We have sent out our October 2012 Update!  It is amazing to look back and see all that the Lord has done in the past year, and to look ahead to see all that He has promised for the future.  You can see a full version of the Newsletter by clicking the following link:

October Cline Update

In addition, we have finished our new ministry video!  The video is too large of a file to post directly on this blog post, so click the link below to take a look…

“The World in Your HANDS” ministry video

Thank you all for the part you play in our ministry at TBM’s Home Office!

Last month we wrote about our Wedding Anniversary and gave a hint that there was soon another Anniversary that was about to happen! August 25th marked the 1st anniversary of our move to LaGrange to work with the TBM Home Office. No pictures this time, just a quick thank you (first to God for His amazingness) and to you all who have prayed and supported and helped and encouraged and taught and been so generous in ALL of these things and more! We look ahead and look forward to another year of God’s provision and love and challenging us and refining us and growing us.  Thank you for the part you play in our lives and ministry!

Ben and Sarah

I (Ben) had the great privilege last week to celebrate with my amazing wife our 13th Wedding Anniversary! We kind of had to look back at this Anniversary because the real day was the end of June, but being able to get away for a week was worth the wait! We enjoyed some time with Sarah’s parents and then traveled on to Glenwood Springs, CO to stay at the Hot Springs Lodge and swim at their pool (the largest Hot Springs Pool in the world)! We also got to ride a gondola to the top of a nearby mountain where there is an amusement park and tours of the Glenwood Caverns. We took in wonderful scenery and were reminded of the beauty of God’s creation, but more importantly I got to spend time with my beautiful wife! I titled this “Anniversaries Abound” because there is another Anniversary that I need to write about, but that will come next month!

Thank you all for the joy you give us by praying for and supporting the work that God has given us to to for Tentmakers Bible Mission. There are many years to come and many joys to be had! Some pictures from our trip…enjoy!

“Cooking” seems to be the theme of the last few weeks in LaGrange for our family.
At our house we have been working on getting some sort of entrance to our house that doesn’t involve dirt and concrete blocks…so we took some time planning and ended up with a deck patio both on the front and back of the house. The “cooking” part comes in because that’s what happened to us while being outside in the near 100 degree weather while completing these projects. We cooked and now our project is done (for the most part).

The other “cooking” is happening in our new compost bins that we built out of scraps left over from the deck projects. Sarah did some reading up on the idea of composting and the “cooking” happens when all of that fun stuff you put in the pile is warmed by the sun and uses that energy to speed the decomposition.

We also have been “cooking” up some ideas at the TBM Home Office that will make small advances in how we do things. All said and done, we now enjoy sitting on the deck in the cool of the evenings reading and talking through the events of the day. Then, next Spring we will be able to reap the benefits of the compost when we plant our garden for the 2013 growing season. At the Home Office we will be able to start rolling out some of our ideas during the last months of the Summer. Thank you for your invaluable prayers and your faithful support of our ministry that allows us to be a support to TBM Missionaries around the world.