The pastors and staff at RBI have made us feel so welcomed and loved, letting us know that times will be difficult and emotions will run high, but that God is our source of strength and that He loves us more than we can fathom and has a great plan for our lives.  In truth, that is what has kept me here; knowing that there are hundreds, if not thousands, of souls out there waiting on me and my family to share with them the love of God and the light of the world.

My husband and I are still looking for employment, permanent housing and provision, but are not in worry or fear of these things.  We have grabbed hold of the Seed Time and Harvest teaching and know that what we have and will continue to sow will come to harvest and God shall supply our needs.  There is a bigger picture, a much greater purpose far more reaching than my own security and comforts.  I know that God has a ministry for me, a purpose for my surviving not just one cancer diagnosis, but five.  I believe in the power of the cross, the Divine Healing power of God and the Love of Jesus.  I wish to share this with others so that God’s Power and love will become real to them also.  Thank you, Pastor Rodney, for the opportunity to be used of God.  I pray to fulfill all that God has for me.

By the beginning of August, no one had said anything about RBI or RSW to me and I had made other plans to continue my education at a local college, and resume my job as school began. But I felt such an anxiety set in about the choice I was making to continue in the world’s system when I knew within what really matters is what I do for Him. That’s when I began to get desperate for an answer from God.  I spoke with my sister briefly about what I was feeling,and she said “If there’s anything that is in the back of your mind to do, just go do it!”  That’s when I knew that I needed to began to push in the direction of Bible school.  So with 13 days until school was to start, and with zero money to my name I just began to walk in faith and I began the application process.  I decided it was best to hold a garage sale to get rid of my things to help fund this leap of faith I was about to make.

When I came to Tampa, I had no idea where I was going to stay, or how I would make it. I just knew that God had given me a passion to be here, and with that passion I knew there had to be a purpose. And so far God has not failed once to provide my every need. I stand here today so thankful to my beautiful Savior for bringing me so far and giving me a hope for my future. I know that as I continue in school, there will be much adapting and stretching.  But I feel so very excited at the knowledge I know I will receive while attending.  And I am honored to be here.

Hosea 4: 6~ My people perish from a lack of knowledge. (KJV). It truly is amazing how many people now of days take that bible scripture lightly. Beginning with myself, I never did really understand that scripture until I began to attend the River Bible Institute. With every day that passes I indulge myself more and more in the word f God to help better myself and also to be able to do good in school. Since I was not the brightest student in high school nor was I the most academically gifted student. I enrolled in R.B.I. with multiple goals to achieve, one most important one being to do my absolute best in all my study’s and school work and also so graduate at the top of my class.

But just as everyone around me in my life knows how bad I want this unfortunately so does the devil himself. In all honesty from the moment that I received the call from the administrator letting me know that I had been awarded the scholar ship and had been accepted into The River Bible Institute it is as if almost immediately the devil and his army declared war against me. I remember out of nowhere I began to get these thoughts of doubt and fear and different people around me bean to question my motives as to why I really wanted to get a degree in Theology and also put thoughts into my head through telling me I was waiting my time and that  was going to put two years of my life into something pointless and end up with a degree that would have no way of making any money or bring in any type of income for that fact to be able to help and support my family Luis S..