By Viki Rife

Emmanuella Alexis was sitting in her classroom when the earthquake hit. She had just prayed, "Lord, no one loves me like you do. I want to serve you with my life. Show me your glory." At that moment, the ground started shaking and she saw her fellow students scrambling to get out. She sat still, amazed at how God had chosen to answer her prayer.

Suddenly, she felt that a voice inside her was saying, "Emmanuella, get up." She stood up, and as she started to move away from her chair, the wall collapsed onto it. She had narrowly escaped serious injury.

This summer Dr. Christy Hill is offering a week of intensive training for 12 hand-picked women to start teaching the Women's Leadership Studies classes in order to meet the demand. Four of the women taking the class also speak Spanish, so it provides the possibility of offering the classes in that language. But what can we do for our sisters who speak Creole?

Emmanuella Alexis would be the ideal person to do that, but with her internship in Florida, she will need to purchase air fare to return to Indiana for that week. Women of Grace has established a fund for those who would like to help with her travel to this important class, as well as some of the medical bills she incurred last fall from her hip replacement. We invite you to join "Team Emmanuella" by supporting this sister with your prayers and finances this summer.

This year Women of Grace celebrates 75 years of ministry-and YOU are invited to the party!  Join us for a festive diamond-themed party at Fellowshift Conference in Washington, D.C. on Friday, July 18th at 2:30 PM as we celebrate all that the Lord has done through women of grace like you! We'll remember highlights of the past and share about the exciting direction that Women of Grace USA is headed and how you can help!  There will be a brief corporation meeting as well as fun and meaningful activities for a chance to get acquainted with other women in the Fellowship while sharing what God is doing among us! And don't forget to grab your copy of the latest Spectrum Magazine!

We also encourage you to attend a workshop that morning at 11:15 on Daring to Hope, a study of the book of Jeremiah by Melissa Spoelstra, one of our Women's Spectrum editors.

What are you chasing? We're all chasing after something, some thing that we think will make us happy - comfort, success, a bigger house, or someone's approval. But if we are all honest, it feels like trying to catch the wind. "A man after God's own heart."As David's life weaves throughout the pages of Scripture, we see he was a man who spent his life chasing after God. Chase explores the events that define David's life and the Psalms that flowed out of those experiences. Through David's example we'll discover what God really wants from us. (more)