In trying to think of a title for this post we tried to think how we are feeling at this time in our lives AND we believe that the words of the title are most descriptive of how we see our life. God is SO good!
The ministry here in Paso Robles continues to be challenging and yet God continually reminds us that lives are being touched and changed. The congregation has a great desire to be more, do more and share more. We are small in number (presently) but mighty in spirit. Please come and be with us as your plans permit.
We will be celebrating 39 years of marriage this December 12th. Our daughters are faithful to the Lord and are blessings to their friends and church. Our sons-in-laws love God more than our daughters (as it should be). Our grandchildren are being raised in the Lord and love Jesus. What more can we ask for?
The blessing of serving our Father fills our lives with joy and a peace that is beyond description. Never would either of us imagined that God would bring us to this place. Having grown up in homes that acknowledged the existence of God but knowing little of serving him it amazes us that our Father has brought us to march under the "Banner of the Towel".
Sometimes life is difficult and disheartening but we are sustained by the knowledge that God is still in heaven, Jesus is still at His right hand and the Holy Spirit continues to guide us. Your love and prayers bolster us and lift our spirits. Your participation in the ministry God has appointed us to has touched the lives of many. There are those who have a relationship with God that would never have had that opportunity were it not for your love for us and the desire to see His love shared with those who know Him not.
We are overjoyed that every day we learn more and understand deeper the love of our Heavenly Father. Many of you have become "Jesus with skin on" in our lives. Angelina, Allen, Christine and Brandon in many ways have come to be numbered among our teachers. We see in them the glory of our King! Their spirit of hospitality and love for the saints makes us want to do more.
It is our deepest prayer that we have been a blessing to our family and to you. Pray that God will continue to use us and that we will bloom where we are planted. We miss you all and love you dearly.
In HIS Service,
Steve & Cheryl
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Thursday, September 24, 2009
A quick update
Just a quick few lines to let you know that all is well. The church continues to struggle through the challenges of the California economy. Many of our members, neighbors and friends work for the state and have been severely impacted. We seem to have had a lot of people relocating because of work related issues. We just learned today that we will be losing another family of five as they relocate in order to have jobs to sustain the family.
On the brighter side we are being blessed with a couple from Bakersfield who have found employment in Paso Robles. They are strong church members and have been intimately involved in the outreach ministry for the congregations they have been involved with over the years. They are just approaching age 55 and bring a strong level of maturity with them. We, selfishly, look forward to the fellowship of someone who still remembers vinyl record albums.
We have been praying for years that the Lord open up the door to enable us to reach out to the Hispanic community in Paso Robles. We had no idea that He was preparing someone to serve as an stimulus and encouragement to proceed ahead. While we were trying to persuade others to come, The Lord sent someone from Paso Robles to Southern California to hear the Gospel, be obedient and then return to Paso to encourage us. His family are all English speakers and his English is about 40-50%. We have decided we are going to be teaching some in our community “English as a Second Language”.
We are looking forward to being in Woodinville, WA in October. We give God thanks for you all and make mention of you in our prayers! We rejoice that we will be able to be with our beloved brethren. Please continue to pray for the work of the Lord here in Paso Robles, CA.
On the brighter side we are being blessed with a couple from Bakersfield who have found employment in Paso Robles. They are strong church members and have been intimately involved in the outreach ministry for the congregations they have been involved with over the years. They are just approaching age 55 and bring a strong level of maturity with them. We, selfishly, look forward to the fellowship of someone who still remembers vinyl record albums.
We have been praying for years that the Lord open up the door to enable us to reach out to the Hispanic community in Paso Robles. We had no idea that He was preparing someone to serve as an stimulus and encouragement to proceed ahead. While we were trying to persuade others to come, The Lord sent someone from Paso Robles to Southern California to hear the Gospel, be obedient and then return to Paso to encourage us. His family are all English speakers and his English is about 40-50%. We have decided we are going to be teaching some in our community “English as a Second Language”.
We are looking forward to being in Woodinville, WA in October. We give God thanks for you all and make mention of you in our prayers! We rejoice that we will be able to be with our beloved brethren. Please continue to pray for the work of the Lord here in Paso Robles, CA.
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