Well, another year gone by
in a flash! Didn't football season just
start a few weeks ago? Has Christmas really come and gone? Wasn't I just
celebrating my 50th birthday a while ago? "My how time flies when you are
having fun", so they say! But, you know what? It has been fun! What a
great adventure we are on. Sure, there have been some really tough times. There
will most certainly be more. But, on balance, I feel truly blessed. I have my
health. I have a beautiful wife and a great family. My family is united with a
faith in Christ. As Scripture says in III John 4, "I have no greater joy than to know my children (and
grandchildren) are walking in the truth.) I told someone recently that as
my daughters, their husbands and my grandchildren are following Christ,
everything else in life is "gravy" for me. I have a wonderful calling
on my life to minister to men and their families and am blessed to have dear
friends. I feel as though I am the "poster boy" for God's grace!
As for Net Work
Ministries, this has been another great year! One of the more exciting things
in ministry this year has been the group of men that meet on Friday mornings at
7:00 a.m. This group has been meeting together since 1995. This year the men
have hosted a group of Wounded Warriors from all over the state for a day of
golf and fun. This is the second year we have done this. What an inspiration
these men and women have been to us.
Additionally, the men have
donated their time and talents on several occasions this year to aid the House
of Hope Project in Guatemala. They provided some of the capital and their
business skills to assist a start-up business involving the mothers of children
involved in the program. The business is called "Sewing into the Kingdom."
With industrial type sewing machines, they are training women to become
self-sufficient by learning to sew products for sale as well as doing contract
sewing for companies like Wilson Sporting Goods. They also raised over $800 for
Christmas boxes for the children.
My individual ministry
with men continues as I meet with men to offer counsel and support on their
journey as fathers, husbands, and, yes, even grandfathers.
All of this is because of
friends like you who have caught the vision of what Net Work Ministries, with
God's guidance, is trying to accomplish. Your prayers, words of wisdom and
encouragement, as well as your financial support have made all this possible
and I am so very grateful
Net Work News
and Needs
We are always open to
facilitating another morning group if you have some friends who would like to
meet together on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday mornings or perhaps a lunch
hour.
If you would like more
information on The House of Hope Project in Guatemala, please contact me at
678-986-4814.
I am available to
facilitate your men's group on a weekend retreat.
We welcome your prayers
and support.
I pray that in the New
Year you will experience surprising new blessings from our Lord and Savior,
Jesus Christ. I am grateful to know we are:
Together, In His Love
and Service,
Buck