You Done Working Tim?

Every day Tim worked at our home office over the last 13 months, every time Nathan saw him he'd ask "You done working Tim?". Every trip for coffee or water or for lunch break, it was the same question. I think Nathan was always hoping it was lunchtime so Tim and Daddy would be around.

 This picture was Tim back when he started with us. He sat on that rug to work the whole time. We finally put the office chair away since he never used it. In reminiscing we realized just how much Tim helped David with all the administrative work. Many, many things happened that wouldn't have without his work - including our Summer Camp and the Fall Retreat.

 Last Christmas Tim was living at our house. He lived with us for the first month of his internship...poor guy. He even lived through it, though I'm not sure how much therapy it will take to recover...especially the whole hanging Christmas lights incident.

A lot of our time with Tim was during work time but we did get to do some fun things. We even managed to get him to go ice skating with us. This fall we discovered a cheap rock climbing night at the Bracebridge Sportsplex so we got in some Tuesday evening climbs.

 We realized Tim was fully accepted as part of the family a few weeks ago when Luke hurt himself and David picked him to comfort him. Instead, Luke reached over to Tim for a snuggle.

 The kids at Slingshot Saturdays in Gravenhurst, Orillia, the Good News Club in Huntsville and the Camps have really enjoyed hanging out with Tim. We almost had a riot on our hands last week when he announced it was his last time there.

 Nathan and Luke (and the other kids) have enjoyed watching the antics that David and Tim have found themselves participating in - like searching through flour for candy.

 After 13 months we realized that Tim was so much a part of our normal background that we had never even gotten a family picture with him. We managed to get him at the farewell dinner that his room and board hosts had for him on Friday.

 We've all enjoyed our time working with Tim and will miss him.

So Nathan, Tim is now "All Done Working" for his internship. He finished up for Christmas and then will be going to Maine to take a Wood Turning course for a few months. In the fall he hopes to go to Bible School. He's not sure yet where the Lord will lead him. We hope it will be back to CEF!

We thank the Lord that He is sending a new intern, Isaac from February through August, otherwise David's not sure how he would survive. We hope this will be a good experience for everyone as well!