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January 14, 2008
Dear Praying Friends,
Greetings and
Happy New Year in Christ!!!! As the world's scene seems
to be heating up I am thankful for God's Word telling us
Who wins in the end!!! Until then we have our part to
live out with Him. I'm so glad to belong to Him!!!!
As you may
remember the youth group meetings that I had in my home
for so many years were relocated to the church I am
attending. The youth pastor is a pretty laid back young
husband who grew up here in Sanders. I'm happy with the
way we are working together as a team and I'm happy to
be under his leadership. : ) He picks the songs then
has me lead the music for the youth. For now he has
chosen to split the group up during the Bible study time
with me teaching the girls and he takes the guys. There
are some unsaved youth attending and some we wonder
about. : ) One girl has come in the past with a pretty
tough exterior but the last two meetings I have seen
pain in her face and curiosity she couldn't always
hide. She is one who is not a Christian yet.
Sarah had a hard
time over Christmas, went into a deep, but thankfully
temporary, depression. I was privileged to be with her
family again for their Christmas dinner. I am thankful
to the Lord for how her mom, who speaks almost no
English, is warming up to me. It is my prayer that she
come to know the Lord. Sarah's sister Della has retired
from her job since she is taking chemo and sometimes
cannot work. She had no leave time hence the decision
to retire. Would like to see her start coming to
Women's Bible study on Monday evenings. : )
"Do" and "Yve" are
no longer together due to his increased drinking
and physically abusing "Yve." They never married which
now appears to be a good thing. "Yve" is wanting to get
a restraining order once she's able to get all her I.D.
and other important legal documents back from his mother
which may require police intervention.
We have had some
real wet snow a couple of times in the past four weeks
with some melt off then temperatures down around 10
degrees at night and only getting into the low 30's
during the day. This makes for dangerous ground
conditions for the horses, so I haven't been able to do
much with them. That gives me time to do inside work.
Christmas day I spent most of it alone with the Lord,
watching Jesus of Nazareth and working a puzzle. I
really enjoy that!! : )
The horses have a
way of making fence repairs necessary from time to
time. I recently needed to replace a post that the gate
was holding up. I had "Ju" and his brother "Mar" work
on it last week. It was a challenge with the frozen
ground. I had them do some other fence repair then paid
them and took them home. In the process I learned that
"Mar" is in some trouble for under age public
intoxication. He is not a believer. I did say a few
things and invited the guys to church again. "Ju"
acknowledged that he knew I was concerned for them
because he has been doing some drinking as well. He has
not really been walking with the Lord for some time
now. At one point he had wanted to go to a Christian
school.
Prayer Requests:
1. Salvation and
spiritual growth for youth in our group and outreach to
more youth;
2. Sarah and
Della's spiritual growth and salvation for their mom;
3. Salvation of
"Do" and "Mar" and "Ju" to be drawn back to the Lord;
4. Grace and
wisdom for me in teaching and all my conversations. I
really desire to be an accurate reflection of God's
heart for people, whom He loves above all creation.
Thank you for your
partnership in this ministry through your prayers and
financial gifts as the Lord leads you!!!!!
In His Care,
Tobie Keiser
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