Foster Family Update

This year has been an awesome experience. We have come to love the Thai culture and are experiencing the great commission at work first hand. I had the privilege of being taught my last class, by my father, on discipleship. He gave me tremendous impartation through his class on being a disciple of Christ. This summer is going to be quite busy. I will be leaving for Burma on the 7th of May, then on the 10th, April Poolson will be arriving in Bangkok to spend two weeks in Thailand with us, then two days later Dawn, Sailor and April will be going to Cambodia for 4 or 5 days. It will be good for Dawn while I become Mr. Mom and look after Sailor while her and April experience Thailand. After that we have a team coming in June, from Church of the King, that we will help lead in ministry and outreaches. Then in the beginning of July we will going to Penang Malaysia for two weeks to spend time with the parents, and celebrates Sailor's 3rd birthday. Then from there we will go to Southern Thailand to help lead a missions trip for 7 Weeks in Asia. We will have the month of August free and in the month of September I will be Starting school again. So we have our summer pretty full, but I am excited about all that is going to happen. We love ya'll so much and hope to hear from all of you. Thank you for your Prayer and support. God has blessed us tremendously through you. We are very grateful to have friends and family like you in our lives. May God bless you.

    God is doing a great work in our hearts. We are pressing toward the goal of perfection, God has called us to be righteous in Him. We are righteous people as the church. We are in right standing with God. We cannot give up, we have to press toward the goal, and work harder, and conform to God’s Word. His word will cut into the deepest parts of our hearts and begin to change us from the inside out. People need to know the truth about God’s Word and His wonderful love and mercy that we receive. People are being deceived, but we need to set our feet upon the rock, our cornerstone, our firm foundation, and our savior. We need to begin to fight using the word and begin to see lives changes by the power of God’s word. We cannot stop; we have to continue to persevere unto the end. We need to become real men, leaders of our families, and need to get rid of our selfish desires and begin to ask God to put His desires in our hearts. Change starts with us, the way we act, the way we treat our wife, the standards we set for our children, to keep them away from the snares of the enemy. A snare is hidden and captures you and then you have a hard time to trying to free yourself. We need to teach our children to recognize right from wrong, to become doers of the word. As leaders of the household we need to be Jesus to our wives and children. Change starts in the family. We need to raise our families to seek God with all their hearts and the realization that Satan is fighting to deceive people and have them in hell with him. We will not allow him to take control of our lives. We have the power to conquer the Devil. We may not have the ability to change our government but we can change our families. Thank you Lord that I am going to be conformed to your word that I am being conformed to your word. I am your child and hear your call to righteousness. I will do your will, Your word is going to cut into my life and change the way I live and the way I think.

Amen

Love

Gabe, Dawn, and Sailor