Last night at our prayer meeting, Jennifer had a neat praise. She's a twenty-something who works at Taco Bell, and she has great difficulty reading. But on Tuesday, she voted for the first time. A poll volunteer helped walk her through the process, but she did it, she pressed the red button at the end...and she voted. She was included. It was a big deal for Jennifer. So it's a big deal for me. For all of us in that group.

Mark, our leader, led us in a little discussion of some verses in Philippians. We talked some about the fact that Paul was writing this from prison. Both Dan and Alan, other members of our prayer group, have spent time in prison. Alan wasn't there last night, but Dan gave us some insights into prison life.

We've prayed a lot about job situations, and we've seen answers. Mark has been working fulltime. Alan got a job (started this week). Terry got a different job. Nicolette got a promotion and it's going well. We've been praying that Jeremy, the son of Mark and Tami, would find a job. Tami's phone rang during our meeting last night. It was Jeremy. He landed a college teaching position and starts Wednesday.

This prayer stuff really does work, because God's listening on the other end, and he knows how to make things happen.