Later March happenings

We are sorry we have been negligent about updating this blog. Thanks to anyone who has been checking and patiently waiting for the exciting stuff we have been up to!!
On Easter our dear friends, Mathew, Nicole, and Phoebe Hinkle joined us for our online church service at Hobe Sound Bible Church. After church, we sang all the resurrection songs in the hymnal, and enjoyed lunch and visiting. We were blessed to spend a big part of the day with them in sweet fellowship. (The Easter lily was a gift from Brenda.)

This picture is of Brenda and Emily in their matching dresses. Beth has material for a dress like theirs too, but I haven't gotten around to making it yet.

Jason is growing a mustache! When Rowen was about 12 like Jason is, he started growing his mustache, and has never shaved his upper lip. I guess it remains to be seen whether Jason will have a story like his daddy's.

During Tim's packing and moving activities, he decided to part with a bunch of old ties he and Randy had collected--mostly from the Methodist Rummage Sale. We advertised them for free on Craigslist and had at least 4 people "dying" to get them from us. The first person here was the winner. Before getting rid of them, however, Rowen had a "tie tying seminar" for Brenda and Beth. Hopefully it was a useful thing to learn and they will be better for it all their lives!


We were privileged to go to Colorado Springs last weekend for the Arms Around the World Missions Convention at the Immanuel Missionary Church. The highlight for me was getting to see Ken and Vicky Thompson again. Ken and Vicky have always been dear to me since my young teen years when I looked up to them as older, wiser teens. I enjoyed corresponding with them when they were missionaries to PNG. During the years, 1993-1999, we loved having them in Colorado when they pastored at Littleton. I think I have only seen Vicky once since then, except in pictures, so it was so special to spend time with them.

Here more of our family are visiting with them. Ken was the main speaker for the missions convention and the Lord helped him preach!

Tim enjoyed visiting with Jonathan Lucas, who goes on many missions trips with "Mission Helps."
Seth, Brenda's brother, was with us for that weekend and we enjoyed getting to spend some time with him. Brenda tried to catch up on teasing and frustrating her brother!!

The next morning (3-31), at 5 am, Tim and Jeffrey left for MO. Tim was moving there, and Jeffrey went to be co-pilot and helper. Jeffrey will return on April 8 on his first commercial airplane experiences. He will fly from Joplin, to KC, to Milwaukee, to Denver!
Here is a peek at the load of furniture Tim and Brenda have acquired:

It was a sad goodbye for Brenda and Tim. Brenda has been very brave and is looking forward to flying on April 11 to spend her birthday, April 12, with Tim in MO.

They are off!!!

The Lord gave them a safe trip. They spent the night in Ottawa, KS with Brent Susan that night and arrived in Joplin on Tuesday morning. They unloaded the truck, then outfitted it for their painting business, and Tim and Randy started painting for ABE Painting on Wednesday morning!! We thank the Lord for His help in giving them jobs to do in their new careers. Tim is getting his house put together and looking forward to Brenda's visit next week.

I have two more dresses to make for the wedding: Emily's and the flower girl's. Brenda has started on addressing the invitations. I got to be election judge for the town of Milliken this week. We have been keeping busy and out of trouble!