Robert Malone is a pastor from Kansas City. Every year he puts together a group of men together and they all come out to pheasant hunt. We met him for the first time last year. But the neat thing about Robert is that he has maintained contact with Tim throughout the past 12 months. They pray together on the phone and share what is going on in their ministries. I am so thankful to God for bringing this man into Tim's life.
Which reminds me: one of the reasons we left Table in the Wilderness was that we felt we weren't getting to build relationships in the way we wanted to. Here at Shepherd's Staff we constantly see God bringing people back into our lives (one of our pheasant hunters this week is a friend from Laramie; over the weekend we'll host a youth pastor from Sidney), allowing us to continue relationship-building that started years ago. He also continually brings new people into our sphere--some we minister to, some encourage us, and all of them are relationships.
That's ministry news. Here's an update on our family. We're almost into the 1900's in our homeschool history. Tyson has been reading "Farmer Boy" and Jesalynn is working on "Little House on the Prairie". We're learning about force and gravity in science. Natasha is starting to learn to read. And we're getting ready for Jesalynn's birthday on November 26.
The kids are such a blessing in ministry. They connect with people in a way that opens doors for future ministry. They have such helpful attitudes--most of the time. Yesterday the girls worked to fill the little containers that hold sweetener, sugar and toothpicks. It wasn't a big thing--I could have gotten it done in five minutes, but they chose to save me that five minutes and did it cheerfully.
So....that's it for now. We so appreciate those of you who pray for us and take the time to read our ramblings.
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