Molter Family - Calvary Chapel of Fergus Falls, MN - 2018 Q4 Update

"Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among men with whom He is well pleased."Luke 2:14

Dear Family and Friends,

Merry Christmas to all, and praise to the One who came not only to live with us, but who also became one of us. Our Redeemer, and our Lord. Let us praise His name forever! We also hope you have a wonderful and blessed New Year!

Foster-care update: We had planned to ease our way into doing foster-care by helping others doing it full-time and give them some rest one weekend a month by doing respite care but the Lord had other plans more beautiful for our family. For the past six months we were able to come along side a young girl who turned five in our care and help her grow while her mom took the steps she needed to be healthy and able to care for her daughter again. We are happy to report that this transition took place and that both the Mom and daughter are doing well. It has been a blessing for our family to help in this way but also a reminder of just how important family is.

Below is an overview with pictures of our adventures in Minnesota.

Tim's Mother Lisa was able to come and visit us and we had an amazing time! We got to take her to one of our favorite places the Prairie Wetlands.

The boys got to have a back-yard camping sleepover which was the kids first.

We had some fun in the many autumn leaves which such vivid colors.

Anna got to take the boys to Dance & Dessert which is a local performance with ballet, jazz, and modern works. Plus some dessert to enjoy at the end. 

We had a wonderful Christmas service and are having a wonderful time as we study the book of Revelation on Sunday mornings.

We are also enjoying Anna's parents Randy and Cindy visiting us. Cindy plans to stay and help us with baby when he comes soon.

Our youngest Caleb turned 4 years old and Tim turned 35 in December (one of us is a bit more excited).

Our community has been at the center of some Fake news as a German writer came and wrote some false things but our mayor went on Fox and Friends to share the truth. Then we also had a self-proclaimed prophet from Ethiopia come and hold a healing event. It seems there is never a dull moment going on here and that there is a constant reminder of our need to be here to simply teach the Bible simply and proclaim the wonderful good news of Jesus Christ. God is good and we are blessed to see our church family grow too.

Tim has been meeting with many locals in Fergus Falls, doing much counseling with people in our faith-based community who feel embarrassed to seek help from their local church, and is building relationships with people in our town. Tim is meeting with a guy in town and working to bring Trail Life, a Christ centered replacement of Boy Scouts of America, to our community. Tim has been getting awards at work and has even been tapped to be apart of a Leadership program at Douglas Machine.

And of course we are super excited as we are expecting our baby boy around January 20th, 2019. Anna has been doing well, and both her and baby are healthy and ready for the arrival. We are thankful for each of you and continue to pray for our friends in California affected by the Camp Fire.

Thank you for our constant prayers and emails of encouragement! We love you all!

- Pastor Tim, Anna, Joshua, and Caleb Molter

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Molter Family - CCFF 2018 Q3 Update

Dear Family and Friends,

It has been some time since we have communicated with you. This is not to say that nothing has been happening.

We have seen lives surrendered to Christ, people overcome depression, people search for God, and find their direction and calling in Christ.  We have been moving forward steadily ever since God called us to the Midwest (of all places) and we have seen the mighty hand of God move greatly. We realize more than ever that it is not about big numbers, but rather lives that are changed from the inside out. Today many churches try to come up with a strategy and formula or try to incorporate what’s working well in other churches. We have seen God use the most unlikely people in the most unconventional ways for the purpose of furthering His kingdom for His name's sake. I'll attempt to share some of the highlights of our lives with you all below.

Our church fellowship has truly become our spiritual family and our small fellowship is growing in the Lord and His Word.

One of the men on our church leadership team recently got married to a Godly woman, and we were blessed to be apart of it all.

We were able to have a mini-family reunion and continue to do foster care (prayers are appreciated). 

Tim and Josh were able to participate in a run to support our local Pregnancy Resource Center that affirms the value of all human life.

We got to participate in our annual city-wide worship service with now twelve churches showing our unity as one in Jesus Christ.

We got to see Tim's Dad and step-Mother and celebrate his 60th birthday.

We've been blessed with hearing Caleb sing worship songs unto the Lord, even in jammies.

 

We also got to spend some time up in the Duluth area, both at a Day out with Thomas the train and at Gooseberry Falls.

Our boys got Jr. Officer badges from a local police officer we have become friends with and keeps our neighborhood safe.

Tim got to visit with Nick Hall (founder of the Pulse Movement) and Jim Black (fellow church planter and Chaplin were Tim works at too) whom has become a close friend.

We got to take Josh and Caleb to a rural event in the country and the boys got to see some tractors up-close.

We also got celebrate Joshua's 7th birthday as well as our foster care child's 5th birthday.

God is doing a mighty work in Josh and he is now co-leading our Children's ministry. For the last four weeks he has read the lesson from his own Bible, given accurate application and coordinated a skit!

And lastly Anna has been doing great with homeschooling our boys and since we are now expecting our 3rd son due in mid-January.

God is at work here in the Midwest and people are turning to Christ. Many are tired of the status quo and ready for something real. Please join us in prayer as we seek to help more people in our community come to Jesus Christ!

PS. Please also pray for Summer Root as she comes out soon to share with our fellowship about the Lord's work in Africa and through her life.

Thank you for our constant prayers and emails of encouragement! We love you all!

- Pastor Tim, Anna, Joshua, and Caleb Molter

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Molter Family - CCFF 2018 Q2 Update

"Great is His faithfulness; God's mercies are new each morning." - Lamentations 3:23

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Dear Family and Friends,

In the few short years of being in Fergus Falls, we have seen many hard things in our community. We have found first hand that ministry is messy. From the suicide of a city councilman in 2016, a homicide/suicide after a couple divorced leaving several children behind in 2017, to the most recent which was a six year old child being neglected and abused, which ended in his death. As a community we came together to grieve and to show that we care. Our prayer is for our community to find true comfort and real hope in the Lord Jesus Christ. And we thank Jesus that He is good at taking the mess and making something beautiful out of it.

(Hundreds attended a Candlelight Vigil after the death of an abused child, and Tim got to encourage the couple in the front row next to him also)

To quote the famous philosopher Dr. Seuss, "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." As Christ followers we care about every human being as we are all created in the image of God and desire to see people personally come to know Him. This is why our family moved to Fergus Falls to show the community here the love of Jesus Christ and help people come to know Him. And this also why we are personally becoming licensed foster-care providers for children of neglect. We have entered our foster-care journey before we thought we would (but not ahead of God's time table!) and ask you pray for our family as we ministry to the least, the lost and the last with abundant love and grace.

Recently as a community we came together for the National Day of Prayer and were able to show our town that as Christians we are united as one large church in the person of Jesus Christ. Nothing is impossible with our God and we are thankful for His faithfulness and love. We know God is at work and are seeing Him work on hearts one at a time as we pour out our lives serving Him. Many are starting to turn to Christ. Please join us in prayer as we desire to reach more people in this city of ours for Jesus Christ! ​

(Praying together at our City Hall Park on the National Day of Prayer)

With spring now here and summer around the corner we are excited for more conversations without snow on the ground and more time to get away and be refreshed. Recently, Anna was able to attend a Women's Retreat with several other Calvary Chapels in the Midwest and had a great time of encouragement and rest. Tim was able to attend a work related conference and share the Gospel with several co-workers and new colleagues he met while away from home. One of them was writing down his thoughts and Tim, prompted by the Holy Spirit, went over and asked him what he was working on. His response? Trying to figure out the meaning of life and what his purpose was. As one would expect Tim had a great conversation with Derek and gave him the Gospel message.

On the home front, we are thankful for the school season to be over and are enjoying some more time together as a family. Including some time with dinosaurs!

Our home fellowship has been a blessing too as we have had several neighborhood children come and hear about Jesus Christ. We even did some Bible theater with them and they performed the story of David and Goliath, and then Anna was able to give all of the children an opportunity to pray to receive Jesus Christ. God is truly at work in our neighborhood.

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Thank you for our constant prayers and emails of encouragement! We love you all!

- Pastor Tim, Anna, Joshua, and Caleb Molter

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