Hello everyone,
Hope you're doing well! They say time flies where you're having fun. Well time has been flying but to be brutally honest the last few months haven't always been fun. We've gone through some stressful and difficult times in our family and some stressful and difficult times with the church.
On the family side of things, Priscilla and the baby are doing well physically. The due date is at the end of January, so it's approaching fast! Also, the Lord blessed us with another house to rent! We got everything moved over and now are just trying to finish up with little projects around the house and getting everything situated. One of the hardest things (especially for Priscilla and the kids) has been not being able to travel home to see family in a long time. We tried to plan a couple trips earlier in the quarantine but we had to cancel them because of everything going on. The good news is that we're finally able to travel to California to see family this month! Actually, Priscilla and the kids are already there and I will be joining them at the end of the week. We're excited to be able to rest and enjoy family.
On the ministry side of things, things have been very difficult. After meeting virtually as a church for months, we were able to start meeting in person again about a month ago. At right around the same time, we had to make some changes of key roles in the church. One of the effects of the changes is that we are no longer translating the sermon, so I'm teaching the Word completely in Spanish! I see God's sovereign hand working in all of this since we always felt like He was calling us to do our services completely in Spanish. It happened a little sooner than I would have preferred, but God has been faithful and has blessed my study time and the delivery of the sermon as well. We also have two major prayer needs for the church that we'd love for you to join us with. #1). We're really praying the Lord provides a building for us. We were meeting at school before but it is actually just a house and it's very cramped. That doesn't work very well when we're trying to obey government Covid regulations and maintain social distancing. So, because of that, we've been having our services outside under a tent. That's working well for now but the weather will get cold really soon. #2). We're also praying for a new computer for the church that is good enough to be able to handle the load of everything necessary to transmit the services live. We really appreciate all of your prayers for those things! Please also continue praying that God uses Roca Norte to reach Chihuahua with the Gospel and to make disciples that make disciples!
As always, thanks for walking alongside us over the last 4+ years. We appreciate each of you so much! God bless you!
-Tim, Priscilla, Josiah, Hannah & Abby
Eph. 3:20-21
Praise Reports
- Priscilla and the baby are doing well physically!
- We're able to spend some time in CA for rest and family time!
- We started meeting together in-person again as a church!
- God has been helping and strengthening me as I preach in Spanish!
Prayer Request
- For continued health for both Priscilla and the baby.
- For encouragement, rest, guidance and unity in the midst of this season of discouragement to help us continue to move forward in the calling God has for our family.
- That we would have a fun and restful time together as a family during our vacation.
- That God would provide the money necessary for a building for the church and guide us to the perfect location.
- That God would provide a new computer that is capable of handling our live transmitions.
- For God's guidance, provision and anointing upon our in-person services.
- For my classes at the university, they've been very difficult this semester and it's a challenge to still connect with the students through a computer screen.
