Set Free!

My name is Karen Lackey and I would like to share with you how God led me to RoseHaven… I was saved on January 17, 2003. My family has been broken since my children were very small. Sebastian is 10 yrs old. My father and stepmother raised him from the age of two. My daughter Samantha is seven and is at St. Joseph Children’s Home in Louisville. I was married to Samantha’s father for 5 years. We were together on and off for 8 years. Needless to say this was not a Christ centered relationship. After one of our many violent separations and Samantha’s placement in foster care, my sister and stepmother decided that tough love was not the answer. They were going to show me Christ’s love. I was in West Virginia and they brought me home to my father’s house in Indiana. This is where I gave my life to Christ. But again, I went back to my ex-husband, after he too was saved, but we both fell back to our old ways.

After a year of total darkness and more hurt than I could say, God gave me another chance. On January 7, 2005 I boarded a Greyhound bus and came to Louisville where my daughter lives , and to stay at the Center for Women and Families. There I rededicated my life to Christ. I lay face down on the floor and gave Him everything. He came into my heart like a I had never experienced. All things became new! I had
smoked since I was a child. I have not had a cigarette since that day.

God led me to Southeast Christian Church with Teresa Oechsli. She is involved with Twice Touched Ministries. They meet the medical needs of the less fortunate, and then share Jesus Christ with them. One Sunday they gave out the Southeast perpetual prayer calendar, called the “360 Join the Revolution.” On February 7th I turned my calendar to pray (my prayer had been to find a place where I could heal, learn to walk with God, and have a place for my children). This was the February 7th prayer… “RoseHaven, a transitional home for women and children in crisis, whose lives have been disrupted by several things, including, domestic violence. Pray that each women and child will come to know Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. Pray that God will continually provide space for those in need.” I prayed right then, “God if it’s your will, open the doors. If it’s not I don’t want to go.” A week later Alison, my advocate at the center called me to her office and said, “I hope you don’t mind, I called RoseHaven and all I can say is, Wow!!” Two weeks later I moved in to the room, home, and family of believers God has been preparing for me. It is in His time, but when we seek Him, He will not let us down!! We serve an awesome God!! Jeremiah 29:11-13, “For I know the plans I have for you. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me, and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all of your heart.”

Hosea’s House

Thanksgiving Dinner in Portland
Host: Hosea’s House
Type: Causes –
Network: Global
Date: Saturday, November 21, 2009
Time: 11:00am – 4:00pm
Location: 334 North 26th Street Louisville, KY 40212

Description We are in need of volunteers for our community Thanksgiving dinner. Volunteers are needed for set up, food preparation, servers and clean up. If you are interested in showing this community the love of Christ and being the Acts 2 Church this service project is for you. I hope to see you there.

We are praying that we will have a box of food for each family to take home and cook on Thanksgiving as well. We need your help to make this happen. Donations need to be turned in by November 15th.

Frozen Turkey 10-12lb
Dressing
Green beans
Corn
Jiffy corn bread mix
Sweet potatoes (yams)
5lb bag rice
Cranberry sauce
Jello
Bibles
Gospel tracts