October 10,
2016
Dear Friends,
It is with a
mixture of sadness and anticipation that we announce our resignation from
CBF. We will continue to serve in
Romania until December 15, 2016. At that
time, we will transition to NC to begin six months of OFA, culminating in the
2017 CBF General Assembly.
The US
Government says we are too young to retire so we will be looking for employment
that honors God and makes use of our talents and experiences. We look toward that future with anticipation
and ask for your prayers that God will lead us in that process.
Our
resignation comes due to several factors with the most compelling being the
cumulative separation from family over the near 22 years of service with
CBF. Our parents have experienced aging
and health issues and the distance has prevented us from assisting our siblings
in their care. We have a grandson who
turned two in August and we want to be a part of his young life. We will settle in the Triad area of NC
(Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point).
Our sadness
comes from leaving several things dear to us:
1. The Romany people to whom we
dedicated these past 22 years.
2. Project Ruth – the Ruth School
students and Staff, the Gypsy Smith School students and diverse faculty and the
Naomi Center with the women Tammy has come to love.
3. Our Romanian and Hungarian friends
who welcomed us into their families and their churches and their countries.
We wish to
express deep appreciation for our families, friends, and the many individuals
and groups and churches that have supported us through these many years. Your prayers have been felt, your gifts to CBF’s
Offering for Global Missions and our projects have impacted our ministries and
your love for us has sustained us throughout.
We are deeply grateful for all of you!
Please continue to support Global Missions!
Our passion
for missions and specifically Project Ruth, continues into the future. We encourage you to continue to impact the
ongoing ministry here through student scholarships, special gifts, sending and
participating in teams. We will certainly
do so!
We pray
God’s richest blessings upon you!
With much
fondness for each of you,
Ralph and
Tammy
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