{"id":1540,"date":"2023-10-17T11:03:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T11:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abridgetoafrica.org\/?p=1540"},"modified":"2023-10-28T11:12:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T11:12:37","slug":"answered-prayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abridgetoafrica.org\/fr\/uncategorized\/answered-prayers\/","title":{"rendered":"Answered Prayers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Exciting News of Answered Prayer<\/span><\/h1>\n

“For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, \u2018Move from here to there,\u2019 and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.\u201d\nJesus in Matthew 17:20<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The weekend of August 26-27 was a hard one. We received word that Sherry’s cancer had reappeared and I got a letter from the IRS saying that Le Pont International’s tax-exempt status had\u00a0been revoked. Her health and our ministry seemed to be in jeopardy.\u00a0

But we have witnessed the power of a mountain-moving God.\u00a0<\/span>

The first mountain moved was the IRS.<\/span>\u00a0We had failed to complete some necessary annual forms for our\u00a0501c3 charity. We completed the forms and filed them on September 14th along with a request for an “expedited review”. How long would it take this huge bureaucracy to respond? I shuddered at the thought.\u00a0

Three weeks later, that’s warp speed by the way,\u00a0we received\u00a0the good news that our Tax-Exempt status has been reinstated with no interruption of deductibility and that all gifts to Le Pont International made in 2023\u00a0<\/em>are tax-deductible.\u00a0

The second mountain moved was Sherry’s health.<\/span>\u00a0She said to me today, “Rex, I’m getting stronger every day”. God is answering our prayers. The side effects thus far are both minimal and manageable. We know there are mountains before us but it appears the giant mountain of fear and doubt has been cast into the sea.\u00a0

I believe that in three months Sherry will be a new woman<\/span>.\u00a0

Please continue to pray<\/span>\u00a0for both Sherry’s health and our ministry through Le Pont Int.\u00a0

Thank you for the fellowship of your prayers and gifts\u00a0<\/span>– a sweet-smelling sacrifice pleasing to God and deeply encouraging to us.\u00a0

In his grip of grace,

Rex<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Exciting News of Answered Prayer “For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, \u2018Move from here to there,\u2019 and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.\u201d Jesus in Matthew 17:20 The weekend of August 26-27 was a hard one. We received word that Sherry’s cancer had reappeared and I got a letter from the IRS saying that Le Pont International’s tax-exempt status had been revoked. Her health and our ministry seemed to be in jeopardy.  But we have witnessed the power of a mountain-moving God.  The first mountain moved was the IRS. We had failed to complete some necessary annual forms for our 501c3 charity. We completed the forms and filed them on September 14th along with a request for an “expedited review”. How long would it take this huge bureaucracy to respond? I shuddered at the thought.  Three weeks later, that’s warp speed by the way, we received the good news that our Tax-Exempt status has been reinstated with no interruption of deductibility and that all gifts to Le Pont International made in 2023 are tax-deductible.  The second mountain moved was Sherry’s health. She said to me today, “Rex, I’m getting stronger every day”. God is answering our prayers. The side effects thus far are both minimal and manageable. We know there are mountains before us but it appears the giant mountain of fear and doubt has been cast into the sea.  I believe that in three months Sherry will be a new woman.  Please continue to pray for both Sherry’s health and our ministry through Le Pont Int.  Thank you for the fellowship of your prayers and gifts – a sweet-smelling sacrifice pleasing to God and deeply encouraging to us.  In his grip of grace, Rex Learn more about what we do & how to partner<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.abridgetoafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/LePontLogo.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abridgetoafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abridgetoafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abridgetoafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abridgetoafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abridgetoafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1540"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.abridgetoafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1551,"href":"https:\/\/www.abridgetoafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1540\/revisions\/1551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abridgetoafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abridgetoafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abridgetoafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abridgetoafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}