May has been a different kind of schedule for the Crow
family. Our last meeting of the spring
round of revivals was late in April, after which headed home to prepare for our
first home school graduation. The
preparation left us more frayed and frazzled than any of the scheduled revival
meetings that we have ever been a part of.
Both sets of grandparents came in from out of town and stayed for at
least a week.
Josiah’s graduation ceremony itself was a simple one held in
a church two blocks from our home in Olive Branch, Mississippi. He gave a brief address to those who
attended, and Paul gave the charge to the graduate. Special music filled out the rest of the
schedule, along with a brief reminisce about home schooling on the road. The entire service lasted about 30 minutes.
Josiah plans to attend Ambassador Baptist College in the
fall to pursue the Lord’s leading in his life.
He is working for a construction worker in our church this summer to earn
money for college. Please pray for him
and for the family as we continue to undergo some great times of transition.
In 2017, a contractor that Paul had hired to put a roof on our house assured us that he could install siding as well. Because of his testimony of salvation and his
good standing in a church in our area, Paul hired him, but was unable to check on
his work because of our travel schedule.
He finished the roof—albeit not properly—began the siding, and then
walked away without finishing. After
calling around, I discovered another man who claimed he knew how to do vinyl
siding. His crew did some more work
incorrectly and then walked off without finishing as well.
Since that time, Paul has wanted to fix things himself but
was missing one important tool: a metal brake.
This device enables a person to neatly bend aluminum to trim the windows
of the house prior to installing the siding.
Since both contractors failed to do the trim properly, water was soaking
the wood trim around the windows. When
Paul’s parents came from Indiana for the graduation, they brought their metal
brake with them and left it in Mississippi so that the job could be
completed. In this time without
meetings, Paul has been working every day taking siding off the house, trimming
the windows properly, and then replacing the siding. The progress is slow, but things are moving
along.
Many have continued to wonder about our trailer. After being denied by the warranty company
and the manufacturer, we have begun to probe the possibility of turning the
issue over to the insurance company. You
may remember that we had a bearing fail in West Texas last year. It is possible that damage was done at that
time when we had to drive 20 miles on three wheels. The manufacturer of the failed I-beam can
repair the beam at a cost of nearly $6,000.
My prayer is that the insurance company will take care of the
problem. We need the Lord’s will,
obviously. Would you pray with us about
this matter? If the insurance company
takes care of the repair, we could be back in our trailer by the time the
meetings begin again in the fall.
Speaking of fall, there are still a good many openings in
the fall. We would request prayer for
that as well.
So much has changed so far this year. Doubtless, more changes are on the
horizon. In this world of change, we are
confident that our unchanging God will continue to stand beside as He has
always done. As always, thank you for
your prayers.
