Wow- it's the second day of the New Year. We pray it has started off good for you. Our son and his family will be in church with us today. That's always nice. Rawlie and Gina will be talking to different ones also about the memorial service for John Harder, Gina's dad which will be next Saturday afternoon at 2 PM in our church.
Last evening Rawlie and Gina and Monique were with us for supper. We had a nice time and spent the evening discussing the program for the memorial service. Margie was able to do quite a bit of the preparation for the meal. In the morning she ironed and made her customary phone calls. As you may have noticed, we have closed out the Shepherds theme on our web pages. We have links to their web sites. It was rather nostalgic to publish the final page of our 11 years with Shepherds. We trust you keep them in your prayers and support. And thanks for praying for Margie and me as now we seek an at-home-job of some kind. I have an interview tomorrow night with a company.
About the Poulsons
- Ralph and Margie
- The Poulsons served with ABWE in Brazil for 25 years. Their son Rawlie was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil and their daughter Joy in Iquitos, Peru. Joy was born developmentally disabled and eventually they returned to the States to find help for her. God providentially led them to Shepherds Baptist Ministries, Inc. where she has been a resident for 43 years. The Poulsons returned to Northeast Brazil to the town of Natal and Ralph was Director of the Berean Seminary for a few years. Because of health concerns, they returned to their home town of Ferndale, WA in December of 1980 and later their home church, First Baptist, called Ralph to pastor the church. After 18 years at First Baptist, at age 68, Ralph resigned and he and Margie prayed for the Lord to lead them to their next ministry. Shepherds Baptist Ministries, Inc., asked them to consider being a western representative in 8 states. For 10 years we represented Shepherds in the 8 western states, including Alaska. What a privilege it has been and we continue now at home doing various projects for Shepherds so that I can care for Margie as she recovers.
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