Spring Time in New England

Hey there!  Back on the blog after a long hiatus - it's amazing how quickly a month passes by these days (let alone an entire quarter).  Our last post showed pictures of Silas's birthday which means I am long overdue to share some family/ministry news.

David has been really enjoying his work with the youth - his latest project has been building a curriculum in which he covers one book of the Bible each Wednesday night with his class.  That's quite an undertaking!  But he has proved himself up to the challenge - they covered the book of Genesis last Wednesday, and they are ready to cover Exodus this week.  His goal is to help them understand the purpose for each book: why God would include each of them and how the overall flow and theme of the Bible is threaded through them all.  This will also help them in their ability to recall the basic outlines and themes of the books individually, which is important as they develop their ability to talk to others about the Bible.

Since Schumacher Equipment still has projects in the development stage that are not ready for production, David has been working at home.  He has been able to put a lot of time toward both his personal ministry to others and his involvement in the ministries of others.  Silas has also been enjoying more of his attention whenever I have an opportunity to put myself to work as a Mary Kay consultant.  I've been averaging 2-3 appointments a week, which is more than I've done in the last quarter.  It's nice to be getting out more and meeting more people, and just about right for keeping me busy but letting me have the time I need for my family.  We are hoping I can bring in enough to make up a little of the income during this slow time in David's secular work.

Silas has finally mastered a few more words - he said "bathtub" clear as day on Saturday night, and now he knows that if he wants to call my parents he says "NanaPapa."  (All one word.  I told my mom that he has a very biblical view of marriage - the two are one entity, lol).  We are still working on "GramaGrampa" for David's parents but that seems to be more difficult to say, so we will keep trying.  :o)  He gets a lot more in the way of bumps and bruises these days as he gets ever braver.  Sunday alone had about 5 different stunts, two that ended in collisions and three that were near misses.  Some peoples' kids.....

Thanks for stopping in, and feel free to let us know if you have news to share or questions about the work.  We love getting comments and will do our best to keep in touch!

In His service,
the Rollerts