My Wonderful 72 Hour Weekend

Hi Everyone,

I just wanted to share with you that I just spent an amazing 72 hours in a Emmaus walk for women at Ceta Canyon, Tx.

I am in another awe struck moment of God and what He does...In this walk I saw God take things so broken, shattered, tormented, dead and create the most beautiful vessels full of life, beauty, forgiveness, love and made them into master pieces of Grace! I should never be stunned at what God does because He is such an amazing God an there is no words to fully describe just how wonderful He truely is.

Our family has been going through such a hard time these last couple of months, My husband was let go as Pastor of the church we had been at for the last 2 years and yet we knew that God was going to move us. We still were not prepared for it, but God is good has been so good to us and has a plan for us as we are his children and He will not forsake us.

It has been hard for us as Jehromie my husband is a true Pastor at heart and longs for that as this is what God has called and purposed him to do but we know everything will come together at the right time when God purposes. We have learned so much these last 2 years and we know this was just a training ground for where God will be taking us in the future. If there were no trials we cannot learn, will not gain strength and our faith will never grow because there would never be a reason to cling to God so I am thankful for each and every trial as I know this is Gods way of making me stronger in Him and able to weather any storm that comes our way. We always have to remember that God never leaves the boat!!! He never left my boat He is still there and that keeps me in faith knowing God has got this!!

During this 72 hours God really showed me alot about my self in the watching and seeing of others and their pain and He also revealed a great big road block that I had in my life that I had buried so far down in myself that was something so awful and horrible for me that I had literally forgotten about for many many years I guess a repressed memory....well needless to say God grabbed a hold of that and pulled and yanked that right out of me and laid it right in front of me! 

This I will tell you in simply no other words devestated me, but in all in all though for me to be used of God I have to be clean pure and holy and with this garbage that you could literally say Jesus took out my garbage this weekend...had to be gotten rid of!! I will be honest even though I am not happy about having to remember everything all over again, I do realize I am thankful God did not forget about it when I had because I do want to be used of God and to be in service for His kingdom and one day be able to maybe help a lady that may have gone through the same thing I have.  

I am on the road to healing and forgiveness, you can now say i have been moved out of ICU and moved to a room in dealing with this garbage Jesus removed..God is Soo Good to us and I am so thankful I have a heavenly Father who loves me so much even with all my faults and failures that I have done but I am washed in the blood of Christ an He has forgiven me and in His eyes I am His precious daughter and I am so precious to Him and guess what SO ARE YOU!!!

God Bless & Decolores
Leigh Penrod

Emmaus Walk #229 October 11-14th

Hello Everyone,

I have been rather busy here lately due to summer activities, trips to see family and church activities going on.

Plus now I have been asked to serve on a Walk To Emmaus which will be in October, and I cannot tell you how much of an honor this is to be asked. I have worked Chrysalis in the past and what a joy that was to see those young girls bloom into the most beautiful butterflies at the end of the weekend. Now I get to see pilgrims draw into the arms of Jesus and feel the love of Christ so strongly toward them. I am in just awe of how wonderful and amazing Jesus is and how much He wants to have a personal and loving relationship with us in so much that He will call those for a special weekend as Emmaus!

Me and my husband both will tell you our Emmaus walks changed our lives, we are so grateful to those that made it possible for us to go and experience the presence of God in such a life changing way!

So I am so blessed to be working along side such an amazing Emmaus Team and look forward to all that God has for the pilgrims that Jesus is calling to this special weekend. I ask that you please cover Walk #229 in prayer for the pilgrims, inside and outside teams that will be serving on this walk!

Women's Emmaus Walk #229

October 11-14th

Lay Director 

Denise Farris

Spiritual Director

Jeff Messer

Have a truely blessed day in Christ Jesus,

God Bless you

Leigh Penrod