My dog ate my homework

Well, it wasn’t exactly my homework but rather a pair of glasses. We finally found Tim’s glasses, hidden in our dogs hide-out with his bones and other toys. Nicely chewed the glasses are not much use any longer. Thanks for your prayers everybody, in God’s very own humorous way He did return them to Tim.

Tim’s trip to Illinois.:

The trip east was incredibly busy. He had multiple meetings every day sometimes driving between Wheaton and St. Charles. While we were not able to raise the needed monthly support commitment a dear friend of Tim’s gave a substantial gift which will help stabilize our account through most of the rest of the year.

It was a great opportunity for Tim to be able to stay with Mom and Dad during his trip and to be available to help out when his Mom had a partial knee replacement.

Tim also had opportunity to connect with Wheaton Bible Church as GEM is working together with them to prepare and send church based teams to serve immigrants in Europe. Tim has become part of the preparation team with WBC and is very excited about this opportunity.

The Journey Deepens was also a great time of serving. Thought Tim was sick all weekend and wound up with a sinus infection, he made some good connections with people who are using the weekend to listen and discern what their part is going to be in ministry.

Jennifer, who’s knee is still healing and getting bronchitis after I left, held down the fort with our three children (and a glasses chewing dog) who are already now becoming impatient for summer to come. She continues to help out at the girls school and the teachers have really come to rely on her heavily.

Back at work and business as normal Tim is trying to catch up and step into the new rolls that are developing.

Tim is still in the Mobilization department but is also working with Preparation in the Candidate Orientation process and still developing a Coaching system for our new missionaries.

Working within both departments Tim has become an important part in a developing linear process. Beginning with recruiting, to preparing and equipping and finally walking along side the appointees as a coach Tim is in a significant position to influence and encourage those heading into full time ministry in Europe.

Thanks for your continued prayers and support as we seem to have found a very good place to continue to be able to participate in the significant ministries of a continent we so love.

It was great seeing a bunch of you. The White family

Hey everyone.
Thanks for your many inquiries, no I have sadly not yet found my glasses.
Right now I am hoping that I will in fact be able to get out on my flight and to Illinois today. Our area in Colorado has been pounded by a winter storm for the past two days. We’ve gotten at least 15” of wet and heavy snow.
If I’m able to get out today I will be at Fox Valley Bible Church on Sunday, April 19th and at Wheaton Bible Church May 3rd.
Look forward to seeing a number of you while I’m back. This trip is an important one for us as it serves two purposes. One is that I will be attending a conference the weekend of the 28th for GEM. The second is to hopefully raise some more support.
Please be praying for travel safety
Please pray that as a coach at the conference I will be used by God to aid young people in their decisions making processes
Please pray that the Lord would give me wisdom and contacts and enable me to raise the financial support we still need.

Jazzlovers

For any of you Jazz lovers out there. A friend of ours, (Deanna Witkowski: Liturgical Jazz) from Wheaton College just did an interview with NPR radio about her new Sacred Jazz CD out in time for Easter (now past, sorry). Check it out.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102998647

Santa... no Tim is comming to town

Sorry It’s been a while since I’ve posted a blog. Between Jennifer’s broken knee and a 3-4 three week bought with a bad stomach bug in our home, we’ve been pretty busy. Tim has also been working on getting his Christian Life Coaches certification and finished last week.
Why you ask? As part my position in Mobilization and Preparation I will be developing a system of internal coaching for missionaries. We will assign coaches to our new appointees who will walk alongside them through their first couple of years on the field. As a number of mission organizations have already implemented coaching at this level they are finding an increased value in longevity and health of their missionaries. This is too where we see a great need and GEM is moving in this direction.

Also, Tim is coming to town. Some of you will remember the ‘Journey Deepens’ that Tim attended in Pasadena last October. A conference designed to help potential missionaries identify what part God will have them play in furthering the Kingdom of God. He will be attending the upcoming conference in Elgin, April 24-26. He will be in town though from April 19th through about May 3 or 4.

Tim is still working out schedules right now and will let you know what Sunday he will be where.
Some of you may want to host an evening where Tim will be able to present our current ministry opportunities to new friends. Thanks to a number of incredible year-end gifts from you our account was able to get back out of the red and into the black. Now we are excited to see how God is going to raise the remaining $1,000 we still need per month.
Looking forward to seeing many of you soon.

Timothy, Jennifer, Connor, Katya and Marika

Hello everyone.
I know this is a quick follow-up to the last Blogpost, but I thought this was exciting and would covet your prayers for.
Many of you will remember my friend Hadschi, the radio announcer in Klosterneuburg, who loves the Lord. He has continued to stay in the catholic church with hopes of reforming it from the inside out. He just wrote me and asked if the church in Klosterneuburg was still there and suggested it might be time for him to visit.
That is a huge step for Hadschi. Please pray that the Lord removes the barriers and that he would visit with the body of Christ in our town and that he might find the fellowship of believers truly inviting.
Thanks again for your prayers and enjoy the excitement as we watch God continue to unfold the ministry in Klosterneuburg.

Tim for us all

We just received the following E-mail from our co-workers in Klosterneuburg.

"We returned to Austria on Dec. 30 and are getting more and more settled back into life and ministry here in Vienna. Our time in the US was quite productive, but it is good to be “home.”

Just a little piece of encouragement: yesterday we went to our first Klosterneuburg worship service since getting back here. There were only about a dozen of us, but it was a nice atmosphere. Fritz gave his first sermon.

We also had a guest. Evidently it was Michelle´s second time there. She found out about us through the webpage and came on her own!! Michelle´s visits are yet another ongoing impact of your time here."

It is exciting to see God use what He enabled us to do, in partnership with you. Fritz is preaching and a guest through the website. Your coming alongside us in prayer and financially, your gifts and prayers will continue paying dividends for years and centuries to come. This is the sort of investment that won't be affected by any economic crisis.

Please continue praying for our brothers and sisters in Austria and the church in Klosterneuburg.

Encouraged, Tim and Jennifer

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January

What is a patella?

It is your knee cap, the thing that Jennifer decided to break in half the day after Christmas. She and the children were skating and while she was doing a back cross over she went down, hard. She is spending most of her days in bed keeping her knee immobilized and taking sufficient pain medication to keep her mildly sedated.

What is a group of trees?

It is not something you want to see coming toward you when your car is sliding off the icy street. I was on my way this week to pick my son up from guitar practice when the road turned but not my car. It wedged itself into a small group of trees and wrapped one of the wheels around one of the trees. The trunks were all between 3 and 6 inches thick so they were small. I was not hurt since I was not going fast at all. It took me and then a tow truck most of the evening to un-wedge the car. I was able to drive it home but I have not yet had time to identify the full extent of the damage.

What is praise?

Praise is what we have to share with you. As we mentioned in our last Blog, our account has been in the red for a couple of months now and we extended an invitation to you to come along side us to bring our account back into the black. Well, the Lord used many of you to bless us in an incredible way. Our account is back in the black with enough to help us deal with the monthly shortfall for a couple of months at least.

What is prayer?

Prayer is what we need for:
Jennifer’s knee, that it will heal quickly and that the pain would lessen every day.
Please also remember to pray for our continued monthly support shortfall.