God’s Faithful Servants Updates
JUNE 2021
As I sit in the office looking outside through our wall full of windows, I can visibly see and hear the large torrential raindrops coming down. This is a WET Spring, but at least we’re having a Spring! Last year it seemed to move from winter to summer with nothing in between.
Kurt and I in our retired state feel like we are working more than full time jobs these days. And WE LOVE IT! We rise around 5:30 am, pour the coffee and move quietly to our office, where we begin by praying, thanking God for all He provides us, and asking His blessings for our day. We know that WE can do nothing on our own, even though we’re putting in lots of hours working on God’s Faithful Servants and our “Answering Prayers for Wheelchairs” benefit for June 11-12 of 2022. And we ask that He put His loving hands on our projects designed to glorify Him.
Since this is our first publishing of “News,” I want to briefly catch you up on what we’ve accomplished thus far: we have begun presenting an update to our local church supporters, we have begun an annual request for support campaign from our “Compassionate Supporters,” those individuals and groups who have supported us with donations of time, energy and money in the past, we are working with the manager of the Woodshed Ranch on plans for the “Answering Prayers for Wheelchairs” benefit, and we continue to think of well-known Christian musicians, inspirational speakers and performers whom we can invite to help celebrate our donors and bring awareness of the importance of wheelchairs to individuals in need of mobility throughout the world.
We are happy to announce one celebrity we invited to participate has graciously agreed to be a part of our program! We found Byron Hogan, of Hogan Equine, last summer when we attended one of his workshops on Emotional Intelligence in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. We were so intrigued that we followed up with a visit to his ranch in Nowata, Oklahoma. We consider Byron “our local horse whisperer.” He has a moving life story of how God brought him out of a past filled with chaos and turmoil. Watch the YouTube video of him speaking of “Grace, Redemption and Horses” - Wild Mustangs, to be exact! - Meeting America’s Mustangs – Byron Hogan and “Guapo”
Today, we continue our work to identify and contact corporations to help sponsor our wheelchair event. So pray for us!
Something exciting that’s been developing over the past couple of days is that after trying hard to contact some celebrities to perform at the event, we actually made contact with one of them – personally! Bradley Walker, an amazing country, bluegrass, gospel singer, is considering coming to our neck of the woods! Bradley knows about wheelchairs – he was born with Muscular Dystrophy and has been wheelchair bound during his 43 year young life. We truly hope he will be able to join us – and bless us all through his music!
We are still waiting to hear back from another country performer – Rory Feek – as to whether it might be possible for him to join us. We believe God led us to discover Rory when Mother’s 90 year old friend, Arlene, gave her a book to read: This Life I Live. When Mother finished reading the book, it laid on a table waiting to be returned to Arlene – and one day, as I was walking by, I picked it up to see what it was about. Rory’s story was moving as he shared the darkest days of his life growing up and breaking into the Nashville scene, meeting the love of his life - Joey, their faith in our Heavenly Father, the birth of their beautiful baby girl, and the bitter sweet story of Joey’s life and “too early to leave” passing. We had the great pleasure of attending one of Rory’s Homestead Hall barn concerts recently and meeting him in person (and we got to see his now seven year old daughter, Indiana). He is as genuine in person as he sounds in his book, This Life I Live and I imagine on the social media sites he engages in as well. Kurt nor I are technically inclined, so no Facebook, Tweets or Twitters for us!
Coffee time is almost over, so I’ll sign off for now. If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel to contact us at godsfaithfulservants2@gmail.com!
Praying you have an extraordinary day!
May God’s love surround you,
Kate
P.S. – “IT’S ALWAYS FUN ON THE FARM!“
Even amidst the downpour of rain, Albert (Prince Albert to be exact) was reminding us that daytime was upon us. He and his girl, Wild-Thing (AKA Goldie), live in a little house in what we call Silkie Village, right behind our courtyard patio. Every morning, Albert announces the day by crowing several times. When we stepped outside during a pause in the rain, the pair came out to say, “Good Morning, Mommy and Daddy!”
