​Do you remember a time as a child when you were told to stop crying?
Chances are you said yes. When I asked my trench class that question
last week, everyone raised their hand. We all giggled at the truth, but
then as it settled over and in each of us, my next teaching point rose to
the surface. We’ve been taught from a young age to not feel, to bury
whatever’s bothering us and not deal.
The truth is that doesn’t solve anything; in fact, it creates more problems,
especially relationally.
I love watching people’s expressions as the truths they are learning
settle in and bring revelation and understanding to the surface. I know
for me, that all these truths that have been deposited in my soul have
helped keep me up when life tries to take me down.
For more information on why and what we do, check out the link below.
In the meantime, have a terrific Tuesday.
Love,
Kim-Evinda

Distractions, distractions, distractions! They’re everywhere, in our home out of our
home, on our phones, our computers, in our minds. Sometimes we need to disconnect
so we don’t distract ourselves away from that which we need the most. In other words,
there is One that we need to be tuned into that we may know what/who to tune out.
Thanks for joining us for Faith-Filled Friday with Debra Dolce and Trench Classes
United. We are confident that this love letter will be a great reminder that distractions
can often be a tool of the enemy keeping us from spiritual connection.

~Love Letter~
"Martha, My beloved Martha. Why are you upset and troubled, pulled away by all these
many distractions? Are they really that important;" This is what I say to you today! Why
are you so distracted?
Has your life become so filled that there's no room to sit with Me? Are you so busy
working for Me that there's no time to be with me?
Take some inventory on what is really important. Some are pulled away by ministry, job,
home, children or family. Are you found in any of these? That ought not to be, for
without Me you can do nothing. Realign yourself today so that you don't get caught up in
any of these.
I say get ready to celebrate for I am releasing new gifts and blessings. I have so much
for you as you continually make Me your priority. Stay focused on what I am doing that
you don't miss things, for when you're distracted you won't notice a change.
Beloved, stay in tune, keep your heart sensitive to Me and how I'm moving in this day. 
~DebraDolce

​Welcome to Thursday’s Trench Truth, which is all about relationships.
Do you tend to feel upset when you feel others are distancing themselves from you
and/or do you have a hard time being alone, or…Do you enjoy time with others and feel
comfortable in your own skin when alone.
Oh, I remember the days as a single mom and my son would be with his dad. I’d come
home and the house was so quiet, and I’d literally fill up with anxiety, not knowing what
to do with myself. I didn’t know how to be comfortable in my own skin. Oh, and I always
had to have a guy in my life, or someone around in order to feel like I was someone.
That was so many healing years ago, and yet, I’ve still been known to say “I don’t need
a man,” and I’ve heard many other girlfriends say that as well. Why do we say things
like that? Well, from my experience, those words are spoken out of a past
disappointment, hurt and even betrayal, but really, the only one that that attitude hurts is
ourselves because God intended that we do life in relationships, not in spite of
relationships. Life is a team sport and in order to really become more like Him, it
requires the classroom of “relationships.”
Perhaps it’s time to discover the difference between self-dependence and healthy
independence. If you’d like to learn how to feel comfortable in your own skin, have a
balanced relational life, then plan on joining us TONIGHT!
For more information, go tot www.trenchclassesunited.com/classes I hope to meet you
there.
Love,
Kim-Evinda

​She continued to read in Romans Chapter 2, 5-11, and the final verse in her devotion
rendered her convicted: 11 “For there is no partiality with God.”
Thanks for joining us for Wednesday’s Word with Kim-Evinda and Trench Classes
United. Have you ever found yourself feeling so frustrated, disillusioned and duped and
venting in the name of “righteous anger”? This is the place that Kim-Evinda
transparently shares with us today.
Sitting in her quiet time, reading the Only Book that brought her revelation,
understanding, direction and healing, she couldn’t stop the conviction that washed over
her as she rewound the day before, which had been replete with frustration
disillusionment and wrapped up with what she justified as “righteous anger,” She
realized that this anger was beginning to poison her attitude and come out in her
actions.
As she sat meditating on the portion of scripture she had just completed, a few truths
made themselves known to her, washing away her need to understand, and not only
stopping the anger but sending it back to its rightful place: the pit of hell. Humility
soothed her soul as she shared with God that she felt duped on so many levels, buying
into the truths that others had been sharing, all in “His name,” but apparently, they too
had been filled with too much righteous anger and had gotten caught up in their hopes
for a different ending according to their desires that they felt lined up with God.
Life can be like that, like a roller coaster that is coasting up the steep, steep hill then
suddenly takes a sharp turn or a sudden descent into unknown territory and we’re left
screaming, if not vocally, certainly inside.
But what had happened didn’t change God; what had happened didn’t change His love
for any of us, she thought, including those who she felt had been blatant in their
schemes.
She wept and surrendered her “righteous anger,” allowing God to take the gavel out of
her hand and put it back in His, where it belonged. This surrender released trust to seep
into all the crevices of her heart, filling it with a peace so beyond her own
comprehension.
Friend, is there someone or something that has you stuck in anger? No matter what
happens, remember this: God’s ways are not our ways; He is righteous; He sees it all,
and He will have the final say in all that concerns us.
Love,
Kim-Evinda

Welcome to Tuesday’s Trench Truth
Are you one that tends to avoid conflict and/or anything involving emotions, or…will you
initiate a difficult conversation to resolve a problem? Ahh, two years into my marriage
that I learned that my husband was one of those avoiders, that difficult conversations
were not only avoided but created more problems for us. It wasn’t until I read the book
How We Love by Milan and Kay Yerkovich that I learned why…
Friends, how we were loved absodarnlutely affects how we love who we love. That’s not
to bash parents…at all. Our parents did the best they could with what they had been
given.
But what if you could change this tendency to avoid difficult conversations and learn
how to get in touch with healthy ways to resolve conflict, solve problems, thus
strengthening all of your important relationships?
We’d like to offer you that opportunity to join us in a trench near you to learn this and
more because God’s design for relationships is to make us better, not bitter.
For more information, go to www.trenchclassesunited.com/classes
Love,
Kim-Evinda

Let’s face it, what was once wrong is now right and what was once right is
being portrayed as wrong.
Thanks for joining us for Monday’s Message with Abigail Rice and Trench
Classes United. Her words today remind us that when we are looking
toward the One true Light, we will never stay in the dark.
​
There in the dark
Is right where You are
A small flicker of Light
A glimpse of Hope
In this stream
That constantly tries to drown me
But this curse
Is my blessing
A testing
Of faith
A baptism of fire
and because of that
My heart will transpire
Bringing to light
My soul’s true desire
To know
and be known
By the One who sits upon the Heavenly throne
Like a bird flying home
Dropping seeds
I watch them grow
Into the Vine
Of delight
Never losing faith
Never losing sight
Try the devil might
But for me
I choose to fight
and by His wings
I am covered
Like the shield of a mother
Protecting her babes
No matter how far they may stray
Knowing they will come home
In this battle for their soul…
“Fight the good fight of faith;
Lay hold of the eternal life
To which you were summoned and
[for which] you confessed the good confession
[of faith] before many witnesses”
- 1 Timothy 6:12

​Faith-Filled Friday

With the God-given design for family changing and morphing faster and
faster away from Biblical principles, this commandment to honor our father
and mother is becoming more of a fairy-tale, once upon a time.
Thanks for joining us for Faith-Filled Friday with Debra Dolce and Trench
Classes United. Today’s love letter is a great reminder that not only is our
God a God of order, but He also knew this would be a tough thing to do in
our ever-changing culture, which is why He sealed it with a promise.

~Love Letter~
My love, honor your father and mother, and love those around you as you love yourself.
This instruction is very important in your life.

To honor is a commitment to respect and love. That doesn't mean agreeing with
everything they choose. You honor and respect your parents for who they are, but you
follow and worship Me.

Scripture says to have no other gods before Me. When you love and worship Me then
you can do all these other things. It is My love that changes your heart, even expands
its capacity to love those around you.

All those you struggle with I can help you when you come and ask Me and as you rely
on Me, My strength becomes your strength and will walk you through these struggles
with those you are called to honor. I am always with you helping you to love no matter
what the circumstances are.
​
I know the hardship some suffer from the hands of another. Do you see My love for My
betrayer and those that crucified Me? The secret is it has more to do with you and I than
it does about you and them.

Beloved, the secret to living offense free is surrendering everything to Me and letting
every other thing fall by the wayside. 

~DebraDolce

Do you keep score of the things those you care about did to you or about you, or…are
you able to express your hurt/disappointment appropriately
​
I remember the opportunity to do just that, express myself appropriately, showed up
unexpectedly. That’s how life is; lessons show up unexpectedly and we can either stop
and learn the lesson, or keep on going until we are forced to figure it out.
So here’s what happened: my step-son had done something which let’s just say totally
irritated me, pushed a button and it wasn’t the happy one. When we got home, he
actually asked me, you mad? “I’m fine.” No sooner had the little white lie escaped my
lips when all of a sudden, my conscience was searing. I stopped what I was doing,
thought about what I would say…without an attitude and then went outside and
addressed it. It went something like this: Hey, Bryce, so when you asked me if I was
mad, I wasn’t really mad, just irritated. I went on to address his action, NOT his
character, and then boom, just like that, I was done; irritation vanished and integrity
intact.

What if I hadn’t approached it? I’ll tell you what would have happened. It would have
resided deeper and deeper into my soul and been added to any other unresolved
conflict until one day….But it doesn’t have to be that way!

Plan on joining us in our How to Love Trench coming to Redlands next week. Come
learn how to love those you love and even learn to communicate healthily with those
you don’t…really like too much! Check out the link for our Zoom opportunity as well.
www.trenchclassesunited.com/classes

Learning and Unlearning…
Kim-Evinda

It’s that time of year where I can easily get caught up in shopping; I mean
after all, every store you shop has “CLEARANCE” and “WHILE SUPPLIES
LAST” signs everywhere. How can a girl not get sucked in!

Thanks for joining us for Wednesday’s Word with Evinda Lepins and
Trench Classes United.

Seriously, don’t we all run to the sales, whether it be online, the grocery
store, outlet stores, department stores…Stores! Stores! Stores! And then
there’s Amazon! Lord, help me!

It blows my mind when I rewind the camera of my life and see me
shopping, my mouth wide open in shock as I stare at a pair of white jeans
marked down to $4.50, and a dress marked down to $7, and on and on and
on. How can I not, I say to myself! And before I know it, my arms are filled
with all these things that I just thought I had to have.

It’s easy to get sucked in, isn’t it? I mean I better hurry up and buy them
before someone else gets them, right? 

Well, last week, a day after one of those type of shopping incidents, our
pastor was speaking about encounters with God. It was a powerful
message, and a wonderful church service. I felt so empowered,
encouraged, and energized spiritually, emotionally and physically. It
satisfied my soul in such a way that…oh my goodness, in such a way that
all the “CLEARANCE” and “GET IT WHILE SUPPLIES LAST” shopping
sprees could not ever do. I mean I felt such euphoria, like I could just dance
with joy, and that stayed with me awhile, inspiring this very thought:
There are things that never go on sale and yet…the supply is endless and
there’s enough for everyone, and there’s only one Manufacturer…Jesus!
Grace, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness…yes these are the things I
want to pursue more enthusiastically this year, especially knowing that they
never run dry and there’s enough for everyone…enough for me and
enough for me to share as long as I am abiding in and with the
Manufacturer. [Galatians 5:22-23]

Oh, to pursue the things that never go on sale, things I’ll never find on the
clearance rack, things that will give contentment that money can’t
buy…even half as much as I chase those sales! 
​
Love,
Kim-Evinda