Uganda June 2012

Brooke and a group of women from around the US, Costa Rica and possible Peru are going to Uganda and Rwanda in June to conduct 2 Women's Conferences as well as children's ministry and health clinics.

Please pray for their financial provision, travel, the women going and the women being ministered to.

Needless to say, she is quite excited about this venture of faith!

The Truth Has Set Me Free

By Brooke Goranson

  

   For me, this past year has been a revolutionary time as I have stepped out and begun to share my testimony of coming to terms with a hidden and painful past. Last year in the course of my healing process, the Lord spoke to my heart that whenever I was asked to share a testimony I would say yes and trust Him to help me overcome the fear and shame.

   Needless to say, this past month, I was asked to share my testimony 6 different times.  In each instance, I must confess there was an initial sense of terror, even a desire to run for the door, but each time I heard the Lord’s voice clearly reminding me of the promise I made. So, I jumped off the cliff and trusted that He would speak through me and use my pain, shame and guilt however He saw fit.

   I don’t have the space here to go into detail, but I was in awe of how God took the worst place in my life and turned it around to become the place for His glory and power to be seen. I was humbled at the number of people who responded in tears and confession of their own to my testimony of freedom. I finally saw that the fear of rejection and  the shame of revealing the truth were lies of the enemy, a vapor that dissipated the moment I faced it.

   God reminded me that Jesus’ greatest shame was “at the cross” and His greatest glory was “at the cross”. So it is with us. Our greatest pain and weakness is where God wants to display His greatest glory in our lives.  May you find the freedom that comes through truth!!

Seeking the kingdom,

Brooke