Announcing PRE-ORDERS for our book!

Today is a surreal and exciting day! Our publisher has announced it is time to take orders for the soon to be released book "MORE THAN "I" CAN HANDLE!" The Lord has been prompting me for two years to write this book and it is so exciting to SEE it finally coming to fruition. I did not write this story, God did! I am merely the story teller. This is not just about our adoption journey, but more importantly about an amazing God who has a plan and purpose for each of us. He desires that all people would love Him with all of our hearts and live according to His purposes for His glory alone. When we are faithful to HEAR his voice and OBEY his commands, we will SEE His miracles and fulfill His purposes. This story is not unique to our family. This is just one example of how our amazing God works in the lives of those who desire to live for HIM and be about HIS business. He is the same God today, yesterday and tomorrow. "In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of His glory. (Ephesians 1:11) My prayer is that tHIS story will encourage every reader to ask the Lord what He desires their own lives and that they would be encouraged to have the faith to listen and obey and experience God in amazing ways. To HIM be all glory, honor and praise. Please go to our website and place your order today. The first 100 copies will be signed with "LOVE" and "GRATITUDE" for your support and sent with a prayer that you will be encouraged to love and serve the Lord Jesus Christ in faith with your own life! www.morethanicanhandle.com

HELLO MY FRIENDS, I'M BACK!

Hello my friends, it has been a long time since I posted on our blog. I had no idea how difficult it is to write a book! It has been a very interesting journey over the last year. There have been many lessons in faith and trust and the Lord has been graciously taking me on HIS journey to surrender more and more of myself to HIS will not mine. We are gearing up for the debut of the book "MORE THAN "I" CAN HANDLE", soon to be released. This is a whole new world opening up and I honestly have no idea what I am doing. It also appears the Lord is opening more speaking opportunities in our future, so this means I have a new set of prayer requests. If you would join me in prayer and if anyone can help with the following needs I would greatly appreciate it! . Website for the book . I need an ipad . Starting a new business for book sales . More Speaking Opportunities . Training all the Little's for ministry I am absolutely on my knees asking for strength and wisdom to serve HIM well. I shared with my sistah Beth this morning that I feel exactly like I did when the Lord started us on our adoption journey five years ago. I knew that I knew HE was leading us but had no idea where it was going. Here I am again, He is telling me to get ready for our ministry to grow in a new direction and to trust and obey. He alone knows what HE he has in store and because of His faithfulness, I am excited. So if you are one of our faithful friends, please pray as we embark on this new journey. We pray the book will be an encouragement to the saints to have faith, trust and obey what the Lord is calling us to do, even when it doesn't make sense and we feel inadequate. This is why we need HIM and how HE gets all the Glory. If anyone can help with any of these new projects I would greatly appreciate it! Update on on our family: Melissa & Randy are having our third grandchild in May and they are in the Chic-fil-a operator/ownership program. Jonathan felt called to take a leave of absence from the Fire Department and is currently serving with YWAM in Asia. Ellie graduated High School and became a Doula Birth Coach. She starts Watts Nursing school in May on her journey to becoming a midwife. Solomon is living in New York and goes to computer school in NYC. Jeremiah & James are 8 years old and loving 1st grade, Awana, Legos and losing all their teeth. Josiah is 7 years old and also loving 1st grade, Awana, Legos and entertaining the family with his singing and sense of humor. Keziah & Keren will be 5 years old in two weeks! I can't believe how fast the time has flown by. They are in Pre-K and learning to read and write. They are the most energetic of all my children...keeping me on my toes all day long. They are both full of life and love! They are all gearing up for their role as little missionaries to join in our ministry to engage the church to rescue the orphans still waiting for a family. They are little prayer warriors and the Lord is doing a great work in each of them. They are all a joy and blessing to our lives! Jerry is working as an Investigator for GEICO Insurance and loves his job. In fact, one of the benefits is that if anyone calls GEICO just for a quote, he gets $15.00 per call. So, I am asking all of you to help us raise support for our ministry. All you have to do is make the call, you don't have to buy the insurance,but my prayer is that it will in fact turn out to be a blessing to you and maybe save you some money. We saved $700 by switching our homeowners and car insurance. Please help donate $15.00 by calling 1-800-342-9070 and enter Jerry's referral code: 144381. It should only take a few minutes of your time but no cost to you! The Lord continues to show his faithfulness to provide for us. Stay tuned as we will be making changes and updates as HE leads us to serve on behalf of the orphans still left behind. Blessings to you all, please feel free to leave comments!

News Update

Most of you know I am working on writing a book of testimony about our miraculous adoption journey. I started it last January and felt no peace about proceeding after the draft. Last month the Lord started to stir things up again. On my prayer walk a few weeks ago I prayed, "Lord, if you really want this book published then will you please make it clear and show me how to proceed? I don't want to do anything out of your will. Please bring the publisher to me." Are you ready? I just got a call from a publisher who heard about us through Show Hope and he has agreed to publish our book!!! Do you believe the Lord brought this to me without me having to do anything to pursue them? This is the exact jest of the book. God is in the miracle business and when HE calls us to do something, HE makes it happen. HE doesn't call the equipped but equips those he calls. Please pray for me to get everything completed by Jan for submission. I have been invited to speak at a conference in PA in April 2012 and am hoping to launch the book there. This event is at a church of 1000 members. Here I go again on a journey into the unknown. I will trust and obey because there is no other way. May the Lord be glorified on this journey and please stay tuned for the rest of HIS story! Back to the cottage I go....

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The theme song for our family! Jeremiah & James were thought to be blind, deaf, CP and multiple learning disabilities. Josiah, Keziah & Keren were orphaned by HIV AIDS and thought to be forever in an Ethiopian orphanage. Solomon was a lonely heartbroken orphan with no HOPE or future aging out of the system, destined to be homeless in the streets of Ethiopia. They are all now beloved members of the Mestas family.

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Pure Religion Conference

I will be speaking at the Pure Religion Conference in August. Make plans to join us and tell your friends too!

Swift Creek Baptist Church, Raleigh, NC

We had the pleasure of speaking at Swift Creek Baptist Church last Sunday and it was amazing. I woke up that morning with no voice. I had to scream to get a whisper out. We asked for prayer from the Saints and I walked on stage by faith fully knowing I was under a spiritual attack. Within two minutes of being on stage my voice came back. We received an overwhelming response to our testimony and the Lord was indeed glorified. Everyone was very happy to see my voice suddenly restored. They had a luncheon after the service and we were blessed to fellowship with everyone for the next three hours.