United States
Jeff Hilliard from Texas - This was my first trip with Aglow, but my second trip to Israel. What really stood out about this trip was the spiritual aspect.
Young people around the world have been impacted by GameChangers. Aglow leaders in Canada and Britain have led GameChangers processing groups with young adults, and now they are starting to lead processing groups for their peers. Each young person testifies to the life-changing results of understanding your identity in Christ.
On the National Day of Prayer, the San Francisco Peninsula Area Team did an outreach to several law enforcement stations bringing them food and messages of gratitude for their service to the community.
Read more: National Day of Prayer Outreach to Police Stations
“It has been an exciting season for Aglow in Southcentral Alaska,” writes Wendy Cleveland, Southcentral Alaska “Diamond” Area Team President.
After seeing an exciting baseball game in Milwaukee, Bob and Faith Murray decided to get an early start the next morning so they could travel a good distance home before dark. Driving home, the weather turned from rain, to sleet, to a full-on snow storm.
On December 17th, 2016 the Monroe NC (AM) Community Lighthouse hosted a Christmas Breakfast for all the public safety workers at a local firehouse.
Donna Franer will be greatly celebrated for her contribution to Aglow International over the past 28+ Years.
Jamie Lynn Martin shares her heart for Aglow:
I have personally been blessed by the Aglow family in many ways. It's incredible to know that people internationally are praying on my behalf. There is nothing like having people in your life that are encouraging and supporting you. Every person I have met in Aglow has showered me with love. Now that I am older, I have had the privilege of speaking at two different Aglow meetings. These opportunities blessed me tremendously because the Lord gave me the opportunity to share my testimony of His faithful love in my life.
“Take a moment to ask God if He would use you in Aglow. Then run, don't walk, to find out where to begin. The ladies in your community will one day thank you for being there for them and Aglow will help you to do the rest.
“This has been a good year for Eastern Oklahoma Aglow,” writes Joyce Mow, Area Team President. We are pleased to report some of the activities that have taken place.
Right in the midst of chaos God is able to work good. So many people think that they are not leaders, yet they hear our conversations every day as we walk through life. We are leading through our faith that is lived out loud.
An Aglow woman in Texas is using the Aglow Bible Study, "Shame, the Thief of Intimacy" to mentor recovering meth addicts. She writes, “The results of freedom have been outstanding. One of the women I am mentoring is being led to open a facility for active users that want to get clean so they can go to rehab.
Bonnie Minnick, a young leader from Montana writes about the life-changing experience she had at the 2016 U.S. Aglow Conference. “Conference was very powerful for me. During worship on Thursday God spoke three things to me 1) to believe in myself 2) that my Heavenly Father does not think little of me, and 3) that He is awakening me to declare His victory.