News from the Nest

Dear Friends and Family,

As you might have guessed from the picture on the left ….it’s Strawberry time in Virginia and our favorite grand daughter Emma loves to pick them in the field. She’s offering to share with you. Becky and Jerry , (with Emma’s help? ) picked about 17 pounds of the delicious goodness so we have been having strawberry pancakes, muffins, cobbler, syrup and pie. (There is no such thing as diets during strawberry season!)

We have been enjoying having our Canadians here in Virginia. We were able to have the whole family together for a few days in New York. Oz is crawling, pulling up and cruising, Emma has lots of new words, loves to dance and giggle. We are blessed with family! Getting together is always special especially since we live so far apart.

Charlie and I are looking forward to a break from the hectic pace of ETS. We were blessed to have lots of volunteers this past month. We were able to finish many big projects with their help but it also kept us really busy trying to stay ahead to make sure they had everything they needed to accomplish the task. This is a group from Florida (Tomocca Christian Church) that stayed with us for four days. They are wearing ETS tee-shirts that we designed for the group.

Another updated edition of the Missionary Resource Directory just went to the printer. This edition has over 200 ministries and individuals listed in over 30 areas of goods and services. God never gives us a task without equipping us to complete it. Many thanks for hours of labor to Margaret and Jerry Baron who stayed an extra week to help us out with this publication as well as Marty, and Pat who searched out websites and information.

I apologize for being slow in corresponding with you. Thank you for your prayers and financial support. We would not be able to do what God has called us to do without your help and most of all your prayers. Please know that we value our partnership with you and pray for you also.

Blessings,

Charlie and Kathy