ann kiemel

Friday, February 15

happy Valentine's!!
celebrating love is fun!
wouldn't it be great if love were
uncomplicated?
when Jesus speaks
about it, He reminds us that
love is unselfish and patient.
never seeks its own. not puffed
up. always thinks of others
more than ourselves.
it is so natural for broken
people...of which we all are...to mess up in these areas.
our insecurities seem to always get
the best of us.

and that
beautiful little word, love, that
we all long to feel warmly threaded
through our veins, gets squashed
and tattered. and often makes us
sick.

Jesus has taught us what real
love is. laying down our lives
for others. He did it for us with the
thorn-studded crown..hate and
mockery..and nails driven into
His hands and feet.

"oh, how wonderful..
oh, how glorious....and my song
shall ever be...how wonderful...oh,
how marvelous is my Savior's
love for me."

this is the weekend that a friend
has gifted us as a family to all
come together in sacramento.
welcoming brandt home after six
months of deployment. (notice picture below). we are tossing in taylor's
college graduation and colson's
25th birthday. please be thinking of
and praying for us.

all four of my sons...my daughter-in-law...and grandson are at pretty stable places today,
but I assure you the enemy doesn't rest or
sleep. he is prowling around our
children..maneuvering their circumstances. trying to twist
their thoughts. turn them at odds
toward each other. the devil is slick
and greasy and nasty. God says
we must flee. run for our lives.

tighten your back-bones..i'm working to do the same. and please
know I really, truly love you all.
ann

brandt and colben

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Ann passed away on March 1, 2014.
A few words about our dear friend:

Ann Kiemel began her ministry as an ordinary girl who was determined to reach her neighborhood for Jesus. She penned her first book, I’m Out to Change My World, while still in her twenties. Millions of readers were moved by her simple faith and her desire to share Jesus in everyday, divine appointments. Despite the lack of any formal publicity, her first book became a bestseller through word-of-mouth.
Ann went on to Author several best-selling books, speaking in coliseums across the country and appearing as a guest speaker on Christian television programs such as the 700 Club, PTL, TBN, and Robert Schuller’s Hour of Power. Ann has been featured numerous times on Dr. Dobson’s Focus on the Family radio broadcasts, most recently as an expert on single parenting.

Although Ann shared the stage with some of the most well-known and influential Authors and Speakers in the world, she is remembered most by her humble presentation. Quietly seated on a stool in the middle of a large platform, she would begin…“Hi, I’m Ann. I am one simple woman in the world. I have never shaken hands with the President. I cry. Sometimes I am insecure. I am only one, but I have come tonight to tell you I am one… and Jesus and I and love are out to change the world.” Thousands of attentive fans sat on the edge of their seats, hanging onto her every word, laughing and crying together as Ann declared her love for a personal Lord…One who walked with her and talked with her on lonely days. She ran marathons, singing simple little songs to fellow runners with one overwhelming hope in mind – to win others to Jesus by building bridges to them. Her rare vulnerability and genuine faith in brighter tomorrows inspired others to dream big and believe that with God, they too, could make a difference in their world.

Some people consider Ann Kiemel to be one of the most authentic voices in the Christian community. Others refer to her as a best-selling Author of seventeen books, many of which have been passed on as inspirational classics over the past three decades. Bottom line: Ann was a gifted Author and Speaker who had a pure heart and a vision for what an extraordinary God can do in the lives of ordinary people.

After many years as a successful Speaker and Author, God answered Ann’s yearning for a husband at the age of thirty-five. Several years and many miscarriages later, Ann became the mother of four adopted sons, revolutionizing the way that many viewed open adoption. Soon thereafter, Ann realized that she had become addicted to pain medication. She entered a thirty-day secular rehab program and discovered that her addiction ran even deeper - she had become addicted to the praise and approval of others. She recounts the loneliness, pain, and ultimate deliverance in her seventeenth book, Seduced by Success – No Longer Addicted to Praise, Pills and Performance.

After offering her inadequacies to the Lord and praying for wholeness, Ann had found her way back to her first love. The heart of her ministry had changed, and Jesus was now the star. Her husband, Will Anderson, would battle cancer for eighteen months, and Ann would become a single mother of four priceless treasures. She held a deep conviction that she, alone, needed to be fully present with her children. With this is mind, she quietly walked away from the stage.

In the fall of 2008, Ann’s youngest last son left home. At the same time, a renewed interest in Ann’s ministry began to develop. Hundreds of thousands of loyal readers began searching for her, longing to hear how God had been working in her life, wanting her message to be heard by the next generation. In response to the interest of her fans, a simple blog was created. People from all over the world began chiming in, supporting one of their favorite best-selling Authors from the 1970’s and 1980’s.

Many of her books are available for purchase on Amazon.com and other places.

Ann was the mother of four boys and lived on the West coast in close proximity to her children and her twin sister, Jan.