It’s been awhile since I posted a ministry update… but today I wanted to… I needed to.
Something to remember: God is writing your story one day at a time… and it is all for His glory, honor, and praise!
All summer I was writing the books and making money via Door Dash to cover what my monthly donations didn’t cover. I would write in the mornings and then go out all day to deliver food. Then in early September I got very sick with flu like symptoms that hung on for over three weeks. On September 19th I woke up and God said, “You are not obeying me.”
He reminded me that I was suppose to be doing the Seven 7s schedule that He had showed me years before. The Seven 7s is basically where I pray and write the books 7 times a day: 7am, 9am, 11am, 1pm, 3pm, 5pm, and 7pm. And this 6 days a week.
Its a schedule that doesn’t allow for much else. I spend anywhere from 15-30 minutes praying and then 15-45 minutes writing every two hours. If you do the math that leaves me very little time before the next writing time arrives. Basically impossible to work any kind of conventional job.
I obeyed and returned to doing the Seven 7s schedule on September 26th, 2025 trusting God to provide for my bills. God provided for all I needed for October. Gifts came in and covered everything right on time… with my car payment and rent being only a few days late.
On October 14th, I was washing the dishes in my kitchen between writing times, I think around 9:30am, and God spoke very loudly to me. He said, “REMAIN!” And the word literally shook me to the core. He explained He didn’t want me leaving my apartment for any reason. I was to stay in my apartment and order groceries via Instacart. I said, “Yes.” and immediately downloaded the Instacart app and setup my account.
As that day went on I realized that God had been subtly preparing me for this “Remaining”… let me explain. Since I arrived in Toledo, I’ve been taking my laundry to a laundromat that basically charged me $20 to wash, dry, and fold my laundry. I would drop it off to them once a week in the morning before going to Door Dash then I would pick it back up again at the end of my work time. Well a couple months ago I ordered both a apartment sized clothes washer that connects to my sink and a dryer that I can move around and vent through my bathroom window so that I could do laundry in my apartment thinking “I can save some money this way.” Little did I know that a month or so later God would tell me not to leave my apartment. This is the God that I serve… who provides everything we need.
I have not left my apartment since that day… not once.
I did try one day… because I was worried about my car sitting idle for so long. I researched it online and read that I should drive it on the highway for 20 minutes every couple of weeks to keep the battery charged and the fluids flowing. So… without thinking I got dressed and went down to my car. I got in and started it. God instantly spoke to me very loudly asking, “What are you doing? Do you not trust me to take care of your car as it sits here while you obey me by remaining in your apartment?” I turned off the car and went back up to my apartment and haven’t tried that again.
November rolled ever closer and God provided for my remaining bills for October but rent and car payment hadn’t been provided for as Nov. 1st rolled around. My rent here is $525 and my car payment is $540. That’s a total of $1,065.00. I prayed and listened and God told me that He would provide for me. He reminded me of all the times He had provided for me before.
I had $36 around October 26th or so… and God told me to give $30 away. it was all I had… but I obeyed and sent the $30 to the person He told me to give it to.
Then a few days later I got a gift for $250… so I had around $266 in my name then. I was so excited… but the instant I saw the notification on my phone of the gift God said, “Not for you. Give it to this person.” I sent $260 to them in obedience to God. Then on the 1st I had my disability check arrive and I payed a few bills that left me with $90 or so… and God again said to give some away. So I send $50 to the person He instructed me to give it to. Normal I wouldn’t share these things but its vital to the story I am telling.
God reminded me of the woman who gave the 2 mites to the temple. That was all she had to live on. She gave it to God. I was so blessed to be able to give away what I had been given… all I had to live on… even with bills looming quickly.
So… I prayed and prayed and cried out. God reminded me daily of the times He had provided for me along my journey with Him. He took me to the books I’ve written telling of the thousands of times He has provided for me along the last seven and half years.
Nov. 1st passed… car payment late, rent due.
Nov. 2nd passed… I held onto my faith. If I didn’t trust God in this… I should just walk away from this journey and not finish the books or ever bother serving God anymore. I either mean what I say when I pray, “God, I give you my whole life, use it for your glory.” or I don’t.
Nov. 3rd passed… nothing. God told me that this wasn’t about me… this delay. It was about someone else. I’m not sure how to feel about that revelation… lol. “My rent and car payment are late and its not about me God?” and His answer, “Oh, I thought you gave me your life to do with it what I want to do?” That shut me up real quick. I continued to pray.
Nov. 4th passed… nothing. $30 in my bank… no rent… no car payment. Just being obedient to continue the Seven 7s schedule… writing and praying 7 times a day. Writing the visions He shows me.
I stood in the shower one of these days… probably Nov. 3rd and was just imagining all the ways that I could make money for myself. God broke into my thoughts and said very firmly, “No more of that. You are not to make money right now nor even think about how you can make money. You only need to obey me and I will provide.” So, I stopped thinking about all the ways I could make money… and just gave Him control.
Nov. 5th arrived… this morning… and I awoke into the day filled with faith and hope. I wrote the vision for this morning… slept a bit more… prayed at 7am and sat down to work on the book for that time slot.
In that moment I received a gift from someone for $1200.00 more than enough to cover both my car payment and my rent. I instantly broke down in tears… praising God for His provision and for the opportunity to experience this journey with Him.
I went and instantly paid both of the bills.. I had $100 over what I needed. Yay! God instantly said, “Give back what you do not need.” So I sent back the $100 to the person… letting them know that God told me to return what I didn’t need today.
Who am I that God should be so good to me? I am fighting back tears trying to tell you this.
Be encouraged! We serve a God who always provides for us! In His timing all that we need will be right there waiting for us. His timing not ours. His plans not ours.
So… I am in my second floor one bedroom apartment above a second hand appliance store near one of the most dangerous intersections in Toledo next to a loud and noisy bar continuing to listen and obey God’s leading… as I run my race to finish the book series.
I am filled with praise to God! Thank you for all of you who have given to my journey so far! God bless you back 1,000 times over!
I felt like God wanted me to include a few photos for you guys to see:
This is me right now… looking all shaggy since I can’t leave to get a haircut. I am sitting at my desk in my writing room where I write the books:
Here is my writing room… the bedroom is my writing room in this little apartment. It is my holy space with God. I pray on the red blanket on the floor when I pray. I sit on the little couch when I spend time with God. My bed is in the living room.
Here is the little Clothes Washer and Dryer God provided for me to be able to have clean clothes as I obey Him by remaining in this apartment:
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Thank you again for all those who have encouraged me along this journey, for those who have prayed for me, and for those who have given gifts to see the work God is doing in and through me be accomplished. May God bless you back abundantly in kind!
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