It has been good to see some of our HBC kids continuing with us. Two of them went on our youth activity this past Friday. They were also in church this morning. Please pray for their soon salvation. The young girl who trusted Christ this past Sunday asked me one of my favorite questions this morning. "Can I bring a friend with me on Thursday." :) Please pray that her friend would come.

I preached this morning on "Praying as If Your Life Depends Upon It" from Daniel 2. It is the story where Daniel and his friends must have God reveal a dream to them. Thank you for praying for our ministry. It was a good morning.

I was able to put flyers out on Monday and today. I didn't have any divine appointments on Monday but was able to do a large section of a neighboring village. Today, Don and I, put out flyers through the same village. God gave one very good divine appointment with a 17 year old young man who was returning this morning from a lecture at Edinburgh University. I spoke with him for close to an hour by the side of the road. He is seeking a degree in bio chemistry. Please pray that God will help him to see "order and design" and not "random processes." I gave him a New Testament. Please pray that God will bless that young man with a personal knowledge of Himself.

I read an interesting quote yesterday and it broke my heart. I don't have the book in front of me as I let someone else borrow it. However, it said that a young pastor took a church. After his first sermon an older man came up and said, "Well I don't see much hope for you or your preaching to help our church. However, I and some others have committed to pray for you." He said that he wasn't offended by what the man said because he had committed to pray for him. That prayer group became a group of over 200 hundred and God blessed that pastor. What broke my heart was this pastor saying, "I don't know how an ordinary pastor (without that prayer group) can make it." I agree with him. There is an overwhelming sense of need for the power of God and the prayers of God's people to move forward. Thank you for being a part of our team by praying for our ministry.

Our unexpected guest from a couple weeks ago was back with us this morning. It was a great blessing to see him. We also had a young girl pray to accept Jesus as her Saviour this morning. This little girl has been incredibly faithful to church over the last couple months. Please pray for God to bless her in her new walk with Him.

I preached this morning on II Chronicles 14:11, "Nothing But God." It is a great verse on God dependence. I recently wrote an article for a Revival Focus blog post on this verse. I preached through the points of that article this morning.

Yesterday morning the Lord gave Logan and I some great door to door ministry. Please pray for a young Hindu couple who indicated that they will visit our church. Please also pray for a young mother who seems interested in spiritual things. Thanks for praying for these opportunities to share Jesus. 

Thank you for praying with our church ministry. We appreciate your prayers for our family and our church.

We enjoyed some great fellowship yesterday. In the morning I did some evangelism with Missionary Don Dillman. We put out flyers and then did door to door. God gave us 3 great divine appointments. Please pray for Nica (woman from Portugal) to visit their church this Sunday. She said that she would try to come. Please pray for God to awaken Justin's heart. We spoke with him for about 20 minutes with an open Bible. Please pray for Gordon who is a young married man who accepted Christ 5 years ago. He invited us into his home and spoke with us for about an hour. Please also pray for Don as he follows up with these contacts. We only got to about 7 doors in an hour and a half. 

Last night another missionary family from Perth, the Brinkleys, came over with a single missionary lady who works with them. We had a wonderful time of fellowship.

God has blessed us with good missionary friends over here!  Thanks for praying for the Shore family.

We had a LOT of fun today and a great turnout. All told, I think we had 24 children. Katie told the story of "Saumuelito." We also had games, crafts and PIZZA! The Gospel was clearly presented. Please pray for the children to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour. Mac did exceptionally well today and we know that it is in answer to your prayers. Thanks for praying with us. God gave us a great day!

The Lord gave me a great divine appointment today. I offered a flyer to an older man who was walking past me. He declined it because he has his church. However, a conversation opened up and we chatted for close to half an hour. In the end he took a John and Romans with 4 flyers. He's retired and has time to study. Please pray that God will use His Word to do an awesome work in his life.

In this same area 4 years ago, I met an older lady who is born again and attends a Baptist Church in Edinburgh. I had forgotten about her until I saw her in front of her house where I met her before. We both remembered that conversation. I spoke with Jane for about 40 minutes. Please pray for Jane. She has the sweet joy of Jesus about her. It was a blessing to see her again.

Katie has been busy getting ready for the HBC tomorrow. Please pray that God will use the missionary story and bless our ministry to the kids. Thanks for praying with us.

The Lord gave us an interesting morning. Two individuals whom we haven't seen for quite some time were back with us. One just stopped in to say hello and let us know that she would be back. That was a blessing. Please pray that she will come.

Two girls that have begun attending after HBC (they didn't come to HBC) were with us this morning. Praise the Lord. 

I preached this morning on "Watershed Words" as we concluded the Sermon on the Mount. I've really enjoyed this study and am thankful that we took the time to go through it. It took us 8 Sunday mornings. Thanks for praying for our services today.

This next week is an October Break from school. So, we are planning a one day HBC. This morning rather than doing door to door, we revisited all of the kids. We found most of them at home. Please pray for a great turnout. 

Tonight we are going to do some other visits. Thanks for praying for Free Baptist Church in Loanhead.

Thank you for praying for Laura's mom. She is doing very well. It's a remarkable difference from Monday night.

While we were at the hospital we also visited a man from our community. Please pray for his health. I've been witnessing to him for a couple of years. 

Tonight is our second lesson on the book of Revelation. We finished our parenting teens class and are stepping out into a new venture. We enjoyed our start last week and trust this will be a good study for our Thursday evening adult/teen Bible study.The children in Katie's class are looking at Missionary John Patton this evening.

This morning I enjoyed praying with Pastor Keith Mills and Satith,a man from his church. I've begun monthly revival prayer times for pastor's in our area who are able to attend. Satith and I went into Edinburgh afterwards to do some evangelism. We had several good opportunities to share the Gospel. The best was with Edward who has recently lost his eyesight. He has had both retinas recently re-attached. Please pray for his spiritual and physical eyesight. The Lord gave us a break in the rain from 11-2 which was just what we needed. We got soaked getting back to the car but not while we were doing evangelism.

Katie's ladies' meeting went very well last night. There were 8 ladies and 3 girls present. They all enjoyed Katie's study on encouragement. 

Late last night Katie and I took Laura (who attends our church) to the hospital. Her mum was taken there by ambulance. Please pray that God will heal her mum and that the Dr.'s will have wisdom to diagnose the problem. 

Thank you for your prayers!