Feb/Mar 2011

2011: A YEAR OF GREAT CHANGE

Emily Kissell Feb. 2011

Dear friends and family,

Well, sorry for the delay in getting these letters (and last month’s) sent out, I had a rough time getting them to print. What a month February has been! The first day of the month, we had a ‘snow day’ at college! Coming from Minnesota, and experiencing so many snow days down here in such a short span of time seems silly to me sometimes, but then I remember that I am south enough where this much snow is strange. Kansas City has definitely improved at least in the area of plowing the streets, they even learned that putting salt down on the roads is helpful too! I was very excited to see some trucks out on the roads plowing and even salting in some parts! J

Anyway, a few days later, after wrestling through with some other things (not just the ‘lack’ of snow removal), I stood up for prayer in a Saturday night service, yet again as I’ve done so many times for years, for prayer for my back and He healed my back pain! My back did not straighten, but the pain was gone! I went up on stage to testify and days later I was still in shock that I no longer felt any pain in my back! God is so good! So funny too, because I would’ve thought the spine would be straightened, and then the pain would be gone…I was wrong!

God has also been giving me many dreams and even some ‘visions’ this year especially. In the past I have gone through really short seasons of increased dreams, but this time it’s been at least a whole month of dreams and more, almost every night. God is so good! J

Then, on Valentine’s Day, my phone officially died, and my car was involved in an accident. My roommate was driving my car with a friend in the passenger seat, and I chose to ride with my other roommate home from going out to eat. Long story short, it was miracle after miracle! No one was seriously injured, the other lady involved had to have wrist surgery, and her car had a lot more damage than mine did. Somehow, the way it happened, there was no reaction time for my car, and somehow my car got catapulted onto a lawn of a church (J)! Missing a pole, a tree, and driving straight up a sidewalk ramp! If it had been any later, my friend in the passenger seat might have been killed! God is so good! That was a really rough week, but if anything it taught us to lean on Him and trust Him in every situation! I am so grateful for how that all happened! I am struggling without a car, but there is a little rumor, that my dad might have been able to restore my old car, and I can drive it back down here in a couple weeks when I’m home for spring break!

All this to say, I still want to hear from all of you! I would love to pray for specifics if you have any. Just know that I am praying regardless for you all and I love all your support!

So, if you would like to partner with me financially, you can send checks made out to IHOP-KC and send them directly to me or the base. IHOP-KC is recognized by the IRS to be a religious order and any donations (so long as my name is NOT on the check) will be able to be tax-deductible. It is very important, if you do want to have tax deduction, that you do not put my name anywhere on the check.

If you send it straight to the mission’s base here please do not include any personal note or letter to me as they will discard of it and I will never see it. There are thousands of people at this mission’s base and they cannot just personally deliver my mail to me. You can simply put a post-it or a scrap piece of paper with my full name on it in the envelope or stuck to the check, it is better that you not write my name on the envelope. Kansas City and the United States government require that at least 20% of my check go towards federal, city, etc taxes, so I will only get to keep 80% of the amount. If you wish to support me and do not want those taxes taken out you can simply make the check out to me. “Contributions are solicited with the understanding that IHOP-KC has complete discretion and control over the use of the donated funds”

Support checks for tax deduction may be sent to:

IHOP-KC Support Emily Kissell*

3535 East Red Bridge Rd. Or 12137 Charlotte St.

Kansas City, MO 64137 Kansas City, MO 64146

(*only send personal stuff to my home address)

Or email me at: emilykissell@ihopu.org