We thought for sure that the baby wouldn't come today because this is Katie's due date. But, we were happily wrong. Everything went very well and mom and tot are doing well. He is 8.1 pounds 19.5 inches and born at 9:40 PM our time.

Alec's wife, Elizabeth, watched the kids for us. They had a great day as well.

God's good. Thank you for your prayers for a safe delivery.

We are getting ready to participate in a community fair called, "Gala Days." We purchased a tent and are looking forward to having some fun children's activities on that day. In preparation for that, I've prepared the flyer for our Holiday Bible Time. It was sent off to the printer this morning. I'll include it below for your amusement. I'm thankful that God has given me the publishing tools necessary to prepare a flyer like this. It's difficult for me to get this in the right format to show online. The quality is excellent even though the image below looks blocky.

God has been very good to help us with our meeting schedule. I'm confident that we have the meetings that He desired us to get. We currently have 36 meetings scheduled. When we traveled full time on deputation we averaged around 60 meetings a year. We are going to be back in the states for just under 6 months. Praise the Lord for a great schedule. Thank you for praying for meetings. Our homepage has our current schedule on the bottom right.

I had a divine appointment today as I called my US bank. I had a great opportunity to chat with the banker about the Lord. Thanks again for praying for those opportunities.

Katie's ladies meeting went well last night. Three other ladies and one child attended. Our daughter, Kay Lee, was also there.

I wish I had a picture to attach with that title. I'm getting faster reflexes with my F.D.T. (Flyer Distribution Tool) otherwise known as a cheese board. It is perfect for pushing flyers past the bristles of the mail slot. It is also my weapon of choice for the 4 legged enemies lurking behind doors. The most dangerous ones are perfectly silent until after you put your mail through the slot. Then they bite and sometimes shred. This dog (English bird hunting type) climbed up in the window with my flyer neatly folded in his jaws and grinned at me. If you have never seen a dog grin you really need to join me in putting out flyers.

God gave me one great opportunity to speak with a young man (16) about the Lord. I gave him a John and Roman as well. The Lord gave us a great opportunity last night to speak with 5 teens that were around that age as well. I spoke primarily with the three boys. When the girls came back over they were told to sit down and be quiet or to go away. (You know the Lord's working when a teen boy will say that to any teen girl.) I was very impressed with these young people. They were respectful, thoughtful and thankful. Thanks for praying for open doors to speak about Christ.

If you could visit Scotland on one day of the year, today would be a good day. It is a gorgeous day. We had a good morning at church. God's given us good SS teachers for our children. Their classes were pretty full this morning. I enjoyed a good group of adults in my class as well as we studied I Corinthians.

I preached on our relationship to civil government in the morning service. Big Brother and Me, Romans 13:1-7

Tonight we have a prayer, praise and communion service. Thanks for praying.

The Lord gave lovely weather for the funeral. Mark was a policeman and the police turn out was incredible. They formed an honor guard on either side of the walkway to the church. Please continue to pray for our friends who lost a loved one.

I had a good opportunity this week to speak with someone for 45 minutes about God. But, Logan and I did door to door today and didn't have any great opportunities to share Christ. I'm reminded that "divine appointments" are God given opportunities. Please continue to pray for these open doors to share Christ.

Katie is doing well. She said at supper that there is still 6 hours for this baby to have a birthday in May. However, there is no sign at this point that the baby is planning on doing that. Thanks for praying for her delivery of this child in God's perfect timing. (I'm sure we'll let you know when he or she comes.)

We have enjoyed some great downpours the last couple of days. Thankfully the rain held off this morning until just after I returned from putting out flyers. I would have been a drowned rat in about 30 seconds if I would have been caught in it. I didn't have any great opportunities to talk with anyone. But, I had one short conversation with a man at his window.

Tomorrow is the funeral for Alec's Son-in-Law. Please pray for grace for he and his wife, his daughter and grandson. I'll be attending assuming that Katie doesn't go into labor.  She is doing well. She is due on the 6th of June.

The Lord gave us a first time visitor this morning. That was a special blessing today. We enjoyed our fellowship in Sunday School and church today. I preached on the resurrection of Lazarus from John 11:1-45.

I preached a bit longer than usual but it worked out well. We had torrential rains during the service but it briefly stopped at the conclusion of the service before starting back up. It made for some extra fellowship time for those who didn't get out during the wee break. Thanks for praying for our ministry.

This will explain why I haven't updated the webpage in a couple days. Katie is two weeks from her due date. So, we thought now was the perfect time to tackle a big project. (?) I painted the walls (2x) and ceiling of our living room. The Lord gave grace and strength. Praise the Lord it turned out nice. (I'd label these, but I think you can tell which pictures are before and which are after.)

We've had wonderful weather for the past several days. Today is wonderfully warm. I just got back from putting out flyers all morning. The Lord gave me an awesome follow up opportunity. 15 minutes after I started putting flyers out I saw Gavin whom I met last week. I told him that I was looking for him on Sunday. He had a pretty good excuse as he was in Glasgow all day as his daughter was in a karate competition. Please pray that Gavin would sense God's hand in our meeting again. I was able to call him by name and tell him that I've been praying for him.

The only other interesting thing was something that I'd love to see on candid camera or CCTV. Some of the flats I went into were confusing because their stairs were on the opposite side. But, to confuse you more as you walked down the hallway there were solid walls on both sides and you couldn't see the stairs. Normally you'd turn around the end of these and walk up the stairs on the right. I turned the corner and put my foot up and ran into a wall. I had a good laugh at myself.

I enjoyed listening to Evangelist Steve Petit as I walked this morning. He had a great message on ministering to 18-24 year olds. It was really insightful and a good reminder to try to reach that age group. That is one of my favorite ages with whom to engage in conversation as I'm out and about.