I wish I knew...

I don't know what's going on in my head.
I do not want to be here anymore.
I want to be in Arizona working with 3:18 Ministries.
I wrote a Haiku:

I've learned so much here,
Am I ready to step out?
"The workers are few."

I know this all seems so disjointed. But that's what's going on in my head.
So as you go about your life, please keep Liz, Shelby and I in your thoughts and prayers.
As you can tell I could really use them.

In Him,
Robert

P.S. Thank you all for indulging me. I really do wish I could explain what is going on in my head.
I wish I knew...

Ready, Set...MOVE!

Just a quick update!
Letters and Packets are heading out. We are in the midst of packing boxes and cleaning around our house. We have updated our website a bit so be sure and look around. If you are not on our mailing list, please sign up to left.  We are e-mailing and snail mailing our support requests, please keep us in your prayers! If you would like more info, let us know! You can watch our progress on the thermometer.
Robert has returned from Australia renewed and excited to move ahead! While he was there he shared with the Churches of Christ Australia CEO about what we were going to do and the plight of our brothers and sisters here in America. We have often talked of the similarities between the Aboriginal people in Australia and Native Americans here. He preached both Sundays he was there at Ann Street Church of Christ. The love and support of our friends "down under" is amazing to say the least. We dream of a time when they can bring a team to Arizona and we all work together. Here are a couple of pictures from the trip.

It's full steam ahead for all of us, join us on the journey!! RobertandLizCrews@yahoo.com

Aussie memories

Robert has landed safely in Australia after a rocky start. One of the girls was unable to go due to illness, they missed their connector flight, and then they were delayed 1/2 hour. God is good, they are in Brisbane with our extended family he has not seen since 2009. I am so happy for the time he will be with the people we love so much. As I reminisce on my trips there, I thought I would post a few of my favorite memories. Please keep them in your prayers as they share with and serve "down under."

Listening to Annie's story - amazing!

3 incredible women! Kylie, Elizabeth and Daun

My Peydon!

Mt Cootha with my boys

downtown Brizzy with Robert

Tim and I talking about what God was planning for Robert and I back in 2005. He has been an amazing support for our family!

Shelby Joy 2012

Robert's video for our daughter, Happy Graduation 2012!!!

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A young woman went to her mother and told her how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved a new one arose.

Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water. In the first, she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs and the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil without saying a word. In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl.

Turning to her daughter, she asked, “Tell me what you see?” “Carrots, eggs, and coffee,” she replied.

She brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. She then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, she asked her to sip the coffee. The daughter tasted its rich aroma.

The daughter then asked. “What does it mean, mother?”

Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity—boiling water—but each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard and unrelenting. After being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior. But, after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water they had changed the water.

“Which are you?” she asked her daughter. “When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity, do you wilt and become soft and lose your strength? Or are you an egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Do you have a fluid spirit, but after a loved-one’s death, a relationship breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have you become hardened and stiff? Does your shell look the same, but on the inside you are bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and a hardened heart? Or are you like a coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If I am like the bean, when things are at their worst, I get better and change the situation around me through Christ-likeness.

A daily devotion I read and loved. Hope you did too.

Liz