The Lord gave us a great start to our HBT. We had a sweet prayer time this morning and a good work crew today. Everyone pitched in and helped make a great day. We had 22 children plus 2 infants. :) The kids really enjoyed it.  

Thank you for praying for our day.

The Lord gave us a good day despite the bad weather. The remnants of Hurricane Bertha (just a storm) are raining down on us today. 

Pastor Crowder preached this morning on the attitude of those who were at the cross. It's great to be in the transition stages after months of planning. Tonight we had a special prayer service and then set up for HBT. God gave us a great group of helpers and the decorating made the room look very nice.

Please pray as we get into the program aspects tomorrow. Katie is doing the Bible lesson every day. Brother Crowder and I are doing some skits. Several others are helping. Please pray for the Crowders strength as they continue to adjust to our time zone. Please pray for God to bless our prayer time each day. We begin at 9:45 with prayer and start with the kids at 10:30.  Thank you for taking these needs to the Lord.

Thanks for praying for our furlough replacements, Roger and Sharon Crowder. They arrived today and are excited to be in Scotland. They had good flights which were on time and all of their luggage arrived with them.

We're thankful that God has given us this couple to watch over our ministry in our absence. It's hard to believe that in just 13 days we'll be back in the US. We appreciate your prayers as we go through this transition.

The Lord gave us a good start to the day. I preached this morning on "Soul Cleansing" from Isaiah 1:16-20.  Praise God for the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ which cleanseth us from all sin.  Thanks for praying for our ministry today.

We are in the landing gear stages of getting ready to head home. It's not glamorous stuff but does take a lot of time to get sorted. We've been packing up some things in the house and preparing for the Crowders arrival. We've been working on insurance needs and ordering things that we'll need on furlough. The new prayer cards have been printed and delivered to my sister's home in IL. etc.

We appreciate your prayers as we get everything ready to go. Tomorrow is the last ministry opportunity without the Crowders. They will be here for our midweek service on Thursday. 

I put out flyers this morning for HBT. I'm over half way through Loanhead and should be able to get the whole area done before HBT. 

This afternoon we had a dentist appointment in a village about 5 miles away. I gave my new tract to a group of about 10 teen boys who were down there. We had a good brief talk.  I got the biggest compliment of my life when one of them yelled to another guy about 30 feet away (about me), "Jesus doesn't know who Snoop Dogg is."  I said, "You have no idea what a great compliment you just gave me." He laughed and got up and shook my hand. Please pray for these guys. God is able to bring them to Himself. I am convinced that only He can do that. Thanks for praying for these opportunities.

By the way, the guy who said that also said. "You talked to me a few years ago and gave me one of these." I remembered him but he has changed a lot in the last few years. 

Most of our church was on holiday today. But, the Lord gave us a great day despite low attendance. I preached this morning on, "Finish Well" from the life of Uzziah, king of Judah. (II Chronicles 26)

The Crowders will be here in ten days. We only have one more Sunday before their arrival on the following Wednesday. Thank you for praying for their visas. They have been approved and they should have them in hand by now. Thanks for praying for them as they get ready to move to Scotland for 6 months.

We've had an amazing summer. We have been blessed this year with very fine weather. Normally we can get a spell of cool and rainy weather any day. But, we've had dry and sunny conditions for long enough to deceive us into thinking that Scotland has the best weather in the world. It's been glorious. Thankfully the sun didn't come out until around noon today. There was a nice cool hazy morning and I got out and put out flyers. 

I enjoyed listening to a great man of God who is from Scotland, Duncan Campbell. He shared some of the stories from the revival on the Isle of Lewis. The audio also contained personal testimonies of conversion. It was a blessing to hear how God spoke to the hearts of people who were godless. Please pray that God would do again do a great work in Scotland.

We took the day yesterday to head to Dundee and visit Katie's brothers family. We had a wonderful family day and the weather was beautiful.

The Lord gave me a great opportunity to speak to two teenage boys who were skating on a pier in Broughty Ferry. I gave them my new tract and talked to them for nearly three quarters of an hour about God and the Bible. They had some great questions. Please pray for R_____________ and J___________ P_______________ to get saved.

Thanks for praying for these opportunities to share the Gospel.

We enjoyed celebrating Alec's birthday today. He has reached nearly 3/4 of a century. He'll hit that great milestone next year. We praise the Lord that Alec is faithfully in church.

I preached this morning on Peter's conversion from Luke 22:31-34, "When Thou Art Converted." The children also sang this morning and did a fine job.  Thank you for praying for our ministry. God gave us a good morning.