Home from the Road!

Hi!

I haven't posted in several weeks because we have been on the road again!

This time to Frontier School of the Bible to attend their home missions conference to represent Village Missions and also the added benefit to see our Hannah!

We had a great week visiting with students and teaching a workshop on mentoring. We were encouraged as the students had great questions about Village Missions. One young couple in particular we spent a lot of time getting to know and we are praying they will pursue the application process.

We also enjoyed seeing Hannah in action at school. We were able to eat several meals with her and then we spent Friday afternoon and evening as a family going to a garage sale, Goodwill and eating dinner at Culvers. We sat at Culvers for over three hours just talking! Saturday morning came all too early as we said our goodbyes and were off towards home.

We were home for less than 19 hours to sleep and lead the morning worship at our church and then we were on the road again to visit the first of the churches we have been asked to represent VM to. We had a good meeting with both the missionaries and the church. We spent the night and had our VM Fellowship Day this morning before returning home.

So you can see it has been a busy past two weeks but also an encouraging time as we have enjoyed being able to encourage others in their walk with the Lord.

In the days we live in when the news can be so discouraging and the world is spinning out of control, we can continue to live encouraged as we seek the Lord and obediently respond to His will in each of our lives.

I am so thankful that my Lord is Living and Active!

Wedding Bells

Hi!

Last Saturday, September 5th our German daughter Damaris aka DeeDy was married to her long time friend Dietrich Eichenberg. Our hearts rejoiced as we awaited to hear about her wedding. I was so surprised when I checked my email late Sunday evening to find pictures that her dear mother Andrea had sent to us. Now we await the video so that we can enjoy watching her celebration.

As I looked at the wedding pictures I couldn't believe my eyes. The 15 year old girl that arrived in our home in July of 2006 was now a 18 year old young woman and now a married woman.

This got me thinking about how time just seems to go by so fast. Our kids are babies one day and attending college and getting married they next. Seasons change and we change with them.

I have been reading in 1 Chronicles as of late. Genealogy, Genealogy, Genealogy!!! At first it can be so discouraging to read as I struggle to pronounce names of a language I don't even speak, but then the Lord laid on my heart that if he cared enough to mention these people in His word back then, then how much more does he care about His believers today. Our names are written in the Lamb's Book of Life if we have accepted him as our Savior. We have a genealogy that comes directly from Christ! Now we have the Holy Spirit who guides us to become like Christ and to bring Christ glory.

One thing I am looking forward to in heaven is that I will never have to be seperated from "my family" again as we all know Jesus as our Lord and Savior.

What a reunion it will be to be with those believers that we love!

Blessings!