Praise God for intercessors and answered prayers

This is an email I recieved from Lois, a beautiful sister in Christ, that is also a member of our church. If anyone else has similar stories please share! It is wonderful to come home and see how God not only used this trip to affect those of us who went, those who live in India but also those who journeyed with us right here in Texas! I can't wait to see Him use this to reach others!

Hi! Your blog was such a blessing to me! I enjoyed my occasional "trip" to India with all of you!

When Pastor Greg sent out the email about signing up if you were interested in receiving updates and asking our church family to pray for the mission team, God really laid on my heart that I was to be a part of the prayer ministry for this trip. So I committed myself that day to praying, which is something that was totally huge for me. I have been very resistant to the Lord in the past when He has asked for that kind of commitment from me :-( But what a blessing this turned out to be!!! Consistently during the night, always sometime between midnight and 4 am (Texas time), God would wake me up to pray for the team with my heart heavy for your safety and your ministry. And as I spent those (sometimes long) hours in the night pouring out my intercessions for all of you, what a sweet, sweet time of closeness God I was blessed with!!! The Lord really used that time to show me that all He requires of me is my willingness, not strength or capability, He will supply everything I need for whatever task He is asking of me.

So thanks again for giving me the chance to "see" my prayers at work :-)

Lois