Dear friends and family,
Wow! Where has January gone! We’ve certainly been busy and Christmas is already a distant memory. This is Becky writing as I decided to help my husband and write this newsletter. He’s still recovering from his five day trek in the mountains with a team from Evart Michigan. They were thrilled and blessed to visit our churches in the remote villages of Atan (a church planted 5 yrs ago) and Polud (planted 4 yrs ago). We praise God for his protection for this team as they encountered much rain and multiple mudslides along the way. This necessitated even more hiking than what they’d anticipated, as the jeepney couldn’t get the slides. They were weary but excited to see and meet fellow believers in each of these places. Valerie and Timothy Jr. were along for the trip as well and really enjoyed it. They are becoming seasoned hikers now. We promised Jesse that in a year or two he can join also.
We are so excited to have David and Christina Black here with us again. They were warmly welcomed by our local church members here yesterday. Valerie and Roanna are busy catching up. We’re so thankful for our co-workers here in the Philippines.
We also just finished our January Shepherd’s conference. We were blessed to have Rev. Bennie Durr and Rev. Paul Bundy as our special speakers. Daniel Hobbs was here as well with the team from Evart but he returned home early due to the death of his mother. We had a great conference and the teaching/preaching of these men was a great blessing to all of us here.
As you can well imagine, my days and nights are consumed with children. We are so thankful for our family. We seem to have one child in every stage of life right now. Val is a great blessing to me in many ways. I believe that every newborn should come equipped with a teenage sister! And it’s great to see her growing and developing in her own spiritual life as well. She’s very involved with the church youth group and is still teaching the children. Tim jr. is 11 and growing into a young man. He enjoys traveling with Tim and playing his guitar. He tolerates school work but is doing very well. Jesse keeps life interesting and is now learning computer. It’s amazing the software they have for the blind now. Don’t be surprised if you’re online someday and Jesse IM’s you. Carolyn is our little stick of dynamite. She is a bundle of energy and fun. She is learning some Ilocano words and uses them a lot. It’s so funny to hear her speak it. She’s wide awake at 6am and winds down at about 8pm. My mornings are coming earlier and earlier now, as they must if I hope to have any quiet time to myself. Tim has declared to the world that the Lord has finally given us our “calm child” in Sammi Beth. I just hope he’s right! She’s only five months so the verdict is still out. She is a sweet bundle and we all adore her. She sleeps 11 hours every night and is contented most of the time.
Thank you all for your continued prayers. We depend on them. There’s not a moment that passes but what we realize that without the Father’s daily bestowments of grace we would be nothing, and neither could accomplish anything.
Thank you as well for the Christmas cards and gifts. We appreciate your love and support so much!
In Christian love,
Tim and Becky and family
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