We always pray for you, and we give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. For we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all of God’s people.
Colossians 1:3-4
Hello Friends,
Wow, as I was preparing to write this month’s support letter, I realized that it was a year ago this month when I wrote my first support letter letting you all know about my involvement with Word Made Flesh. And it’s just been over 6 months since I moved to Omaha. Sometimes it feels as though I have been here for years and other times it seems like I moved only a couple weeks ago, and through it all I have felt supported by you all.
As I reflect back on my time here, I am thankful for the great community of friends God has blessed me with here in Omaha. The Timm family is one example of people making me feel more at home by “adopting” me for Sunday dinners. One Sunday shortly after I moved here they invited me over for dinner. Their house was packed with their 5 children and spouses who are around my age and 8 grandchildren. They all made me feel welcomed and I loved playing with the grandchildren. As I left that day, they said I was welcomed to come back for Sunday dinners anytime. I don’t know if they said that just to be nice or if they really meant it (I’m pretty sure they really meant it), but I certainly took them up on their offer and have been back there almost every Sunday since J It’s been great getting to know their family more and playing with the grandkids. Just the other week I went to a park with them where we got stuck in mud while trying to cross a creek and flew paper airplains from an 80 foot lookout tower. Alex’s, who is the second youngest, paper airplane flew the farthest and went over a quarter of a mile!
Omaha will never be home for me, but little by little God has been blessing me with relationships that make me feel loved and wanted, just like the way I feel at home in Indiana.
Here’s to family and friends,
Paul