Greetings Sisters of the West Region,

It is my great pleasure and honor to serve as your West Region President for the next two years. I am looking forward with great expectation to what God is going to be doing through the women of the West Region. When I addressed the women at the Fall Focus Conference I spoke about you all being the ones that God had birthed in my heart as He was preparing me for this day. I truly believe this. I have been traveling a road that has led me to this season of my life and I am excited to see what God is going to do.

As I began to move forward God impressed upon my heart to share with each of you that God is calling us to a time of deep prayer. As we look around our military communities and our world overall we can see that there are many hurting people. Military families are stressed because of deployments and re-deployments. People have lost their homes and their jobs. It is an opportunity for us to stand with people in these situations by standing on the word of God.

As I looked at 2 Chronicles 7:14 I was reminded that many people quote this verse but it was going back to the

¹³verse that really put this entire passage into a new light for me. 13 “When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, ¹⁴if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

I was reminded that hard times will come, but it is what we do in these times that make the difference. My response to the tragedies and hardships of life should be pray. My response to the blessings of life should be to pray. My response in all situations should be one of prayer. That is what I believe God is calling us to as a body of women is to lift up to the heavens His people and it is in the midst of this time of prayer that we can build our relationship with God and with one another.

My desire in the coming months is to be able to come and visit each installation and spend time sharing with you what God has placed on my heart.

Also, I want to hear about your ministry needs. My heart’s desire is to pray for you and partner with you as “Workers Together for Christ."

Finally, I would like to wish each of you a Blessed New Year. May we all experience God’s grace, mercy and love overflowing in the coming year.

Blessings,
Leona D. Tatum
PWOC West Region President

May 2010

Sweet Sisters of the West,

God is great and greatly to be praised for the amazing ways He is moving in our region! We as your regional board are eager to serve and support you in practical ways that multiply your ministries. During this new season of ministry for your installations, my heart both burdened and overjoyed as I remember you in prayer. As a local PWOC leader I understand the challenges that lie before us as women of faith, wives, and mothers to fulfill our unique calling to serve our chapels, chaplains, military families and our community for Christ. However, as we serve I am reminded of how God is the One who leads, teaches, disciples us and it is HIM who helps us to reach the women around us. But none of these things can be accomplished without prayer.

As we pursue the western region’s vision (II Chronicles 7:13-14), I am constantly reminded that God is the one in control of our ministries and callings. Whether ministry is victorious or challenging, this passage is a clear reminder that “When I, the Lord, shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people, IF my people who are called by name HUMBLE themselves, PRAY and SEEK my face and TURN from their wicked ways THEN I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and heal their land.” PRAYER is the focus of our regional board…my hope for you is that you would be passionate about our focus and join us as women of prayer. Please stand in the gap for our local ministries, our regional ministry and the international ministry of PWOC. Let’s labor in prayer together, for we are all “WORKERS TOGETHER FOR CHRIST!”

It is my privilege to serve you as I am prayerfully looking forward to our 2011 conference. Conference planning and details can be challenging, but the Lord has been working in amazing ways to set up this time of worship and encouragement for us. God is calling each of us to a deeper walk with HIM and to be on our knees before HIM on behalf of all our ladies all over the western region.

Blessings to you all my PRECIOUS Sister in Christ,
Yadira Call, West Region Vice President

May 2010

Prayer and Faith go hand in hand.

Recently God has used this in my life. He has called me on a new adventure with Him and one of the first things involved were finances. Looking through my human eyes this was going to be impossible. I did what most of you do, try and think of ways on my own to accomplish this. When one of my attempts looked good, but was too good to be true, God gently reminded me to seek Him, that He had everything planned and was waiting for me.

So I spent time in my prayer closet with Him. Sharing with God how I tried and failed and asked Him to forgive me. I also shared my excitement about this new adventure and asked Him to continue opening doors and blessing each step. Then as I ended my time in prayer I gave all my fears, thoughts and plans over to Him and stepped out in faith.

How often do we go through life doing things our way, getting into trouble? Then when we can’t do anything else or need “bailing out” do we seek God. God wants us to seek Him first, Matthew 6:33 says “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness and all these things will be added to you”. We must go to Him first in everything. He knows the plans and what is best for us.

Prayer is our seeking God first in everything. When we are praying continually (1 Thess.5:17) we surrender to God our plans and open up the door for God to pour His love and blessings on us. Once we have prayed and surrendered our will to God, we must step out in faith that those requests we shared in prayer will be answered. Be prepared for God to surprise you in how He answers.

Prayer is seeking God first, faith is enjoying the blessing.

Heavenly Father I pray we will come to You first in all we do. Forgive us when we try things our way and then come to you. We thank You for Your plan and how You know each step. Father I ask that we will be bold in our seeking You and then stepping out in faith to follow You.

Father I pray for each chapter as they select new boards. May they seek Your face and will for those who will lead. Thank you for the service of those boards that are ending their time in leadership, I pray they will continue to serve and mentor the new leaders.

In Jesus Name, Amen

Lori Newbauer, West Region Prayer Coordinator

May 2010

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! He is our soon coming King and it is a joy to serve you as a Titus 2 for the West Region.

I concur with Leona that God is calling us to a season of prayer and seeking God. PWOC continues to be a haven for women during these challenging times. Not only are we Protestant Women of the Chapel but we are Praying Women of the Chapel. Now more than ever we need to hold one another up in prayer. We need to pray for military families as they face deployments and redeployments. We need to hold up our military communities in prayer!

At PWOC we gather to acknowledge God as the King of our lives and we receive biblical, practical life-tools to walk as those who are daughters of the King. Bible Study and fellowship are an integral part of our purpose and aims.

As we learn about our position in Christ and the glorious news of the gospel we become equipped to be ambassadors of the King to our families, our neighbors and to our communities.

What an exciting time to come together and sing praises to the King, learn more about the King and to encourage one another with “The King is Coming!”

Looking forward to hearing God’s answers to prayer!

Looking forward to what God has planned for all of us in the West Region.

Looking forward to Working with you for Christ!

Blessings,
Victoria Robinson, West Region Titus 2

The next PWOC Conference will be the
PWOC International Conference
November 11-14, 2010
Dallas, Texas

 

Leona Tatum, West Region President	Lori Newbauer, West Region Prayer Coordinator
Yadira Call, West Region VP/Conference Coordinator	Carol Simpson, West Region Training Coordinator
West Region Administrative Coordinator	Heather Adams, West Region Web Manager
Trudy Wyant, West Region Financial Liaison	Victoria Robinson, West Region Titus II
CH Thomas Wheatley, West Region Chaplain	West Region Leadership Selection Coordinator

If you would like to share what is happening at your local installation, please submit your information to the West Region Administrative Coordinator.