Kristin McLendon

Kristin McLendon

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Over the Valley, Through the Jungle, Across the Pond...Jesus said Go.


I love what I do. I love my students. I love seeking the Lords heart for my students. I love hearing His heart for my students. I love when I don't have a clue what it is He wants us to do. I believe it is out of this state of desperation that He comes like a mighty rushing wind. I love when He downloads it out of nowhere and you didn't see it coming and it leaves you in a big puddle of a mess because you know it is nothing but Him. Yes, Yes, that is what the summer of 2017 will be for the McLendons.

Jesus. Jesus said Go. We don't always know what it will look like and that is okay, but we do know that He said Go. He said go tell your neighbor about me. He said go tell your classmates about me. He said go to the grocery store and share about me. He said go to the widowed, the brokenhearted, the rich, the poor. Go.

"Going" for the McLendons has had many faces over the past eleven years. This year looks more different than it ever has before, but the impact is one that we are undone by and eternally grateful that Jesus would choose us to lead. If you don't mind, we would like to take a moment and tell you about it - simply to ask you to pray for us! I (Kristin) have the honor and privilege of leading a "get your feet wet" trip to Costa Rica desiring to introduce our students to missions and show them Jesus' heart for when He said Go. We will continue our partnership with the Abraham Project in San Jose, Costa Rica. The Abraham Project just broke ground on Phase Two that will house two new Children's Homes! Please pray for our students that they would fall in love with Jesus' heart for the Nations and they would come into an understanding of their calling in His Kingdom.

Robert is leading a "next step" trip to The Isle of Lewis, Scotland to challenge our students in sharing Christ with those that do not know Him. They will have many opportunities to share Jesus with peers of their own age. Please pray for our students, that they will be deeply rooted in Him as they will encounter peers of their own age that do not know Him - many that are proclaiming atheists or agnostic. 

Please pray protection over both teams. Please pray for unity amongst our teams. We are extremely excited about the plans the Lord has for our Student Ministry as we feel the impact is huge. He is obviously sending us out to two physical places, but the impact that is able to be done in our hearts is even greater. 

We simply write this today to update you to share the stirrings in our hearts and how the Lord is leading the McLendons and to say we covet your prayers. We can not do this without you. 

Below are some pictures of past teams, but the locations of where we are going just to help give you a visual. To stay up to date with the teams you can click here:

RiverStone Youth In Costa Rica (June 5-13)
RiverStone Youth In Scotland (June 8-21)


It is over the valleys, through the jungles, and across the pond that we go. 
Love, Robert, Kristin, and Jude

RiverStone Youth Scotland Team 2016

RiverStone Youth Costa Rica Team 2015


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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Jesus, Pneumonia, and a Marathon



I am less than two months past pneumonia and less than two weeks out from my first marathon. According to doctors I should still be hacking up my lungs. I only have one explanation for this and His name is Jesus. On my run yesterday (it was only a 5 miler) I was worshipping and thanking Jesus for this miraculous recovery and was thinking about writing this blog post. Then almost immediately doubt crept in. What if I don't finish. Should I wait till I finish my marathon to write this post. Then almost immediately (again) the word TRUST came to mind. And I just started saying that word over and over again as I ran those laps around the neighborhood (by now I have a good 1mile route nailed down). I trust you Jesus. I 100% believe YOU have healed me.

This journey to my first marathon has not been what I was expecting. I had not expected to have a week in the hospital and a full month of being on bed rest. But if I needed a lesson in the power of prayer and trusting in Him, I got one. I attended our church's Night of Healing Prayer and just wept as our people prayed for me. Begging for mercy and wanting to return to "life".  The next day I had my first full day of not sleeping in the middle of it. Glory be to God.

That next week I slowly began returning to work, and that weekend we had a guest speaker at church. At the end, the Lord used him to prophetically speak into our people. He asked if anyone needed new lungs and I stood as quickly as I could, holding my hands up, believing with everything in me for complete healing from the Lord. Eventually I opened my eyes and I was surrounded by youth that love me and were laying hands on me and praying for me. It is a moment I will never forget. In that moment I was changed and I will never be the same. I became the student and my students became the leaders. The Lord used them to speak life into my body and I became ALIVE.

To Him Be the Glory.

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Friday, March 19, 2010

This Weekend

Lot's going on this weekend! There's something for everyone!!!

First, please pray for us!!! We leave this afternoon for our annual Middle School Retreat. I've said it before, but this is one the most incredible things I have ever seen. Our high school leadership team has spent months preparing and planning for this retreat...and throughout the weekend...they do all the speaking, all the prayer ministry, all the band, all the small group leading, etc, etc... Incredible. So...please pray. It starts this afternoon and we'll return Sunday at 12:30pm. For last years recap video, click here.

For those around here...or even if you're not around here and want to come up or over...you should! John Mark McMillan and our own Daniel Bashta are going to be at our church (RiverStone) Saturday night @ 7pm...so come....

For my South Georgia friends....Rita Springer is on St. Simons Island. I don't even need to get into how much this woman has influenced my life. So...if you're anywhere near the coast, you need to go. Here are the details: Christian Renewal Church @ 6530 Frederica Road, St. Simons Island, GA starting at 10am on Sunday, March 21st. For more info, call the church... 912.638.4918.

Also, my youth friends at RHUMC are raising money on Saturday for their upcoming mission trip...with a car wash and yard sale. So, for those Savannah and Richmond Hill folks...or anyone driving on I-95 stop by 9050 Ford Ave, Richmond Hill, between 7am and 3pm and support my friends please.

Okay, that's all I got. Have a great weekend friends. I'll see you on Sunday!

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Friday, November 6, 2009

Meet My Kids

For my friends and family back home, here are a couple of faces for you of the kids lives the Lord has allowed me to be apart of. Oh, may we all be stirred by the passion in their hearts!


*There is a video in this post. If you can't see it in your email or reader, click here.
**Our blog is cutting off the right hand side of the blog. For the original video click here.

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Stuffication

If you are in the area tomorrow (Saturday) you should stop by RiverStone Church, 2005 Stilesboro Road, Kennesaw, from 9-1pm....for a garage sale!!! It's gonna be great and it's a direct result of this sermon. If you get a chance, you should listen....and go to the garage sale!


(There is a sermon posted here-if you can't see it, click here)

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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Checking in

So I know I've been a little sketch and not been on the blog lately--and it's hands down because SUMMER CAMP IS THIS WEEKEND! I've been trying to be diligent and make the most of my down time with Jesus and my hubby, so I apologize for the lack of letting you know of the McLendon Whereabouts!


We are doing good. A few road trips here and there and looking forward to our first RiverStone Summer Camp. Looks like we'll have about 440 people at camp. Crazy eh? It's not about numbers, but geez, it increases your level of expectation!! Jesus is up to something and we are super excited! They say around here that they think we might be the only 10 year old church with a 40 year old camp. Insane, right? I keep checking our RiverStone website to see if they've posted the sermon from Sunday up yet, because really everyone needs to hear it. It's about Spiritual Fathers and a) God's word 'll rock your socks off, b) it'll challenge the mess out of you, c) it explains the roots of camp and the roots of RiverStone. I'll let you know as soon as they post it and would love for all of you to take the time to listen to a) hear about where the Lord has us and b) to let it challenge you in being a Spiritual Father/Mother.

So on that note, what's the Lord up to in your life? What's He showing you??? What does He have you reading this summer? I'm reading a few books, but I just started my Summer Bible Study. It's called "Me, Myself and Lies by Jennifer Rothschild." Beth Moore is facilitating it on her blog. A group of ladies did a bible study through her blog last summer, but now we have all scattered across the state of Georgia---but we are still going to do it together. We have a private blog that we pour our hearts into and share what the Lord is teaching us. It's not the same as sitting around a living room with one another, but it's good for accountability and it's so good to study the Word of God with some crazy head over heels in love with Jesus women! So, even though we are scattered between the hill, columbus, lawrenceville and the atl, I'm walking in expectation that Jesus wants to do something in us through this study! Come Lord!

Gotta run for now, but wanted to share with you a song we sang in Cell Group the other day. I've been singing it nonstop and listening to it on youtube continually--so of course I wanna share it with you...enjoy! (For those getting this in an email and/or a feed, there's a video over here on our blog--so you should come visit it!)


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