"Amazing Love"

As the pressure begins to build kinda like a pot getting ready to boil over at its hottest point I am reassured by his spirit that he is STILL is in control.. Of course we know that there are several things in play in this story. We know that there are principalities at work in places we can not see or understand but trusting that God's timing is always SO perfect.
QT and I have spoken with his attorney at length working on responses, petitions, etc. and we know that it has been an uphill battle for 8 years and its about to get tougher and as I think about it, it brings me back to when Christ had to carry that cross up the hill on calvary to full fill his promise and just think if he'd given up we'd have "NO HOPE"!
Hope is what keeps us going, in the fight to see him free, to see him home, to see him exonerated for a crime he did not commit! As I talked to QT and things were looking a little shacky due some tactics the state has thrown he told me "tia I am going to fast this weekend (1/17/10) just because my soul needs it because their is a hunger for me in the deepest part of my soul that is thirsty for more of him" I told him I would fast with him.. I just said it without thinking or preparing for it as a form of support for his need but I must say "I FAILED TERRIBLY"... I use to think about when Christ asked his disciples to pray with him when he was in the garden and they kept falling asleep.. I use to think how hard it it to stay up with your lord, how hard is it to support him and it brought me to my knees,crying, praying and seeking forgiveness because I had failed my nephew and God too.. but thankfully his spirit came and comforted me and brought me back with him.. its amazes me everyday to see the Love he has for YOU, for ME, for ALL of us! HIS is truly Amazing Love, How can it be that You, my King, should die for me?
amazing love,I know it’s true. it’s my joy to honor you,in all I do, I honor You!

Please continue to pray for QT, for my family as we continue to thank the Lord for all he has done, all he is doing, and all he will do!

For HIS Glory
Joanne Alonzo-Gloria

Closer & Closer

I thought it would much easier with QT close by and him able to have more access to people he hadn't seen in a while but I realize that its not! I know it gets only harder as time pases because realizing that the (spiritual)battle becomes more intense. I know the we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places and with that in mind please pray for us.. It seems like the enemy knows we are so close, we just need to hold on to the faith! Jennifer went to see him and he was fine but a little disappointed because he felt that he reacted out of character.. I mean he said "tia man its so different here really the devil rules this place, just the sense of evil and darkness, helplessness, hopelessness here... I would much rather be at my unit with brothers that really love God and encourage each other to keep going forward" but if you are really concerned for his health (physically/spiritually) please keep him in your prayer that God continue to have his angels protect him... That God continue to work in and on the judges/attorneys/district attorneys and everyone involved in his case.
I did speak with his attorney Mr. Biggs very briefly and his case has been set for Wednesday,February 24, 2010. Please be praying that God's will be done and he be glorified through all of this! I know God is working and I get so easily distracted with so many things going on in our family right now it feels like a BIG RED target is on our back one thing after another, one issue after another but I know this is the work of the enemy to test us but we know who our strength and faith is in but I must admit there are times that I feel weak in the knees and my head is spinning but I just have to slow myself down and praise him for all he has done, all he is doing, and all he will do!

For His Glory,
Joanne/Joey/Chana