Studied Spanish.

Cleaned and refilled all four of my hummingbird feeders. I’m trying to be optimistic about them coming back soon.

Then the day just took a nose dive into terribleness.
Two days ago I heard that one of my close friends from Kenya had died in a plane crash. That really shook me up. I was in a pretty bad mood which always affects my relationship with Kathy. I’m still trying to recover from that.
Then got a voice mail saying that the host church of our team of 60 people from Colorado had cancelled. That’s a loss of about $6,000 to our ministry.
And the next voice mail was from Perimeter church saying they wanted to have a meeting about “changes coming.” That only means one thing to me, cutting funding. I responded basically saying, “Are you cutting our funding?” She responded, “Yes.” That’s another $6,000/year.
Talk about double whammy.
Psalms 31:14-16 kicked in, “I trust in you, O Lord. I say you are my God. My times are in your hands. Deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me. Let your face shine upon your servant and save me in your unfailing love.”
Long time of prayer with the Father.
Fortunately, I was headed to Azalea to watch the grand girls after all this.


They loved the ice cream!

Helped the kids at the mission.

Fun with all the kids.

Beautiful sunset.

Came home to fold and stuff the newsletters. This is our “Sheep and Goat” edition. Out of the 151 people on the list, 65 didn’t give.

This month they have to send in a response form or they drop off the list. Most have had at least seven months of receiving the newsletter. The form says they want to stay on the list. They don’t have to send money, but they HAVE to respond.
I add about another 50 or so every year from the adults that come to work with us during the Spring or Summer months. Every one of them has seen what we do up close and personal. I guess about 1/20 starts to support us.
That’s why the loss of a team or financial support from a church is a big deal.
But honestly, I think the time of getting support from churches is pretty much over. The decline of the church over the last twenty years I’ve been in ministry has been dramatic. And support of missions is always the first to be cut. I’ve seen it over and over again.
So we focus on individual supporters which tends to stay strong unless they have a financial crisis as well.

Pray for us. It was an exceptionally difficult day. Thank you, Lord for the grand girls and for Ashley. Amen.

Admin duties now.