Dear Friends,

Truly, you have become my friends. I and my team pray for you every day, many of you have written to me, and some have graciously contributed to this ministry. If more than one correspondence from you comes in, we remember your name and receive it as from a valued friend. For, indeed, you are more than a friend, you are family. It is a little like getting a jump on heaven. I am getting to know many of my brothers and sisters before we meet face to face in heaven.

The other day I was unpacking my car and getting ready to take the groceries inside when a large group of young men from Africa came running up to me. “Are you Anna Rountree?” they asked. “Why yes,” I answered. “We have been praying to meet you,” one of the young men said. “Well, I smiled, “come on inside.” When they sat down I asked them their names. One of the young men was called Solomon. When he told me his name I said, “But you have written to me. We are praying for you. How great to get to meet you.”

You are family and I do not take lightly your kindness me. You are taking time out of your lives to write to me. I just want you to know how much I appreciate your thoughtfulness.

I am truly excited about 2014. I was saved in 1974 and the heavens opened to me in 1994…twenty years later. The heavens opened in 1994 and we are coming up on 2014…twenty years later. What will this twenty year marker bring? (with such a slow learning curve, one cannot have many twenty year periods in one’s life). Goodness, I hope the Lord makes the most of this twenty year marker.

The world may be sinking to its knees but, dear family, our Heavenly Father’s children are standing to their feet. We need to be about our Father’s business. Oh, thank you Lord, that we are alive in these times. How you have honored us. How you have trusted us. May we be worthy of Your trust and not fail to uphold Your honor to the end of our days.