Dear Friends,
Thank you for all of your prayers and support. God has been gracious to us this summer. Since I last wrote we had two good weeks of time with my family in Arizona, traveled again to Kansas City where Debbie's parents live, and were able to attend Teri Tarleton's funeral in Oklahoma City earlier this week.
It was truly a blessing to be with Ed and kids, the Tarleton family, and many CEE'ers in Oklahoma City for Teri's funeral. While we and all still grieve the sudden loss of Teri, the funeral was truly a wonderful celebration of a life devoted to Christ and wonderfully God honoring. It was warmly moving, fitting, lovingly evangelistic, and a tremendous display of missionary family honoring and loving their own. We were honored to be there and to get to hug and see so many. We continue to pray with you for Ed, Adam, Anna, Rachel and Rebecca and the whole family.
As for us, we leave tomorrow for a bittersweet time of packing out in Prague, selling and giving things away, and preparing other things for a move to the States. We will be in Prague August 11-17. Luke and I will return to the States on August 18 and Debbie will stay longer to help with English outreach camp for kids and finish up some details. We regret that we are unable to attend any AGMs this summer but look forward to seeing some of you in Prague. Please pray especially for our time with Czech friends while we are in Prague, and the opportunities Debbie will have at English outreach camp.
On August 19 the Blue River-Kansas City Baptist Assocation's Executive Board will meet and I will preach and share "in view of a call" as their potential Director of Missions. Please pray that they and we will know the Lord's confirmation if that is what God has for us next. If the vote is affirmative, Luke will begin school August 20 in Lees Summit, Missouri, a suburb of Kansas City where the Assocational office is.
We will be in touch again after August 19! Thanks again for your prayers and encouragement.
Rodney, Debbie and Luke
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Rodney, Debbie and Luke,
It wasn't the same at AGM without you. We missed you all! I tried to get one MK to cut his hair for the auction, but he refused... :(
We heard how uplifting Teri's funeral was and are grateful some many CEEers were able to be there to support the Tarletons.
I hold you up to the Father and pray for His guidance in this opportunity...
Joe
hello Rodney! Missed getting to see you guys at AGM this year. We had a tough but necessary time of grieving for Teri and the family at Russia Field AGM outside of Moscow. We are praying for you guys and hoping that it works out to serve thru the DOM opportunity...if that works out, would love to see you in KC in January, I will be at MBTS Jan 19-23 for my last doctoral seminar before entering the project phase.
Blessings,
chris
Rodney & Debbie:
We will be praying for you regarding the job possibility.
Also thank you for sharing about Teri's funeral. It was wonderful to hear that it was a time of celebration. We will continue to pray for Ed and the children as the hard part of living without the heart of their home, Teri, begins to hit home.
We look forward to hearing about the job and it will be nice for you to be near family!
Blessings,
Deb
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