How To Give

Writing Checks 

One way to donate to my ministry is via check. If you write a check to "Holy Cross Lutheran Church" and put "Caleb Robbins Ministry" in the memo line it will get deposited into my ministry account.

The address is: 

Holy Cross Lutheran Church 

4400 W Arkansas Ln, Arlington, TX 76016

Another way that provides you the option to set up regular online donations is 

Chase Quick Pay

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You can use Chase QuickPay to send and receive money at no charge.

As long as you have a valid e-mail address, you can create a Chase QuickPay profile to send and receive money. Simply register your Chase checking account or a checking or savings account you have with any other U.S. bank and send money to your recipient. We'll coordinate the direct transfer between banks–without any cost to you.

Enrollment is simple and secure. First, you'll need to create your Chase online profile and confirm that you own the e-mail address and bank account you want to use with this service.        

If you’re a Chase customer with an active online profile, please enroll in Chase QuickPay:

Go to www.Chase.com/QuickPay and log on with your Chase User ID and Password

Select and verify your preferred e-mail address

Read and accept the Chase QuickPay Legal Agreement terms and conditions

Select the valid Chase account you want to use with this service

Start using Chase QuickPay to send and receive money

If you’re a Chase customer but you don’t have an active profile, please:

Go to www.Chase.com to get a User ID and enroll in Chase Online

Then, follow the steps above for Chase customers to activate Chase QuickPay.

Note: If you have a Chase checking account, you must use it to send and receive money via Chase QuickPay.

If you’re not a Chase customer, please create a Chase profile and enroll in Chase QuickPay:

Click the enrollment option on www.Chase.com/QuickPay

Create a User ID and Password

Select and verify your primary e-mail address

Read and accept the required legal terms including the Chase QuickPay Service Agreement terms and conditions

Add and validate the external bank account you want to use with this service

Start using Chase QuickPay to send and receive money

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We've taken additional steps to help protect you. When you use Chase QuickPay, you won't need to know or provide your recipients' (e.g. friends' or customers') financial information – like account or Social Security Numbers. Plus, you won't need to wait for physical checks in the mail or worry about your money sitting anywhere other than your own bank account.

Rest! God makes it possible even in the crazy storm of life!

Look at those happy people, it's so good to have my amazing friend Bob back in the office again. Okay so maybe he's not really back full time, but after what he's been through, the fact that he and I got to catch up a little and talk in the office yesterday is an incredible miracle. I love you Bob and I miss you and I'm so glad that you are getting closer to being back! 

I love that picture, that is relationship and community! Yeah, two Supermen, getting along and hanging out in my office. The one on the left was given to me by a Senior on her last MK night before heading off to college. I love you and will miss you and am praying for you Blue Lagoon... er um, I mean, Abigail! People know what I like... it's not hard... just get me Superman stuff :). 

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I love this picture! It reminds me that no matter how dead and burned the ground is where you happen to be, God can still make you beautiful and cause you to flower... among other lessons you can glean from this. The remnant! The wonderful surprise of beauty in the midst of Texas toasted grass. 

Here we are with the amazing MKs, enjoying a brief rest to enjoy the view and take a picture on our epic MK hike and swim! I love getting more time with these wonderful kids during the summer! 

Here my kids are enjoying playing out in the yard, relishing their freedom before school starts! 

As you can see in the pictures below, the first day of school was coming and finally arrived. I enjoy being able to take my kids and my cousins kid to school in the morning... although the first day is always a little crazy! 

Liam also needed a picture taken of his next day going to 'school' at the center. Looks like a good swim day was in his future :). 

Thus began the epic tale of the Robbins going to see Kelsey and Patrick begin their adventure of wedded bliss :).

Here is a neat story... our van needed 4 tires and the front AC was shot... little did I know that God had an amazing plan for all of that. On the way to church the Sunday before we left I noticed that the van was driving a little off and just felt compelled to take it into the mechanic. Well God does what God does and saved us from a blow out on the road and added in a working AC to boot. So grateful to the Lord for all of that! The van did great and I was actually a little chilly on the way back!

 

The wedding was beautiful and so was all the time with family before and after, but what do you expect with such a beautiful family :)! It's been so fun having Erich and Stacy and Kyle and Lisa around for some extra time after the wedding. It was a big Gebauer family reunion and has made for some busy and fun filled days. I haven't been a part of all of it due to work but I've enjoyed some special times, one of which was last Friday at Hawaiian Falls. It was a great event, planned for the MK's to cool off at the end of summer but open to family and friends. With a great deal on tickets we made it a huge affair and I loved getting to go on slides with Erich and his daughter! Erich is my brother in law, the second born of the Gebauer 10, and Lisa is the third born.

The family heads off soon and the summer fun has mostly come to a close with school and such starting up again. Last week we had a car wash on the coolest day of the summer and Hawaiian Falls on one of the warmer. God is so good the way he works in little blessings like that!

Another bit of amazing news is my wife is pregnant again! Number 5 here we go! Please pray for her during this first trimester, for safety during the pregnancy and Gods grace through any morning sickness that might come along, so far so good!

The next couple of weeks are busy as I get ready for our huge amazing and wonderful MK camp that kicks off our fall schedule. I'm speaking at the camp this year, please pray for the messages and that all goes well!

Thanks for standing with me in this adventure God has called me to. I couldn't do this without your prayers and financial support! I wouldn't want to! You all mean so much to me and I'm so grateful for you and your love and grace and friendship.

May you all be richly blessed!

Caleb

If you want to support what I do a little or a lot, on a one time basis or a recurring basis, click on the tab "Supporting the Work" at the top of the page and sign up for Chase Quickpay. You can then send your donation to HCLC - Caleb Robbins Ministry using my e-mail address caleb_robbins@sil.org. Diane is my beautiful wife and the mother of my precious children Creed 8, Asher 6, Liam 3, Echo already in heaven, Bella 1, and one in the oven :) 

Thailand! There and back again...

I won't do it... aaaahhh... I can't do it.... FINE

A Robbins tale :)...

Smooth - yes, in a word, the trip was very smooth, like Pad Thai down a hungry man's throat. :)

Flying Qatar Air was really nice. They are the best airline in the world for 2015, which I didn't know when I booked them. It was longer than usual getting there and back, but I'd say it was worth doing once. Now I've been to an airport in the Middle East! Yay!

Our pre-conference adventures were so much fun. We enjoyed 3 nights at a hotel right on the night market, before we headed up to Suan Bua Resort. During that time we suffered for the Lord while doing a River Cruise, The Flight of the Gibbon (Zip-lining through ancient jungles), the 3-D museum, and a Foodie Tour (probably the highlight for me, delicious food and a history lesson on Chiang Mai and Buddhism as well).

Hanging out with friends before leaving. The living room is empty because we had our floors redone while we were gone. 

We finally made it to Bangkok after many hours on planes. Only 1 plane and 1 hour left!

The airport was so hot. Those are AC pods. 

River Cruise with delicious food! Good company too :). 

The waterfall we climbed to after zip-lining

The 3 Kings on the foodie tour

Our last stop on the tour, we are stuffed!

3D Museum... a delicious cup-o-wife

Thought my kids might like this one 

It was really fun getting to do all that stuff with Diane and the other members of my team. I really enjoyed our anniversary, which was the same day that we got to go zip-lining and climb a waterfall and BE IN THAILAND!

The conference this year was really... well... smooth. We had a great kid-to-leader ratio. Setting up our room and getting all the details sorted hardly took any time at all. We had everything on our wish list granted with little to no effort on my part. It was great being there with a healthy back and lots of energy.

Diane worked with the babies, which she can tell you more about later. But, overall I think that was a positive experience for her! I enjoyed having her there and we worked together in leading a college small group in our spare moments. That was a highlight for both of us.

I enjoyed teaching on Relationship again like I did in Cameroon, only it was very different with a different audience. Thanks for your prayers for the lessons and the hearts, I think God used the time to bless and encourage the kids!

It was a great time to re-unite with old friends and to strengthen new friendships. I really enjoyed getting to introduce the experience to Nadia and Diane (although Diane had been there before, a lot has changed since 2007).

Too much to share in a blog post really, unless you have a couple hours of reading you'd like to do :)... pictures are worth a lot of words, so let's go with a lot of those and call it even :).

Morning prayer with out team! 

Setting up Diane and Jo's room

A brilliant coffee shop with a view just a short walk up a hill close by! 

Joanna is very good with animals 

4 on a couch - game night for a special birthday boy! 

Our excursion with the Austin team to see elephants and such. I'm a master ox car driver :)

Diane didn't get to keep the hat

A beautiful view from a famous temple

I had to ring the bell! 

That looks good enough to drink :)

A very unique and delicious Thai specialty! 

Diane loves getting picked up :)

What a gorgeous wife I have! 

Such cool kids! 

Getting wisdom from those who have gone before

Riding on the back of a songtao with friends is always a good time! 

I love the beards ladies :)

The lounge in Doha

Teddy Bear! 

At last, home sweet home with my amazing family, all on the bed in our playroom and enjoying some nice jet lag.

Thanks so much for being a part of this trip with me! I couldn't have done it without your prayers and financial support. You truly helped Diane and I to get there and back again and you are a very special part of our Robbins tale!

Blessings to you all!

Caleb

"Adventures are wonderful things, they reveal so much about who you really are and they leave you feeling so blessed for the fellowship that carries you along the way"

If you want to support what I do a little or a lot, on a one time basis 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!