A Maga-Letter Published for those who support and/or are interested in knowing the PROGRESS of ABUSED/NEGLECTED and other children living at Shiloh Christian Children’s Ranch. Marge Craig, Editor

Shiloh Children Appreciate Your Support

RESULTS “Helping Victims Become Children Again”

Since 1977 ~ Spring 2010

Bethany is one of many Shiloh children who would like you to know how much she appre ciates your generous support and that your help makes the difference as to whether she and the other children have a loving Christian home at Shiloh. For up to date news on

Shilohʼs children, please look inside. n

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CSAMEMBER

CHRISTIANSTEWARDSHIPASSOCIATION

Shiloh ChristianChildren’s Ranch

601 N. Center, Box 606Shelbina, Missouri 63468Telephone 573-588-2191

Fax 573-588-7730www.shilohranch.org

e-mail: shiloh@shilohranch.orgMark Adkison .............. Executive DirectorJay Craig ....................................... DirectorTim Craig ................... Stewardship OfficerAmy Bishop ......... Account/Financial Mgr.Sharon Utz ............. Receptionist/SecretaryAngie Hays ....... Executive Admin. Assoc.Jim Thomas .................... Promo Field Rep.Kevin & Denice Blew ........... HomeparentsKen & Beth Penfield ............. Homeparents

SCS AdministratorsKirk & Dennae Moore .......... HomeparentsMike & Teresa Beauregard ... HomeparentsRobert & Karen Tuley ............... Relief HPTodd & Rhonda Geissinger .. HomeparentsRandy & Meghan Hart .......... HomeparentsBryan & Lesley Keelin .............. Relief HPChris & Melissa Harley .Ministry Support/

Pastoral CounselorsTrisa Redington ......................... CounselorChristina Shoup ................ SCS SupervisorCarol Brookhart ................ SCS SupervisorGlee Duckworth ......................... SCS AideRoy & Donna Fancher ..........Grandparents

Board of TrusteesJim VanSchyndel, Chairman . Mexico, MODan Butcher, Vice-Chairman Burlington, INBob Vickers, Treasurer ........ Shelbina, MOStan Moore, Secretary ......... Burlington, INDr. Mark Sprague ..................... Quincy, ILGalord Smith .....................St. Charles, MODr. Jim Tritz ................. Jefferson City, MOPete Million .............................. Quincy, ILJim Schaefer ............................. Callao, MONathan Plumb ...................... St. Louis, MO

Praise the Lord! We are a privileged andrisen people! This last couple of

months have been of personal inventoryand devotion.

Why do we do what we do? Becausewe have been granted release from ourbondage and been given life and life abun-dant. Such grace compels us forward in thedarkest of moments. One moment like thisis when our daughter decides to be repul-sive on purpose to show us that we won twant to get close to her heart. “Back up orelse!” We go forward in love and tell her,“You have to clean up your act, and by theway, we love you unconditionally!”

It is the Jesus love Keith Green, musi-cian, talked about. Being absurdly in lovewith our children because He is absurdlyin love with us. There is a chastening thatgoes on for our children. Out heart prayerfor them is that they are not lost to thisworld but saved for HIS name sake. Whathave they come from; what monsters hauntthem; and do they know JESUS can savethem?

Our other daughter struggles – seeinglove as something that has to be masteredover. When we reach out to her she finds away to physically hurt us. She has punched,kicked, and literally spit on us after show-ering her with love (dancing in the kitchen,hugging her, or kissing her on herforehead).What reward is this? The samereward our perfect King suffered. He cameto His own and they knew Him not.

Shiloh children have been twisted by

HARTS TAKE HEART

In Love and Example, Our Girls Grow

Meghan and Randy Hart

what they have seen before living here. Tothem Christianity isn t anything more thana fairy tale that if you get the right answeryou can hide your ugly and no one will everreally know. I want nothing less than formy children to be saved from this lie. Canour love mend the gap? Do we show Jesusin His wisdom, power, and love? We areprivileged to walk in the hope our childrenwill be loved back to health.

Our family would like to take this timeto thank our supporters. We were sent byGod to this ministry and know by whatmeans the ministry stands – faithful ser-vants who believe with all of their heart thehope that lies ahead. Thank you, sweetbrothers and sisters, for all you are and allyou do! ■

In Him,The Harts

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TULEY’S TREMENDOUS TREASURES

Shiloh s Children Help Appreciative Man Stuck in Ditch

Karen and Robert Tuley

CLARENCE FARM REPORT

Brandon Renting Acreage from the Ranch

It has been a while since we have had awinter with snow on the ground all the

way through March. We saw a lot ofsnowmen, snow forts, kids playing in thesnow, and adults getting vehicles stuck.

With that being said, spring emotionsand anticipations are running high! Pa-tiently we must wait for the ground to dryand meanwhile we are in the muddiest sea-son ever! Our vehicles are bottoming outon our drives and chores are very challeng-ing as we continue to wait for the sun todry our land.

I like watching the kids for they are ex-cited at the first sight of snow, then theygrow weary after it stays and stays, then itmelts as it warms up and they get excitedready to go out and run and play, but thenthey have to stay on the concrete and offthe grass so they don t track the yards up.

As adults we watch these kids strugglewith the smallest of things, wishing theywould catch on to the big things like bound-aries, responsibility, patience, and to thinkthrough things. It is snowing – I need a coat,gloves that are water proof, and rubberboots. I should stay off the grass becausethe ground is muddy. But do they get it?As a parent I ll let you answer that!

I like to think of God looking down atus and I wonder what He is thinking. Arewe getting the important things or are wetoo busy struggling with the smallest thing?I have never been run off for trespassingwhen I have helped clean someone else sdrive, vehicle, or helped get them out whenthey were stuck. The kids and I helped pusha car out that was stuck by using pure man

power that comes from a loaded 15 pas-senger van! They were very proud of them-selves and the man in the car was very ap-preciative. We are measured by how we actand react more than what we say, andhomeparents always have dozens of extra

eyes and ears watching.The biggest thing that has happened

in our lives this quarter was the celebra-tion of 30 years of marriage. You just can-not accomplish that on your own!! It takesat least two, but for us it took three.

There is no way we could have made30 years without giving it all to Christ. Hehas blessed us more than we ever deserve.Our greatest blessing is not in raising fourkids but having all four wanting to serveHim with their life. Now we have threegrandkids (and are expecting two more)being raised in solid Christian homes.Nathan and Amy are due for their third inJuly, and Matt and Steph are hoping toadopt before the year is over.

You cannot out-give God for He istruly awesome. Thank you for your love,prayers, and support. Our doors are alwaysopen. ■

Blessed be the Lord,The Tuleys

Brandon will use acreage asFFA project and farming!

Snow . . . rain . . . mud . . . ruts . . . morework. We will have a lot of driveway

patching and field entrance to seed. Wehave combined all the cows from both sitesto Clarence, and at this time will be calv-ing and breeding them down here and fin-ishing them out and marketing at Kahoka.So far we have ten calves and have man-aged to get them all tagged without toomany wild tales. :-) At this time, we haveonly lost one calf that was premature. Wewill do most of our hay baling this year atthe Kahoka site where we have about 50acres alfalfa and 20 acres grass.

Wheat is looking good if it does notdrown out. Since the snow protected it fromfreezing, we have a good stand and will betop dressing it as soon as it dries. If youremember, we worked up most of our al-falfa at Clarence and we are going to re-plant in soybeans. Weather did not allowus to plant it in wheat so we are going to

cash rent 15 acres out to Brandon (from theMoore s house). It will be his FFA projectand we are going to shoot for the highestyield award! We have already met with ourseed and fertilizer dealer and they are asexcited as I am. We have been teaching hima lot about herbicides, fungicide, Radiate,magnesium, fertilizer, seeding rate, insur-ance, crop reporting and we have only justbegun. Next we will start on a spread sheet,finances, and banking. We already have anold Massey combine lined up for his use toharvest his own crop even if we have tohaul it in a pickup!

This is what our farm is all about. Lastnight the Beauregard family assisted theirfirst goat – from last year s 4-H project –giving birth to a little buck. They have onemore to go. Now they will get to experi-ence milking their LaMancha. The Mooresand I have already signed up to be their firstcustomer. We also have a couple of girlsgetting show pigs for the county fair. Sostay tuned! It is sure to be an interestingyear! ■

HomeparentsNeed Your Prayers

Our homeparents haveasked that you please

pray for them on a dailybasis. It is an awesome

task they are undertakingin guiding precious lives

entrusted to them.Thank you!

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MOORE MUSINGS

Brandon in Top Five in Bow Shooting LeagueSpring is here and cabin fe-

ver is almost over. Home-work time is coming to an endand summer ball will begin be-fore we know it. It has been agood winter with quite a fewthings going on.

Mercy is playing fifth gradebasketball this year. It is herfirst time to play an organizedsport and she is doing reallywell. I wasn t able to make itto one of the games, and afterthe game she came home andtold me she made three freethrows and one regular basket.Sadly two of the free throwsdidn t count because she hadjumped over the line. She wasso proud, it was awesome.

Michael is doing really well atTaekwondo. He is already a yellow belt andis moving up quickly. When Michael firstwanted to do this we were a little hesitant,but it has given him a great chance to re-ally work on respect, concentration, anddealing appropriately with his anger andfrustration.

Belinda is in graphic arts in Vo-Tech and

is doing excellent work. She has broughthome a couple shirts she has helped designor print. It has been neat to watch her learnthat process and be excited about the learn-ing.

Brandon just recently got his driverspermit and is anxious to drive anytime hegets a chance. He used his birthday andChristmas money to buy a new bow and is

in the top five in the indoorleague he is shooting in. Bran-don does great with responsi-bility and we are praying forhim to take some big steps for-ward in his faith over the nextfew months.

Christy has made some hugesteps in the past couple weeks.We are excited about watchingwhat will come out of thechanges she has decided tomake. It will be fun to watchher grow as she begins herfreshman year next year.

Sierra still continues tostruggle with choices. She is anincredible young lady and wecan t wait to see how the Spiritof God will work in her life

when she opens up and listens to Him.Titus is wild as ever. He loves going to

preschool two days a week, although hedoesn t enjoy having to wake up early onschool mornings. This last week his letterof the week was “T” and he was so excitedbecause Titus starts with “T”.

This is a real quick overview of all thekids in our house, but there is so muchmore. I could write books with all the funnystories and amazing things they say andlearn – and with all the hurt they have in-side. Please keep praying for our kids andour ministry. ■

Blessings,Kirk, Dennae and the Kids

The Moores

Capitol Tour(Left) Five girls from Shiloh ChristianSchool, accompanied by Shiloh Staff ChrisShoup, Glee Duckworth, Ken Penfield andMark Adkison, enjoyed a field trip to ourstate capitol, Jefferson City, MO recently.They were given a tour of the capitol byour representative from this area, BrianMunslinger’s intern. Among theother interesting things they got to do:make a Missouri seal, visit the “WhisperChamber” on the fifth floor and eat out!

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Michael graduates fromcollege with solid grades

while having workedfull-time at a job

Dear friends . . . She walked out the doorjust like any typical school day, only

a little early so she could take a test atschool. Sure, she was a tad nervous becausetoday is the end of the third quarter at schooland Chelsey is very conscientious aboutgetting good grades. Today was different,though, and we knew and so did she. Shewouldn t be coming home today and so thehugs goodbye took a little longer, yet withless sadness on all our parts. She is goingback to a good family that loves the Lord.So we are mostly happy for her and some-what sad for us, because we will miss her.A hug. A prayer. A tear. A smile. Anothertear and a deep breath.

That is our life. It happens to us a lot. Itwill happen again many more times beforeschool starts next August. Jordan, Josephand Trent graduate high school in May. Wetook Trent in last winter and have watchedhim develop his walk with Christ into one

Denice and Kevin Blew

that is meaningful and encouraging. Josephhas been with us for nine years and we haveweathered the storms and sunshine to-gether. By God s grace, he has journeyedthe road from childhood to manhood, see-ing the powerful touch of God s involve-ment along that path. We have watchedJordan grow since the marvelous mound-ing of her mother s abdomen, cherishing

BELOVED BLEWS

Three Graduates Cut the Apron Strings andPlan for Higher Education

Houston Enters Heaven; Many Admirers AttendHis Celebration of Life Memorial Service

We say goodbye to our beloved friend and formerShiloh housedad, Houston Rains

Houston died peacefully March 28, 2010 at his home following a long battlewith leukemia and other complications. He and his wife, Cindy, devoted theirlives to the ministry of caring for children for twenty years; fifteen of whichwere served at Shiloh. They served as homeparents four years prior to comingto Shiloh. He was a faithful servant to the end, and the celebration of his life wasone of the finest you will ever experience! The fact that so MANY Shiloh alumnichildren AND homeparents attended is a wonderful tribute to Houston and Cindyand family!!Remembering Houston . . . It is said, “People would rather see a sermon than hear one.”Houston Rains embodies that so well. As a husband, Father, neighbor, friend and brother in Christ, he epitomizesthe passage Paul penned to the believers in the church at Rome found in Romans 12:9-18. Houston simply tried

to follow Jesus Christ, his Lord and Savior. He would want us to simply do the same. Only because ofChrist am I certain I will be with my friend and neighbor again in heaven; this time forever. That day iscoming and Houston would want you there, too!

Kevin and Denice Blew

almost every day since, to now behold abeautifully talented, young Christianwoman. Soon it will be a hug. A prayer. Atear. A smile. Another tear and a deepbreath.

Michael will also be graduating this yearfrom University of Central Missouri withhis Bachelor s degree, 18 years after hefirst bounced into our lives. We have beenincreasingly impressed with his dedicationto his studies these past few semesters. Hehas worked fulltime at Enersys battery fac-tory while maintaining a full class load andsolid grades. His phone calls to home arealways a delight and his visits home to“check on the old folks” are always appre-ciated. Yes, even for this strong young manwe will find the time for a hug. A prayer. Atear. A smile. Another tear and a deepbreath.

Yes, that is our life. Solomon saw it inhis day and reminds us in Ecclesiastes 3:“There is a time for everything, and a sea-son for every activity under heaven . . .”We have been busy doing many other thingsbut we will open and close with those. ■

Cherish the Day,Kevin, Denice and the Blew Crew

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The Geissinger fam-ily has had much

sickness this winter. Ourhome was hit with theflu, pneumonia andcolds. Even though wehave had sickness, wehave still been active andhaving fun.

Before winter ar-rived we started off witheach of the youngstershaving several pairs ofgloves. I think we havea glove monster, like thesock monster, in ourhouse! When the snowmelts, it will be interest-ing to see if that s wherethe glove monster washiding. In spite of aglove shortage and wear-ing mismatched gloves,our crew had fun building snow forts,snowmen and sledding. The kids namedone of their snowman creations, “Scrap”.Mr. B was stuck in the snow, which causedhis van to have a run-in with Scrap . . . poorScrap!

Our family had to come up with creativegames for everyone to play indoors. Dur-ing one of the snowstorms, our entire fam-ily was sick so we decided to roll up sev-eral pairs of socks and have an indoor snow-ball fight. Talk about “Wild”! We made

a picnic on the floor andplayed games. The kidsseem to enjoy that aswell.

We are looking for-ward to the snow melt-ing, and for a new sea-son to arrive – Spring!Our little chickadeesneed to get moving ontheir 4-H projects, al-though some have beenworking consistently onthem. A few of the kidsare getting excited towork with the horsesagain. Hopefully, wewill be blessed withhorse tack, so the kidscan learn more hands on.

We have been plan-ning our first garden. Itwill be interesting to see

how our family garden turns out and tolearn more about veggies, herbs, and can-ning.

Speaking of seeing, we took the gang tothe ophthalmologist. Three of the childrenneeded glasses. It s amazing how they cankeep their glasses on and can see throughall the spots and finger prints.

Since spots were mentioned, let s touchon spiritual spots. Some of them have hadsome breakthroughs and have decided tomake better choices, while others have de-cided to begin to make wrong choices, con-sistently. With our experience what we dorealize is that we all go through differentseasons, at different times. One week wecan be on the mountain top, and the nextweek we can stumble into a valley. Hope-fully, through all the day to day, they willcatch a glimpse of Jesus.

We are so thankful for all that the Lordhas blessed us with and are eager to seewhat the rest of the year brings. Thank youfor your support and prayers.

As I am closing, I am reminded of ascripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1, “There is a timefor everything,and a season for every ac-tivity under heaven.” ■

In His service,The Geissingers

our garage into a roller skating rink and thegirls seem to like that. The boys decided tomake the rink into a skateboarding park. Itdid get a bit loud and crazy. Our householdplayed many games of Huckle BuckleBeanstalk, and came up with a new ver-sion, where we hid 10 to 20 items; the chil-dren had to find them in less than two min-utes. We have had many forts built, madeplaydough creations and have played sev-eral board games. Our gang had several col-oring book evenings, too. Recently, we had

GEISSINGERS GOING AND GROWING

Geissinger s Children Work on 4-H Projects

The Geissinger Family

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Viola is nowteaching Caleb

new skills.

I can t remember ayear when spring-

time had a more wel-come arrival! Thiswinter has been a harshone - complete withlots of snow, ice, andbitter cold tempera-tures. I think we aver-aged one day out fromschool each week sinceChristmas due to theweather! We had somuch even the kids gottired of all the snow!

Our house dynamics have changed againand this time gotten younger. Our nephew sson, Caleb, who is five years old, hasmoved into our home and we are now re-membering what it s like to have a youngone around all the time. It hit me the firsttime I found soldiers and spiderman hang-ing from the bathtub faucet! He s certainlylivened things up a bit, but we ve also seensome of our older kids step up and help out

having twice as much smelly laundry comein the door!)

Our kids have also undertaken 4-Hprojects in preparation for the county fairin July. We ve never been involved in 4-Hso it s not only new to our kids but to us aswell. Tiffany, Todd, and Caleb have begunto work with a pregnant rabbit who hasmade our garage her home . . . Kailee isgoing to be working with cake decorating

The Penfield Family

PENFIELD’S PROGRESS

Viola Baptized and Her Heart Opens to Othersline shows her heart isopening up to others.

We are also excited tohave the Keelins join oursite as relief parents. Theirchildren also fit in well andthe boys are thrilled tohave even more boysaround. (We like having alittle girl who we can belike a grandma andgrandpa to!)

Before next newsletter,we will experience workgroups, church camp,VBS, CIY, NYR, (Wow!That s a lot of abbrevia-tions right there!!!) andmore. At least this sum-mer we don t have a

graduation, wedding, or birth of a child toplan on for extra excitement! Think we llhave enough to keep us busy! Looking for-ward to what God has in store through allthis! ■

In His service,Ken, Beth, Aaron, Viola, Tiffany, Dorcas,

Kailee, Todd, Stephen, and Caleb

We are planning ourOpen House for September 18

this year to be held at theClarence site.

We hope you will mark yourcalendars and plan to visit

starting at noon with a meal,followed by a program by our

Shiloh families.

OPENHOUSEeven without being asked.

This week s temperature warmed upand it was great watching the kids skating,skateboarding, jumping on the trampoline,playing baseball and basketball (good thingwe have a big yard!) The kids are signedup for summer league t-ball/softball/base-ball – looks so far like six different teamsthis year! Aaron is trying his hand again attrack this spring and has been working outa lot in the weight room in preparation forthe shot put. I think his arms are now big-ger than my head! It s funny to watch Toddand Stephen flex their muscles seeing iftheirs are as big as their older brother s!Stephen s looking forward to camping tripsthis summer with Aaron and their Boyscouttroop. (Don t think I m looking forward to

and goats (hopefully she doesn t try todecorate the goats with icing) . . . Viola willbe doing photography and drama . . . Toddand Stephen are excited about doing fish-ing and camping . . . Dorcas will be doingfoods and drama. I m sure we will be learn-ing as much as they do along the way.

Two exciting things have happenedsince our last newsletter. We have a greatand mighty God who can teach us that goodcan come from tragedy. After hearing heart-breaking stories by our minister who hap-pened to be in Haiti during its terrible earth-quake, we saw Viola s heart for others bro-ken and Dad P baptized her with her Shilohfamily watching and cheering. She now hasa special heart for Caleb and watching herteach him to skate or jump on the trampo-

“We are so selfish. We have so much andthose people have nothing.”

– Shiloh s Viola referring to the aftermath of the recent earthquakes in Haiti

Activities

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HONOR ROLLFourteen Shiloh Students Make Honor Roll!

Alyssa, Tymber, Tyler, Michael, Mercy, Sierra,Benjamin, Jordan, Virginia, Trenton and Deidre,

Aidan, Alexandra, Viola

Sam, (right) from the Stringtown Connection 4-H Club, attendeda Robotics Workshop hosted by Macon Co. 4-H of the MU Ex-tension Office. A new project in 4-H, youth learn through hands-on activities the basic concepts related to robotic subsystemssuch as structure, power, sensors, control and programming.

Deidra, pictured seventh row, fifth from left, with members of the FCCLA Chapter during high school FCCLA Week this spring.

Trent was the ‘senior spotlight’ in the recent South Shelby HSCardinal Cadence paper. When interviewed by a classmate, someof his favorites revealed: movie – “Facing the Giants” and “ThePassion of the Christ”; hobbies – skateboarding, riding horses.A classmate describes him as nice, funny, interesting, a goodlistener, and a Christian. He plans to go to tech school for con-struction. Your generosity is what has helped him attain hisgoals to this point. With your help we can raise more Trents!

Joseph, third from right, participated in an evening of “Com-edy & Hypnosis” in the Relay for Life fundraiser.

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Activities

Jordan, front row, far right, and Joseph, sixth row, far left, are members of the SouthShelby Track Team this spring. In addition to being athletic, they are very musicallyinclined – their high school mixed quartet sang a special number for church recentlythat was top notch!

Jordan was also among the high school art students placing at the Clarence CannonConference Art Show recently. She received second place in Ceramics and third place inSculpture. Joseph is also an assistant editor on the Cardinal Cadence Staff.

Virginia, second row, far right, was a member of the SouthShelby High school JV Lady Birds basketball team that placedsecond in the Knox County Tournament. Congratulations, girls!

Congratulations,2010 Graduates!Joseph Enlists in Marines –

Training Begins• Jordan, Joseph, Trent and Virginia are

our South Shelby Seniors this year and willgraduate in May. Jordan plans to pursuecommerce and public relations at MissouriWestern; Joseph has signed up for MarineCorps and taken the oath; Trent will possi-bly attend a tech/trade school in construc-tion trade. Virginia’s plans are pending.

• Michael will graduate from the Univer-sity of Central Missouri on May 8 with aBachelor of Science in Exercise Science. Hehopes to work in either sports medicine,rehabilitative fitness or related fields.

He also hopes to get his Master’s degreeand become a Physical Therapist. He is amember of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity.Your gifts help make Michael what he istoday.

Congratulations and best wishes to eachone of you. May you take God with youon your life’s journey and be blessed.

Chelsea, left, having fun performing with the pom pon girlsduring South Shelby basketball games.

The goats the boys showed last year hadbabies so Alyssa will show this year, too!

They re so cute when they re little.Milking will be an experience for them I msure.

The kids are excited for school to be outand what the summer has in store.

Our kids had a great school year – manyof them had awesome grades and talentswere put forth with Band, Chorus, Basket-

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BEAUREGARDS BOUNCE INTO SUMMER ACTIVITIES

Virginia Will Graduate High School and Seek Employment

The Beauregards

Happy Spring! Ilove this time of

year when all is newand beautiful. It samazing – God swonderful creationsfrom the trees, greengrass, the sound ofbirds chirping andlittle squirrels andrabbits scurryingacross the yards.

Time for 4-H toget into full force andthose warm weatherwork groups to arrive.

ball and Track. Sum-mer baseball will behere before we knowit.

Tri-County kidsenjoy the May Dayfestival and all the funthat day brings.

Bobbie Jo, Bethand Ryan are lookingforward to the end ofyear Six Flags trip,while Virginia awaitsprom and graduation.

Mike and I are go-ing to try to take the kids to NYR. This yearwill be our first time attending and we arelooking forward to fellowship and lots ofon fire worship. AMEN!

We want to thank you all for your sup-port and prayers. Hope all is well with eachof you. ■

God Bless,The Beauregards

SHILOH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL NEWS

Shiloh School Students Volunteer at FoodPantry, Take Field Trip to State CapitolI think this is the first time I can remem-

ber we do not have a student graduatingfrom our school this spring. We do have acouple of juniors so next year will be a dif-ferent story.

This year has seemed to go by quickly,especially when we were unable to haveschool several days due to the extremeweather conditions. Even though our schoolis close to our homes, our supervisors(teachers) do have to drive in, and our roadsstayed dangerous a lot this winter. The kidshave continued to do a great job at gettingback on task and keeping up with sched-uled PACEs.

We were able to have several electiveclasses and field trips including greenhouse,cooking classes, US government class,home economics, and trips to the Missouri

Christian Convention in St. Louis and a tourof the capitol in Jefferson City. We are alsoexcited to be able to offer volunteer workat our local food pantry again for qualify-ing students. Being able to utilize the tal-ents and abilities of our staff on site makesa big difference for our students.

We plan to close our school year in Maywith an awards banquet/appreciation ban-quet to recognize the achievements of ourstudents in the past year, as well as honorthose who help make our school possible.Truly, this is a team effort and we feelblessed to be able to serve together onGod s team. ■

In His service,Ken & Beth Penfield

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Encouragement from Our Friends . . .“Your ministry is absolutely incredible! I thank God for folks like you with so much

heart and generous spirits. I am certain your reward in heaven will be great. May Godbless you as you continue to bless these needy children. Love in Christ, M.S.”

“Abused and neglected children have always been a top priority in my prayer life but Inever gave thought to their caregivers. You all will be in my prayers from now on! I willcontribute financially as I can. God has His hand over you as you have grown. Thank youfor your service to God and the young ones. Sincerely, B.B.”

Items/ProjectsRoof Replacement 2 Homes – Blews,Tuleys (2009-2010) .... Total $ 8,000Roof Replacement – Administrative Building ..................... $3,000 - 4,000

School Building Plan• Possible construction of new facility (2011) ................ $50,000 - 60,000• Possible remodeling of church (?)................................................ $10,000

Recreation Area EquipmentSwings / Play Set (Kahoka site) ................................................. $600 - $700

Equipment PurchasesSkid Steer Accessory (2010)

Back hoe attachment..................................................................... $ 3,000Hay harvesting equipment (2010) ................................................... $12,000Sewing Machine

Hopeful Construction of Future Homes (2012-2013?)(1) Full time home ........................................................................... $450,000(1) Relief Home ................................................................................ $300,000

ShilohWishList

The following listincludes needs and

giving opportunitiesof Shiloh’s families.

The needs will befulfilled for the

children andhomeparents as

funds arrive.

For additional information, please call the Shiloh office, 573-588-2191.

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Liz Has Highest Regard ForTime Spent Living At Shiloh

Liz lived at Shiloh’s Clarence site manyyears ago. She is married to a good manwho serves as a paramedic. She, herself,is studying paramedicine and will finishher degree in that subject this year. Lizand Brian’s son is in college, also. The fam-ily lives in Colorado. Liz has the highestregard for her time spent living at Shiloh,and hopes to visit the Ranch soon. She’sdoing so well because of gifts from peoplelike you!

BECAUSE OF YOU! Here is what we recently bought with your generous gift! Tymberis please to show you that - thanks to you - Shiloh is the new owner of a 2009 FordE350 15 Passenger Van. The vehicle has 30,000 miles and was purchased at the priceof $22,900. It will be used to transport children of the Kevin and Denice Blew home -to church and other activities. With your help we continue to accomplish great things!

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In Loving MemoryJanuary 11 – April 14, 2010

Bagley, RamonaLineville-Mercer ChristianChurch

Baker, GuyanneSharon Utz

Baker, Leslie, Jr.Harold & Alberta Liljedahl

Bentley, ThelmaDorene Elwood

Bills, Jerry D.Lineville-Mercer ChristianChurch

Bogner, DonnaGilvie & Anna B. Franke

Brammer, OlgaJim Bolin

Brown, PatJay & Marge CraigLeota Keith

Brown, Tom B.Jeanette Foreman

Bugh, PeggyCharles & Doris Weaver

Cales, DennisLinda Roberts

Campbell, KennethJeff Ballard

Clark, Wilbur “Jack”Lineville-Mercer Christian

ChurchCoates, Harold

Jay & Marge CraigColborn, Robert “Bob”

Howard Shoemyer FamilyConley, Charlotte

Jim BolinCooper, Mildred

Alice ClayCopenhaver, Carol Sue

Mary Elizabeth HeathmanGene & Pat Hatcher

Craig, JaneCharles & Shirley HawnBud & Ann KunceLee & Kathy AndersonCody & Katie SimsPat PotterfieldJane & Dennis LorensonRobert & Karen TuleyPam & Travis GoldenKevin & Denice BlewJim & Sue ThomasKathy & Norris McClinticRegina HaysCarole EllisTerry & Ruthie CrittenJ. C. & Hazel ShoemyerPolly Morthland & MarilynRennie & Judy PotterfieldFrankie MaddoxNick & Henrietta HaysMary MuddMary Sue Walker/HolyRosary ConventDennis & Regina CarrollSharon UtzBob & Rita VickersBerdette & Edna CookKeith & Alice GardnerGene & Pat Hatcher

Craig, Jane (cont.)Albert & Nina DavisTim, Amy, Mason, Mariah &Miranda HadfieldAnderson & Evelyn MeadowsCarol SchofieldDon & Frankie LaRueBetty J. BrownLarry & Nancy VoepelMargaret Raetz

Davis, Gene SherfeyJanelle & Bob OakleyPauline & Jim Guge

Decker, Margaret, “Toby”Jim Bolin

Deichman, Elizabeth L.Howard Shoemyer Family

Densor, JohnDarlene Morlang

Dolbeare, KennethJay & Marge Craig

Farr, JeanieJay & Marge Craig

Frost, LinnieSteven Bowdish

Gingrich, DenverRobert McCartyLeota Keith

Gorman, KenGenevieve Meredith

Greathouse, JackLinda EllisStan BuxmanRoy Que & Jane FerrelWanda LehenbauerBob & Connie Blessing,

Jim, Kerri, MalloryE. M. GivanLeo & Pam MyersYvonne CassidyBeth KnightKeith SchnelleJim & Susan HumphreysJeff & Laura Van TressCecil Schnelle & FamilyScharlotte LiebhartMelvin & Scharlyne GordonJim SuttonMrs. Ann SchreitMrs. Sylvia HarlowPatrick & Melissa ConwayNorman HareJay & Marge Craig

Guilford, HildaDarrel Swafford

Hartman, MarieDon & Sharon Venardi

Hawthorne, LarryLineville-Mercer Christian Church

Heien, BillCharles & Doris Weaver

Helmich, Ida ElizabethL. C. & Margaret Turner & Kim

Hinten, AlfredEva Dene McCubbin & FamilyAnne & Marvin AllisonParkview Christian ChurchBill & Joan RobisonJim & Carol VestalDorine & Dave Schwartze

Hinten, Alfred (cont.)Emory & Bonnie CoxMonroe ManorEugene & Nancy McCownThe Conklin FamilyBernice SwaimHelen DoyleJay & Marge CraigRobert & Nita Johnston

Hollis, NaomiRebecca Harrison

Hughes, Violet MarieLolli Bros. Livestock MarketRonnie & Shirley SwitzerArley & Carol LiebhartMartin & Susan BinderLarry & Cheryl GanderCharles & Maurita MillerDavid FiedlerThomas & Janet LaffertyFrences WaitJim Bolin

Hungate, JayHarold & Alice Faye Nelson

Johnson, LoreneRuth & Mike Smith

Jones, JohnJim Bolin

Kerkove, FernRichard & Ann Kerkove

Liter, VaughnDanny GainesMarge StiefelGlen DrebenstedtJerry & Donna MyersLarry & Cheryl GanderNoble & Emmalynn HawkinsDorothy BrownJim & Becky BilbroCarlene GallowayDonald & Elaine WilsonJoyce HaltermanBetty WerrKenneth & Barbara RaineyRuth & Leon RallsE. L. & Marilyn PrangeJack & Melody GarlandGeoff & Kay DavisJack & Sherry GloverGilvie & Anna B. FrankeJames & Erika WellsMr. & Mrs. Roy MooreGlen & Patricia RaineyShawna K. Wells-BurnsJay & Marge CraigNorma McElhineyDarlene MorlangBob & Rita Vickers

Lofties, AddieJulie Peck

Lowe, Jamie & JodiDonnie & Shirley King

Masten, JesseTim Harvey

McCarthy, Martha F.Curtis R. Farr

Moffitt, DonDennis & Donna Christensen

Myers, DougAlice Clay

Noe, Glenn EugeneRuby Noe

Norrenberns, StephenDr. & Mrs. W. E. Potter

Oldfather, Harry P.Mrs. Doris E. Murray & Family

Parsons, Mary JaneThe Jim Lincoln FamilyDoris, Matt & Lori MurrayL. C. & Margaret Turner & KimJeanette ForemanJeana Fox

Pavlovich, AnnHarold & Marjorie Foreman

Perrigo, JuanitaL. C. & Margaret Turner & KimRhoades

Perry, MiloRoy & Julia RedmonLoretta & Carl Wayne RedmonWatlow Electric Mfg. Company

Phillips, Niah HopeCurtis Peck

Piepenburg, HaroldAnna PiepenburgJay & Marge Craig

Pike, FrancisThe Foreman Family

Pittman, JohnAnderson & Evelyn Meadows

Porter, KennyCleo & Lorna Faught

Porter, KennyErnest & Norma Esry

Price, BillJay & Marge Craig

Rains, HoustonBob & Rita VickersKeith & Alice GardnerSharon UtzCarl & Wanda KurtzSouth Shelby Class of 1996Steve & Sharon BunnellGeraldine CarpenterRoy & Donna FancherJim & Becky BilbroCarol Schofield

Ratliff, CyolaGene & Pat HatcherL. C. & Margaret Turner & KimL. RhoadesHoward & Leota ShoemyerTammy & Richard Ratliff

Reed, Wallace RayFay Shearer

Rosenbohm, EstherLarry & Anita EwartCharles & Maxine GashJay & Marge CraigCharles & Russelle BosterLinda JudkinsShawn & Jodee MinterDon & Sharon MeyerLawrence & Marietta WedelJerry & Amy MooreLarry & Janet RosenbohmPhyllis BallLinda & Jim LeePhil & Charla GravesBill & Teresa MalhiwskySusan SaccoMarcia EmbertonDennis & Susan McLarenSteve & Lauretta SheldonGregory & Juanita McCabeMarilyn GravesJohn & Elaine EilersCochran Head Vick & Co.Jill PfannebeckerDarlene MorlangFrankie InceCharles & Maxine Gash

Ruoff, HelenJohnnie & Barbara Hoggatt

Schupbach, VerleeJim & Sue Jane BrewerJohn & Maxine Cook

Schupbach, Verlee (cont.)Garry & Brenda PoeKay EgglestonLena GallagherPhyllis ComstockWalter & Donna ByrnBetty Riley SmithCathy MajorCharles & Nancy Cook

Shepler, MamieEd & Phyllis TaylorLarry & Phyllis Parsons

Shisler, VictorAlice Clay

Simmons, GlennJim & Marilyn LincolnLyle & Anna Louise VanHouten & FamilyL. C. & Margaret Turner &Kim

Staggs, SandraDonna J. HoskinsonMr. & Mrs. Larry BennettHarold BergfeldJane Ralls

Stark, Jerry D.Lineville-Mercer Christian

ChurchSteinman, Virginia

Kent, Vaness & Katie RuppStillwell, Gwendolyn

Jay & Marge CraigThompson, George E.

Jay & Marge CraigTucker, Dan

Frankie InceVoyles, Ruby

L. C. & Margaret Turner &Kim L. Rhoades

Wardell, ThelmaRobert E. MilesBill & Jane SmithShane & Lauri MillerMildred Miller

Watson, DorothyJim Bolin

Weatherford, BillJohnnie & Barbara HoggattGene & Pat Hatcher

Weher, Bill WayneL. C. & Margaret Turner

& KimWhite, Robert P, “Bob”

Richard TurnerGriesbaum ConstructionKatherine HeadJesse & Pamela RobertsonW. H. & Patricia JohnsRachel HussFloyd Heidbreder FarmGlenn & Shirley MaddoxBecky & David MannigelAlbert & Nina DavisMary Jane GottmanGlenn & Shirley CorneliusNorman & Sue WennekerDennis & Julia KlauserHelen GottmanPaul & Betty Jane WhiteJosephine White

Williams, JohnMargaret Thomas

Williams, WilmaE. L. & Marilyn PrangeRobert & Linda Gaines

Wilson, James P.Louise Wilson

Wright, Leroy & VirginiaBryan & Cathy Wilt

Wulf, GladysMr. & Mrs. Burdette Nodland

Xander, DarrellL. C. & Margaret Turner

& KimXander, Darrell

Lena & Harold BrenzSee “Honors” on Page 14

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After a long, hard, cold winter, am I ready for the warmth and new

beginnings that the spring and summerseasons bring us! The anticipation ofbeing able to work in the yard, see thenew growth of plants and trees, and thestart of baseball season (Go Cardi-nals!). It is so great to start anew andlook forward to washing away the dullgray of winter.

Just like spring, we are all aboutnew beginnings here at Shiloh. That

is why Shiloh is in existence. We are that “safe place” for ouryoung people that are in need of a fresh start. Our Shiloh chil-dren bring so many long, hard, cold winters with them in theirhearts that they never can seem to look forward to a spring intheir young lives.

That s where Shiloh homeparents and staff use Jesus mes-sage of new beginnings, hope, and love to show them that theycan start fresh and have a different perspective. Trying to showa young person that the “winter” of their life can end is not aneasy thing to do. As a child, when all you know is winter inyour heart, it is difficult to know what new hope and a new starton life can bring.

Christ s message of new hope and new life can be seen inLuke 24 when the women went to the tomb feeling despair anddefeat only to find new hope because of Christ s resurrection.From winter to spring, from death to life, from despair to hope,Jesus resurrection power of love can change the darkest situa-tion of our Shiloh children. That power changing love is shownthrough the care that our Shiloh children receive each day. Adevotion as a family, a teachable moment from a Shiloh dad, ora hug from a Shiloh mom, these are the actions that show a childthat they can have a new beginning in their Shiloh family.

We ask for your continued support by praying that our Shilohchildren will take advantage of a new beginning in Christ. Com-mit to pray each day for our homeparents and staff so that wecan seize each opportunity to share Christ s message of newhope with our children.

What a joy it is to trust a Savior that is the author of newbeginnings each day! What a joy it is to have faithful supporterslike you to share in our mission to provide Christian homes forour children. Thank you for helping us to “make a difference” inoffering new beginnings to our children s lives. We appreciateeach and every one of you for being part of the Shiloh Family! ■

In Christ’s Love,Mark

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Mark Adkison

Mark My Words

Shiloh Alum Liz to Finish EarningParamedic Degree

It s been a great week. Early in the week I heard from Liz. Liz lived

here – maybe 15 years ago. She wasalways delightful and saw the fun sideof life. This week she sent a nice photoof herself and her husband. The twolook so happy (the photo is on Shiloh sFacebook page if you want to see it.)Liz writes, “That is my family with onemissing because he is away at college.I am going to school now to finish upmy Paramedic degree. My other half,

Brian, is a paramedic already. Just trying to catch up with him!We live in Colorado, actually just getting ready to close on thehouse tomorrow in another town, closer to his work and myschool. Give my love to Kevin and Denise.”

How beautiful are the words of former Shiloh kids! Notice:Liz has a son in college. Notice: She has the goal of getting thetraining it takes to have an occupation. Notice: The purpose ofthe occupation is to save and help other people. Notice: She shappily married. Notice: She married a man who works. Notice:The couple is buying a house together. Notice: The fond memo-ries she has of here former life here.

Then, earlier in the week I read in an area newspaper that aformer Shiloh child, who s now an adult, has accepted a posi-tion as head of a very important, respectable, well-paying posi-tion in a town not far from our base of Shelbina. Congratula-tions, Bill!

The third example is that of Esther. Sunday following a finesermon from our minister, Jim Bilbro, an area young lady whohas been attending church walked down to the front to say shewants to start living for God. Supporting the young lady as shewalked down the aisle was Kevin and Denice Blew s Esther.What a wonderful happening that one of Shiloh s children iswilling to help her friend take a closer walk with her Maker!

Loving, supportive friend of the Shiloh children – Shilohworks! ■

Yours for Christ’s kids,

FROM ME TO YOU

Former Shiloh ChildrenNow Excelling as Adults

Jay Craig

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Irma Crank .................................................... Emma BatesKevin Kliesen s birthday................. Roy & Donna FancherRaymond Konecne s birthday........ Roy & Donna FancherKendra Kliesen s birthday.............. Roy & Donna FancherJeremy Snyder s birthday.............. Roy & Donna FancherDedie Priebe s 75th birthday......................... Dedie PriebeClarence Houseparents & Families .. Bill & Janet LovelaceJay & Marge Craig s 30th anniversary

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HonorsJanuary 11, 2010 – April 19, 2010