This
summer was a crazy and fun summer! It was over well before I knew it! During
the summer, we were busy and rarely had time to do consistent follow-up;
however, we have been praying earnestly together each day for God’s provision
and guidance in our work at Discovery Ministries. He has proven Himself
faithful time and again as we are at 80.6% in regular support!! We literally
only need $178.00 a month now to be fully supported before January 1st!
We are confident that God will provide, as He has been, in His time.We had many groups and we both got to work with groups
at different times, even getting the opportunity to do group initiatives
together! That was a really awesome moment and experience. I (Emma) got to
co-lead a six day recreation expedition for a group from Indiana with Joel
(picture at left, Joel’s in red and I’m in blue). A recreation expedition is a
trip that is mostly led by the instructors. This group, age 11 to 18, actually
wanted more challenge so we led what Joel and I called a hybrid trip. We taught
all the skills and the group was in charge of getting to destinations, making
camp and dinners. I was encouraged on this trip as I had a year of programming
and a recreation expedition under my belt. I really felt like I had skills,
insight and confidence in co-leading to offer the students and Joel. God
blessed Joel and I with spiritually hungry students who were eager to learn and
really wanted to grow, even when they didn’t enjoy all the benefits of being in
the wilderness.
I (Robert) feel like I held down the
fort pretty well this summer, and I was even able to update and improve some of
the processes here! I have been gearing
up to learn more about the office now that the summer craziness is over. Gearing up has included participating in a
series of meetings in part to help redistribute office responsibilities amongst
the staff, trying to match up responsibilities and giftedness. Some of the prospects we’ve talked about so
far have been really exciting!
All-in-all, we are settling in to the
off-season well and are enjoying the changing of the seasons. I am working in the office full-time, thanks in
part to the one time gifts! Emma has
been moved to Staff Trainee and works part-time for DM learning Adobe Photoshop
and InDesign, so she can work on DM’s newsletter.
We went on a scouting trip with the
ministry’s staff to Colorado and enjoyed hiking, camping, and rock climbing in
the beautiful land out there. We also traveled to Iowa on a support raising
trip and to see Robert’s family. It was wonderful to spend time with family and
friends.
Please stop in and see us some time!
We would love to hear from you!
Grace and Peace,
Robert and Emma Halbach
Praises:
·
A house that
feels like home.
·
Good people to
live and work with.
Prayers:
·
God to keep
providing supporters.
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For us to build
relationships within the community.
·
Patience for us
as we continue to learn to be married and work together.
·
God’s vision for
the new year at DM.
