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2011 Woman 2 Woman Mentoring Institute Testimonies |
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This has been one of the best weeks of my life. I was excited to connect with many women who are all on the same journey. Desiring deeply to know how I can give of myself in the God's Kingdom and help others realize theirs. I have known that God has been dealing with me for quite some time to get involved and to utilize my spiritual gifts in bringing others to Christ and ministering much more to the hurting. It was and will continue to be a life changing experience. The experience cannot stop there!!!! It must become real in this hurting world. I will have my first meeting at COP Sunday with the absentee ministry. It will be more than calling people; I want this to be a ministry. I want to help grow COP.
Dear Pastor Darlene, I just want to thank you for blessing me again this year. Yes, I must say that I may have came one way, but I certainly left REFRESHED, RENEWED, and REFOCUSED. I just wanted to say I truly enjoyed all the old and new faces that I had the opportunity to share with on last week. I had been going thru so many different things including still trying to deal with the recent death of my mom. Then I met these wonderful Women of God who were sharing the same pain as myself , but still seeking a greater relationship with God just as myself. But after I left the Institute I forgot about everything I was going thru and only had the desire to bless others. After listening to Janet speak on the "Blessed Life" I had an even stronger desire to bless others with the word of God. I began giving out the "One Minute of Praise" books on Saturday as soon as I woke up that morning. I intended on saving them for Mother's Day, but the Holy Spirit led me a different direction. After just three days of giving the books out to people who were hurting and going thru so many different problems. I want you to know that God bless me with a new job on Wednesday morning. I never even filled out an application. I wasn't even looking for a job, but I prayed for a financial blessing and he gave me a new job to fill my needs. GOD IS SO AWESOME!!!!!! Thank you so much. I'm just another example that God is still in the blessing business. I love you, and truly, truly Thank God for what you are doing in the lives of others thru your ministries. ~Tara Scott-Smith - Memphis, TN
It took me three years to get to there, but it was well worth the wait!!! I was hindered but not defeated!!! The presence of the Holy Spirit was so strong as you and Pastor prayed and anointed us. I felt as if I were soaring with the angels. The interpretation that the Holy Spirit gave you affirmed everything that was taught and also instructed us to execute what we learned to further the I highly recommend the W2 Again, thank you so much for your dedication, encouragement, giving of your time and diligence. May God richly bless you. I Love You!!! ~Rita Garner – Byhalia, Mississippi
Dear Darlene: Just a note to let you know you’re an inspiration. Dejuanna and I both have been plunged into new dimensions of service and ministry we never knew were possible. Maybe not to the depths we thought but are being developed and stretched in ways that are mind boggling sometimes. Dejuanna is writing her “Beauty for Ashes” booklet quarterly but has gotten opportunity to be a wedding coordinator. She helped her daughter produce a movie that is being edited now. It is called “Persona”. I am excited for her and all that God is doing in her life. I know that going to your Woman 2 Woman Mentoring Institute was a beginning for these avenues to open up. Thank you! ~Teresa Groce, Monroe, LA
Dear Pastor Darlene:
Darlene, I just wanted to say thank you for having this institute. I feel so much stronger and wiser with my ministry and God continues to bless me. Thank you for making it so that I could attend, it was truly a life changing experience, although I am still reviewing some of the daytime studies, I am getting so excited as I go through and study each one. Friday night was truly amazing and I just left wanting more. So many times we need that one on one or small group setting and it hit the right spot for me. I can’t wait till next year and I will plan ahead to attend ALL sessions. I also enjoyed getting to see a different and more personal side of you and growing developing closer relationships with the other ladies. Thank you again and my God bless your ministry the fullest. With all my love and appreciation, Stacey Stewart – Memphis, TN
Dear Pastor Darlene, It was so good to be with all of you again! This was my third mentoring institute and it was so wonderful. I only hated that I couldn't be there for all the sessions, but I was determined to continue to be a part of this Kingdom-building ministry! As I helped to pray over the women Friday night, I couldn't help but think back two years ago to the night you and Pastor Randel commissioned me. You spoke so prophetically into my life, and I have watched God do some of the very things you both spoke over me. Other things I know will come in the future when I am fully equipped to walk in them. But as I thought of my own journey, I couldn't help but be excited for the new mentees, as you laid hands on them. I know they were blessed, and will in turn, be a blessing to many as they continue on their own journey. I just want to thank you, your husband, and your team (Janet, Vee and others), for your servants' hearts. It is obvious how much time and effort you put into this institute, and I know your seed will produce a great, eternal harvest! What a garden you are going to have in heaven! A garden of souls that were touched and changed, and went on to touch and change others for His glory! I love you all and pray you are blessed most abundantly! ~Dora Lindsey - Searcy, AR
Dear Pastor Darlene, Wow is all I can say about the mentoring institute! It was an absolutely lifechanging event for me. I learned so much and I am still processing the information each day. My favorite part was the teaching on honor's reward. It has changed the way I look at everything I do and everyone I meet. I also felt that God just cemented for me the understanding of my calling and what he has gifted me to do. I was told by some former mentees not to be surprised at how fast God would began to use me after we were commissioned. Guess what? I have already been asked to do something that requires my gifting to come out and be used! I am so excited! I also am so grateful for all the wonderful relationships that began as a result of my going to the institute. The women I met and got to know will be lifelong friends just like you said. We had so much fun together and I know I will never be the same. Thank you so much for all you did to make this event one of a kind and to pour into us all that you did. I can't say enough how much I loved it and I will be encouraging other women to come next year. My husband and I have already talked about giving someone a scholarship to go; that is how much I believe in this mentoring institute. I know I will be back next year and I can't wait to see what all God will do between now and then. Thank you Pastor Darlene for obeying the voice of God when He told you to hold this event. It has changed my life and I know I will continue to grow from all I have learned. In Christ' love, Cyndi Wales - Memphis, TN
Pastor Darlene,
The Mentoring Institute is such an awesome blessing for me each year. I have attended this instiute for three years and thank God for the awesome opportunity to be encouraged, exalted, and taught so many valuable tools help in ministry. The teaching is simply incredible and the other women that I have met really become lifelong sisters in Christ. Pastor Darlene and this ministry has made a significant difference in my life and I am so grateful. Pastor Darlene has really become a true mentor to me because she cares about what I am doing and where I am going. Throughout the year she sends teaching material to guarantee that the mentees continue to be fed and uplifted. Yolanda Morris, Memphis TN
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Good Day Pastor Darlene, Janet and Verneta,
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Pastor Darlene: My name is Dejuanna Albritton and I attended your 2008 Women’s Mentoring Institute with my friend, Teresa Groce. We have been friends for many years and have watched each other grow in our relationship with God through different events in our lives. We share the bond of our husbands being in leadership in our home church, First Assembly of God in When Teresa first asked me about attending the Institute with her, I was skeptical. I’m reserved, she’s out-going. I’m a one on one – she loves being in the middle of a lot of people. I love being around her and always have but a “Woman 2 Woman Mentoring Institute?” It took going on line, reading your personal testimony and reading your heart, and the Holy Spirit giving me peace to change my mind. I decided to go with Teresa with no expectations, an open mind and open heart. I was blessed and inspired by the other women in attendance. My life experience paled in comparison to most of theirs. I realized the blessed life I’ve lived and it made me grateful and yet filled with admiration for what these women had overcome and the visions they have for their future. I truly saw God’s magnificent power at work. The lessons that were presented challenged me in areas and humbled me in others. The whole “Institute” experience left me feeling empowered and equipped to be the woman of God He has called me to be. I publish a small book every other month entitled “Beauty For Ashes.” It contains testimonies, prayers, poems, and stories by women. The purpose is to encourage women in all walks of life. I include recipes and God’s Word in each issue. I have been blessed personally and know of many others that feel that it’s contents are making a difference. My objective in attending the Institute was for God’s direction for the book and for me personally. I was thrilled when Teresa told me about her TV show; but I was not prepared when she asked me to be her first guest. Honestly the only reason I said yes was our friendship at first. As I desperately sought God’s face for a graceful way to call her and resend my “yes” response with “I love you but no,” I felt fear creeping up from the pit of my stomach to my throat that made me feel ill. As I began seeking God’s word, I realized that peace was bathing my spirit. I finally came to the realization that this was my next step. A door had opened and I had to enter. Every time fear tried creeping up, I reminded myself that the Holy Spirit would give me the words I needed when I needed them and I didn’t have to worry. We arrived for the taping and I still felt calm. I prayed one more time for the Holy Spirit’s peace to cover me and we began. Teresa had the hardest part – filling in time gaps and making sure I kept on track. I just opened my mouth and the twenty minutes seemed to fly by. I have no doubt who spoke that day – the Holy Spirit. The boldness that God has given me is just one of the blessings I received by obeying the Holy Spirit’s urging to draw closer to my Heavenly Father. Thank you, Darlene for being the mighty woman of God that you are. Your obedience to your calling has blessed my life in more ways than you’ll ever know. ~Dejuanna Albritton, West Monroe, LA
Darlene, My name is Teresa Groce and I would like to give a praise report about God has opened doors since attending the 2008 Women’s Mentoring Institute. A friend, Dejuanna Albritton and I attended together this year. We live in I have been to 2 of her conferences before and knew her reputation and felt a kindred spirit with her. Dejuanna had not attended the conferences but trusted me as her friend to not lead her astray. So we headed to We were not disappointed. We left changed and inspired – knowing that we had been equipped with new knowledge to share with other women in our church and a fresh anointing to would enable us with boldness and confidence. My desire has been to host a TV show aimed at encouraging Christian women for a couple of years. A week after we returned home, I had an opportunity to volunteer at our local Christian TV station. A lady that attends our church told the owner of the station that I wanted to host a women’s TV show. He contacted me later about a new line of shows he’s implementing and asked if I would be interested in being a host. He introduced me on March 24 and explained that I would be hosting a show for women – about women; the issues women face; and testimonies of different women that have faced life’s challenges and conquered them with God’s guidance. I was able to host my first show on April 7 and my first guest was Dejuanna. We both know that the doors that God has opened for both of us is due to the blessings we received by attending the Mentoring Institute. I personally feel that by obeying the Holy Spirit’s prompting me to looking into attending the conference and then asking Dejuanna to attend with me has opened new doors for both of us. Our objective in attending the Institute was first: obedience; second: seeking; and third: confirmation. Thank you, Darlene for your obedience to the call God has placed in your heart. ~Teresa Groce, West Monroe, LA
Pastor Darlene: First I want to thank you for the honor of attending the W2WMI, all I can think is WOW. I call us ladies, my Mentoring Sisters, and you, my Mentoring Mother. The third day of the Institute, I felt so close (sisters) to the girls, and you too. They will always be my sisters. Pastor Darlene, you and Pastor Randel, will always be my Mom & Dad Pastors. You have sown so much into my life these past 10+ years.
Darlene: WOW! There are really no words to express what the institute meant to me. Those words of guarding your anointing for some reason seemed to resonate in my ears. I appreciate all the pouring out that was exhibited. The way I was treated was as someone who mattered. I appreciate your husband' support of what you do. He really cares about people I have had the opportunity to reach out to some widows in our congregation. I am having lunch with 4 widows today. I remember that you said to find somewhere and serve. I hope that these ladies will be vessels I can love and pour into. May God pour out double favor on your ministry this year! I believe multiplication will come into all of our lives because you chose to care and invest in ladies lives. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! God Bless! Love, Teresa Groce –
Hi Pastor Darlene,
I just wanted to tell you what a blessing it was to be at the mentoring insitute. I was telling Janet and Vee that last year was incredibly anointed, but it seemed like this year tripled in its anointing. There were times when the presence of God was so strong (like when you gathered us and spoke prophetically over us and at the commisioning in your home) when I was so overwhelmed by His presence that I literally didn't know if my mortal body could take much more! Have you ever felt like you were going to implode and explode at the same time? That's the best way to describe how I felt. I am so glad I didn't miss it. I don't know how I am going to swing things yet when I start back to school, but I am going to find a way to be at your conference and at the W2WMI. I may have to come in on Thrusday evening because I will have classes on Thurs. am, but I will be there! I would love to do a workshop at the conference if you feel led by the Lord to do that. ~ Dora Lindsey, Searcy, Arkansas
Pastor Darlene,
I just wanted to thank you so very much for your obedience to do the will of our Lord. I am still in awe over my experience from the mentoring institute. What is so exciting and unique about this experience is you want to share with everyone, but can't, because many could not relate or understand what you're feeling. And that is mainly because it is hard to find the words that could accurately express the experience. The mentoring institute is an answer to one of my prayers, so it was definitely confirmation to the yearning in my spirit regarding my direction and ministry. I now have a better understanding of what I need to do right now. I was so uncertain as to what direction I should go, but the institute made it clear about seeking guidance from God for His will on our lives by first reading and studying His word. This is something I already knew, however, the new revelation received from John Bevere's message instilled a whole new perspective and level of fear on just how important it is for us to truly know that we know that we know that we are operating in God's total will for our lives. I thank God for you and for allowing me the opportunity to participate, fellowship and bond with such an awesome group of women. I know that God will always bless you for your hunger to do His will, for your obedience and your giving spirit! Remember, you will always have a sister in Christ that will always have you and your family lifted in prayer! Thank you again and much love to you. ~Jestine L. Middleton-Mathis, Memphis, TN
Dear Randel and Darlene, I couldn't leave this morning w/o telling you how thankful I am for you and your ministry.
The W2WI has truly been a blessed time. While I did not know exactly why I was drawn to attend, I believe it has brought the Wind that I needed to help me to soar.
As it was taught in our class, continual flapping will wear a person out. And gliding is only temporary. Thank you both for investing into my life. Thank you for the resources and etc.. You have given more back than what I brought to you. ~ Carla Reynolds, Humboldt, TN |
