Summer Camp...not what it used to be!

As you may have heard, Rae & I spent last week as camp counselors with the kids from our church. We attended KidJam in Anderson, S.C. It was fun, but very tiring. Our kids seemed to have a great time and there was never a shortage of activities. It did, however, teach me a couple of things. You wouldn't think that kids camp would teach the adults would you? Anyway, #1: I'm not as young as a used to be. Staying up late, eating junk food, & playing outside aren't as rewarding as they used to be. I found myself to be very tired about halfway through the trip and I must have left my extra patience at home. At any rate, we had a great time hanging out with the kids, but are happy to be home again.

Tim

Bigger than the Economy!!!

I want to start off by saying thank you. We want to thank all of our current supporters. Some of you have just signed up, others have been giving sacrificially for a while. Either way, we are very thankful for all that you do. We are happy to report that God has now provided over 50% of our needed monthly support. WOW!! Someone asked me recently, "is it hard to raise financial support when the economy is tough?" I could't be truthful if I didn't say that yes it is hard, but you know what I have found? God is MUCH bigger than the economy. We serve a very powerful God. He has actually been more faithful during the recession than before! I know that God has a plan, and while I don't always know the big picture, I am thankful that He just shows me the next step. God's provision and your obedience has been such an encouragement and strengthens our faith.

Please pray for Rae as she is currently in Atlanta visiting family and a few potential supporting churches. Please also remember to pray for our housing situation.

Check out the site because we have been doing some updating!

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The Echoes in My , uh...Living Room

If you know Tim or myself, you've probably heard us talk about our housing situation. We have been blessed to own a beautiful home. We are moving to Croatia! We have our home up for rent to help us get overseas both A.S.A.P. (God willing, of course). We have sold truck-loads of our things. We have packed up some too and put it into storage in My Nanny's basement. I have helped and watched Timothy spend weeks painting, updating, installing, and rebuilding. Our house is sorta empty right now. It actually echoes when you talk or walk around. Blah Blah Blah! All that to get to this point: Thank you God!! I love such an easily cleanable house! Some of our friends used to live in an apartment with only their bedroom furnished. They used to smile and talk about playing soccer in their living and dining room. I didn't get it, until now. I don't have so much to dust, wash, declutter, spring clean, redecorate, scrub, or look at. It is really calming for me to know that I can live on so much less stuff. I'm no minimalist, just a lot less of a collector of, well, colorful matter. Now I know why show homes look so great. You can actually see how clean it is. Your eyesight is not invaded by stacks and piles and distraction. Plus, with less things to organize, I have time for real cleaning. I'm talkin' Clorox style. God really knows how to free up some head room and let us live and see more clearly. Even when I contemplate being lazy, He keeps me on my toes. We have to keep everything ship-shape in case we get a last minute call to show the next folks the home that God has prepped for them. Here are a few photos of the place and the upgrades.

Praise-Caleb is fishing again...

As many of you know, my brother had a major back issue. I'm no doctor, so I won't go into the technical terms, but I will say that it was bad. He has been laid up for quite some time. But due to a talented surgeon and lots of your prayers, he is recovering well. We know that the recovery will take time, but he is making progress and I am happy to report that one of my favorite fishing partners went fishing today. I just got off of the phone with him and he is in some pain, but was happy for the opportunity to get out there and give it a go. Looks like a nice fish bro...keep it up! We are praying for you!

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Mini-Missions

Alright, so almost everyone in the free world knows how Timothy and I are going into foreign missions. We have been spreading that news to and fro for what seems like 4-EVA. We just got some new supporters and I just had to tell somebody about them. Yesterday, the Harris family took a little road trip to Charleston (or Chucktown if you are a down individual). We got a chance to visit Mrs. V's 1st grade class at The Oaks Christian School there. If any of you are Seacoasters like us, then you will know the Vollertson's. Cindy Vollertson (Mrs. V) is their teacher and agrees with us that anyone ever hearing of the name Jesus is a missionary. So technically we had a little pow-wow with a whole classroom full of missionaries yesterday. Ya'll these kids were on top of things. They participated in every part of our presentation! They were respectful and totally got the idea of kids in another country needing a chance to hear about Jesus. It completely hugged my heart!! In the end all the kids colored a Croatian flag and agreed to pray for the kids of Croatia wit their families at home. We had a huge Croatian flag there and the kids wanted to pray for Croatia right then. We held it up over there heads, had them all touch the flag and had a great prayer. In the end, we had more volunteer to pray out loud than we had time for. I really felt just loved and blessed to be a part of God's plan yesterday. Kids praying for kids across the planet......missionaries in the first grade.

Our latest mission video

Fish Slime is a Stress Reducer!

The clouds parted and a beam of light burst from the heavens this past Sunday. I got the quality-est of the quality time with my two favorite beings......God and Timothy. First things first, We never get a day off. Even when we aren't at our paying jobs, we both have a to do list that we are constantly working on. I mean unless we are passed out, we are working on something important. (Side note: To all the moms out there, we ARE busy, we don't have kids, but we ARE busy!) Sunday was different! It was like the earth stood still and I had the best day of my year.

We got to go into church and enjoy the worship, fellowship, and sermon! That's the first of the miracles! Next we got to spend the second half of the morning with the kids in the ZONE. WHOOP WHOOP ZONERS-this was my shout out sorry.

Then we died and went to heaven...or at least it felt like it. We hopped in the car, grabbed a snack, and went to the river. With a canoe, we paddled up stream and with Tim's direction it was like the fish just gave up and decided to come home with us. We weren't just fishing....we were catching!!!! If you haven't fished with Tim, you usually are just fishing. I think God has blessed my husband with a built-in fish finder.

We had so much fun that it even out shined the fact that I "fell " into the river early on and got my first ticket for fishing without a license (which I totally deserved, I just forgot!) Nothing could faze me I smelled like riverwater and fish guts and got to enjoy my day off with God and Timothy. Days like that don't come by too often, but just enough to keep me grinning.

Victorious again....thanks God!

Rae

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