A Special Thank You from our Main Ministry Partners!

LAMB Ministries

5127 Laurel Street

New Orleans, Louisiana 70115

July 24, 2016

Dear Wes, Chris, Kent and Our Wonderful River Church Family,

  How we miss you all!! Just think, one day we will all be together, serving our Great God and our Savior, Jesus Christ, together for all eternity!! The week y’all were here was just a taste. just a sample. We live far apart, but the oneness we have in Christ is truly a testimony to “Christ in you (us) the hope of glory”! Colossians 1:27

  You all blessed LAMB Ministries, our many kids and Hy and me so much, we will never be able to say thank you enough!! The Lord sent you down to New Orleans, again, to radically help us and the ministry. You really blessed our whole city! When you bless the ministries, the churches and the children and families, you bless the city. And you truly did that!!

  The little neighbor children Karen and everyone taught and ministered to have moved already! But, they are only a short distance away and we will pick them up for Bible Study! They were very sad when y’all left. Tia, and Taja didn’t move and they promised Alasia, Frank, Laylay and Tamaj that they won’t leave them out!! The kids and the adults in our ministry all ask when you are coming back. They ask about each one by name, especially Brooks! You were examples of Jesus to them. They felt His love through you. They felt His sacrifice through your hard work. You impacted their hearts!! You impacted all of our hearts!! Thank you for the forever difference you made in all of our lives.

  Since y’all left, we have already had a family stay upstairs with us in the big room you worked so hard in!! And they loved it!! Y’all repaired the bathroom last year, and this year you transformed the entire space!! We told them about you and thanked the Lord together for you all. And our green fence is lovely! It really causes the house to glow! And the paintings are on the wall! It’s starting to look like a real working B&B! It’s nearly ready to start earning its keep, supporting LAMB Ministries!! Hoorraayyyyy! Thank you all so much for your huge labors of love!

  We look forward to seeing our Wisconsin family some day soon again!! Everyone is welcome here, at our house or at the Church. 

  We miss you and we thank you and we love you, Hy and Libba

Team Testimonies

Click picture below to see individual team testimonies:

Safely Home! May God richly reward our Prayer Warriors!

Please click on the Testimonies photo to see personal testimonies from the team members!

Ready to go home

What the Team Members Say the Night Before We Leave for Home

Brooks says "This mission trip feels more like a vacation to him because he enjoys the work he's been doing so much!" Kent says "The Holy Spirit is moving in powerful ways!" Elijah says: I've gotten closer to God! Ashley says "We've helped lots of people!" Destini says "We've saved lives!" Wendy says "I think we've made a difference even if a small one!" Connor says "I'm glad I got to know each of you better!" Bob says "New Orleans was a blessing to all of us!" Surina says "When you let God work through you, joy wins out over fear every time!" Mark says "God is working miracles with this small group this week!" Wes says "Wow! What a week of unified ministry for God!" Karen says "God is awesomely amazing! A phenomenal place and I don't want to leave" Jen says "Love wins every time!" Trachelle says "We reached many!"

July 4, 2016

Today was the huge Feed the Multitudes event! For Wes, cooking for this occasion is a highlight for his year. Our team members are encouraged to choose the volunteer station that they feel led by God to work in. After the powerful worship rally last night, a lot of hearts were moved. Two team members (Kent and Surina) were both unexpectedly led to go work with the feet washing/shoe distribution area. Destini felt pulled to work two different areas (the kids station and the spa station). Jen felt it best to utilize her medical expertise in the First Aid tent. Mark felt the call for a parking director. Bob's background with law work made his choice obvious: security crew. Those are just a few of what our team members signed up for. However, on the actual day of the event, a couple plans veered onto God's true course.

Elijah and Connor went around with free prayer signs, Brooks felt an urge to go towards a man whom he ended up spending the majority of the afternoon talking to, and Jen, who actually came to find the First Aid tent fully staffed already, was the main photographer for this event with the "missions camera". If there was any time to expect divine appointments during this missions trip, it would likely happen at this event.. and happen they did! As aforementioned, Brooks was used through God to speak with the homeless man for much of the time spent at the event, Wendy was powerfully moved through the Spirit's strong presence in the worship tent, and Ashley was able to hand out some of her Love As Jesus bracelets to women she painted nails for. In the shoe tent, supplies had been running low and it was happening too soon -- if the shoes ran out early on in the day, several people would be left without the blessing of the service. The station group prayed and, not long after,  a woman from JC Penny's walked in with donations of the exact number and exact sizes of shoes needed. Talk about a total "praise God!" moment!

We spent the evening preparing tacos and leftover (from Feed the Multitudes) jambalaya then deciding to go on an adventure. Bob, Trachelle, Mark, Kent, Surina, Destini, and Ashley set off to downtown New Orleans to watch the fireworks over the riverwalk while others who needed to stay back and physically/spiritually recover from the day did so. While the select few who went to the downtown for fireworks, they ended up praying over a couple of women in the park and passing on some wristbands to them.

Tomorrow is our last day in NOLA (New Orleans, Louisiana) and prayers for proper spiritual reflection on this mission as well as prayers for packing/cleaning up would be, as always, greatly appreciated!

Feed the Multitudes Almost Over

I just took a walk around the Victory Center grounds observing the thousands of happy people eating, playing, worshiping, praying, being baptized, getting hair and nails done, worshipping, getting their feet washed (and receiving new shoes), picking up fruit, going down water slides, getting their faces painted, receiving balloon animals, relaxing and resting in the shade.

There is a profound spirit of peace here and God's presence is evident everywhere! I am so proud of our diverse team serving with smiles and huge hearts!

May God bless Victory Fellowship and especially Pastor Bailey!

Click here for a TV News story:  http://www.wwltv.com/news/action/feed-the-multitudes-celebrates-27-years-of-giving-back/263360055

4th of July Feed the Multitudes Outreach

July 2, 2016

Date: July 2,  2016 
Destination: The French Quarter & McEnery Home 


When thinking of today, "hot" is the best word to describe physical conditions. Same could go for the spiritual conditions -- it was on fire today! If you're a faithful subscriber to this blog, then you've probably already seen some of the previous posts from today concerning the free prayer ministry and the heat so we need not emphasize too much..

After the legendary and traditional beignet stop at Cafe du Monde in the French Quarter, three groups split off downtown with two groups with free prayer signs and one group simply doing a powerful prayer walk over the city. Several team members were experiencing this impactful yet unusual ministry for the first time and ended up experiencing some divine appointments of sorts. Brooks had an army veteran with a hip problem get down on his knees and pray over Brooks for about ten full minutes. Surina was able to pray with a deaf woman who was rallying support for the Deaf Olympics. Destini's prayers gave a new meaning to the phrase "powerful spiritual warfare prayers". These are just some of the events that happened. Prayers for the people the team members were privileged enough to have in their lives for a brief time would be so, so appreciated as some of their situations are extremely hard right now and they're in desperate need of a good dose of God's love and faithfulness on them.

In no time at all, we were due back at the cars. From there, the Wes Mobile + company (Wes, Kent, Karen, Surina, and Brooks) went straight to the McEnery residence where they were soon joined by the rest. From there, home repairs were made. Some tackled the attic (where significant progress was made and a cockroach corpse may or may not have been found) and others decided to continue pursuing the hallway picture-hanging path. Step by step, organization and progress are becoming more visible.

Desperate Reality show was a success, but so much more emotion went on behind the scenes. Four people chose to find refuge in the New Orleans Mission for a safe recovery and help for addictions and things similar to that. Many team members were struck with the revelations that this kind of thing is real and that stories of addictions and homelessness on the streets aren't just stories on a Facebook feed. They were dealing with several people with, as mentioned before, serious addictions and things even worse. It caused a lot of strong, spiritual confliction in hearts, so continued prayer support is greatly appreciated. However, the best quotable description was, "It was off the charts intense, but I loved every second of it."

Sorry this is up a little later, but better late than never! Prayers for our big Feed the Multitudes rally would be greatly appreciated!!

July 2, 2016

Date: July 2,  2016 
Destination: The French Quarter & McEnery Home 


When thinking of today, "hot" is the best word to describe physical conditions. Same could go for the spiritual conditions -- it was on fire today! If you're a faithful subscriber to this blog, then you've probably already seen some of the previous posts from today concerning the free prayer ministry and the heat so we need not emphasize too much..

After the legendary and traditional beignet stop at Cafe du Monde in the French Quarter, three groups split off downtown with two groups with free prayer signs and one group simply doing a powerful prayer walk over the city. Several team members were experiencing this impactful yet unusual ministry for the first time and ended up experiencing some divine appointments of sorts. Brooks had an army veteran with a hip problem get down on his knees and pray over Brooks for about ten full minutes. Surina was able to pray with a deaf woman who was rallying support for the Deaf Olympics. Destini's prayers gave a new meaning to the phrase "powerful spiritual warfare prayers". These are just some of the events that happened. Prayers for the people the team members were privileged enough to have in their lives for a brief time would be so, so appreciated as some of their situations are extremely hard right now and they're in desperate need of a good dose of God's love and faithfulness on them.

In no time at all, we were due back at the cars. From there, the Wes Mobile + company (Wes, Kent, Karen, Surina, and Brooks) went straight to the McEnery residence where they were soon joined by the rest. From there, home repairs were made. Some tackled the attic (where significant progress was made and a cockroach corpse may or may not have been found) and others decided to continue pursuing the hallway picture-hanging path. Step by step, organization and progress are becoming more visible.

Desperate Reality show was a success, but so much more emotion went on behind the scenes. Four people chose to find refuge in the New Orleans Mission for a safe recovery and help for addictions and things similar to that. Many team members were struck with the revelations that this kind of thing is real and that stories of addictions and homelessness on the streets aren't just stories on a Facebook feed. They were dealing with several people with, as mentioned before, serious addictions and things even worse. It caused a lot of strong, spiritual confliction in hearts, so continued prayer support is greatly appreciated. However, the best quotable description was, "It was off the charts intense, but I loved every second of it."

Sorry this is up a little later, but better late than never! Prayers for our big Feed the Multitudes rally would be greatly appreciated!!