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I would love to invite you into my home to have a cup of tea with me. We could sit in my sunny kitchen and talk about all the things that are going on in our lives. I could share with you the news I hear from my grown daughters. How my grandkids are growing. We could laugh together over the funny things that they have said. It would be fun to share the ins and outs of our family life, and talk about our latest creative projects. We could share what God has been teaching us, in our personal lives, and encourage each other on this walk of faith. We could pray together, laugh together, and even cry together. Since most of us will never be able to sit down together face to face, I would like to invite you to join me here. So come on in and have a cup of tea with me.

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Joy

Joy

About Me

Crossville, Tennessee, United States
I am a 61 year old, wife, married to my best friend for 40 years. We have been blessed with 6 children, & 13 grandchildren. I love mentoring women in their spritual walk & in the everyday. I have a diverse background, having spent over 30 years living and ministering in a small South American country. Now my family resides in a small town in the lovely state of Tennessee. We have experienced the blessing of adoption, but also the hard of dealing with a child with RAD and other mental health issues. You can live life with the cup half full or half empty the choice is yours. I choose half full.

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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Leaving the Baby...

My family and I are preparing for a 6 month furlough in the US.  That is always an exciting time for Missionaries!  You look forward to being back "home".  Eating at your favorite restaurants, (let's see Teddy boy is looking forward to Sonic and Ryans) ;)  Shopping at Walmart, and visiting with family!  We have 7 grand babies we are waiting to see, 2 of which I haven't met yet and 3 of which Tony hasn't met!!

But, there is also the other side... when we head to the States we are leaving "our baby" behind.  This baby we have labored over, and nurtured for the last 7 years.  We were there when it started on solid food, and when it took its first faltering steps.  We have prayed over and doctored when it was sick, and we have rejoiced to see it healthy and strong.   When you leave your baby, you always wonder, if those with in whose hands you have left it, will care for it the same as you.  Will they love it, will they nurture it, will they weep over it and rejoice with it?

Paul worried about the same things, and he wrote to the Philippian in church in Philippians 2:19-20, But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state. For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.

 But he also said in Philippians 1:6, Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

 So as we prepare for our furlough, and prepare our church family, (our baby) to stand alone without us for 6 months, we covet your prayers.  Prayers for us to have wisdom and guidance as we prepare to leave.  Prayers for the work here, that God, who has begun a good work would complete it!  We know that this church isn't ours, it is God's.  We are trusting him to continue to do His work in and through it during these months.  Pray with us not only that it "survives" our absence but that it flourishes without us!  That it grows and abounds in the grace of God!    

 Blessings,
Joy
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