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Birth of Elijah Paul

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We are praising the Lord for another treasure that He has given us! Elijah Paul Brubaker was born on March 21 at 5:48 PM. He weighed a little over 8lbs. and measured 21.25 inches long. Mom and baby are both doing well!

The birth of Elijah did not happen in the timeframe that we were originally expecting. As a result, it changed up our Spring travel plans significantly. But God’s timing is perfect! We are greatly encouraged to know that He is in control and working in ways that we are completely unaware of. Praise God!

Currently Coding and Cutting Kindling

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Summer camp finished about one week ago. Since that time, we have been hard at work re-organizing life and catching up on all the waiting projects. I have been busy writing the final lines of code to finish a church website, and sweating away cutting load after load of firewood. This year I am determined to have enough wood to get us through the entire winter, but there’s a long way to go before that can be a reality!

The grass here at camp is about to grow almost uncontrollably now that the rains have subsided. As a resident staff member here at SHC, I’ll be doing my best to hold back the overgrowth! This means that there’s lots of mowing and weed-wacking on my list for this week.

Our next ministry responsibilities are right around the corner. We appreciate your prayers very much as we prepare for our upcoming meetings!

Visiting the KLBE Air Museum

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Several weeks ago, while serving in Acme, PA, we were able to have a special family outing with a friend who pilots a private jet for a living. His boss recently purchased a new jet and we were invited to take a tour! The KLBE Air Museum is at the same location. It consists of a hanger full of restored airplanes, RC planes, aviation pictures, and lots of information to read. There was even a flight simulator! We all thoroughly enjoyed the tour and sincerely thank those who invited us to come!

In times like these, we try to remind our children of the blessings that come when you are serving the Lord. Opportunities like this are never deserved. Rather, they are a privilege that God sees fit at times to add to the eternal rewards of ministry.

Beginning Meetings in Acme, PA

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Packing for these revival meetings was quite an undertaking! As our family has grown, so has the volume of luggage. The childrens’ car seats take up most of our space in the truck, and I have been amazed at how fast the remaining space fills up with all the bags of necessities.

We made the short trip to Acme, Pennsylvania, on Saturday afternoon and settled in for the week of revival meetings. It’s good to be back with friends here! For the first time in our ministry, we have the privilege of ministering with a “music man”. Brother Doyle Robertson and his wife Donna were scheduled to be at the church in Acme this week and we have been blessed to get to know them better.

God was clearly at work in Sunday’s services and the church folks have a good spirit of expectation for the rest of the week!

The Struggle to Downsize

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When you live in an RV, learning to optimize your space is essential to keeping your hair! (Well, actually, you might pull your hair out anyway, but at least it won’t happen because you can’t walk across your floor without stepping on something…)

Difficulties in Downsizing

Downsizing is a constant struggle for us – just as it is for most families with young children. Our ~400 square foot home amplifies the difficulty. You can’t just throw all the junk into the spare bedroom because there isn’t one. You can’t even stuff it into the spare “nook and cranny” because they are hard to come by too. Eventually, the clutter reaches its critical mass and serious preventative measures must be taken.

Unfortunately, the moment you step aside from everyday chores to tackle some organization, everything begins to fall apart! The dirty dishes pile up and Mount Laundry starts growing at 3x its normal rate – threatening the reputation of Everest. While you are pulling everything out of a closet to find out what is even stored there, the kids follow your example with ALL of their belongings. The process often begins with excitement in the air, but it is not long before madness is afoot and the mess is staggering.

Making It Happen

Sarah's Laundry BasketIt’s common sense that the less you have, the less you will have to organize, and, recently, Mount Laundry has been our trouble spot. The kids drawers had become stuffed (again) with clothes that they were rarely using and there was no place to store the clean laundry anymore. Consequently, the other day Liz announced some major clothing rations for the kids and set to making it happen. Their drawers were reduced to three sets of play clothes per child and everything else is going into storage or the nearest Goodwill, Salvation Army, Community Aid, etc… drop-off location. (such a blessing!)

In all truth, the downsizing process is a never ending effort. If it’s not the laundry, then it’s something else that requires some positive human intervention. But for now, this latest de-clutter has been quite relieving and we are just thankful to be able to repurpose our laundry basket as a lazy-boy once again.

What about you? Please leave a comment and share with us your latest downsizing experience!

Taking God At His Word

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As we entered 2017, we were impressed with the necessity to dedicate some focused time on various needs of our home and family. We knew that this would be impossible unless we purposefully planned on staying in one place for a while to address the needs. After considering all our options, we decided to not schedule any multiple-day meetings for the last quarter of 2017.

Trusting God

We knew that this would significantly limit our income, but we sensed the Lord’s leading in it all. He had promised to provide and it would do us good to simply take Him at His Word and watch Him work miracles. We were sure that it would be a time which would stretch and grow our faith.

Miracles

I wish that I could report that there was never a time in the past five months that I expressed to Liz doubts about our decision, for that was not always the case. Those times did happen. However, we have seen God do miracles in front of our eyes! We keep a record of all these things in our “Brubaker Book of Blessings”. If I were to list recent instances of God’s provision, I could easily give testimony of more than seventeen situations were God met our needs in surprising, humorous, and always humbling ways.

In addition to those miracles, the Lord has given us some pulpit supply ministry while we have been busy tending to our family needs. There has been no less than eight times in the past few months when churches gave us much more than the typical Sunday love offering.

God has been keeping His Word and helping my family learn that we can depend on Him!

I feel obligated to praise the Lord for His faithfulness and encourage you to trust the Lord for your needs as well. Friends, don’t give in to the temptation to think that these kinds of things only happen to special, extra-spiritual people, because I can assure you that I would not be writing this testimony if that were the case! I am convinced more than ever that it is nothing other than the grace of God and His faithfulness to keep His Word. God wants to do much more than provide for our financial needs. Let’s take God at His Word and trust Him for miracles!