Once Again …

It always amazes me to see how God marry's just the right team with those in need of care.  Once again He did exactly this last weekend at the Worldwide Voice In The Wilderness Marriage Retreat for TDCJ Staff. 

The WVIW Team had the privilege of hosting 15 married couples at an East Texas retreat center.  We spent three days pouring out our hearts and lives to care for these couples living and working in such a stressful environment. 

The studies have clearly stated that prison employees carry one of the greatest stress levels of all professions.  They typically experience higher levels of suicide, drug use and divorce.  Our team shared testimonies of overcoming each of these issues and more through the power of Jesus Christ. 

One man stated it this way, "I know how to be a man.  I don't know how to be a husband." 

Ephesians 5 gives us a model of wives honoring their husbands and husbands laying down their lives for their wives.  This truth hit home with each spouse.  On Saturday evening, every couple committed to follow this pattern.  We were all blessed and encouraged. 

Once again God showed up.  Once again he brought the right team together.  Once again lives were changed and marriages were saved. 

Travis Moffitt Worldwide Voice In the Wilderness wviw.com

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Somewhere in the Middle of Nowhere

We arrived last night to what feels like the middle of nowhere.  We must be at least 50 miles from the nearest interstate.  The closest town consists of a bar-b-que restaurant, a craft store and a Brookshire's.  I haven't seen a Starbucks or a gas station for a while.  

We're here in East Texas with seven other WVIW Team Member couples for a Marriage Retreat.  Today 15 or so staff members from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) and their spouses will arrive at this nowhere place to spend the weekend with us.  

We'll share testimonies of how God has healed us from drug abuse, alcoholism, suicide and criminal activities of all kinds.  We'll tell stories of God's grace in times of joy and sadness.  We'll recount how He stepped into our lives at just the right moment to rescue us from ourselves and those who have harmed us.  

Our prayer is that through our presence and the offering of our lives, an atmosphere will be created where the Holy Spirit can heal others.  

And turn this nowhere into somewhere that God shows up. 

Thank you for your prayers. 

Stay connected at http://WVIW.com. 

Travis Moffitt Worldwide Voice In the Wilderness wviw.com

Mobilizing Teams to Reach Neglected & Forgotten Communities Around the World

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Somewhere in the Middle of Nowhere

We arrived last night to what feels like the middle of nowhere.  We must be at least 50 miles from the nearest interstate.  The closest town consists of a bar-b-que restaurant, a craft store and a Brookshire's.  I haven't seen a Starbucks or a gas station for a while.  

We're here in East Texas with seven other WVIW Team Member couples for a Marriage Retreat.  Today 15 or so staff members from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) and their spouses will arrive at this nowhere place to spend the weekend with us.  

We'll share testimonies of how God has healed us from drug abuse, alcoholism, suicide and criminal activities of all kinds.  We'll tell stories of God's grace in times of joy and sadness.  We'll recount how He stepped into our lives at just the right moment to rescue us from ourselves and those who have harmed us.  

Our prayer is that through our presence and the offering of our lives, an atmosphere will be created where the Holy Spirit can heal others.  

And turn this nowhere into somewhere that God shows up. 

Thank you for your prayers. 

Stay connected at http://WVIW.com. 

Travis Moffitt Worldwide Voice In the Wilderness wviw.com

Mobilizing Teams to Reach Neglected & Forgotten Communities Around the World

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