Molter Family - Calvary Chapel of Fergus Falls, MN - 2019 Update

HAPPY EASTER (RESURRECTION DAY) !

 

 

"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights..." James 1:17

   

Dear Family and Friends,

Happy Springtime to you all, we made it through another winter and the snow here is finally melting away. It's been awhile since our last update and that could be due to us having our third son named Samuel David Molter born on January 9th. Both he and Anna were healthy and everyone's doing well. We were even able to enjoy some extra time with family who came out to help support us through this transition. As far as doing foster-care we were able to take a little break and we'll be looking at doing respite weekend care going forward. We are happy to report that the five-year old little girl we watched for six months is doing well and so is her mother, whom we have also been in contact with. It has been a blessing for our family to help in this way but also a reminder of just how important family is.

    

We were also able to celebrate Anna's birthday in March, which was also a busy month for us. Tim got the opportunity to teach at Calvary Chapel Fargo at a Men's Conference and was truly refreshed as well. So often in ministry we pour out our lives and if we are not careful we can burnout. To avoid that we also need to take in some time with the Lord and truly hear from Him. This was that kind of a conference for Tim. He also got to take several men with him to experience just how united we are in Christ even though each of us are different. Anna is preparing for a Women's Retreat coming up in May, and we ask that you be in prayer for all of the Moms, Wives, and Sisters in Christ who will be going.

    

Our desire is to take the gospel to the lost and we have been able to do that through foster-care and another door is opening up for us to disciple even more. Tim has been meeting every other week with another man in town named Jesse who has a heart to train young boys to be Godly men and has asked Tim (since he made Eagle Scout) to be apart of starting a program similar to BSA program called Trail Life. Tim has also been a light in the workplace with doing workplace devotions, a weekly men's Bible study onsite, and participate in a leadership course at Douglas Machine in Alexandria, MN. We have been blessed to be on the leadership team as board members at our local Christ-centered homeschool co-op, encouraging other families to really live for Christ and raise their children in the Lord. We are always blessed to see how the Lord is working through each of the students. 

  

Our church fellowship has been growing and we are praying for God to raise up someone to help lead our time of worship and praise. Until then we have been making the most of technology to sing unto the Lord and as a whole have become healthier through the word of God and the spirit of God moving in the hearts of the people of God. We have been going through the Book of Revelation and talking about end time events which has really been preparing our hearts for the return of Christ. It's caused all of us to make sure that we are sold out disciples for Jesus Christ. Even our son Caleb was led by God to share John 3:16 after a recent church service. Praise God you are never too young or old to serve Christ!

    

You can be in prayer for us as we continue to reach out to those around us here in our very religious area, in fact so many people assume because they were baptized as a child/infant or went through confirmation or grew up in a family who claim to be Christians that they are automatically Christians as well. There are a lot of assumptions that we have been challenging as God has only children and no-grandchildren. We continue to have many fruitful conversations and press forward as we have an obligation and an opportunity to speak the truth in love and encourage people to receive Jesus Christ. Also we would love to someday have people come on short term mission trips to serve our community through evangelism and outreach with the people in the Midwest. It's a beautiful lakes area and also a vacation spot for many who love the great outdoors.

       

We continue to live by faith and are thankful as we have seen God provided in so many ways for both our family and our church fellowship. We want to say "Thank you" to our personal friends and church family for your continued prayers and financial support. We did want to let you know because some of you have had issues with our monthly giving setup using PayPal, that we now have a new way for you to donate online and we encourage you to check it out as it has a much better way to setup monthly giving and or even a single donation and can give from your mobile device by texting CCFF to 555-888.

We are so thank you all of your support and prayers. Please know that you are making an investment in the Kingdom with us here and we pray God's blessing upon you and your family. We love you all!

- Pastor Tim, Anna, Joshua, Caleb, and Samuel Molter

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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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