March 2011 Newsletter

Go Fish Ministries, Inc. News Letter Mar.1, 2011


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

Well spring is finally here and it’s March already. It’s been a very busy month last month and I’m looking forward to the busy month ahead. I’ve been working and preparing my garden for spring planting. It’s about that time. I built a new cold frame and have started a few vegetable seeds in it to get some transplants ready to go in the garden on March 15th. I’ve got hot caps on some of the plants already in the garden, so that has helped tremendously. My bluberry bushes that I planted last fall are budding now and I hope to see some new life on the fig trees and pecan tree before too long. I’ve been working on the walking trail a good bit and have cleared back some of what Katrina destroyed. I’ve planted new flowers all along it and have some plans to add some more water features in the future. It’s still needs trees felled and a few other things and is lots of work, but I love it.



Speaking of love, I hope everyone had as wonderful a Valentine’s Day as I had. To my surprise, Rocky came over unexpectedly and brought me a beautiful yellow rose trimmed with red, a box of candy, and a beautiful cross wind spinner. I hung it on the front porch. I’ve wanted one for a long time and it’s beautiful! Rocky hasn’t always remembered Valentine’s Day, so this was very special to me. I do believe you can teach an old dog some new tricks! Rocky is learning in his old age and I love him for it! Maybe there’s hope for us yet! God willing. This August, we’ll have been married 30 years! Not all of them were good, but many of them had good moments, along with the hard times. I treasure those good moments and pray God restores to me as many years as the locust has eaten! We’d never had made it this far, had we not learned to forgive a long time ago. We’ve learned to love anyway not just if you do what I want. We have our differences and I pray that we can get passed them at some point and I ask you all to pray with me on that! God is faithful and I know he will answer that prayer in good time. I just hope I can remember that God’s not on our calendar.



I did find one tutoring job this month, but I need several more to make ends meet. If you know of anyone who needs an English tutor please let me know. If any one knows of any other part time work I might could do, let me know that, too. I’m looking into several opportunities myself, right now that may lead to some work experience, so pray that these leads would be to my benefit. One is some possible volunteer work that could give me some experience to go with my education, which would be good for my resume. Also my writings online have now exceeded 50,000 views, which is to God’s glory, as I could never have done that without God’s help. It doesn’t pay much yet, but maybe it will someday. I pray that God will use my writings for His glory and trust He will bless my efforts for social justice against sexual and domestic violence. I pray that God will use me to bless His kingdom and that I don’t steer anyone wrong with my opinions and convictions.



I also have several other praises this month. Tommy got a good job in Texas that should provide very well for his new family. They’ll be moving to Texas soon and I’ll miss them but I know it’s for the best. Rock also has a potential full time job in the works, along with his college schedule. Pray that his interview goes well and that he gets the job. Rose had her baby very early in Jan. and baby Evie is now at home and doing well. She’s 6 lbs. now! Jonnie is continuing to heal and his foot will soon be out of the boot we hope. I praise God for all these blessings on my family and trust that God will continue to bless us all. I pray for those who have lost their faith for the time being and for those who struggle with obedience to God’s word. I pray for strength and courage to be their example and when I fail to be everything they expect me to be, that they will look to God and not myself as their ultimate example. After all, mothers are mere humans, with all the faults and sins that go with it. I trust that someday be able to forgive my own failures and see some of their own in light of God’s grace. My heart wants to spare them the heartaches of life, but my head knows that we learn by our mistakes. And God helps us all.

Notes and Prayer Requests



• Pray for Amanda and my first grandbaby, Kylie Anne. Amanda is battling with the cigarette habit and having a hard time quitting. Kylie is nursing well and growing strong!

• Pray for Rose, my oldest, who had her baby early at 33 weeks on January 16. Evie was 3lb. 3 oz. and is doing well though she will be in the hospital quite some time. She was moved from the hospital at Duke to the regional hospital there, and is up to 3lbs. 7 oz. now.

• My son Jonnie broke his foot a few weeks ago and has had his surgeries. Please pray that he continues to heal well.

• My son Rock is back in college and is going to go to nursing school. I’m so proud of him!

• My son Tommy was in an auto accident and has totaled his truck without insurance yet. Please pray for his well being.

• Merry is really struggling with her faith and has great anger towards me for leaving. Pray that she will someday understand why I had to leave when I did. My two oldest girls understand why I left because they saw much of the abuse, but the younger ones who didn’t see as much, just don’t understand.

• Selah is having some potential health issues, so pray for healing for her.

• I wanted to invite you to sell items through our BFAC.com garage sale to support Go Fish Ministries, Inc.. To join you just need to click on the link: http://www.bfac.com/garagesale/acceptinvite/garagesaleID/112585 If you want to just shop you can check out the garage sale at: http://www.bfac.com/garagesale/index/garagesaleid/112585