We praise the Lord for His grace in our furlough travels. We have now accomplished one month of our three month furlough. We have greatly enjoyed our time at each church. If it wasn't for our desire to be with our church family, furthering the work God has for us in Scotland, we would be happy to have a longer time with all of our supporters. 

This past Sunday we were at Harvest Baptist in Spartanburg. Benson and Christina work at this church. Benson was taken on as a part time music pastor by the church last year. We enjoyed sharing the testimony of God's leading in Sunday School. We did special music and Katie played an offertory. And, I preached the morning message. Afterwards we enjoyed a fellowship meal with several in the church.

We then headed two hours South to Orangeburg, SC. That church was also a blessing to us and we enjoyed a meal with the pastor and his wife after the service. We then drove three hours back to Lattimore, NC to my sister's home. We arrived at midnight and enjoyed an hour's fellowship with ALL of our children. We are enjoying having all the kids here for a few days. Kay Lee and John drove over Sunday afternoon and will be heading back tomorrow.

This coming Sunday AM, we are at Nolansville Road Baptist Church in Nashville. We will spend the week in Des Moines with my mom, before heading further north. Thankfully, the blizzard warning was last week and not this one coming. Saturday is supposed to be 84 degrees in Des Moines! Yikes! The weather is very interesting this year.

God's goodess has been very evident. We are thrilled with His many blessings. Thank you for praying for our travels.

We praise the Lord for His grace in our furlough travels. We have now accomplished one month of our three month furlough. We have greatly enjoyed our time at each church. If it wasn't for our desire to be with our church family, furthering the work God has for us in Scotland, we would be happy to have a longer time with all of our supporters. 

This past Sunday we were at Harvest Baptist in Spartanburg. Benson and Christina work at this church. Benson was taken on as a part time music pastor by the church last year. We enjoyed sharing the testimony of God's leading in Sunday School. We did special music and Katie played an offertory. And, I preached the morning message. Afterwards we enjoyed a fellowship meal with several in the church.

We then headed two hours South to Orangeburg, SC. That church was also a blessing to us and we enjoyed a meal with the pastor and his wife after the service. We then drove three hours back to Lattimore, NC to my sister's home. We arrived at midnight and enjoyed an hour's fellowship with ALL of our children. We are enjoying having all the kids here for a few days. Kay Lee and John drove over Sunday afternoon and will be heading back tomorrow.

This coming Sunday AM, we are at Nolansville Road Baptist Church in Nashville. We will spend the week in Des Moines with my mom, before heading further north. Thankfully, the blizzard warning was last week and not this one coming. Saturday is supposed to be 84 degrees in Des Moines! Yikes! The weather is very interesting this year.

God's goodess has been very evident. We are thrilled with His many blessings. Thank you for praying for our travels.

The Lord blessed us with safety as we traveled much over the past ten days. We had such a good time with all of our supporting churches. Thank you for praying for our travels and ministry.

On Monday of this past week, we did an extra ministry trip. Our oldest two children and their spouses have all worked at the Bill Rice Ranch and the West Branch. We drove up Monday to visit the Ranch and enjoyed a tour with Matt and April Downs. They were so kind to take time to fellowship with us and show us around.

After leaving the Ranch, we went over to the headquarters of the Sword of the Lord. What a joy to see a facility and meet staff who are having a great impact in God's harvest field. On Tuesday we visited a third ministry which is very special to us as we visited the Baptist World Mission headquarters in Decatur. BWM is our mission agency. We have been with them since the Autumn of 2005. We praise God for His grace in keeping BWM strong both doctrinally and practically. They are a huge help to all of their missionaries and we are thankful to have them behind us.

This weekend we will be with Benson and Christina at their church, Harvest Baptist in Spartanburg. Sunday evening we will be at Orangeburg Baptist Tabernacle. On Monday, Kay Lee and her husband, John, are heading over to meet us in Lattimore for a family time. This will be the first time we have been all together since Benson and Christina's wedding. We are looking forward to making some precious memories.

We are hearing good things from our church in Scotland. Please keep the Barbas in prayer as they continue to fill our shoes in our absence. We very much appreciate their labours.

Thank you for keeping up with us and for praying for our family and ministry!

The Lord blessed us with safety as we traveled much over the past ten days. We had such a good time with all of our supporting churches. Thank you for praying for our travels and ministry.

On Monday of this past week, we did an extra ministry trip. Our oldest two children and their spouses have all worked at the Bill Rice Ranch and the West Branch. We drove up Monday to visit the Ranch and enjoyed a tour with Matt and April Downs. They were so kind to take time to fellowship with us and show us around.

After leaving the Ranch, we went over to the headquarters of the Sword of the Lord. What a joy to see a facility and meet staff who are having a great impact in God's harvest field. On Tuesday we visited a third ministry which is very special to us as we visited the Baptist World Mission headquarters in Decatur. BWM is our mission agency. We have been with them since the Autumn of 2005. We praise God for His grace in keeping BWM strong both doctrinally and practically. They are a huge help to all of their missionaries and we are thankful to have them behind us.

This weekend we will be with Benson and Christina at their church, Harvest Baptist in Spartanburg. Sunday evening we will be at Orangeburg Baptist Tabernacle. On Monday, Kay Lee and her husband, John, are heading over to meet us in Lattimore for a family time. This will be the first time we have been all together since Benson and Christina's wedding. We are looking forward to making some precious memories.

We are hearing good things from our church in Scotland. Please keep the Barbas in prayer as they continue to fill our shoes in our absence. We very much appreciate their labours.

Thank you for keeping up with us and for praying for our family and ministry!

The Lord blessed us with safety as we traveled much over the past ten days. We had such a good time with all of our supporting churches. Thank you for praying for our travels and ministry.

On Monday of this past week, we did an extra ministry trip. Our oldest two children and their spouses have all worked at the Bill Rice Ranch and the West Branch. We drove up Monday to visit the Ranch and enjoyed a tour with Matt and April Downs. They were so kind to take time to fellowship with us and show us around.

After leaving the Ranch, we went over to the headquarters of the Sword of the Lord. What a joy to see a facility and meet staff who are having a great impact in God's harvest field. On Tuesday we visited a third ministry which is very special to us as we visited the Baptist World Mission headquarters in Decatur. BWM is our mission agency. We have been with them since the Autumn of 2005. We praise God for His grace in keeping BWM strong both doctrinally and practically. They are a huge help to all of their missionaries and we are thankful to have them behind us.

This weekend we will be with Benson and Christina at their church, Harvest Baptist in Spartanburg. Sunday evening we will be at Orangeburg Baptist Tabernacle. On Monday, Kay Lee and her husband, John, are heading over to meet us in Lattimore for a family time. This will be the first time we have been all together since Benson and Christina's wedding. We are looking forward to making some precious memories.

We are hearing good things from our church in Scotland. Please keep the Barbas in prayer as they continue to fill our shoes in our absence. We very much appreciate their labours.

Thank you for keeping up with us and for praying for our family and ministry!

Thank you for keeping up with our family as we travel in the USA. God has given us safety and has blessed our ministry opportunities with each church family. 

I just sent the following update to our church family....

Good morning church family,

Thank you for keeping up with our family as we travel in the USA. God has given us safety and has blessed our ministry opportunities with each church family. 

I just sent the following update to our church family....

Good morning church family,

God blessed us with a successful journey to the USA. Duchess even did well when we left the house. She didn't get stressed or into panic mode as we took the luggage out the door. It sounds silly, but even that showed God's hand.

It took about 2 days to get over jet lag as we enjoyed time with my sister's family. Nate Metcalf, my brother in law, is the Dean of Men at Ambassador Baptist College. The college kindly provided for all of our meals and we had a really enjoyable week. 

We also were blessed to visit Logan's church on Wednesday, Maranatha Baptist, in Marion, GA. Pastor Brennaman kindly had me share a testimony and our video presentation. On Thursday night we presented our ministry and I preached a short message at missionary prayer band at Ambassador. It was really fun to connect with the students.

Saturday, we drove three hours to Athens, GA and spent the night at Hope Baptist Church. Our Sunday AM meeting was at Crooked Creek Baptist. What a blessing to connect with a church that has supported us for nearly 20 years and who had sent a mission team to our church in 2023. Sunday afternoon we drove 2.5 hours and were with Bible Baptist Church in Hampton, GA for the PM. Their Pastor is a board member with BWM, our mission agency. We were thankful to be at this church as we had not connected with them personally since deputation. (Covid 19 canceled a previous meeting.)

After church we drove 3 hours to Simpsonville, SC to stay with Katie's sister's family for a week. God has blessed us with really good family (saved and living for the Lord) and we are enjoying our time here. Thank you for praying for all of our travels and plans. God's hand is evident.

Itenerary: Visiting Harvest Baptist in Spartanburg, SC on Wednesday night (Benson and Christina Shore's church.)

Sunday - Perry Hills Baptist Church in Montgomery, AL in the AM. Northstone Baptist in Pensacola, FL in the evening.

God blessed us with a successful journey to the USA. Duchess even did well when we left the house. She didn't get stressed or into panic mode as we took the luggage out the door. It sounds silly, but even that showed God's hand.

It took about 2 days to get over jet lag as we enjoyed time with my sister's family. Nate Metcalf, my brother in law, is the Dean of Men at Ambassador Baptist College. The college kindly provided for all of our meals and we had a really enjoyable week. 

We also were blessed to visit Logan's church on Wednesday, Maranatha Baptist, in Marion, GA. Pastor Brennaman kindly had me share a testimony and our video presentation. On Thursday night we presented our ministry and I preached a short message at missionary prayer band at Ambassador. It was really fun to connect with the students.

Saturday, we drove three hours to Athens, GA and spent the night at Hope Baptist Church. Our Sunday AM meeting was at Crooked Creek Baptist. What a blessing to connect with a church that has supported us for nearly 20 years and who had sent a mission team to our church in 2023. Sunday afternoon we drove 2.5 hours and were with Bible Baptist Church in Hampton, GA for the PM. Their Pastor is a board member with BWM, our mission agency. We were thankful to be at this church as we had not connected with them personally since deputation. (Covid 19 canceled a previous meeting.)

After church we drove 3 hours to Simpsonville, SC to stay with Katie's sister's family for a week. God has blessed us with really good family (saved and living for the Lord) and we are enjoying our time here. Thank you for praying for all of our travels and plans. God's hand is evident.

Itenerary: Visiting Harvest Baptist in Spartanburg, SC on Wednesday night (Benson and Christina Shore's church.)

Sunday - Perry Hills Baptist Church in Montgomery, AL in the AM. Northstone Baptist in Pensacola, FL in the evening.

God has blessed all the preparations to hit the road on our 3 month ministry furlough. Dave and Claudia Barba arrived on Friday morning and we've enjoyed acquainting them with Scotland, our home, our neighbourhood, villages, church, and church family.

The Lord gave us a very good morning. I taught SS and Pastor Barba took the AM service. After the service we had a fellowship lunch which was followed by a baby shower. A family in our church is adding a son next month. :) We praise God for His goodness to them. Please pray for a safe delivery and a healthy baby boy.

Tonight, I am going to share a message from Deuteronomy 31 which God put on my heart a couple of weeks ago. I look forward to sharing it with our church family. Tomorrow morning we head to the airport and we should be at Greenville, Spartonburg Airport tomorrow evening. Thank you for praying for our travels. It's obvious that God is leading, giving us grace, and guiding in everything.