from mr. anderson.

Hello Family, Friends and Anderson Family Crew Blog Lovers,

I, Mr. Anderson, have an opportunity this summer to get some much needed personal development at Campus Crusade for Christ’s bi-annual staff conference in Fort Collins this summer. While there I will get to hear from some great teachers of God’s Word and get time to focus on what the Lord is doing around the world and personally. I imagine I’ll get time to focus on what the Lord has for the Anderson Family Crew and probably give Emily some good writing material for the future (a benefit to us all). I’ll most likely come back a refreshed and changed man, all in preparation for the next bambino.

As some of you know these conferences don’t come cheap. However, due to a generous double match from those that really want me to attend this conference, the total cost of $2250 is just going to be $750. So I write to ask, in faith, for prayerful and financial support from all of you that I know already care and support us in life. We could use some prayer for Em and the kids as well while I am away.

I know! Some of you are thinking “you’re going to leave 5 children with your nauseous wife to take care of for a week. I DO NOT support that.” Rest assured everyone, she will be taken well care of by family and she was part of the decision making. And by part of the decision making, I really mean this:

I walk in to the bathroom early in the morning when Emily is “taking care of her pregnancy business,” grab my toothbrush, swish around some mouthwash, pause, and soak in the shouts of kids screaming for more cereal and proceed to relay to her what is on my mind and then ask the question in between sick moments, “What do you think about me learning how to be a better husband and dad by leaving you with the kids for a week or so for a conference”. Then the words I’ve been anticipating, “Whatever, just get out of the bathroom,” on my way out I mention, “You might want to call your family to get some help.”

It’s all in the timing gentlemen.

So if you are feeling that tug on your heart to prayerfully and financially support me in my development as a better husband and dad then I would love to hear from you. So many of you support us through prayer almost daily and we are so thankful; recognizing that our sanity as a family is due to your selfless prayers for us. We enjoy, most of the time, sacrificing for the Lord and all of you to show everyone, “See, there must be a God who is loving and humorous to keep a family like the Anderson Crew together and sane.”

So if you interested in supporting me in my development this summer through a tax-deductible gift you can send us an email at andersonfamilycrew(@)gmail(.)com and we can guide you in the process. Or you can head over to https://give.ccci.org/give and enter in the code 2834930 (for FSG Missions), if online is your preference. Either way we would love to hear from you by email. I know this is an unorthodox way of doing things, but if you’ve read about our lives long enough you outta know by now. My next update shall be when the Lord has provided the necessities. If this fails, I’ll have to revert to cold calling.

Thanks!

The one and only, Mr. Anderson.