http://teamexpansion.org/stapletonsblog Tim and Daphne: Doing our part to start 80 CPMS by 2015 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:54:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We moved into the new office of Team Expansion two weeks ago. Saturday March 28, 2009 was the dedication service. Daphne and I were privileged to lead worship at the service. Best guess is that 150 attended. I have a nice cubicle that is positioned in a way that ... http://teamexpansion.org/stapletonsblog/?p=217 Thanks for your continues prayers for the ministry. We decided to do the budget restructure to allow us to go back to the office fulltime. Then, almost immediately, we stopped receiving a $200 a month gift. We have not heard directly from this individual giver, but plan to make ... http://teamexpansion.org/stapletonsblog/?p=216 Tim is back in the office at Team Expansion on a full-time basis as of Monday February 23, 2009. For some time we have been surviving on our current budget income, so the decision was made, and supported by leaders, to temporarily reduce our budget by an amount that ... http://teamexpansion.org/stapletonsblog/?p=215 We are having a great week. Hope it is the same for you. We do miss our friends at Briar Ridge Church. The power outage caused dismissal of Sunday's service and continued bad road conditions also cause Wednesday to be dismissed. Even though my Sunday Perspectives Class was canceled, the ... http://teamexpansion.org/stapletonsblog/?p=213 We arrived in Ashland just before the snow storm hit. In fact, we got dad to the hospital in plenty of time, but had some trouble getting back and forth to be with him. Physically dad did great. He has had little or no pain. The incision in ... http://teamexpansion.org/stapletonsblog/?p=212 Daphne's sister and her husband have lived in Michigan City, IN for several years. Daphne's brother-in-law, Kim Cole, serves as minister at Earl Road Christian Church. Kim's dad had moved in with them several months ago and finally lost a battle with cancer around Christmas. This past ... http://teamexpansion.org/stapletonsblog/?p=211 We are nearing the end of another great week of Launch. Six candidates are completing their orientation with Team Expansion and will continue their education, fund raising and preparation for cross-cultural ministry abroad and at International Services. I am unable to upload a photo but hope that problem ... http://teamexpansion.org/stapletonsblog/?p=210 Daphne and I hope you are having a joyous holiday. We have enjoyed a great trip to Nashville, Tn to spend time with Ryan. Russ also joined us for a few days. We also got to spend time with some of Daphne's family and friends from Madison Christian Church. Here is a ... http://teamexpansion.org/stapletonsblog/?p=206 We had a great time with Russ Sunday evening at the Kenwood Heights Christian Church Christmas program. Russ' children sang, he accompanied the choir playing djembe' and sang with a men's barbershop chorus. Here he is in action, or is he sleeping? We woke this morning to our first snowfall. ... http://teamexpansion.org/stapletonsblog/?p=205 Today I had the chance to help Karl Halverson and family move into an apartment in Shepherdsville. The apartment is over a four car garage and is being provided by a great Christian family FOR FREE. What a blessing to the Halversons and ultimately Team Expansion. It will ... http://teamexpansion.org/stapletonsblog/?p=201