tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969214443370774167.post6052492879877511014..comments2009-07-07T10:50:19.986-07:00Comments on Welcome: FamilyRidge Burnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13729676738528106690noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969214443370774167.post-45569723879439276582009-04-05T09:15:00.000-07:002009-04-05T09:15:00.000-07:00Congratulations on your anniversary. What a great...Congratulations on your anniversary. What a great thing to celebrate! I love the gift you gave your wife in bringing the family together. I believe that an individual's character begins development in the family and the tone of the family begins with the marriage and the marriage's strength starts with the individuals. What a cycle! Praise God for what he's done in your life, in your marriage and in your family.Rooted Renaissance Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11494275732259460708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969214443370774167.post-39844034109784998542009-03-25T09:58:00.000-07:002009-03-25T09:58:00.000-07:00Ridge,Appreciating the Biblical continuity and dir...Ridge,<BR/>Appreciating the Biblical continuity and direction these blogs are setting for us as AMF missionaries. <BR/>I believe that as missionaries, sometimes we need to know its okay to focus on rest, being and family; not from scripture, but from those put in authority over us. <BR/><BR/>My observations is that while we may hold these Biblical convictions and want to apply them,we can be guilty of ignoring them for a variety of reasons; we work alongside of boards, church workers and constituents on our fields that do not hold or understand them or might even have 'work' as an idol in our lives. <BR/>This can create a culture of false expectations, resentment and bitterness if allowed to take root.<BR/><BR/>Developing and cultivating a culture that promotes these ideas as Biblical and seeks to place and support missionaries on fields where that is clearly understood as a goal of AMF would have a profound impact.jmouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10144127381192027329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969214443370774167.post-10508348204860640922009-03-24T13:31:00.000-07:002009-03-24T13:31:00.000-07:00Hey Ridge I appreciate you comments on making fami...Hey Ridge I appreciate you comments on making family a priority. When we started in FT ministry in 2001 I was so gung-ho to get this new field going my family suffered for it. I suffered for it. It took a few years for that reality to set in, mayber 6 or so. I have made changes in my priorities, and still am making changes. I need my wife to know she is number 1 on my list of things to do (after Jesus of course!)...for a type A guy like me that is a challenge. Same goes for my kids. With all the disorder and confusion in the rural families of Montana, i need to make sure mine is "good to go" if I am going to be used by the Lord to help others...glad you are on the AMF team!Dave Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139122654092227343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969214443370774167.post-7302589738147287762009-03-24T13:19:00.000-07:002009-03-24T13:19:00.000-07:00This is dave Carroll from Montana. I like what yo...This is dave Carroll from Montana. I like what you say here ridge...I know for me when we started out in full-time rural ministry here in 2001 I was going so much to "start doing" ministry that I sometimes left my family behind. I have made some corrections in that matter over the past 2 years and still have a ways to go. It is a challenge trying to develop a "family community" in the rural, I can do it my way mentality of Montana. even more so when my "family" does not have a sense of community. glad you are with us...dave & lisa carrollDave Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139122654092227343noreply@blogger.com