Stephen returned from London much quicker than he normally does, and this time, with good news. His immune system has started to kick in, his feet and breathing are so much better, and they have reduced the medication given to him and adjusted the quantities of those he still takes. This is so good as it was costing the trust such a lot in medication for him, and now it has been halved. It also means Stephen has more time available because he does not have to spend so much time waiting for his different medication, some before food, some after food, some before the nebuliser, and some after. It was such a regime he had to follow every day, he got up at 6am to start his medicines and was not able to leave the house til after midday. Now he still starts at 6am but is finished hours sooner. I will continue to pray for him…

As soon as Abbey got up this morning she was so thrilled and her first words as she ran down the stairs to me was, “I am God’s Child now, I am God’s Child!” (refering to her comittment to Jesus last night). Her throat and ear did not hurt her at all, and yet yesterday, she was so bad she was crying because she could not even eat or drink! God healed her and saved her all on the same day! I will continue with the antibiotic as she has ready started the course but I don’t think it is necessary. 

We had such a wonderful time at the Hope 08 Meeting tonight in Stafford.  Although Craig continued to pray for “ordinary” illness’s he had a set time designated for the terminally ill tonight. My Stephen had just come back from The Royal Brompton Hospital in London and was very tired from the journey and did not attend, so I went forward in his place. We prayed and made a lot of noise, just like they did at the walls of Jericho so long ago. It was very intense and very moving. I will keep you posted as to Stephens health….

Well, Halleluliah! At tonights meeting at the Hope Healing on the Stafford Common, Abbey went forward to give herself to Jesus!

I was surprised, really, we nearly didn’t make it, as Abbey had such a sore throught and earache, she could not speak, or eat or drink and so I thought she would not be able to go. I took her to the doctor in the morning and she was given some antibiotic medicine and spent the day with me. Abbey said she wanted to go for healing, anyway.  We arrived and I asked her to choose where she wanted to sit, and she headed straight to the front! We were on the second row in the middle.  Half way through the worship, she tapped me on the arm and said that her throat did not hurt now and said she was able to sing.  She loves singing to God and picks up the words quickly.

After, when Craig asked for people to go forward to give themselves to Christ and say a prayer of commitment, Abbey asked if I was going to go and I said I had already done it years ago. She said she wanted to go forward and would I go with her.  Not wanting to deny her, we went forward and she prayed to God. She said the prayer of commitment to Jesus and went into the tent to record the event. She was so pleased that her throat did not hurt anymore but I will continue with the antibiotic anyway.

Tonight, while I was at the meeting on the Common in Stafford, I recieved a phonecall from my sister-in-law to say that her husband had just been taken into Stafford hospital with a heart beat of only 25 bpm. She asked if I would take a prayer cloth home for her to take to the hospital, this in itself was wonderous, as Janet is not a believer. When my son, Stephen had recieved healing for his feet at our local church, he went straight around to Janet and was so full of it that Janet was amazed and it is certainly something if she took notice of it enough, for her to ask for healing for her husband!

Craig Marsh is from New Zealand and has a miraculous healing himself. He died on an operating table for 9 minutes and he tells of his story with God in a CD - Intimacy and Lounge Room of Heaven, available from Craigs website here He also had half his stomach and internal organs removed and at a Methodist Revival they were miraculously restored!

13 th to 22nd June - Craig Marsh, a Pastor from New Zealand came to Stafford on a mission of Healing. His website can be found here.  His story is one of miracles in life, healing and ministry and is well worth buying the cd’s that tell of his story. In Stafford, a group of Churches got together and a large marquee was erected on the Stafford Common and nightly sermons were held with calling for commitments to Jesus and afterwards, prayers for healing of the sick and infirmed.

Tonight, Wednesday, 18th June, at 5pm, a special healing session for children was presented.  I took my Abbey along as she only has one kidney and heart problems. She was prayed for and I also took an annointed prayer cloth for my terminally ill son.  Abbey wanted to stay for the singing and sermon but as it is a school night, I said I would take her on Friday.

The stories of healing are coming back, and the people who have turned to Christ is rising. It truly is amazing!

I have been practising pergamano over the Easter break, The embossing is improving but not the cutting and grid work. Practice makes perfect so I will keep on doing them, it is so much fun. I have been collecting my pergamano tools for a few years now but have only done a few cards up to now. Here is one of them but more can be found here

Abbey had an Easter Egg Hunt with a difference at Church this morning. We had a family service especially for guests and the children had their Egg Hunt while we enjoyed Hot Cross Buns with our tea and coffee at the end of the service.

The Children had a sheet of paper with different pictures of decorated eggs and a space by the side for them to write the words they found.  Around the Community Hall where the children go for their Sunday Club where the same pictures as depicted on their sheets. Beneath each picture was a letter that they had to fill in on their sheet.  When they had discovered all the Eggs then they would have a completed Easter message.  I thought it was a very good idea. All paticipants were given a large Easter Egg at the end. There was also lots of other activites and Abbey thoroughly enjoyed herself.

I have taken pictures of Abbey throughout the day and will scrap a page to put in my Faithscrapping Album. I will post it when completed.

I am just going to Church in a while and I thought I would give an insight into the range of cards I am doing for Easter. They are all on a Victorian theme, some crowded and fussy and some simple and elegant.

This is just 2 of them

I have an offer in my shop on all Easter cards with a 15% reduction so if you would like to mosey on a take a look, you can find them here. I will be still adding more designs as I make them.

I had better leave now if I want to get to Church on time but I come back later and tell you what I received from God this week. I am going to make a batch of Christening and Baptism cards this afternoon as I am a little low on stock due to selling out of all my favourite one.  See you later!

I cannot believe how long it is since I last posted. Been so busy the time has just flown by.  The title “My last Faithscrapping Page” infers that this is going to be the last one that I do, it just simply means it was the last one that I did. A few Sundays ago, when I attended Wildwood Christian Fellowship we were asked to pray to God for insight into what He wanted us to do. Pictures ran through my head of ghoulish faces that changed to normal looking ones, a bonfire, reaching hands, a shower head spraying water and a drop of water falling in a pool and the rings spreading out. I took this to mean that God was telling me to continue seeking out people to show them God’s burning desire to give everyone the chance to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. He was instructing me to reach out to Him for help and He would shower me with answers of how to spread His Word. The Bible passage that came to mind was 2Corinthians 1 3:4 Praise be to the God and Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort. Who comforts us in our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God

I have had a difficult life and He helped me through it and I believe He wants me to help others who are going through difficult times themselves. I have surrendered my life to Him and thankful for saving me, the least I can do is help Him find others to save. We sung one of my favourite songs titled Jesus, All for Jesus and so when I scrap-booked a page of that Sunday morning I included that as well.

Here is the page I created for my 12 x 12 album.

I used 2 different styles of lilac coloured, background papers and tore one of them diagonally as my basis to add my pictures. I searched the web for pictures that were similar to the ones that went through my head and I printed them out after resizing. I double layered them all on one of the background papers and also a deep blue to make them stand out. I printed the song and the Bible verse on vellum and added handwritten journaling to finish.

We had a good time last Tuesday evening at our Cell group. We had a go at faithscrapping on A4 sheets of card, as an introduction to the craft. It was received very well and we all had a good time. There was only one person who was a seasoned crafter and this was her first time at faithscrapping. To the others, it was all completely new. Considering, there was some good work produced.

Sympathy cards are something very dear to me for two reasons; one, my daughter died in 2003 and, two, I am a born again Christian.

When my daughter died at the age of 23yrs in 2003 I received over 100 sympathy cards and no two were the same. Isn’t that amazing! You would have expected a couple of duplicates, at least.  Also, considering that  handmade and handcrafted cards is a growing hobby, I did not receive one. I like to give a handcrafted card as it is so much more personal.

When I make cards, I never duplicate. Sometimes they might be some similar, when requested commissions, but there is always a difference. I make a variety of different ones and have so many made that I haven’t uploaded into my website yet. I do religious, thoughtful, contemporary and some pretty ones. Most cards I craft, take 1-2 hours to make, but the hardest part of that is deciding what to put together and how. The making is so simple and only takes a while to put together, but the designing is so time consuming.

This is one I made today, instead of getting my faith-scrapping kits ready for tomorrow. Although late to bed now I have to get up early in the morning to prepare them now, but I am going to enjoy that.

More views of this can be found in my craft shop in the sympathy section.

This is a scrapbook page of my daughter, Nikki as she was when she died. Her life is a whole different story which I will tell about on this blog, with time.

These 2 pages are done on 12 x 12 scrapbook cardstock.  They are from tLc Scrapbooking Kits which can be purchased from my online craft shop.  They are the same person, even though in one she is titled Nicola and the other is Nicole. To find out why, tune in tomorrow…..