Go Fish Ministries, Inc. News Letter Nov.1, 2010

Go Fish Ministries, Inc. News Letter Nov.1, 2010
Jesus said: Follow me and I will make you fishers for the souls of others. Matthew 4:19
Sis. Kimberly Hartfield, B.S. M.S. Christian Counselor Contact or unsubscribe: gofishbooks@gmail.com


Counselors’ Corner

November is already here and Thanksgiving is upon us! Where did the year go? My fall garden is planted and a few things have begun to germinate and sprout now that we’ve had a little rain and the weather is cooler. I do hope I get some winter greens as the caterpillars got most of my spring ones. My spring kale is actually perking up now that’s it’s had some cooler weather. My garden frames should help protect the baby plants now that the weather has turned colder. I hope so anyway. I also planted recently two baby fig trees, two blueberry bushes, one more grape vine, and I just found and planted a baby pecan tree. If I have anything to do with it, me and mine will never go hungry again! I’m doing my part with learning the gardening stuff, so I pray that God will bless my humble efforts.

Well I’ve got a lot to be thankful for this year. I’ve finally got two part time jobs and maybe a third one soon. I’m working three or four days a week now. That is such a blessing. I’m now able to pay most of my bills and at least meet our basic necessities. We don’t have much left over but at least it’s a beginning. If this other job comes through, I’ll be working on Saturday’s too, which I’m not crazy about, but it would help out a lot financially. Pray that God’s will be done. I also have two grandbabies coming this year, one very soon. I can’t wait! I just pray that I get to spend some time with them. One will be in North Carolina, so I know I won’t get much time with it, but the other will be here, so maybe I’ll get to see it a good bit, I hope. God has certainly been good to me this year!

I’m still homeschooling the kids, and am able to bring them with me on one of the jobs, which is very helpful. I found some great home-school books at a garage sale this week, too. I got some A-beka readers and some math books, which I really needed. I’ve gotten most of my home-school books from Salvation Army, Christian Services, Hudson’s, and garage sales. You don’t have to spend a fortune to home-school. I’ve not bought one book at full price, and yet God has provided everything we needed and has graciously allowed me to home-school my children, which was one of my heart’s desires. We had so much trouble in the public school system that I really just don’t want to put them back in public school if I don’t have to. And Christian schools are just not in the budget right now.

I get to exercise a bit when I take Mr. Al to his exercise classes at Wesley on Tuesdays and Thursdays. After dropping him off, I hit the walking tract and am now walking two to three miles each time. I want to get back in shape and be healthy so that I can be of use to God as long as possible. If we aren’t healthy, we can’t do as much as we might otherwise. So I do want to try to keep it up and lose some weight if possible, but my metabolism seems to be at a stand still. I also found a cool piece of exercise equipment that someone had thrown out and it was in good working order. I’ve got it in my living room, if I can just find the time to use it. There’s just too much to do when I’m at home though, so I haven’t quite got it in my routine yet. But it’s there to remind me that I need to exercise. Maybe someday, I’ll get to it though.

It’s been a busy month this month as my son Jonnie broke his foot and had to have two surgeries on it. I had to stay at the hospital with him for a couple of days and help him a little bit. I get on his nerves though and I don’t have enough patience either, so I’m not so sure how well that went. I love my kids more than anything, but when they do something really stupid, I wonder if I ever did anything right as a mother. He decided to climb the roof on the band hall at Oak Grove High School and take a running jump off of it on hard ground that hadn’t had any rain in weeks. Not a good move! So much for impressing the girls! I don’t think it worked.

I guess I should be thankful, it wasn’t something worse. None of my kids have done drugs, the older ones only drink occasionally, and none smoke, thank God. They all make very good grades in school and are highly intelligent! Over all, they’re good kids, so I’m thankful. I’ve tried to lead by example as I never smoked, drank, or used any kind of drugs either, so maybe they paid some attention to me. Well, I have done some stupid things, too, though, so I can’t say much other than I hope he learned from the experience. I trust God will use even this for His glory, though I don’t know how! It did give me some time with Jonnie that I haven’t had in a long time, so that was good. Since Jonnie and Merry live with their daddy, I don’t often get the time with them that I’d like to. So it’s good when I get those opportunities that I don’t normally have.

I had one bad reaction last month from my openness about my struggle with temptation and speaking out on abuse. Someone wrote me back and said that I shouldn’t talk about things like that while trying to find work. Well, I have one thing to say about that. If you are without sin, cast the first stone. My Bible tells me “Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you will be healed.” If my openness offends anyone then I would recommend that you write me and have me remove you off my email list, as I don’t want to offend anyone. But I speak whatever I feel the Lord wants me to say, whether it’s about my own struggle with temptation and sin or about what breaks God’s heart, like domestic violence and childhood sexual abuse. God’s word tells us to bring into the light of Christ those things that are done in darkness, to expose them for what they are, that is evil. So I will speak out on these issues as long as little children and women are being abused, especially when it’s people who call themselves Christians doing it. These issues are found in the Christian community and they must be dealt with. Silence only perpetuates abuse and shames the victims. We should be shaming the perpetrators of abuse, not the victims.

Well, as none of us are without sin, though some of us would like others to believe we are, I truly hope my openness does not offend anyone. But I will not be silent about the issues I feel strongly about. When God spoke the world into existence, great things happened. And since God is our best example, I believe since God speaks, so must we. Silence never got anything done, and unless we are willing to stand up and speak out on the important issues of life, then nothing will ever change. Yes, I’m blunt and have no tact sometimes, and I do need to work on that. But I will not “shut up” as some people would like me to, and I will not “sit down” when there is work to be done. God knows I want to be one who makes a difference, even if it’s just to get others aware of the issues and moving. I may not ever do anything great, but I do hope I do a few things well. I’m working on it anyway! And God’s still working on me!

I still have Christian books for sale, so if you want one, just let me know. I’m marking them down to $3 for hardbacks and $2 for softbacks, but that’s always negotiable. My book inventory is listed below, so you can still let me know if you see anything you want. Well, that’s all for now, so God bless to all and go fish for Jesus!


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Notes and Prayer Requests

• Pray for Amanda and my first grandbaby that she is carrying! It’s a girl! She’s due around Thanksgiving to the 1st week in Dec.
• Pray for Rose, my oldest, whose having a baby as well. She’s due in early March. Rose just finished up her master’s Degree at Duke! Yea Rose!
• My son Jonnie broke his foot a couple of weeks ago and will have his next surgery on Monday. Please pray that everything goes well.
• My son Rock is back in college and is going to go to nursing school. He’s working hard, too and growing up! I’m so proud of him!
• My son Tommy is working hard at two minimum wage jobs and trying to make ends meet. Pray that God will lead him to a better job and to go back to school and get a degree to help him. He’s taking responsibility for his wife and baby, though, so I couldn’t be prouder! He and Amanda went to Alabama a few weeks ago and got married! That’s another prayer answered. They would have done it sooner, but her parents wouldn’t sign for her and she’s still 19.
• I am a Christian Counselor and would be willing to provide services to those in need. I have a master’s degree in Psychological Counseling and am an ordained Minister as well. Please pray that I may be useful to God’s kingdom. I can also mow yards, clean houses or anything else that needs doing. I charge $50 for a yard or 3 BR house. You provide the equipment.
• I have published all of my New Testament paraphrases on the Triond website. You can see all of my writings by going to my main Triond link at https://www.triond.com/users/Mama+Heartfilled
• I’ve also began to publish my working drafts of the Old testament on my Blogspot at http://gofishministry.blogspot.com/ and http://mamaheartfilled.lifewithchrist.org I’ve done Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and am working on Deuteronomy.
• I would appreciate if you’d let me know of grammar, punctuation, and other mistakes I may have made. My goal is to make the paraphrase as simple and clear as possible. I know they still need much work, as they are drafts of a work in progress. I don’t know of many other Bibles that use the Name of Yahweh (I am in Hebrew), so I have worked hard to get it right. Please pray that God helps me in this work, and let me know of any mistakes you find. Thank all of you who are praying for me on this.