The Paine Family

What a weekend! Full of excitement, work, fun, and fellowship, and over 350 people, our time down in Indy was rich.  Andy Andrews was the key speaker for the weekend retreat and it was simply fantastic. His enthusiasm and energy plus the vital truths that he had to share gripped the audience session after session.

As a family, we got to help out a little in some of the prep work. In my opinion, this is what builds anticipation for the conference. We have all been looking forward to this time for a while and by the time it was all said and done, we were tired and happy. As I have said before, Christmas conference only comes once a year, so enjoy it. =) It was such a blessed time. The weather was perfect and everything seemed to run smoothly. We praise the Lord for who have been faithful to this ministry over many years. God has truly blessed it.

I wanted to post a little something that occurred in the midst of all the prep work for the conference. Dad’s birthday was on the 9th of this month.

It’s hard to describe the many things that my Dad means to me and the rest of us. As I was thinking about it, faithfulness came to mind. Dad has been faithful to the Lord. Rising early while most of us are still sleeping, he earnestly seeks the Lord’s face. He listens and obeys the small promptings from the Lord. I marvel at his humility and meekness that he demonstrates in everything that he does. Dad has also been faithful to Mom. His love for her has been something that I admire and his example of love, something I want to follow. He has been faithful to the family, always caring for each one of us. He has made it a point to see and ask how we are doing spiritually as well as physically. Dad has been faithful to the ministry that we are now serving in. From working on plumbing, to doing paperwork, Dad has been faithful in what other people would call the “little things.” In God’s eyes, I do not believe that there is such a thing.

Thanks Dad, for being faithful. I want to be just like you. Happy Birthday!