Well gang this weekend has been possibly the most inspirational weekend in all of my life for several reasons.  The first praise that I want to tell you of is about my youngest brother Brett.  As said in the whole biography I have two younger brothers.  I was stressed about leaving for South Africa and not being sure if he was saved.  Around April of last year my friend Grant and I invited my brother over to our campus house and told him what a life with Jesus meant and would be like.  Not to take any of the Glory away from God my creator, father, and lover of my soul.  Only by His amazing sovergnty was this possible.  I remember the three of us holding hands and praying and I remember hearing him say the first prayer I had heard him say in a long time.  He asked for the Holy Spirit to fill his heart. 

    Shortly after this things got very rocky in his life.  He soon was in the forest and I fought with all my strength to save him from the grips of sin and temptation.  The key word being I fought because I often times would go without telling God any of these things and to be honest with you all my prayer life hadn't been great at that point.  When I asked God what was next he told me to be patient with Brett.  Not to be angry with him for his stumble off the streets of Gold.  I did that and for over a year through God I encouraged him, spoke truth to him, and invited him regularly to attend church with me.  Though often times he would not listen, had a lot of issues he wouldn't let go of to anyone, and rarely went with me to anywhere (especially church).  I had faith that God would find him again because of His unfailing, never ceasing, amazing love for us.  As he ran farther and farther into the forest away from everything God was still seeking him.  Everyone who had heard that Brett had been saved (some did not understand what it meant but had only heard) thought that it was all hogwash that he had given his life to Jesus. 

    Friends he meant those words he said to God.  For so long in my walk with Jesus Christ I had faith that the others were wrong and that when Brett said those words he spoke the truth.  About a week and a half ago we had a little argument at home which involved a lot of yelling from him and my dad, and me sitting there saying competition does not bring the living water.  It ended with me leaving and I felt shaky about both of their salvations.  As soon as I questioned God's perfect plan I was immediatly shown that my sins of omission in losing faith were so small compared to our Lord.  My brother until last Tuesday was working at a job full of swearing, bad influences, and a lot of frustration.  The minute he couldn't take that job any longer he called in and told them he'd be no longer able to work with them.  As he was about ready to hang up the phone, his new current boss, Rob, was on the call waiting line.  Brothers and sisters to summarize things my brother's new job is only with three other people.  His two bosses are devout Christian men and they speak the word to him all the time.  Also, the other kid is becoming a good friend and that is basically his first Christian group of friends.  His boss Rob, through God alone, is the best thing that has ever happened to my brother.  I did not know any of this was going on until the last day of June.  My Brother and I went to an afternoon new house showing shin dig and around 8pm we went to our house.  He talked to me for an hour about his new job that God had led him too and what that was showing him.  He opened up many of the things he was hiding.  He expressed to me a love for Jesus Christ and that he was so unbelievably happy to be home again!!!  He is one of the people in my life that make me the most happiest person I can be.  I can't ever imagine my life without him there.  He is for sure a brother and sister of yours.  Praise God for that and his willingness to be available to where God is calling him.  This was the first of two great blessings that happened this weekend.  I will tell you all about the other one tomorrow.  If you are too excited to wait til then, then I shall leave you with the name "David Ring".  May the spirit overflow in all your hearts tonight and may God give you a heart to show the truth to the family members that need it the most.  I will continue to pray for Brett and praise God for how He has found Brett again.  If you're reading this I love you Brett and you're such a great brother and best friend to me!