God has been hard at work in both Kim and I in many areas and we would be grateful for your prayers as He continues this good work in us. A few of the areas He is active in are:
Home school
As most of you know, with God’s leading, we have made the decision to home school Colin. This was an easy decision for us to make for a number of reasons and we know that it is the right one for Colin, which is what is most important. Now that we are at the point where the proverbial rubber meets the equally proverbial road we feel that we have more decisions to make including whether or not to use a formal curriculum and, if so, which one, how best to get organized and what supplies we need to start collecting, etc. Right now I (Kevin) am struggling with my desire to be as involved as possible and how to do so while working. I am contemplating (and praying about) finding out if it would be possible for me to work from home at least a couple of days each week with my current job. Eventually I would like to work full time from home — for myself — but that’s a long way down the road. Right now we’re just looking for the door’s God is opening for us.
Play Group
Not long ago Kim mentioned that she thought that a play group at church would be great for both her and Colin. Well, you all know how God works — within about a week of her telling me about it, someone from the church approached her about being co-leader of a play group there. He really does work in mysterious ways AND prepares us for what He has for us.
Answers In Genesis
For those of you who don’t know, Answers In Genesis is a ministry we have been involved with in various ways for the past two years or so. AIG is a multi-faceted evangelical ministry whose main focus in on the inerrant truth of Genesis 1-11 — basically stating that God did indeed create in six literal, terrestrial days and that Noah’s flood was a real, global flood that destroyed all life other than that which was on the Ark and the Earth is only about 6000 years old. Their ministry is so common-sense when you believe and yet I am constantly amazed by the depth of knowledge and information they have to spread.
For the past couple of months I have had this growing desire/burden to put what I have learned to use, mostly within the church, for God’s glory. For a long time I have felt God nudging me in the direction of some sort of ministry within the church as I have always felt that so many churches are just interested in getting warm bodies in the seats, but once they are there the church doesn’t do anything for them as far as helping them to grow beyond the “baby” level of Christianity. I’m still not exactly sure about where this will lead, but the desire/burden keeps growing stronger.
Teaching/Small Group
One possible way I see to harness my desire is in leading a small group. AIG has such a wide array of resources available that they have made it easy to spread the word, and leading a small group focused on the truths of Genesis is one great way I see to serve in this area. Another possibility that I see is reaching out not only to our church, but to other churches in the area by putting together my own “home-grown” presentation based on the AIG resources. Another one of those God-moments happened just today when we received some information in the mail about a “Creation College” that AIG will be putting on in June/July next year where one of the classes will be “build[ing] a “relevance,” Ken Ham-type [AIG's President and one of their main speakers] talk . . . In a much more detailed session this year, hear Ken give his best-known presentation, and then learn how he crafted it. You’ll be able to do it yourself!” Wow. Both Kim and I would love to attend, but there are some obstacles that will have to be overcome, not the least of which is the tuition, travel and lodging costs. We both know that if it is His will for us to be there we will have what we need when we need it, though.
I have also been reading lately about some people in Oklahoma who started a local creation society and have wondered if that might be a way to go, too. Ahh, so many choices — I’m glad God is the one who will be picking the direction we will go with all of this.
Budget
This is probably one of the harder areas that we have been dealing with lately as it is more mundane than the others and not nearly as much fun. We have, quite frankly, been poor stewards of our resources lately and are working to get our finances back in order, which has not been an easy task. We think we have our budget in good working order and have trimmed much of the “fat” to get things more in line. We are currently living without our DirecTV service and watching DVDs when we watch anything on television. Next month we are planning to have basic cable hooked up, but, truth be told, at this point I would probably be just as happy with no television at all — and I KNOW that is God working in me, because I never thought I would feel that way.
Kim’s Health
Kim has been having some odd health problems/symptoms lately and has visited with our family doctor and a neuro-specialist who sent her for an MRI. So far all tests have come back normal, but there is clearly something not quite right. Her symptoms come and go and vary in intensity. She has an appointment with her OB/GYN in a week and a half and she plans to bring up some of the symptoms with him as well to see if he may have any insight.
Other Stuff
One announcement I would like to make is the grand opening of ..:: gods.geek ::.. — my very own blog (short for weblog) where I will share my insights (such as they are) from what I read, listen to, etc. and anything else I feel God is leading me to share there. I have been reading a book called Hard to Believe by John MacArthur, which I am planning to briefly review there shortly, so you won’t want to miss that. Seriously, though, I invite all of you to sign up to be kept up to date on my latest entries there the same way you are for Kim’s “Colin Tales.” I can’t promise that I will be nearly as entertaining as she is, but I hope I can help give you a little something to think about and share what God is doing in me from time to time. Just email me or post a comment here if you would like to get those updates.
Thank you all for taking the time to read my little letter here. As I said, these are just a few of the areas God is working on us and I’m sure we will be sharing more, both here and at ..:: gods.geek ::.. over the coming weeks and months. Thank you, also, for all the support, love and, most of all, prayers that you give us. We love you all and are so blessed to have you in our lives.
Last, but not least, please let us know if there is anything we can be praying for for any of you.
Prayer Requests
– Guidance in homeschooling Colin
– That Kim’s play group will not only be a place of fellowship for the kids and moms, but that it will be used to glorify God and be an outreach to non-Christians, as well
– God’s continued direction regarding AIG and other ministry opportunities we are involved in
– Our finances
– Kim’s health
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