Celebrating Independance Day... and our Dependance on God

July 4th & 5th, 2009

This 4th of July we were blessed to spend it with family and friends. We started the day off meeting with a potential ministry partner (we don't view holiday's as a day off)! As we took the time to listen to her and share our calling we were reminded of God's divine order. The rest of the day was filled with food, swimming, fireworks, and lots of fun! Gabriel decided to grant his ant farm freedom in the true spirit of Independance Day!

But wait, we weren't done celebrating yet.....

Sunday morning we got up dressed in red, white, and blue and headed to church. What a GREAT service. The children came in and led us in the pledges to America, the Bible, and the Christian Flag. Wonderful music and a time of being reminded of our country's history. Every choice that was made to establish this nation was intentional and founded for our Lord and Saviour. What a legacy!!! Please join us in praying for our nation and it's leaders. Whether we agree with decisions made or not, it is our job to stand in prayer for our country.

14 and counting.....

Celebrating 14 years today!

June 30th, 1995

Our family Scripture:

"Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight."

~ Proverbs 3:5-6

God is working ~ with every chance!

We are so excited to see God work! Everyday we are reminded of his sovereignty as we walk in faith. We desire to serve him....above all else. These past two weeks have been filled with great reminders for us. God continues to open doors for us to minister to those who are hurting, and share our testimony with people we have never met. After a lunch meeting this week, I was reminded that this journey God has called us to, this journey to serve with FamilyLife, is not about us raising support to get there. Instead, it is about being submissive, following His direction, and making time for His guidance. Waiting on Him. What a GREAT place to be!

Our news: Michael's replacement has been named. This week completed the "new guy's" second week of training. So, if all goes as planned, next week will be Michael's last week of commuting to Georgia. These weeks have been mixed with emotions of excitement and sadness. So much excitement regarding answering God's call, and yet sadness to leave such precious people behind in Georgia. God truly blessed our family with the Robinsons and SignPros! What precious, Godly people. Please join us in praying for their family and business as they move forward without Michael.

This coming Sunday we will be singing a song in choir titled, "With Every Chance". The words are:

With every chance I have to praise You, Lord I will

With every breath I breathe, this life I live, only one purpose to fulfill:

To lift Your name above all other names, to declare Your awesome ways.

With every chance I have to praise you, Lord I will.

Lord inhabit our praise; let your glory fill this place.

With surrendered hearts, we offer You our everything.

These last weeks this song has been in my heart. Turning over and over in my spirit.

One life, one purpose, every chance.

May Prayer Letter

Our May prayer letter is attached to the following link. We hope you enjoy the latest news! Thanks for praying with us as we continue to seek God regarding our ministry.

http://www.corbinlife.com/CorbinNews0905-Web.pdf

Love to all ~

Michael & Alecia

The road from where we stand...

I have been thinking alot about what to post next. To be honest, when the day is drawing to a close and the kids are in bed, blogging is the last thing I want to do. Really the last thing that I feel creative enough to handle. So, here is what we know!

1. We KNOW that God has called us to work for him.
2. We KNOW that the road looks long and hard.
3. We KNOW based on the miracles of the past that HE will continue to work on our behalf.
4. We KNOW that God continues to order our steps and in his timing we will continue to work for him as he directs.

Years ago (I won't tell you how long ago due to concerns over making us sound really old...) we were attending a young married's Sunday School class. One bright Sunday morning our teacher urged us to go home and work together on picking out a "family scripture". This would be a scripture verse that fit our family and that we would hold on to in good times or bad as we clung to God's word. We carefully chose: Proverbs 3:5 & 6. "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight." (NIV) It is amazing how this one scripture has meant so many different things to us over the years. So now as we look at the road ahead, we are trusting in HIM and knowing that he will make our paths straight. One step at a time!

Where are the Corbin's?

Just a quick update! Our move went extremely smooth. We returned from our Follow Up Training in Arkansas on the evening of April 28th, finished a little packing, did our final loads of laundry, and the movers arrived at 8am on the 29th. They had everything loaded and gone in less than 4 hours. AMAZING!!! Alecia is now safely tucked in the panhandle of Florida with the children, and Michael is temporarily driving to Georgia for the work weeks. Thank you to each of you who have prayed for us over the last weeks. We have so much more to share from our journeys over the last several weeks and will work harder to pick up our blogging and share! Love to you all!

Sneak Peek.....our Spring 2009 Pictures!

He is Risen!!! (& Corbin Update)

This year, Easter has been very special to us... for many reasons! For the first time in years, we were able to be in our home Church and see many close friends and family! We also enjoyed this Easter because for the first time, our children were beginning to grasp the reason that we celebrate Easter. On our way down to Florida, we watched the animated "Passion of the Christ." We were there with our children as they experienced all of the emotions that accompany the crucifixion and resurrection of our Christ. When Jesus was betrayed and the soldiers were there, our 3 year old Naomi said, "this is making me soooo MAD!" Just moments earlier, Gabriel was expressing that he didn't like this "at all!" The best part of it all was moments later when they were celebrating as Jesus rose from the dead. It was such a HUGE reminder to us, remembering how HE saved us!!!

Where are the Corbin's? Please see our last Prayer Letter (click here). We are moving into another phase as we finish raising our support. Please continue to pray with us as we work to finish raising our initial support. We desire to be obedient and submissive to His call!