Important Updates

Sometimes I catch myself staring off into heaven like our brothers in Acts did while and after Jesus ascended into heaven. Sometimes I live as if I am left powerless, daydreaming of the day Jesus returns. I dream of the day when Justice will flow down like a river, “All” creation is made new, and “Every” wrong is made right.

I dream of – then the Spirit reminds me that He is "God Spirit" and that He is come to comfort, heal, restore, equip, and renew. He reminds me that His Mission is to bring holy, Biblical justice to Earth. That He is come to make “All” wrongs, right! He is come to fill me with Him, Him with me, and Us, the Body, with His infinite might, glory, love, holiness, grace, humility, sacrifice, and much more because we are apart of His Mission. Jesus came to redeem man and to enlist every new creation into His radical, never done before, servant based, violent prayer warfare, and complete world insurgence. This excites me! We are indwelt with the Creator of the universe to be His Kingdom on Earth and to reclaim that, which is rightfully His! Psalms 24:1-2 says, The earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness, the world and those who dwell therein. For, He has founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the waters.

Rescue1 Update

With that said we are humbled that God would allow us to be a part of His reclaiming strategy. The last month and a half God has given Rescue1 ground that we have been praying years for. This ground has been stripped from Satan’s grip and we can feel his jealous anger. Our family is being attacked because Satan has been ruling this ground, air, and hearts of unregenerate mankind since the fall and he is unwilling to relinquish this territory. 

God has allowed several unique opportunities for Lacy and I to evangelize in arenas that many may not have the opportunity to do so. For instance:

• We have been invited to participate with the state of TN’s anti-trafficking strategy sessions to help write victim identification procedures, after care protocol, and coordinate collective public awareness initiatives 
• Department of Children’s Services is begging us to recruit faith-based foster parents to specialize in trafficking care for minor 
• Assistant District Attorney has asked us to help with the Hannah Project 
• TN National Guard has asked us to return to train more soldiers, of which several have invited us to train their places of employment. 
• Public schools are asking us to come and educate councilors and teachers.
• Other secular partners to mention FBI, TBI, local Police Departments.

Trafficking 101
Over the last four weeks we have been invited to several mission’s conferences to share about our vision, mission, and educate on trafficking. While conducting our Trafficking 101, we call the Church to be on the forefront of the anti-trafficking movement, to seek Biblical Justice, to provide victim services in their community, and to evangelize the trafficked population through Special Ops. Hundreds are responding to this call by starting / joining a Task Force.

One specific new Task Force is the Idlewild Rescue1 Task Force in Tampa, FL. We just returned from there, where over 600 people came to raise their Trafficking IQ and over 180 Idlewild members signed up to be a significant part this Task Force. Among the group five other Tampa churches were represented, of which four have begun the process of inviting Rescue1 to their church. Join them and raise your Trafficking IQ Today!

It is humbling what the Lord is doing in and through Rescue1. God is moving in mighty ways and granting us to be missionaries in some very significant places. Truly, God is going before us, preparing the way, and bringing many to Himself. 

Remember to pray for E's recovery and salvation. She is the lady God brought to us to Rescue at one of our local Starbucks. Look for parts of her story in the next update. If you would like to donate gift cards, housing goods, food, furniture, etc. please email us at Rescue1Ministry@gmail.com.

Family Update
The Lord is blessing our marriage in so many ways. We live, work, play, rest, dream, grow, and pray together. We are devoted to each others personal growth and development in Christ. As well as diligently learning God's word and how He wants us to bring #BiblicalJustice, through the gospel, into human trafficking.

The kids are doing really well. As the time passed they get bigger, smarter, more mature, and more independent, which brings new uncharted waters. There are four teens in the house, Sun-18, Hannah-16, Wesley-15, and Leigha-13 who make parenting an interesting endeavor. Then there are three little ones, Lydia-7, Dawson-5, and David-3. There never a dull second in our home.

• Sun is doing well in school but having a tough time with American History. He enjoys playing guitar at Lighthouse Christian School's chapel band and he plays forward and midfield on the soccer team. 
• Hannah has finally overcome the food and culture hurdle. She is our brightest student in the house and is just a few points away from a 4.0. She too is playing soccer as a midfielder and defender. 
• Wesley is doing well in school. He played football this year and received severe internal injuries that forced doctors to order him temporary abstention from sports during the basketball season. Praise the Lord, the abstention was lifted and he is now playing soccer. 
• Leigha is doing really well in school. Lacy is doing a great job Homeschooling her. Leigha has battled through her dyslexia well and learned to manage it. She was just recently accepted into acting school. The school was so impressed with her and touched deeply with what Lacy and I do through Rescue1 that they gave Leigha a partial scholarship. 
• Lydia is really enjoying her home school program (K12). She is learning really fast, her reading has improved and part of practicing what she is learning is to explain and teach some of her lessons to Dawson and David. 
• Dawson is chomping at the bit to start school. He is definitely our most academically motivated child. He also has uncanny gymnast ability and will start gymnastics class next month. 
• David is right in there with Dawson. He is the most loving one in the house. No matter what the emotional tone is in the house David runs around all the time telling everyone “I love you!”. 

Pray Requests 

Family - Praise God for His never-ending faithfulness. We have never gone wanting for anything and God is raising up new personal supporters. 

Continue to pray for:

• That God guards our children’s hearts form the lies of Satan and that they do not get angry with God for our living simply and by faith. 
• Increased personal support (we get by on 20% of our projected budget, which i not healthy long term) 
• One of our supporters gave us a used car that needed fixing. Another supporter did all the work free of charge but we have to pay for all the parts. Cost $1500. 
• A few home improvements for our home of 9. Cost $1000. 

Rescue1 – Right now Rescue1 is Lacy and I, Lauren (leaving in August for Grad School), and Rich (part time volunteer staff).

• R1 needs church, business, and private partners who commit themselves to seeing Biblical Justice holistically enforced in the trafficking world. Partnership at $100+/month. 
• Task Forces planted in local communities all over the country through our churches. 
• Staff to passionately educate, lead, and mobilize churches to provide “Redemptive” After Care Services and “Loving" Long Term Rehabilitative Care through discipleship/mentors. 
• Anti-trafficking partners/donors to help R1 open Homes of Restoration for minors and adults in Tennessee first and then other states. We will need funds, property, workers to remodel or construct the structures, volunteer staff, food goods, house goods, furniture, etc…
• Full time, faith-based staff to serve as case management workers, foster care coordinator, house mom / parents, licensed Christian clinical psychologist and trauma therapy councillors. 
• And the list go on and on.