Hello all.

Just wanted to send out a quick note.

Please be praying for my friend John. He is a sheriff’s deputy. I met him at the church where our children attend AWANA. The church has a police presence there for security purposes. At any rate I’ve been able to talk at length with John. He has had some pretty bad experiences with churches through break ups and other. But he has graciously allowed me into conversation with him. He also served as a translator in Germany for the army, so we have found a good common ground. He’s a great guy. Please pray as we are planning to catch coffee together in the next week or so. I am thankful for the relationship that is building and pray that the Lord will open his heart to the possibility of a real relationship with Christ rather than seeing the painful relationships inside of some church contexts.

Also, be in prayer for Jennifer as she finds her way into the strings community in Colorado Springs and area. Many of you have been blessed by her playing and so know what a blessing it is that she is getting connected here. In order to help our family make ends meet in our support shortage, Jennifer will begin teaching a strings class the summer and the fall, through the school district. It is an opportunity that God has provided through relationship and we’re thankful for.

Please also pray for a new friend Sabse. She's a German gal (early 20’s) who contacted me over Facebook a while ago. Initially she contacted me because we have a mutual friend in Austria. Then one day she saw I was on-line and she texted me and asked if I had walked with the Lord for a long time. I knew immediately where this was going. Since then we have been texting on Skype every week as I counsel her. She is the only Christian in her town outside of Stuttgart. She is alone and trying to figure out how to walk with the Lord in addition to dealing with a number of other issues. Her family is hostile toward her faith and her friends don’t altogether get it. It has been great to see her move from a place of hopelessness to joy in just a couple of weeks. We are also moving toward engaging her friends a little more on faith issues. I also have friends I Germany working on finding a Christian community to plug her into. Please pray with us that her family will see the incredibly irresistible light of Christ and be drawn to it and that she will get connected with other believers in Germany who can become her family and support structure.
Thanks

Tim for us all