By His amazing grace!
Kristen and I are leaving on a jet plane for the happening city of Cincinnati for 5 days of fun (10/19 - 10/24). This venture ought to bring up some questions.
1. Um, why Cincinnati? Good question. And the answer is not because the Bengals are playing some mean ball. Rather, last Christmas Kristen's gift to me was a significant pledge to the Answers in Genesis Creation Museum. As such, they invited us to a tour of the half completed facility on 10/21. Since it was close to our anniversary, we decided to make an event out of it.
2. How can you afford it? Another good question. Our pledge to The Ezekiel Project was more than we've ever given to a stewardship campaign before. The first several months of giving we're tight... real tight. Since then, though, God has blown us away with miraculous provision: a $1000 grant for Wayne's hearing aid, a $200/month new partner that I didn't even seek out, and a $3000 class action lawsuit award that we didn't know anything about. I tell ya, if there is no God, then why does He keep giving me money?
3. What about the kids? This is more awesome to me than the money, honestly. Paul and Christie Johnson, Matt and Nancy Heerema, and Darcy Smalley are all going to tag team watching our 5 energetic kids while were gone. We really appreciate their heart to help us. We would not be able to take this trip if they were not willing to sacrifice for us. Please pray for them, though, it won't be easy (see some of our family pics to get an idea of what I'm talking about).
See ya when the wall comes down (referring to the work on the building).
Comments
That is so wonderful Tim! May God Bless your time together with Kristen! Enjoy and our prayers for you all!
Posted by: Dana at October 19, 2005 07:47 AM