Life Changes

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.