Summer Newsletter

July 9, 2016

ROYAL LIFE
August 26 @ 7:00
Please join us for our ten year
Anniversary Celebration on
Friday night, August 26. It is so
hard to believe that RLM has
been up and running for ten
years already! It will be a night
of fun, fellowship and stories. It
would mean so much to us for
you to join us. The celebration
is at our church. Grace
Evangelical Church, 164 Flat
Creek Trail in Fayetteville, GA.
We will have coffee and cake
following the celebration.

Healthy Living
Did you realize that healthy
living includes every part of our
make up? We need to be
healthy body, soul and spirit!
We are thrilled to add
nutritional education to the
services we offer at RLM. God
led us to be a part of the Juice
Plus community to help
ourselves and others make
better choices regarding our
bodies. We have received so
much education in the past 18
months. Whether people
choose Juice Plus or not is not
the focus. Educating people
and encouraging them to be
good stewards of their bodies
is the focus.

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A new grandchild
On June 5th Ellie Jade Phillips entered into this world ready
for hugs and kisses and lots of big brother/cousin love. We are
ALL excited to have a precious little girl in the family. We have
been more than thrilled with our four grandsons and came to
peace with not having a grand daughter. So to see this little gift
from heaven arrive has blessed us beyond measure. The kids
have grown so much. Harper is
9, Elliott is 7, Grant turned 2
in March and Easton turns 3
next week. Jason and Katie
are doing well and Christen
and Jeremy are tired but
happy! Adjusting to two little
ones can be challenging but oh
so worth it!
Life is full of ups and downs.
Sadness and joy. New life and
goodbyes. Frankie
Patterson has been a dear
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Weddings & Babies

What a joy for us to join Danielle
Boykin and Lee Wallace in Holy
Matrimony on March 19. Their
story of God's redemption in
their lives and in their
relationship is miraculous. And
guess what? They just found out
they are expecting! Rebekah
met Danielle ten years ago
through Grace Ministries
International and walked with her
through some very hard seasons
of healing. It was an honor and
privilege for the two of us to
meet Lee and to walk with them
in their pre-marital counseling
and wedding.
Joel 2:25 "I will repay you for

the years the locust have

eaten...

So many of our young couples

whom we helped mentor are
now starting families. It's so fun
to see the additions.
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July 9, 2016

friend and one of RLM first board members. She went home to
be with Jesus this past month after fighting a battle with cancer.
She will be missed but her contagious love for Jesus will continue
to aect us all. Our prayers are with her husband, Bobby and her
family. We love them and know they will be reunited with their
Frankie one day soon.
One thing Frankie taught me was the importance of tears. There
is healing in tears. There were times in her life that she would tell
me she wailed. I'll never forget her telling me that it's okay to just
wail. Sometimes it's the only way to let out the amount of pain
inside of our hearts. But she also taught me to laugh. Laughter
can bring healing to your soul and Frankie knew how to let out a
huge belly laugh. Ecclesiastes tells us, "There is a time for
everything and a season for every activity under the heavens: a
time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to
uproot, ...a time to weep and a time to laugh. ...He has made
everything beautiful in it's time. He has set eternity in the human
heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning
to end."
I (Rebekah) have grown so
much in the past year. I've
known WHO I am IN Christ
for years and years and love
sharing that truth with
other's. However, learning
who I am in my soul has been
an ongoing journey and at
times, a struggle. Our spirit
determines our identity and it
is the ONLY secure and stable place to get your identity. Jesus
lives in our spirit and what is true of HIM is now true of you. He
has become ONE with you. BUT we do have a personality and
emotions and a mind that needs to pair with our Spirit. So this
thing called life will constantly teach us how to be at peace with
our individuality as we live in this world. Our body, soul and spirit
works beautifully together when each is being nurtured and
growing in God's truths. Get to know you! You may be surprised
at how much you like you. I John 4:17 -As HE is so are we in this
world. Matthew 22:39 - Love your neighbor as yourself.