Dear Friends,
We are amazed at how awesome our God is!! Tomorrow we pack up the computer so this was our last chance to touch base until we are ON THE ROAD!
Praise the Lord we have sold our house. But wait...it gets better! We found out today that the couple buying our house are members at First Lutheran Chattanooga. In fact, Nate is the Director of Christian Education at 1st and he knows many of our Good Shepherd Lutheran friends. Before we ever met, we were praying for Nate and Kelli. We began to pray in January for the family that God would lead to make this their home. We prayed that they would feel the love and comfort here, that they would feel the presence of our Father. Wow, why are we so surprised when God answers our prayers?
So today I (Rhonda) was in the bedroom when the people came to measure for the new carpet for the new owners. We had not met the new owners but we knew their names. So I am in the bedroom making a DVD on the computer when I see Stephanie Henze walk by my room. I was like "Stephanie?" and she was like "Rhonda what are you doing here? Is this your house?" of course I said yes and then she asked if I knew that Nate had bought the house. I told her I knew that a guy named Nathan bought the house but that I did not know him. She introduced us (Ron and I and Sam) to Nate. What a great guy! He has such a passion for the Lord it is wonderful to see!
He asked if we would be interested in sharing about our mission at 1st when we come back to TN in July. Of course...YES! God is so funny. I know He is up there grinning at His handiwork. My friends, He is not slow in keeping His promises. He has answered every prayer!
We have been greatly blessed by our dear friends Rob & LeAnn for the loan of the camper. Ron and Rob have been working and working (with some help from Brian) to make all things ready. The camper is already beginning to feel like home. Sam was sitting in her (I think of our camper as a her...weird? maybe...so what) anyway, so Sam was sitting there and said "Ok, I'm home".
Cocoa and Figaro seem to really like it as well. We have added a special brake for the trailer to the truck that will make things safer. Tomorrow we put the final touches and sanitize the water system and she is ready to go! We have named our truck Bullet but not sure about the Camper girl yet....maybe we will just call her lil' sis cause she is a tag-a-long...get it?
Please continue to be in prayer for us. There are still challenges and obstacles to be overcome. We have an older truck and an older camper…”Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.”!
Our first stop on the US Tour is Abundant Life Church in Wilmington IL. We are so blessed to be able to share with Ron’s great friend Pastor Greg Linkous. We will be there for about a week then we are off to Steelville MO. For those of you who don’t know…take Highway “Farty-Far” (44) to Cuba and turn left. That is Steelville. There, we will be sharing at Center Point Baptist with Pastor Matt Cook and his lovely, sweet, wonderful wife (and my cousin) Sharon.
From there we will spend some time with family in St. Louis with hopes of God opening doors there for us to share His great work in Bolivia.
We love you all and feel your prayers. We know God hears as we see His hand moving in our lives.
We are amazed at how awesome our God is!! Tomorrow we pack up the computer so this was our last chance to touch base until we are ON THE ROAD!
Praise the Lord we have sold our house. But wait...it gets better! We found out today that the couple buying our house are members at First Lutheran Chattanooga. In fact, Nate is the Director of Christian Education at 1st and he knows many of our Good Shepherd Lutheran friends. Before we ever met, we were praying for Nate and Kelli. We began to pray in January for the family that God would lead to make this their home. We prayed that they would feel the love and comfort here, that they would feel the presence of our Father. Wow, why are we so surprised when God answers our prayers?
So today I (Rhonda) was in the bedroom when the people came to measure for the new carpet for the new owners. We had not met the new owners but we knew their names. So I am in the bedroom making a DVD on the computer when I see Stephanie Henze walk by my room. I was like "Stephanie?" and she was like "Rhonda what are you doing here? Is this your house?" of course I said yes and then she asked if I knew that Nate had bought the house. I told her I knew that a guy named Nathan bought the house but that I did not know him. She introduced us (Ron and I and Sam) to Nate. What a great guy! He has such a passion for the Lord it is wonderful to see!
He asked if we would be interested in sharing about our mission at 1st when we come back to TN in July. Of course...YES! God is so funny. I know He is up there grinning at His handiwork. My friends, He is not slow in keeping His promises. He has answered every prayer!
We have been greatly blessed by our dear friends Rob & LeAnn for the loan of the camper. Ron and Rob have been working and working (with some help from Brian) to make all things ready. The camper is already beginning to feel like home. Sam was sitting in her (I think of our camper as a her...weird? maybe...so what) anyway, so Sam was sitting there and said "Ok, I'm home".
Cocoa and Figaro seem to really like it as well. We have added a special brake for the trailer to the truck that will make things safer. Tomorrow we put the final touches and sanitize the water system and she is ready to go! We have named our truck Bullet but not sure about the Camper girl yet....maybe we will just call her lil' sis cause she is a tag-a-long...get it?
Please continue to be in prayer for us. There are still challenges and obstacles to be overcome. We have an older truck and an older camper…”Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.”!
Our first stop on the US Tour is Abundant Life Church in Wilmington IL. We are so blessed to be able to share with Ron’s great friend Pastor Greg Linkous. We will be there for about a week then we are off to Steelville MO. For those of you who don’t know…take Highway “Farty-Far” (44) to Cuba and turn left. That is Steelville. There, we will be sharing at Center Point Baptist with Pastor Matt Cook and his lovely, sweet, wonderful wife (and my cousin) Sharon.
From there we will spend some time with family in St. Louis with hopes of God opening doors there for us to share His great work in Bolivia.
We love you all and feel your prayers. We know God hears as we see His hand moving in our lives.
Pray on Faithful Warrior Friends!
Love,
Ron, Rhonda and Sam
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