I was so happy to be able to spend a morning last week planting flowers all over the property of Waxhaw Creek Apartments, where I worked for seven years. It was fun running into the seniors that I used to serve there. I got my hands dirty along with my friend Glenda, who lives and works on the property. It’s really fun to serve in an area that brings you joy.
(Apologies for the poor photo!)
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Ken was asked to speak to a local seniors group a few weeks ago. He shared some great stories of God’s work in the lives of the many people we have encountered over our years with Children’s Bible Fellowship and Wycliffe Bible Translators.
“I believe, help me with my unbelief” is a phrase a grieving father says to Jesus in the Bible. This was the title of Ken’s talk. We, too, have said the same thing over the years when things happen that we don’t understand.
God is still in control! We walk in faith and hope daily.
Thank you for your many prayers and support.
It’s a great year for these folks who received the Bible in their own language. Will you pray that they will use them and experience new life in Christ?
We look forward to a new year after celebrating Christmas with family in December.
Thank you for praying for us! My word for the year is “WORSHIP”! We’ll be doing it in heaven so I want to do more now here on earth!!
Wycliffe Bible Translators and their partners engaged in 616 languages for the first time!
That meant that a new language was engaged every 14 hours on average!
Whoo hoo!!!
Thank you for praying! With God’s help we are getting the job done!
Ken and I had the joy of volunteering at Operation Christmas Child (OCC-Samaritans Church) yesterday afternoon for a few hours. We filled shoeboxes for children for many years, but haven’t volunteered in a long time.
Last year OCC delivered 12,000,000 shoeboxes to children around the world. The boxes we touched yesterday will go to either Columbia or the Ukraine, both areas where children see war, and conflict on a regular basis. We pray that they hear about the love of Jesus this season.
With Samaritans Purse so close by to our Bible Translation partner JAARS, this work is dear to our hearts. Only recently JAARS was able to partner with Samaritans Purse when Western North Carolina was hit from Hurricane Helene.
Partnerships are so important in caring for the needy as well as getting God’s word into their language. We thank you for yours!
What a joy that we can be partners with those doing the work of Bible Translation! Keep praying that they will study and read their new translations and that lives will be transformed!
Last week I had a great time returning to the place I last worked at. For years I helped each Spring and Fall with planting flowers on the property. A former colleague asked me if I could help her do it again this Fall and I happily agreed.
I only had three hours to give but we got the flowers purchased and some planted. I felt nostalgia thinking about the years my mom managed the flowers at Camp Hope/Camp Joy at this age as well. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree!
Happy Fall!!
Yesterday we had a beautiful sendoff from one of our supporting churches in Michigan, Christ Church in Fraser.
We had a time to share about our 34 years with Wycliffe Bible Translators, received a lovely plaque, and were given a blessing for our new service with God, even during retirement.
We felt so loved, and it was wonderful to see so many dear friends who have stood with us in prayer and finances the last three decades. 
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