NotesfromBarb - North Central Region

NOTES FROM BARB

Welcome....We were expecting you!

My name is Barb Skoff and I am the U.S. Director of the North Central Region of AGLOW International.

You will find out that AGLOW is a safe place for you. The AGLOW ministry embraces women of every race, every denomination and all economic backgrounds. This is a women's ministry where you will find friends and establish life-long relationships.

This is a place that, if you find yourself in need of prayer, you will receive it. This is a place to learn more about God and the Bible among women who are also seeking the same. This can be a place where you spread your wings and learn how to minister to other
women.

We have all sorts of meetings to enable you in this. We have Bible studies, support groups and prayer groups. We also have monthly community meetings that are called Lighthouse Meetings where we learn, worship together and laugh and grow in our faith.

To find out how to locate someone in this region, click on the state that you want from the left menu and you will find the area teams listed there. They will be glad to help you find an AGLOW fellowship near you.

WE ARE INDEED A NETWORK OF PRAYING & CARING WOMEN!

Subject: JUNE BRIEF
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 15:56:41 -0500

PHILIPIANS 3:12

I DO NOT CONSIDER MYSELF TO HAVE "ARRIVED", SPIRITUALLY, NOR DO I CONSIDER MYSELF ALREADY PERFECT. BUT I KEEP GOING ON, GRASPING EVER MORE FIRMLY THAT PURPOSE FOR WHICH CHRIST GRASPED ME.

DEAR ALL IN THE NORTH CENTRAL AGLOW REGION:

GREETINGS!

IT IS FINALLY SPRING HERE IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA. IT IS LATE FOR TULIPS AND LILACS BUT THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE HAPPENING HERE AT THIS TIME. BUT BECAUSE EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SO LATE, I KEEP LOOKING AT ALL THE LEAFING OF THE TREES AND SMILING. IT HAS BEEN A LONG WINTER FOR US.

AS IT GOES IN THE NATURAL, IT GOES IN THE SUPERNATURAL. I PRAY THE LONG SEASON OF WAITING FOR THINGS TO HAPPEN IN AGLOW IS STARTING TO HAPPEN NOW. FIRST THE BUD, THEN THE FLOWER. IT IS SOMETIMES HARD TO WAIT, BUT IT IS SO NECESSARY TO DO JUST THAT! THE REASON I SAY ANY OF THIS IS I HAVE TALKED TO A FEW OF YOU AND IT SEEMS IT HAS BEEN A STRUGGLE TO GET ANY AMOUNT OF PEOPLE TO YOUR LIGHTHOUSES AND YOU ARE WONDERING WHAT YOU SHOULD DO.

I WOULD SUGGEST YOU JUST KEEP PRESSING IN TO THE LORD. DON'T MAKE A QUICK DECISION. WAIT FOR THE FLOWER!

I DIDN'T GO TO ISRAEL THIS YEAR FOR ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN ASKING ME ABOUT MY TRIP. I COULDN'T GET THE NECESSARY SIX PEOPLE THAT I NEEDED NOR THE FINANCES.

THIS SUMMER IS GOING TO BE A BUSY ONE FOR ME. I HAVE MY DAUGHTER FROM OREGON WHO IS COMING FOR BETTER THAN 3 WEEKS. IN THE MIDST OF HER VISIT, I AM GOING TO SEATTLE FOR A 3 DAY BOARD MEETING (MY DAUGHTER WILL VISIT ELSEWHERE IN THE STATE WHILE I AM GONE) AND THEN WE WILL CONTINUE OUR VISIT WHEN I GET BACK FROM SEATTLE. THESE ARE MY YOUNGEST GRANDCHILDREN AND SO I AM ANXIOUS FOR THEIR VISIT. I, ALSO WENT TO ONE OF MY GRANDAUGHTER'S GRADUATION PARTY IN MINNEAPOLIS JUST YESTERDAY.

THE RETREATS THIS SPRING WERE ALL DIFFERENT AND EACH ONE EXCITING IN ALL THEIR WAYS.

WE HAVE TWO WOMEN GOING ON THE AFRICAN TRIP IN NOVEMEBER FROM OUR REGION. LOIS AND SHIRLEY FROM ILLINOIS HAVE RETURNED FROM THE PHILLIPIAN TRIP. WE ARE GETTING OUT THERE.

LOVE TO YOU ALL,

BARBARA

Barb Skoff
North Central US Director
Aglow International