Voice Of the Bride Ministries...

To say we are proud of Gabriel, is certainly an understatement. He is a fighter, an overcomer, and an achiever. I (Wayne) would not have missed the opportunity to cheer him on! I am so grateful I could be there last month for his graduation from Berkeley University with a Mechanical Engineer degree. Meeting Gabriel more than 11 years ago, happened because we always asked the Lord to let us help and serve the “one” He put in front of us. In this case, this one become like a son, and he served with us. We look forward to seeing what he will go on to do, along with his lovely bride Roxanne, in life.

After the graduation, and a brief, but wonderful, visit with my dad in Northern California, I popped down to south of the border, to visit our teams and families in Tijuana. Pedro (right) is another “son like” that we look forward to seeing all that God is going to do in his life. VOB has supported his ministry as a worship leader. We now are helping him with commerce trucking school for international freight, which will help him support his family and qualify for a US visa to hopefully be able to visit us and be a part of Carol’s future worship leader gatherings.

It was also good to see my buddy Vicente (left) whose kids, we are very proud of, and honored to have VOB help in their education and career interests. Vicente’s family continues to rally around Greg supporting the weekly food distribution ministry. Pray for Vicente as his sweet mama just went to heaven this past week.

One unexpected take away, was how honored and blessed I was to visit the Focus On The Family headquarters where our conference was hosted. The presence of the Lord and the honor of all that has been done in His Name was really very impacting to me. For nearly 50 years, FOTF has sown many seeds into very hard ground to stand for family the way God intended. Many departments striving for Biblical principles and not only reaching the lost, but helping them get equipped and stay victorious in Christ. One, in particular, really touched me. A HELP line department, for prayer requests, messaged over a video monitor that staff pray for. A couple incoming messages, that I glanced over, while walking by, were intense…”I just scheduled an abortion and I really don’t want to do it”…”I have written out my suicide note but really fearful right now”. Sobering, to say the least! Use this link for into to the HELP LINE for perhaps yourself, a family member, or friend who really just might need an anonymous listener and prayer partner.

UPCOMING TRAVEL: LITHUANIA 🇱🇹

Soon after you receive this letter in the mail, Wayne will be about to embark on his flight to Vilnius Lithuania. Many have asked – “where is that?” Lithuania is just above Poland in Eastern Europe and part of the Baltic States on the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea. Once occupied by Russia, today Lithuania is an independent, sovereign nation. Interestingly, our one and only other time in EASTERN Europe is when Carol and Wayne first went to Moscow, Russia in 1994 just after graduating Bible College and still mere newlyweds, married 16 months.

Wayne along with leadership team will be leading a Living Waters training in Vilnius, which is the capital and, not only most populated city in Lithuania, but the most populous city in the Baltic States. The real blessing in going to minister to the ones who sign up for the training, will be getting to meet them in person. We have those who join the online programs that have been running for the past couple years. But as much as it is a blessing to have the nations come in to our VOB home office online each week, it is all the more blessing to visit them in person. And it means a lot to them as well. I would say a mutual blessing for all!

FOR PRAYER: 🙏

Wayne’s safe travel abroad. Specifically June 30th flight from Raleigh to Frankfurt Germany and then on to Vilnius. And return same path on July 8th. ✈️
We also still have remaining funds needed to come in for this one. Airfare $1609 Lodging $300 Let us know if you are interested in giving! ＄
Prayer covering for Carol and family in Wayne’s absence. Grace needed for covering home office & farm duties. 🏡 🐴
Prayer covering for our moms and our sisters helping our moms. ❤️

FOR DONATING:

Paypal: @voiceofthebride

Cash App: $voiceofthebride

Venmo: @Wayne-Kiger-Rice

Checks mail to:

VOB Ministries

6405 Alamance County Line Road

Liberty, NC 27298

Faithfulness: it’s a power packed word, altho sometimes I admit, I am unable to take it all in. The Lord is completely, totally, and irrevocably faithful. I told Wayne just the other day, ‘I’m so amazed at how loving and kind and faithful the Lord is to me, when I can be such a brat.’ (I’m thankful the Lord is aware of my ‘brattiness,’ but still loves me!).

I’ve been leading worship online, every Monday night for a year now. Sometimes there are people online with me, and sometimes it’s just me. Sometimes the comments are lovely, and sometimes they are not very nice (it’s interesting to me that people will take the time to find worship online, and then criticize). In addition to that, once a month, a larger group of us gather to worship online together. Never ONCE, has the Lord not met me on Monday nights, or forsaken us on Friday nights. I am constantly amazed by this, because I am often so full of distraction or lack of focus. Does that sound familiar? Last Friday night, after about an hour of worship in our monthly gathering, having wrestled for that entire hour with internet issues (making worship time very choppy and disjointed for me), I suddenly felt a rush of the Lord’s presence, which was just overwhelming. I knew it was His love and faithfulness that was consuming me. And He did that just because He wanted to. What His love and faithfulness produced in me, was the same-overwhelming love for Him, and the intense desire to be faithful to Him at all times. The unmatched love He let loose in my heart for Him was uncanny.

It’s such an intense thing that the Lord even leads us and helps us when we go to worship Him. What kind of mercy and grace is that? That He doesn’t just sit around and wait for me to get it together to worship Him, but He helps me along, as I take meager steps to give Him praise and honor. Let this be a bright and kind reminder to you today, that ‘even when we are faithless, He is still faithful.’ II Tim 2:13.

Make an effort, give Him what you’ve got, and remember this: if you just tell somebody your very simple story of GOD’S faithfulness to you, your story might just be the key that unlocks someone else’s heart and brings them to Jesus. Give it a try this week. Just tell somebody your little story. There is no question, that He will turn it into something grand, for His Kingdom. He is like that. He is faithful.

Encouraging Meditation Psalm 20

Trust in the Name of the Lord Our God

To The Choirmaster. A Psalm Of David.

1 May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble!

May the name of the God of Jacob protect you!

2 May He send you help from the sanctuary and give you support from Zion!

3 May He remember all your offerings

and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices! Selah

4 May He grant you your heart’s desire

and fulfill all your plans!

5 May we shout for joy over your salvation,

and in the name of our God set up our banners! May the LORD fulfill all your petitions!

6 Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He will answer Him from His holy heaven with the saving might of His right hand.

7 Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

8 They collapse and fall,

but we rise and stand upright.

9 O LORD, save the king! May He answer us when we call.

For Prayer: 🙏

Wayne traveling May 15-23 to Northern California for Gabriel’s graduation from Berkeley University (if you know Gabriel’s story – you know this is an amazing testimony.) And then on to Tijuana Mexico to encourage our teams there.
Carol ministry gathering in Georgia in July, tapping into her Moravian roots of worship & prayer. Asking early for this one.
Carol’s family. Some difficulties with ongoing caregiving for mom.
Wayne traveling June 10-15 to Colorado Springs to serve with Restoring Hope Conference.
Wayne has also has been invited to Lithuania to minister and train with Living Waters Team in July. We need prayer confirmation and airfare funds to come in for this one. Let us know if you are interested in giving!