July 1994 through June 1995 was like living in a whirl wind. God truly blessed us with services pretty much every weekend except holidays. In October of 1994 we went back to Cocoa First to perform a wedding. That was a difficult thing to do. We had been a part of the church family for ten years. We had been there when babies were born, when loved ones went to be with the Lord and graduations, weddings any and all aspects of peoples lives. Going back into the church where a lot of blood, sweat, joys, tears every emotion one could have had been experienced just flooded us both with memories. There were lots of hugs and tears and "Oh Pastor, are you sure about this" questions. Our lives and that of our two children's were wrapped up so much in this body of believers. Although we knew there was NO going back, it still brought thoughts of, "did we do the right thing?"
A few days following that wedding and all those memories, Tim found himself lying on the floor of our grand daughter's bedroom of our house crying out to God for confirmation AGAIN that we had done the right thing. We were hurting so much and missing our church family.
Not long after that time of crying out for confirmation again, Tim received a phone call from his mother in North Carolina. She was about to move to a smaller place and needed to get rid of years of ''stuff''. While cleaning out a dresser drawer that was Tim's Dad's she came across a address/phone book from back in the 1940's when his mom and dad lived in Los Angeles, California. She began looking through book and on first glance there was nothing in there when suddenly she saw in the middle of the book where Mr. Harris had written "Holy Rosary Mission Pine Ridge, South Dakota" and NOTHING ELSE. So, she called Tim asking him again exactly where it was he was going in South Dakota and did he know anything about Holy Rosary Mission. His interest was suddenly peeked. How did his mom know of Holy Rosary and why was she asking?
He told his mom that Holy Rosary Mission is now Red Cloud School on Pine Ridge Reservation. WHY was she asking. She told him the story of the ''little book'' and he asked her to PLEASE HOLD ONTO IT FOR HIM. Talk about confirmation!
In February 1995 we were in North Carolina to share our vision to the Assembly of God in Greenville and visit with his mom. We will NEVER forget standing in his mom's living room and Tim holding that book that his dad had written in in the 1940's the very place the Lord was calling him to go to now in 1992!
Tim's dad was an alcoholic prettymuch all of Tim's life and to have this little book with Pine Ridge Reservation written in his dad's handwriting knowing God had called him,Tim, to go and carry the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the people there was a bit overwhelming.
While glancing through the ''little book'' Tim came to the back and there, written in his handwriting when he was a first grader most likely, was his name. Here is this ''little book'' with nothing written in it but what his dad had written probably when Tim was just a couple years old and his name, TIMOTHY. I looked at Tim and said "God had you sign a contract when you were probably 6 years old to go to Pine Ridge some forty years later when the Assemblies of God were wanting someone to go to Pine Ridge. How much more can God do to give you a "confirmation of HIS call in your lives". AMAZING! Tim keeps that little book in his Bible always. When life gets hard, we both remember the Calling to come to South Dakota first to Pine Ridge Reservation.
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