Again you are stuck with me (Paul). Jill is pushing the books. A final is tomorrow so she is still at the library at COD (8:30 PM). She reminds me of a calling we have in our faith. She perseveres! The days are long when you have a family, but with another two people moving in, bringing the number up to twelve, Jill's days are more than full. Add to that those that live with us all issues of one type or another and that she is in the last days of her school year. Twelve hour days for study! Me and the kids to worry about and still she perseveres. Along with PERSERVERANCE goes PRAYER (Ephesians 6:18).

Without prayer we lose strength and fail. We cannot do it on our own. We have many friends that pray for us. Do you? Find people who will pray for you regularly. We are greedy about prayer. But there is more than enough to go around for everyone. God wants us to pray and be prayed for. Let us do this mutually. Pray for each other. It is our unity, our strength in God. We can PERSEVERE WITH HIM on our side. But not alone! Please pray for Jill, Hilly, and Joel as they finish the year of projects and tests. We can not get a good grade by just praying for one but we can pray for the stamina and recall.

Thank you friends who worked at our homes during CareFest! You repaired light switches, painted rooms and exterior fascia, cut down a tree, removed several stumps, spread over one hundred bags of mulch and planted grass. Some folks repaired window dormers, cleaned gutters and many other maintenance projects. This will free us up to either minister to someone else or to take a break and rejuvenate. Thank you for all you did.

 

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