I think of June and the Barnabas Staff Meetings in WI like a tree, growing... soaking in the sunshine and rain... nourished!  This is a wonderful "family" we have been privileged to be part of!  The admin works hard at community - in fact it was the theme for this year's gathering, and we are grateful for those in leadership of this significant organization.  Community was not just a topic, just something explored, but something we experienced in our week together!

Little did we know then what was ahead for us this month, as Keith has written about on the home page.

As we look back at July-days, we're thankful for the Barnabas encounters we were still able to keep before yesterday's surgery-day including times around our table last weekend with a couple from Australia whom we would have been disappointed to miss. Hopefully soon we'll be back to Barnabas email and mentoring "work" and look forward to serving in September as a Barnabas Shepherding Couple for a week at ELIM, a Barnabas retreat center for missionaries in MI.  

My father often said, "We are on The Lord's Time," and so we are, trusting and very much kept!