Want to know more about M&M?

Recently Barb's article about how God used a special dog, Nyack, to show His love during a battle of depression, was published in the "Women of the Harvest" newsletter.  It's a really special story, and if you haven't heard it yet, click here!

If you want to know more about M&M, we'd be happy to share more information with you.  M&M stands for "Meditate and Memorize".  Our focus is on taking bites of scripture, one verse per week, and chewing on it all week long.  We meditate on it, read it, write it, recite it, whatever it takes to bury that verse in our heart.  We do love memorizing, and think it is a good work indeed, but it is not a "requirement" to participate in M&M!  Simply focusing on each verse every week for a semester is a wonderful and beautiful thing.  Each week we add a new verse while we continue to chew on the verses from prior weeks.  By the end of the semester, all 12...or 13...or 14 verses (sometimes Barb gets spunky and adds extras!) become near and dear to us.

For several years, Barb's M&M ministry has grown.  It started with just 10 ladies in a room at Lexington Presbyterian Church, but now it has spread to over 130 women in various churches, various states, and various COUNTRIES around the world.  God's Word is spreading in a mighty way.  To Him be the glory!!!!  To the King!  To the KINGDOM! :)

If you'd like to participate in M&M online, contact us at mandmladies@gmail.com.  That's a great way to start- we can tell you anything you need to know!

We'd love for you to participate in our new upcoming season of M&M this fall "live" with the rest of us!  I will add you to our email list, and each week you'll get an email telling you this week's verse, a summary of the lesson, and any other information you may want to hear for the week.  This is a new adventure for us as Barb will be making VIDEOS of her lessons from Japan!  We'll put these videos on YouTube for your enjoyment, but will also release the audio in case you want to listen to it in your car or something.

If you're interested, we also have a facebook group.  Search for "Lexington Presbyterian Church - M&M" and request to join.

This is an exciting time for M&M and we really hope you will join us and be as encouraged as we are.  Contact me if you have any questions!  God Bless!!

mandmladies@gmail.com

Meditating in Japan

Good evening ladies,

What an answer to prayer, Barb and Dave safely arrived in Chiba, Japan!  Praise Him!  They are of course jet lagged, and therefore taking advantage of the "land of the rising sun" as they wake super early at 3 and 4 in the morning.

Barb shared with me a beautiful excerpt from her quiet time this morning.  You will definitely want to read this encouraging letter from Barb to the Lord!

"Let me never forget why we’re here: to glorify the King and serve Him and His people in His Kingdom.  Shout, proclaim, whisper, sing, teach the Good News in English or faltering Japanese...just get the Good News out!  Preach it to the unsaved, preach it to the saved, preach it to myself.  Love it, run in it, live out of it, dive into it, swim around in it, dwell deep in it.  Breathe it in, breathe it out. Meditate on His words, His ways.  Know Him, make Him known; talk to Him unceasingly, experience His presence.  Point to Him; gaze at Him, abide in Him, live out of Him, preach Him, not myself, not religion...CHRIST JESUS.  To the King!  To the Kingdom!  To the Restoration! 

This is not just for missionaries in foreign lands!  It's for EVERY CHILD of His, wherever we live!  The geography doesn't matter!  Let us live for the King because we love Him...and we love Him because He first loved us.  Wow.  What a life!  Thank You, Lord."

Don't you love her heart for missions and the Kingdom?  May this be an encouragement to you today.  Please continue praying!  I know she misses all of you so much!

Leslie

Last R&R M&M

Well ladies,

I've been in denial, I think, but our time with Barb for the summer has finally drawn to a close.  She will be heading to Pittsburgh on Saturday and then off to Japan August 11th-12th.  I'm so thankful that we are NOT saying "goodbye", as M&M will continue, and we will still see Barb's smiling face over the internet... how cool is that?  Praise!  Please continue to keep them in your prayers as they embark on this exciting journey, and please pray for God's hand to continue to be over the M&M ministry as well.

Here is the recording of the last class:  Click Here

Hope you had a wonderful summer!  My spamming will subside for a month or so... :)  Go ahead and add "mandmladies@gmail.com" to your address book, I think we will start using our own special account in the fall.

In Him,

Leslie