Time Flies

Can you imagine that September is half over? And what have we accomplished? If you are anything like me, MUCHOS! Really! We have been working feverishly to complete the construction drawings for our church, and we have made a lot of decisions and changes along the way. We have done several outreaches and promotional events. We are working on a new logo for our church, as well as the color scheme for the exterior of our new church and garage. I'm taking the time to disciple a few people. We have also been working on building a garage on our new property. Who knew that a garage would take so much work to prepare (I guess it isn't an ordinary garage). We finally finished the Permenant dedication marker on our property (I will take a picture and post it on our website www.firstassemblyedw.org). We are researching and getting bids to purchase a tractor for building and maintaining the property. We bought a used 15 passenger van for hauling materials and people. It was a good deal, but it needed some TLC. And, we are gearing up for a missions convention and a Christmas Program. Getting the MAPS RVers approved is proving to be a challenge (this is something I didn't expect). I am all healed after having some minor surgery and I'm back to working out (a little). All in all I have faith, but I am a little blown away by everything thing. I have bitten off more than I can chew, but at least it tastes good.

Kim is HARD at work with her new teaching job. She is the teacher for an alternative teaching class in Collinsville Middle School. This is her first year and there is a tremendous amount of work to do. Last year's teacher left her with nothing, and it is a fairly new program. But, she is mastering it and doing great (working 80 hours a week does help).

Kassi is back at Evangel University and loving it. It looks like she has this whole year taken care of financially. She is getting approved to study abroad in Costa Rica next semester. We couldn't be more proud of her.

I'm keeping it short this time. Still much more to do. PLEASE be praying for us, our church and our building program. Put Jesus first in everything, work like their is no tomorrow, and spend time with family and friends like you got all day. Then, give God all the glory cause He deserves it.

Pastor Tim