I can’t complain about being a Bear or hanging out with the Bair’s! In the last few months we have sure had our share of Bear Bair hair raising stories!
To start with I caught up with them about the time they were selling everything that they could to hit the road with just their car and their tent to take God’s word out to the people that need to hear it! They said they needed to do like Jesus did and follow the Great Commission as found in Acts 1:8. I couldn’t resist this opportunity to travel around and go from place to place with my Witness gear ministering to the homeless and others in need. What made it grand was also getting trained by THE original Bear Witness who had traveled out with the Bair’s to a homeless camp! They even spray painted the symbols on a tent house and made a video about it!
We’ve been to a bunch of beary interesting places since we left and met all sorts of different folks! Among some of the places we have been include several visits out to Tent City in SC and other homeless camps all over the place. What we do first is take just ourselves and a bunch of Witness bracelets out to the camps and from there we share the love of Jesus and find out what people need! Later we go back and if possible bring them back what they have requested! This ranges from Bibles to hygiene items to pet food to water and to everything else in between! We’ve been out to a shelter in SC giving a Bible study and we listened to a guy play piano! We’ve spoke at churches including a biker church where I got to hang out on podium that was made out of the front of a motorcycle! Had a broke down car but not to fear Bear Witness to the rescue! I even finally attended my very first Celebrate Recovery meeting in VA. We’ve been in 4 states thus far and I am starting to forget where I’ve been! I beary much so need to spend some time using the journal that was sent to me and the other Bair’s from a special a-mond in California least my brain goes bare and I forget where I’ve been!
We also have spent many hours working at a campground to start paying off the RV God blessed us with within the first two months of leaving home! That’s where I learned some of my lessons in obedience! (Deuteronomy 11:1, John 14:15, Revelation 14:12) I mean not to say that THE Bear Witness isn’t a good teacher cause you bearter believe the he beary much so is in fact over lunch just Sunday it was confirmed by the BBB (Big Bear Boss) how awesome Bear beary much so is! Our one true leader God though sometimes calls us to do some really crazy things but I sure have learned as long as you are following the path He puts you on He will never leave or forsake you and He will even carry you thru! We sure have learned to be content and peaceful too! Our Lord has sure given us strength! (Psalm 23, Philippians 4:4-13) We have also encouraged others as we have joyously went forward with our calling! (1 Thessalonians 5:11)
Well that’s a wrap for me for now!
Wait bear scratch that! I heard the folks are praying for direction and financial needs to be met to keep things going as their resources are getting low and they’ve had some unfortunate circumstances! Seems like whenever you’re doing what God needs you to do the enemy tries to attack! However whenever God’s true people stand together as one the enemy can and will be defeated! So to be able to do what we’ve been called to do and keep the commission God’s sent us on we need your help! We could definitely use some prayer for direction and if anyone would like for us to come visit please let us know and we will show up with big hearts ready to help! There’s some amazing testimony within the family as well and there’s lots for us to offer when we show up! So brother’s and sister’s and Bears get in touch with us, invite us out and if God’s in it, we will show up!
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Ok this Bear and his typist is out!
Wishing God’s beary best for you!
In His Service,
Cayman & Co
p.p. Sandra Bair
