The crazy month of life... no I already used that title :)

Okay well the train just keeps rolling, I ran into Freddy Boswell this morning on my way into the office and was talking about how today was a busy day... he just smiled and said "every day is a busy day"... he's right!

This won't be long, I will sit down next week and write a longer... but not too long... blog to catch you all up, but I missed writing you and thought you might like a smidge of news.

Okay so very briefly...

My dear Nanna died last month and my Dad flew back for the memorial, and that was a very sweet time of fellowship and remembering the epic life that Nanna lived. It was great being with family.

I went to Alabama and visited my cousin and his family amongst all the chaos. The week after graduation we took MK off to let the kids ease into summer but that week turned out to be quite eventful, nevertheless I'm really glad that I was able to go and see David and get away, I flew Southwest which seemed appropriate :)... when getting away :).

Now I'm back and Mk has started back up with Monday night fun and a trip to Burgers Lake and this week I'm helping out with two conferences and going to the North Texas Food Bank on Friday with the kids.

So please keep me in your prayers as you think of me running around :).

Also please be praying for Bob Alber, my partner in this ministry, who is in the hospital recovering from a flesh eating bacteria that attacked his leg and caused big chunks of it to be removed. His life went from 100 mph to, well however fast you can get around on one leg... too soon? No, he has a great sense of humor and makes us all laugh despite what he is going through. I have enjoyed visiting him a couple times in the rehab center he calls home.

 Asher got older... yeah he's 6 now!!!!

Just a few pictures for you... after all what is a blog without pictures?

Okay, bless you all and thanks for standing with me in this life! Your support is felt and appreciated so much! I love you all!

Blessings,

Caleb

Diane is coming to Thailand with me and that means we need to raise double the money! So if you are interested in partnering with Diane and I in her going to serve in Thailand with me this summer please click on the supporting the work tab at the top of the page and make a one time donation to my ministry. We have to raise $5,000 total for the both of us to go. 

If you want to support what I do a little or a lot, on a one time basis (for a mission trip to Thailand perhaps :) or on a recurring basis, click on the tab "Supporting the Work" at the top of the page. Diane is my beautiful wife and the mother of my precious children Creed 8, Asher 6, Liam 3, Echo already in heaven and Bella 1! 

The crazy month of life :)

So much has happened it's hard to know where to begin...

April was a fantastic month filled with great activities and delightful amounts of rain... that have continued into the month of May. Things you learn from rain... well, Duncanville is quite beautiful when it's not suffering from drought :) and really people are quite beautiful when they are receiving from God what they need to grow as well. The metaphor for my work has been beautiful to think about! I want to be a source through which God can provide all that these MKs need to thrive where they are!

Asher is now a proud graduate of kindergarten! Yay Asher! The MK seniors have also enjoyed the MK senior dinner and graduation ceremony and we have officially opened the pool with our great fund raiser.

The Gebauers are back and Mark is out and our house is now just a Robbins nest of sorts :). It's nice to have the extra space which we have turned into a play room for the kids.

My life is going through some interesting changes that I look forward to letting you know about once the dust settles, but I appreciate your prayers for me during all the business this time of year brings and with the interesting things that God is doing in my life and ministry!

Oh yeah did I mention two weddings have taken place since I last wrote? Yeah the busy month of life is right! Now we seem to be past the bulk of it, in fact tonight is my last MK before the summer program kicks off... ha, I should know better than to say things like that :).

You guys rock! Your prayers are heard and are powerful. I feel sustained, blessed, encouraged, and am filled with peace that I don't understand and joy that gives me strength. Your generosity toward my ministry makes the trips and the every day living possible and is incredible to me. I have the best partners in the world, you all are a huge part of what I do and you are all like family. Thank you, I am filled with gratitude when I think of you and I pray for you and praise God for you!

Okay now some pictures :)

Senior Dinner 

MK Event: Sonic and fun at Armstrong Park

Monday Night Artwork! Yeah we have fun at Youth group! 

 

Mothers Day 

MK Event: Rock Climbing

MK Fund Raiser: The Pool Opening

Date Night! Diane and I seeing Mat Kearney 

 One of the amazing weddings, I love Bella and Liam with Mom in the background! 

God is so good and it's so good to share with you the joys of life, no matter how busy!

I started a prayer vlog if any of you are interested, it's on my Youtube channel which you can get to on the links to the side of this Blog, just click on Calebtube on the top right.

Thanks for the generosity that you have shown toward my wife and I concerning this trip to Thailand. The Lord provides and he uses incredibly generous people like you to do it! Thank you!

May God bless you all!

Caleb

Diane is coming to Thailand with me and that means we need to raise double the money! So if you are interested in partnering with Diane and I in her going to serve in Thailand with me this summer please click on the supporting the work tab at the top of the page and make a one time donation to my ministry. We have to raise $5,000 total for the both of us to go. 

If you want to support what I do a little or a lot, on a one time basis (for a mission trip to Thailand perhaps :) or on a recurring basis, click on the tab "Supporting the Work" at the top of the page. Diane is my beautiful wife and the mother of my precious children Creed 8, Asher 5, Liam 3, Echo already in heaven and Bella, getting bigger all the time, and almost 1!!!! 

Gods got this! Gods got you!

What a great month so far! I have had some crazy and wonderful experiences but the greatest experiences are the ones that bring God and I closer together... the joy of life, the pursuit of God, the one who relentlessly pursues me... this is love not that we loved God but that He loves us!

I had the great privilege of going to the Dallas World Aquarium with my son Asher on a field trip. It was so fun to just be with him, we were in a perfect group of two! Before the field trip I was killing time and wanted to grab a snack, I wandered over to a 7 Eleven to get a snack and had been praying that the Lord would provide for Diane to go to Thailand on the way over. When I stepped through the door a man walked up to me and offered to buy me whatever I wanted to eat and drink and after he noticed the sticker on my shirt saying that I was on a field trip he offered to buy something for my son as well. They were doing a documentary on people eating at 7 Eleven, all I had to do was let him get a picture of me eating what I got. Well that was a no brainer :). I left with the goods in stow and the incredible truth ringing in my spirit that God provides... Jehovah-Jireh :). Well then it hit me that phrasing it that way is a little foreign to me... so I asked God to speak it to me in my heart language (I must be the son of a linguist :)... God simply said "I got this and I got you". My heart was filled with peace and joy and the worry about Diane getting the funds to go to Thailand changed into excitement to see how God will provide... or has got me :). God is so good and it's this amazing kindness that draws me more and more into the loving arms of my best friend!

I am over joyed as I think about how you have partnered with me in this adventure and how God uses you to say over and over again to me that He's got me! Thank you for being so incredibly encouraging and faithful and an awesome part of what God is doing in my life and around the world! I'm blessed to have you in my life!

I love spring so much because it means that one of my favorite hobbies gets to come back in full swing. We did a bunch of yard work for the community with the MKs and it was a guilty pleasure for me because I love doing yard work! I know I'm a little strange to some of you :)... maybe a lot strange :).

It was so much fun getting out there with the kids and it was so cool how many kids came out to serve. After we were finished we had a pizza party and it was great having that time with the youth after wards. Its amazing what a little pizza will do :)... Diane brought the pizza and the kids and it was fun hanging out with my family and my larger MK family. I really enjoy seeing how they interact with my kids, it means so much to me!

I love this picture! One of the MKs putting flowers in the hair of another one. This ministry is so satisfying and is growing and it's so exciting to be a part of it. The kids decided on their own to start a worship band! It's so cool to see how God works in their lives! 

Mark is away in New York this week on a choir trip! We are so proud of him. He is almost back in the care of his own parents who are coming back a week from this Sunday. It is exciting to be so close to their return and the end of the boarding era of our lives. Mark is the last one in the foreseeable future for us. God has taught us so much through this and I'm so thankful to be ending this whole experience on such a high note! 

God has got this! 

Please keep Bella in your prayers, she has been sick recently and keep her tired mother in your prayers too :)

Pray for the Thailand trip coming up soon! We have tickets! Pray for the conference and the hearts that God wants to touch and for our hearts as we prepare what He has given us! 

Thank you Lord for being so faithful and awesome and friendly :) Thank you for such amazing partners! I love you guys and pray for you often! 

Blessings, 

Caleb 

Diane is coming to Thailand with me and that means we need to raise double the money! So if you are interested in partnering with Diane and I in her going to serve in Thailand with me this summer please click on the supporting the work tab at the top of the page and make a one time donation to my ministry. We have to raise $5,000 total for the both of us to go. 

If you want to support what I do a little or a lot, on a one time basis (for a mission trip to Thailand perhaps :) or on a recurring basis, click on the tab "Supporting the Work" at the top of the page. Diane is my beautiful wife and the mother of my precious children Creed 8, Asher 5, Liam 3, Echo already in heaven and Bella, getting bigger all the time.