It seems that while the summer schedule does become a bit more “fluid”, it actually is just a full as the rest of the year. It’s not as predictable, but just as packed full of action. The Lord blessed our family last week with a wonderful week of vacation down in Ocean City. Sixteen of us packed into the house and had a great time together for the whole week. The weather cooperated. All of the grandkids had a great time together. As adults we ate a lot, talked a lot, chased kids, played a bunch of games, spent some time on the board walk, made many new pleasant memories, and otherwise had great fun together.

This next Sunday our teens leave for a missions trip to Thailand. They will be staying and ministering with Jim and Kathy Hayes, our veteran missionaries there. Please remember to pray for them as they go. It’s a trip full of great opportunities, but there has been some political unrest lately. So, I would encourage you to pray. I would also encourage all of our church family to join in or continue on in the 105 project this summer. It has been a great encouragement to hear of so many of you joining us in reading the whole Bible through in 105 days. If you didn’t start with us last week, don’t sweat it…just join in where we are in the schedule and finish the beginning sections you missed at the end…or make them up on the way. There is something transformational about spending extended times reading God’s Word for each individual who does it, but also for our church family as a whole. It isn’t easy, but it’s doable and really worth it.

See you Sunday, Lord willing. Remember it’s Father’s Day!

In Him,

P. Tim