Pictures of Faith

Here are some pics I took of Faith the other day at a pumpkin patch.

She got the giggles

Big grin!

This one was actually the first one I snapped. I told her to smile nicely, and this is what she came up with

Ministry pictures

here are some pictures of my family serving with the Street Corner Commission. The one above is my mom praying for John, a homeless man. He mutters to himself, but we have seen lots of progress with him. This is the first time he's ever let one of us pray for him.


Here, my mom is signing to the worship songs we play before we start handing things out.


Faithie signing the bus!

Faith praying

Gathering around to hear the Word

The gentleman in the blue hat is Popeye. He has only one eye, and has been homeless for some time, but he loves the Lord

This is my brother and I serving coffee

Lydia signing the bus

Salem, Oregon

On Tuesday my family, along with some other missionaries we are working with here in Tacoma, drove down to the YWAM base in Salem, Oregon. They have a huge base, complete with a cafe and rope courses. The reason we went was for a prayer meeting they were having, which happened to be done like the underground church. The reason for the prayer meeting was to remember our brothers and sisters in other countries who can't worship out in the open, or even in their own building. The room was lit only with candles, they didn't use any microphones or sound equipment, and everyone sat on the floor. It was an amazing service spent in worship, prayer, a teaching, and remembering our fellow Christian friends. Stories were told of people put in prison because of preaching, being forced to clean the sewer, and being put in isolation, all because of their faith.
Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of the Oregon base, but I will try to post some more of my family serving in my next post.

Tacoma Weather

Something very interesting about Tacoma is the weather. During spring, fall and winter it rains almost every day. But activities don't stop! Where in Ohio all the rides at the fair are shut down for a sprinkle, people still go to the fair in the pouring rain and nothing is shut down. People go hiking, biking, or whatever they had planned for the day. They just go do things in spite of the rain and act like they aren't getting totally soaked. It might take a while for my family to get used to this.

My brother and I got an opportunity to go water tubing in California with a couple of people from our church last weekend. We rented a boat and glided across Shasta Lake, which is a beautiful body of water, and also very warm for a lake. The main purpose of the trip was actually visit a church called Bethel (maybe you've heard of it)which is a huge and amazing church. On Saturday morning we went to the church for a treasure hunt, which is a really cool thing where you pray and ask God to show you people to pray for in the area. Then you ask God for a location, what the person might be wearing, etc. You write all of this down on a "treasure map" and then divide up into groups and go to one of the locations on one of the maps. My group happened to go to a Barnes and Nobles bookstore that had a coffee shop in it, where we prayed for several people. One girl we prayed for was Buddhist, but she thought what we were doing was really cool. I loved the experience and opportunity to share the word in downtown Redding, California.

Some know that I am not the loudest person on the face of the earth, but many quiet people have a lot going on in their heads. I should hope that whatever it is happens to be of the things of God. Something I have been thinking about is observing. Observation is one of my favorite words. By simply observing things, one can learn a lot. My favorite thing to observe is people. You can tell if someone is hurting, lonely, angry, or full of joy based on their body language, voice, and face. However, sometimes peoples’ faces do not tell what they are really feeling. One can put on a happy face, but inside be feeling desolate and alone. So these are just a couple of random things that jumped into my head.

Back in Tacoma

The Henry family is getting back into the swing of a semi-normal life in Tacoma, Washington. When I look back at how we got here I have to think “WOW!” It has certainly been a while ride. My dad went from having a good job to none at all in a week a little more than a year ago. We loaded all of our stuff onto a small trailer and began our trek across the country to Colorado six months later, and then after a short stop in Montana, we ended up in Washington. Now we are settling in and working with all of the ministries here, and God is blessing us.