of Bill and Gloria Gaither.  We were so blessed to spend 4 days of fellowshipping, singing and writing and learning with and from them.  Stuart Townend, the author of “How Deep My Father’s love” and “In Christ Alone” was an awesome personality as he shared his skills of songwriting and taught us so much, especially about congregational song writing. Dr. Michael Hawn gave us such a culture adventure teaching us songs from across the world.  And Babbie Mason and her awesome talent taught on the strategies to write a great song. Gloria Gaither the English teacher that she is…gave us solid basics about song writing.  These last four days were crammed with learning and getting better with using the talents that God has given us.  And though it was intensive learning, it was also a spiritual renewing and refresh and reset in what God is doing in our lives to glorify and reveal Him to others.

Revealing Him, sharing Him, praising Him….that is what this life is about.

Our hearts are full.

Our radio show “From My Heart” on 92.7 FM KJAK has moved from 8 pm Sunday nights to Monday mornings at 9:30 am