"Field Posts"

SBC'ers You have got to read this article.   http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/my-thoughts-on-todays-southern-baptist-convention-meeting-62309   Sent from TwitterFon Sent from my Mobile.

In order to move to Haiti, we need to raise the following financial support… Monthly - $2135 Still Needed Our total monthly need reflects our salary, benefits, and ministry expenses. 1x Expenses – $38,000 Still Needed Our total “1x Expenses” reflect the costs of moving to Haiti (container, shipping, flights), going through pre-field cross-cultural training, vehicles, supplies, equipment, etc. We are getting ready to go on vacation to see family in NJ.  Once we return, we will begin to focus on raising these funds. Rob

I want to clear up one typical misconception… and if you have raised funds, you “understand this confusion” perfectly. Many may not understand that Becky and I are responsible to raise the funds to cover our salary and ministry expenses, both from individuals and churches.  This is very very common, even the norm, in the missions world.  It’s called “Faith Missions”. What is Faith Missions?  A quick search on Wikipedia will tell you… ” Faith missions is a term used most frequently among Evangelical Christians to refer to a missionary or missionary agency with an approach to evangelism that requires its missionaries to "trust in God to provide the necessary resources" and who are not financially supported by denominations with a fixed salary.” Yes, people give of their tithes and offerings to church, and therefore many think that it is the church that then supports missionaries.  And they do!  But in reality, we also need individuals to give. ...

A blessing?   It is cool to be able to develop relationships with “invested and interested” people.  How fun it is to be able to share and visit with people that personally sacrifice on our behalf.  It’s fun to share stories with them about the return on their investments.  It’s great to know that a team of people is standing behind you, cheering you on, praying for you.  What a blessing! A curse?   Plain and simple, it is so hard to always be the guy asking for money.  Our motives are often questioned, or at least we fear they might be.  It’s hard work, especially in this economy. Fear of rejection.  Fear of failure.  It might be hard work, but God has called us to it, so we carry on. Rob

I got a pie in my face.  Becky and I (actually, not us, but 13 HFK kids) were the recipients of McGregor’s (our church) VBS offering this past week.  There was a “Pie in the Face” contest between the girls and boys.  Everyone told me all week that every year the girls win.  They were right. The cool part is that the $3433 that was donated will give 13 kids in Haiti an education this coming school year!  That is awesome.  Our kids here giving an education to the kids down there.  Each of the 13 kids will be provided with their school tuition, school entrance fee, school books, school uniform, pair of shoes, development of a Hot Lunch Program, a Christian education, and best of all…Hope!  How cool. To our readers, if you would like to sponsor a child for $250 for this coming school year, let us know .  I have many more children you can choose from. For more information on HFK, visit www.rminet.org/hfk Here is the video of the pie… ...

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Moving to Haiti is no easy deal. There are many steps ahead of us. Today we are going to put in applications for the kid's passports. Rob Sent from my Mobile.

One of my pastors, Mark Bricker, sent me this today.  It fits all too well… “The Edison Method – When Thomas Edison had a good idea for an invention, he would call a press conference to announce it. Then he'd go into the lab and invent it. Make your plans public, and you might be more committed to following through with them.” Yup, sort of hits home… Rob

Yes, this is big. How did this come about? This has been in the works for about 5 months.  Becky and I have always been open to the possibility of going overseas if God made that clear to us.  Well, about 5 months ago, He made it clear.  With deep conviction, we believe God has ordained this step for us at this time.  Due to books we have read, conferences we have attended (recent GIC at McGregor was key), prayer, Bible study, conversations with wise counsel, sermons, opportunity, need and circumstance, we are confident that God has lead us in this direction.  We have consulted with the RMI Board.  They have prayerfully embraced this and are enthusiastically supportive of our future ministry together in Haiti.  We believe we have been patient in seeking His direction for our lives.  In our patience, God has clearly led us.  We would love to share the whole story with you at a later time.  Why? Primarily, God has led us to do this...

Here is my idea. A pool additive that will constantly coat the skin with sunscreen. Genius. Truly genius. Rob Sent from my Mobile.

We vacationed on Sanibel Island 2 weeks ago!  It was so much fun!  Sanibel is about an hour drive from where we live, but we only left the island once to play mini-golf, so it truly felt like we were able get away.  Our friends, the Malloys, joined us.  Our kids love to play together so that made it even more fun.  We didn’t have the greatest weather every day, but we still spent every day except one at the beach.  We had a great time.  Here are just a few pics.  The rest are on our website. ~Becky        

This was just sent to me.  It is the June 4th Devotion from “ Jesus Calling ” by Sarah Young… “WECOME CHALLENGING TIMES as opportunities to trust Me. You have Me beside you and My Spirit within you, so no set of circumstances is too much for you to handle. When the path before you is dotted with difficulties, beware of measuring your strength against those challenges . That calculation is certain to riddle you with anxiety. Without Me, you wouldn’t make it past the first hurdle! The way to walk through demanding days is to grip My hand tightly and stay in close communication with Me. Let your thoughts and spoken words be rightly flavored with trust and thankfulness . Regardless of the day’s problems. I can keep you in perfect Peace as you stay close to Me. JAMES 1:2; PHILIPPIANS 4:13; ISAIAH 26:3” Rob

From Experiencing God by Henry Blackaby… “God wants us to follow Him daily, not just follow a plan. If we try to spell out all the details of His will in a planning session, we tend to think,  Now that we know where we are going and how to get there, we can get the job done. Then we forget about the need for a daily, intimate relationship with God.  We may set about to accomplish our plans and forget the relationship.  Or God may try to lead us to do a new thing, but we reject it because it is not in our long-range plan!  God created us for an eternal love relationship.  Life is our opportunity to experience Him at work” Proverbs 19:21—”Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails” Psalm 33:10-11--“The LORD foils the plans of nations; he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.  But the plans of the LORD stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations” ~Becky