Monday, April 25, 2022

Dominican Republic 2022

 

“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.”

Ephesians 6:20-21

 

Dear family and friends,

Last year Joshua and I had the opportunity and blessing to go and serve in the Dominican Republic at Holt’s House (holtshouseofhope.com) with fellow missionaries Joie (Puckett) & Fernando Cuevas, in Boca Chica. While there the Holy Spirit taught us both so many things. For instance, in Boca Chica there are many empty pieces of land with brick walls that speak of ownership. The Holy Spirit said to me that these represents empty hearts that need Jesus. Like in any town there are areas that are rough and “decorated” with lots of graffiti and such. The Holy Spirit gave me new “glasses” to see better…to see beyond the rough areas and just love people where they are with no judgements and to see the graffiti as art, a way that people express themselves when they have no words to speak. Joshua learned that with Jesus there are no language barriers that love speaks for itself. He learned the true meaning of J-O-Y…Jesus Others and You. While there others didn’t see his challenges (Autism, anxiety, sensory issues etc.) they saw him for who he was and loved him big. He got out of his comfort zone in another culture and fell in love with the people and the country and is so excited about returning. This year he is being challenged and will be leading a devotional for the kids with an interpreter. God is so good!! What we thought was impossible God made possible. Just like the mustard seed if we have faith as little as a mustard seed God can make mountains move. This year our family

has an opportunity to go and minister together. Tim and I heart’s desire has been to be able to go overseas and minister, but due to children on the autism spectrum and the many challenges that come with it, we thought that would never be a possibility. BUT GOD! What we thought so long ago was impossible, God is making possible.

We need your help! Would you be willing to commit to pray and/or give financially toward our family’s support? The cost of our trip is $1500 per person. This includes our lodgings, food, and air fare. We will need $9000 for our family to go. We are doing fundraisers and support letters in order to raise the money needed to go. Would you be willing to help us? I love ministering with my family and seeing the Holy Spirit move in their lives. Going to another country will open new fields of ministry that they have never experienced before, and I would love to be able to be there to watch them as God shows up and shows out for them. My mother’s prayer for my children has always been for Him to use them for His glory far more than what He has done with Tim and me. Would you be willing to help this momma be able to see and experience the Holy Spirit working in and through my children in such a different and profound way as an overseas Mission’s trip?

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact either me or Tim. We thank you in advance for your prayers and for whatever the Holy Spirit lays on your heart to give.

In Christ,

 

Sarah & Tim Tinkel

 

Sarah & Tim Tinkel

239 Tanglewood Lane

Livingston, TN  38570

(931) - 319-3113 – Sarah Tinkel

(931) – 319-2551 – Tim Tinkel

 

Set1993@gmail.com

Tink38570@gmail.com

 

 

 

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Rescheduled Mission Trip

 

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I send me!”

Isaiah 6:8

 

“BUT GOD!”

Dear friends and family,

One of my hearts desires has been to go and minister overseas. Due to   some of our kids being on the autism spectrum that desire seemed an impossibility. “BUT GOD!” Joshua is my 20 years old Jesus loving blessing who is on the autism spectrum. We have the opportunity to go to the Dominican Republic with a team and serve along side fellow missionaries Joie (Puckett) and Fernando Cuevas. When we first heard about the mission’s trip Joshua came to us and said he felt that God had laid it on his heart to go and help Joie and Fernando. God had laid it on my heart to go as well. “BUT GOD!” That desire of long-ago God is bringing to fruition. The icing on the cake is I will be ministering with my son, whom I thought would never be able to go overseas. “BUT GOD!” We will be going with a group that understands Joshua and his challenges and are excited for him to go and are willing to help look out for him, including Fernando and Joie. “BUT GOD!”

Our trip is planned for June 25 – July 2nd of 2021. We will be serving at Holt’s House of Hope in Boca Chica. Our team will have the opportunity to help with Zo!e Ministries (holtshouseofhope.com) and work alongside Joie & Fernando Cuevas. We will be teaching, assisting the local residents by doing community service work, and serving in the local orphanage. We will work with the girls and boys of Holt’s House and do community outreach in the area. Our mission is simple, we intend to make Jesus known and to love on the people there. Joshua has a big desire to lead someone to Jesus and also to find God’s purposes for his life. Joshua knows that he is called but doesn’t know quite yet what that looks like. He is searching and the fact that he is praying to lead someone to Christ on this mission’s trip does this momma proud. Will you please partner with us in prayer or by giving a one-time donation to help with the desires of his heart? Our team has done multiple fundraisers and Joshua and I are $1500 (covers both of us) short of our goal. We have the desire to see lives changed for His glory and this includes lives of fellow team members as well. Please be in prayer for our team, our safety, individual callings, unity, humbleness, and provision. Pray for those who we will encounter along the way and for the people of the Dominican. Ultimately pray that the work we do will bring Jesus’ glory, it’s His work not ours. Pray that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are glorified and the kingdom advanced.

Joshua and I thank you in advance for your prayers and for your giving. We pray blessings and favor over each of you. I can’t wait to share the “BUT GOD” moments that your prayers are going to give us.

 

In His Service,

 

Sarah & Joshua Tinkel

 

If you would like to give toward our trip you can send a check or money order made out to Sarah Tinkel or if you would like more information please contact me. If you are willing to commit and pray please let me know and I will give you specifics of what to pray for.

 

Sarah Tinkel

239 Tanglewood Lane

Livingston, TN 38570

(931)-319-3113

Set1993@gmail.com

 

Thursday, March 12, 2020

But God!!


Dear Friends and Family,



One of my heart’s desires has been to go and minister overseas. Due to some of our kids being on the autism spectrum that desire seemed an impossibility. But God! Joshua is my 19 years old Jesus loving blessing who is on the Autism spectrum. Our church has the opportunity to serve in the Dominican Republic alongside fellow missionaries Fernando and Joie (Puckett) Cuevas. When it was first mentioned Joshua came to us and said he felt the Lord was telling him to go and help Fernando and Joie. God had laid it on my heart to go as well. But God! That desire of long-ago God is bringing to fruition. The icing on the cake is I will be ministering with my son, whom I thought would never be able to go overseas. But God! We will be going with a group that understands Joshua (and sometimes his autism challenges), are excited for him to go and are willing to help look out for him, including Fernando and Joie. But God!



Our trip is planned for June 23 – 30th of 2020. We will be serving at Holt’s House of Hope in Boca Chica. Our team will have the opportunity to help with Zo!e Ministries and work along side Fernando and Joie Cuevas. We will assist the local residents by doing community service work and by serving in the

local orphanage. We will work with the boys and girls at Holt’s House and do community outreach in the area. Our mission is simple, we intend to make Jesus known and to love on the people there.



Our team has been doing multiple fundraisers to offset the cost of the trip. The total cost for both Joshua and I to go is $3000 dollars ($1500 per person). This includes air fare, food and housing. Would you be willing to help us get to the Dominican by giving a one-time donation? Most importantly would you be willing to start praying for us that lives will be changed for His glory? Pray for our team, our safety, and our individual callings. Pray for the people of the Dominican Republic – and those along the way - that we will encounter, and for the financial means necessary for our team to reach our destination.  Ultimately, pray that the work done there is not ours but His; that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are glorified through it and the Kingdom is advanced.



Joshua and I thank you in advance for your prayers and for any monetary support that you are able to give towards our trip. We pray blessings and favor over each of you. I can’t wait to tell you all the “But God!” moments that your prayers are going to give us. 


In His Service,





Sarah and Joshua Tinkel



If you would like to give toward our trip you can send check or money order made out to:



Sarah Tinkel (or I AM Worship and put for Sarah & Joshua Tinkel Missions in the memo line)

239 Tanglewood Lane

Livingston, TN 38570



Or you can go:



I AM Worship

Mission Trip Account

4483 Cookeville Hwy

Cookeville, TN 38506

IAMWorshipchurch.com

(choose Giving, choose Missions)



If you would like more information, please call

Sarah Tinkel (931) 319-3113

Tim Tinkel (931) 319-2551




You know it is funny how fast times goes by. I haven't posted in quite a while....life has happened with so many blessings, joys, sadness and heartbreak. More kids, kids leaving home, new home, parents died, ministry changes and me going back to school to finish what I started years ago. God is so good and faithful...It amazes me just what a good father He is. I don't deserve His faithfulness, or His goodness but He does anyway...and I'm so thankful. 

Wednesday, August 1, 2012


Jacob and Heaven




I just wanted to share how good and faithful our God is....I pray for my boys that God would use them for His glory and that they would be men after God's own heart. When you have two children who are on the autism spectrum some times it is hard to know if they really understand about Jesus...and if they get the basics then we are doing good. God really showed me that He is listening to the prayers of this mommy's heart...and that He is using them for His glory. I was away on a women's retreat called the Emmaus walk this last weekend so Tim and the boys were batching (?) it. Tim was in the kitchen making pizza and our  Asperger's autistic 6 yrs old Jacob was helping him. Jacob asked Tim if there would be pizza in Heaven. Tim replied "I don't know Jacob but if there is it will be delicious!" Jacob: "Well I think there will be pizza and chocolate pudding...and John Allen (older brother who is allergic to chocolate) will be able to eat the chocolate pudding and he will have two eyes!! I will have balance because I have problems with my balance you know!!" To those of you that don't know...my oldest son John Allen only has one eye and for our Jacob to be able to understand the perfectness of Heaven astounded Tim and I!! How faithful is our God to reassure parents who are faithful to pray for their children. I want to encourage parents with special needs kids...parents who don't or do pray for their children...God honors those prayers and be encouraged to pray for your children daily. In our world today they need the protection of loving PRAYING parents who will commit them to the Lord on a daily basis. God does answer prayer...look how he answered ours!!

Tinkel's  Spring/Summer Updates 2012



There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under the heavens:
Ecclesiastes 3:1

Hi everyone! This is Tim. Usually Sarah writes our newsletters and does a wonderful job. This newsletter is going to be a little different in that both Sarah and I are going to be sharing what’s going on with our ministry here at Good News Mission. That’s one of the reasons why there has been so much time between newsletters. Sarah had her portion written a couple of months ago but I have been my usual procrastinating self. Please forgive me. Anyway, Sarah’s portions will be in regular print while mine will be in italics. Thanks for all of your friendship, prayers and support. Tim

Changes!!! Change can be good and it also can be very challenging causing us to be stretched in ways that are out of our comfort zones. Back in March change came in the form of some of my ladies being arrested for selling prescription drugs. With bad choices came time spent in jail and having to move out of the projects. It would have been so easy to judge them  but I was reminded that I make bad choices as well… only mine were not on display and very public.

As I was praying for my ladies God impressed upon me that He wanted me to go to visit them in jail and tell them He loved them. My first response was “You want me to do what?” Then I asked God “There has got to be more that you want me to tell them besides that You love them...a more profound message than that You love them?” With fear and anxiety I went to visit them in jail. How precious it was to sit and talk with each of them. The first thing they said was I can’t believe you came! They told me how embarrassed they were for me to see them that way. I told them that I loved them but that God wanted me to come and tell them that HE loved them as well. Tears flowed and they asked how could He love them after what they had done? I told them because that is just who God is….and we all make mistakes but God loves us despite those bad choices. We still have to pay the consequences of our actions but God LOVES us.

Little did I know that would be the last time I would see one of my ladies as she passed away a week later in jail. One important lesson that I have learned through this is that when God gives you a burden for someone and a message to deliver there needs to be instant obedience. I had the words of life and hope and my lady needed those so badly….I am so thankful that I was able to minister to her in this way before she died…..God was so good and faithful in allowing me the honor and privilege of reassuring her of His love for her.  God wants us to be His hands, feet, and words… the question is are we willing to be used of God to go out and be Jesus to a hurting world? I love Mercy Me’s song “Won’t you be my love?” one of the lines in that song is won’t you be MY voice calling, won’t you be MY hands healing, won’t you be MY feet walking into a broken world….won’t you be MY chain breaker….won’t you be MY peace maker…..won’t you be MY hope and joy….won’t you be MY love? In other words will we be HIS love and lead people to His cross? By going to the jail I was being His love and leading those ladies to His cross…what a beautiful picture of God’s grace and love and what a blessing to be able to be HIS love to them.

This year has been full of changes for me as well - especially the summer.  Before the summer began I had my schedule all laid out. We were going to hold three day camps here at the mission, help with two out of state VBS’s and take John Allen to a big air rifle competition in Arkansas. I thought we could handle it easily. After all, for 20 years we held six or more weeks of camp at the camp ministry we worked with. Five weeks of ministry and a week of air rifle competition in the months of June and July should be easy! There were still two weeks to rest or even to fill with more activity. No problem!

Then Sarah’s sister was diagnosed with a brain tumor.  Thankfully it was not malignant, but the doctors still recommended that it come our right away. Still I thought we could handle it. Sarah didn’t need to be here for everything. Mrs. Lass (our dear friend and fellow missionary from GA) would be here. We could handle it! Sarah, though, cringed at the thought of such a busy summer. She said she was worn out just thinking about it.

It wasn’t until our pastor sat down to lunch with us one day, looked me in the eye (he’s good at doing thatJ) and said “Tim, have you really prayed about this?” UGH! What a slap in the face of reality! No, I hadn’t prayed about it. So, after much prayer and fasting by Sarah and me… I began to realize that our summer was just a bit full. We both agreed that the day camps were a must. Too many kids were depending on them. The VBS’s were another thing. Reluctantly I canceled one and by God’s grace the other fell through.

As always, God knows best! Sarah’s sister had surgery in June and, although she came through the surgery wonderfully, the recovery was a bit more than expected. It was just too much for Sarah’s mom to take care of Granny and Sarah’s sister so Sarah ended up spending nearly four weeks in Oak Ridge helping out.

Still, through all of the confusion of the summer, God still blessed. I had been praying for open doors in some apartments called “the double deckers” that are close to us. They are low income apartments but not run by the state as the apartments are across the street from our house. Many of our children had to move away because of the drug bust that Sarah mentioned above. In the government run low income housing if you are convicted of a felony you have to move out. On our first day of day camp it appeared that our numbers would be very low. Although we don’t try to base our ministry on numbers, it was still disheartening to me. After voicing my disappointment to John Allen he said, “Dad, I know that God is going to bring more kids. I’ve been praying that he would.” Lo and behold, soon after that an old black suburban pulls up to the mission and out pile 15 kids from , yes, the double deckers. God had opened doors and brought new kids to the mission! He also opened doors for me to help out at a local VBS for one week as well to replace one of the out of state VBS’s that I had to cancel. All in all 3 children were saved this summer and one child received assurance of salvation from the ministries that we were involved with. Praise the Lord!

Now back to Sarah and a little update on our family.

In the last few months we were having behavioral problems with our youngest son Jacob. With much prayer and talking with our doctors we opted to put him on medication to help with concentration and focusing. What a huge difference this has made with him. He is now able to sit through children’s church and pay attention and participate by answering questions and singing. God is so good and faithful!!!

 John Allen is doing very well and getting more insistent that Tim and I teach him how to drive. This is such a change in our lives as parents and we are having a hard time with this. It seems just like yesterday he was a baby in my arms and here he is now 16 yrs. old and wanting to drive. Where is the time going? God is shaping John Allen into such a neat young man. He is such a blessing and is growing up to be a young man who has a desire to see his friends come to know Jesus. This touches a mother’s heart whose prayer for all of her children is that God would use her sons for His glory.

Joshua is excited about upward football and getting ready for when that will start. This year we also signed Jacob up…this will be different and should be very entertaining….LOL… adults.

This next month we are praying about attending BCM’s week long North American Missionary Conference in Pennsylvania to touch base with fellow missionaries and see and share what God is doing in different parts of the world. This is always a fun, relaxing and informative time for our family. The boys, especially, enjoy catching up on old friends. The children’s and youth ministry workers that BCM brings in are wonderful. The boys love them and learn so much.  We also plan to take time to visit my sister in New Jersey for a few days.

Unfortunately, although it is a wonderful and relaxing time, it is usually a financial crunch for us to be able to afford the trip. The price to attend is only $500, and that includes meals and housing and all meetings, but it is still $500 extra (not including gas) that we must come up with. Please be in prayer that God would provide extra for us next month to be able to afford to attend. This conference is only scheduled every other year so if we missed this one, we would have to wait another two years to attend. If you would like to help us financially with a one-time gift please make out the check or money order payable to BCM International and on a separate piece of paper put “For the Tinkel’s BCM conference” along with our number #642. Thank you so much ahead of time.

Thank you for all that you do on our behalf…I know we don’t say that enough but we are very blessed that you give of your resources, your time and of yourselves toward our family and our ministry. We are overwhelmed at the goodness of God in blessing us with wonderful co laborers such as you…and we appreciate each of you so much. We pray God’s blessings and favor over you.



Prayer Request:

1.      Increase in support

2.      The people we minister to including the new apartments that God has opened the door to

3.      Upcoming fall ministries (Tuesday afternoon Bible Club, Sunday Afternoon Bible Study and visitation and outreach)

4.      Our children John Allen, Joshua and Jacob

5.      The cost of conference and traveling expenses this summer



Blessings/Praises:



1.      Opportunity to share our ministry which resulted in support

2.      Progress of Jacob in his behavior, John Allen’s spiritual growth, Joshua’s sweet spirit

3.      Wonderful church family

4.      Great Bible studies

5.    Our family’s spiritual growth as a whole

In Christ,



Sarah & Tim Tinkel                                                        BCM Intl.

829 Hi Tech Drive                                                          201 Granite Drive #260

Livingston, TN 38570                                                    Lancaster, PA  17601

931-823-9320 (home)                                                   1-888-226-4685

931-319-2551 (Tim)                                                      bcmintl.org

931-319-3113 (Sarah)



Acct. #0642

Thursday, December 22, 2011

How Great is our God????

We would like to thank everyone who donated, volunteered, cooked, delivered etc. for Good News Mission Holiday Meal this past weekend. Our God is so GREAT!!! With your help we were able to minister/feed over 400 individuals!! How Great is our God??? He is so great that He was able to make such a tremendous feat possible...and in the process bless me and others!! Our God is so good and faithful and I am blessed to be able to be an instrument for His glory!! Thank you again for all who participated and who pray for this special ministry that God has called us to....we are blessed!!!