Dear Loved Ones!

Do you feel loved? His word says that you are loved with an everlasting love. Not a temporal love like the love of this world, but His everlasting, unconditional, agape love. When my feelings don’t line up with His word, I must choose His truth, His word. I AM LOVED, and YOU ARE LOVED!

This past month has not gone according to the plan. Perhaps, the last week in Asia, where we tried to come home early, was a precursor to this month of April. While in Bangkok we tried to skip our Thailand week, and return home early. Despite our prayers and best efforts, it did not happen. While we are thankful for our time in Chiangmai, thankful for re-connecting with Kathleen and “The Home of Joy” children’s home, the City Gate Church, Sean and Anne, Peter and Molly, and Nuu and her mom at the hotel, we really just wanted to come home and see Carol’s parents.

Now, instead of staying for a week or two, it’s been four weeks. I’ve done different chores, and updated my Facebook page with photos. Walked to the mail each day, picked up the paper, raked the yard, burned the pine needles, shoveled snow…..this visit has been more than a little difficult. I am not home!

Carol has been busy helping with the driving to Dr. appointments, cooking, cleaning and managing the meds. I must say that her cooking expertise has been greatly appreciated by her folks and me!

Last week we thought that we would be in Klamath Falls, and speak at Living Faith on Sunday evening. That did not happen, as we were still needed here. However, the Four Square Church here invited us to share Sunday morning, so we were able to broaden our prayer base, and bless the folks here. We had visited here a year or so ago, and when we came again two weeks ago, they remembered us. God is good! (I even taught them to pray for us while brushing their teeth!)

Bloom where you’re planted. That’s the word of the day. We are not in Asia, or even YWAM Salem, but we are where God has us, and we are doing our best to be sensitive to His spirit, and to love Carol’s folks in a way that will speak of our Eternal Father’s unconditional love. I shared from Romans 12:1 Sunday morning, “Present your body as a living Sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God. This is your spiritual act of worship.” As a worship leader it’s easy to buy into the understanding that worship is the song service, or maybe the whole Sunday service. No, worship is presenting my body as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God.

Lord receive my sacrifice. Pour out your fire from Heaven and consume this offering.

We plan to leave here Saturday noon, and spend the next couple of days in Klamath Falls, with Dave and Barbara Loser. David asked me to speak Sunday evening. We have chiropractor appointments on Monday, we hope to be in Salem on Tuesday evening.

Bloom where you’re planted. Nothing done for Jesus is wasted.

Hugs!

Fred and Carol

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