My how things change in a year. Many prayers were answered. I lost a very dear pastor friend and gained a niece whom I love so much. Alexis whom I wrote about in my last blog is thriving. She has exceeded all of her doctors expectations and is physically and verbally meeting developmental milestones..yay! I will not try to catch you up on a years worth of change but I will point out some major changes in my life and in Momsadvertiseu.
When I first started the company, our mission was to support and promote women and moms in business by having a website that no matter how much advertising they could afford or not, they would be able to have a presence on our site and be able to support other women and mom owned businesses.
From the beginning, the company I hired to do the website misrepresented things and delayed launch dates and changed their mind about what they could and couldn’t do so in the end I settled for a more than sub par website in a rush to launch my vision. I apologize for that. After struggling with EBIZUNIVERSE for almost two years I will no longer associate with and /or promote them so thus the website is no longer active. I couldn’t actively market a website that worked sometimes and would give clientele such grief trying to put all their info into the site within minutes or it wouldn’t save anything. I couldn’t justify paying them any more money to fix issues that should have never been there in the beginning . You see I already had paid them over $6K.
The blessing in all of this is having the faith that the vision served a purpose and allowed many women to network and support one another while I met some of the most amazing Christian business women!!!!
As I allowed God to show me what his purpose and calling was in my life he began a great work in me:) He shut every opportunity that I tried to grab a hold of in a desperate attempt to find meaning this past year. God told me to wait…so I did..and I trusted the doors he closed were for a reason.
In September of this past year 2011 we were able to launch our first Bible Study Fun class at our public school. To date we have 85 students meeting on Wednesdays after school coming to hear more about the Gospel while hanging out and just having a great time. A huge thank you to my volunteers and 121 Community Church. They are my earthly support:)
God has also called me to lead Students Standing Strong into South Keller Intermediate next year. If you know me none of these things were in my plans..I’m telling you none! I had it all planned out how my son was going to a private school or homeschool next year but no way was he going to SKI! Well, God as he usually does knocks me down a notch or two and reminds me I am his and to be obedient. I won’t go into the details but to let you know 3 very important and influential people in my life spoke this over me and then I knew it was God calling.
So where to now? Well as you see I am taking back my Momsadvertiseu.com and redirecting it to a personal blog. I will continue to tweet and blog about great business women, great groupons, great deals, great places to visit all the while sharing with you how my life has dramatically and amazingly changed all by giving all of me to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Ladies, when you really let him lead you there will be a glow about you, a joy and peace in your heart even when others don’t understand? They will want it and some will dismiss it as being fake. But for the ones who really know me they will tell you I am a different person, a better person and I truly love people and children. I want to serve and change the way we see ourselves and others. I want others to seek and know Jesus as I now do. Accepting Jesus as your Lord and Savior is the first step!
Have a blessed evening! I will be back soon…..
Loving and Serving in HIM!
Lori
