I prayed specifically for a divine appointment this morning but didn't have any good opportunities while I was out. (I put out flyers for a couple of hours.) I did meet a couple of elderly ladies who sweetly told me that they were Christians. It's pretty rare to meet believers. That was a blessing of itself.

But as I parked my car upon arriving home the Lord provided a great opportunity to speak to a friend in the community about the Lord. I was really pleased to hear him say, "My sister is a born again Christian." I had not mentioned that term to him. I told him that our conversation was no accident. I've often witnessed to people who have born again relatives. Please pray for this young man. 

We had a good Sunday yesterday. The kids sang in the morning service and did a fantastic job. I'm glad that they enjoy getting involved in our ministry. I preached on Revelation 5, He is Worthy.

This morning I headed into Edinburgh. Our weather situation has improved the last few days. Scotland has now had it's wettest winter on record. Our family in the States are in the Midwest and I don't envy what many of you have faced this winter. It was good to get out in the city. The Lord gave me three great opportunities to share the Gospel.

The first was with a young man named who was sitting on a park bench. He doesn't believe in God and believes evolution but he was kind and asked a number of thoughtful questions.

The second opportunity was with a Greenpeace activist. He was glad to have someone to  talk to as it was his first day trying to engage people in conversation about their cause. We had a great chat and I gave him a Gospel of John and Romans.

The third opportunity was the best. This 23 year old young man stood up to better talk with me (so he wasn't looking into the sun) and we talked for at least 45 minutes. He said that I wouldn't change his mind but that he appreciated the conversation. He also asked me at one point, "Why do you do this?" I told him that I had just preached on Scripture that speaks about Heaven and I want as many people as possible there to bring glory to the Lord. I also said that I don't want people to go to @#!*% . Please pray for these young men.

While I was down there, I visited a Baptist church, Charlotte St. Chapel which experienced revival just over 100 years ago. Praise God it is still Gospel preaching. Some great men of God have pastored this ministry.Joseph Kemp was pastor during the revival and they went from around 30 to 600 in a few years. The care taker kindly gave me a bicentenary book which relates what God has done in their church. It is a beautiful large hardback illustrated book. I look forward to paging through their history. God has given us a great start to the week. Thanks for praying.

Yesterday afternoon Benson and I got out doing something we enjoy doing, looking for agates. It was an amazing day. But,it didn't start out that way. After a couple fields without agates, I said to Benson, "I guess we aren't going to fill our buckets today." But, God did fill our buckets. We got into some amazing rock and found some of God's wonderful treasures. As we walked back to our car to empty our buckets to go get more agates, I said, "I guess God can fill our buckets when he wants to." Benson said, "I prayed this morning during school that I could find a big one and boy did God answer my prayer." (He found a very large agate geode which we hope to cut in half.)

The Lord also brought along a divine appointment. This older man pointed across the field and said, "One of John Knox' good friends live there. He would often visit him and stay here." I was able to go into the Gospel as he turned the question back to me and asked about himself, "Am I saved?" I told him that if he stood before God and said, "I ought to go into heaven because I'm a good person," he would be showing that he is trusting in himself rather than in Jesus. 

Logan and I also had a good opportunity this morning as we knocked on doors. Thank you for praying for divine appointments.

(No this isnt the bathroom. It is our agate processing station.)

The weather has been very unsettled this week. I was able to get out yesterday morning for about an hour and a half. It was very windy but I was able to do a large area. I'm prayerfully focusing on areas I have never done this year. I'm not too far away from Loanhead (about 3 miles) on the Edinburgh city side of our area. I didn't have any opportunities to speak to people as I was out yesterday. I think it would have been difficult to carry on a conversation - it was that windy. I was able to enjoy listening to some good preaching as I was walking. I listened to Pastor Ron Allen preaching on self examination and also on not putting a stumbling block in front of a brother.

Thanks for praying for our evangelism.

We needed rocks in our pockets to get to church this morning. It was very windy. We heard the wind blowing throughout the services. (It was so windy last night that a large piece of trim was blown off of our vehicle as we crossed a large bridge. Thankfully one screw held on and we were able to salvage it.)

Our faithful group was in church. We thank God for giving us a good morning. The kids enjoyed being back in divided Sunday School classes today.

I preached this morning on "The 'Undude' John" from Matthew 3. You are welcome to click on the link and hear the introduction if you wonder where that title came from. 

The Lord gave a great witnessing opportunity on Friday. Please pray for this young lady to find Christ. My daughter, Kay Lee, said to me afterwards, "That is the best conversation I have ever heard you have with anyone." This woman is searching and asked some wonderful questions. Thanks for praying for divine appointments. There is no doubt in my mind that God wanted us to speak to her about Jesus. 

Imagine walking for a couple of hours and every few minutes going up three flights of stairs and then back down. I was in that kind of area this morning as I put out Gospel flyers. (If you want some good exercise, come on over and help with flyers.) I handed one to a thirteen year old boy and he promised to read it. I thought he was older since he wasn't in school. I'd love to see some young men give their hearts to Christ. I did have a divine appointment as I got back to the house. I saw a young man who attended our church a couple years ago. I hadn't seen him in over a year. I think about him often. It was good to catch up. 

I preached yesterday on the passage in Ecclesiastes which speaks about the lazy person that looks at the wind and rain and doesn't get out sowing or harvesting. So, despite the chance of rain, I got out and did flyers this morning. It never really rained enough to get me wet. It was just very humid. :) It wasn't an awesome morning for divine appointments it seems, but I did have one rather unusual encounter. I met a relation to someone who has visited our church. This is a bit unusual because I was a few miles away from our immediate area in the outskirt of Edinburgh. Please pray that God will encourage this man in His walk with him. He comes from a religious family.

I enjoyed listening to Evangelist John Van Gelderen as I was walking. Our evangelistic meetings with Brother John were a year ago this week. God gave us a great year last year and we are anticipating more of the same by His grace. Please keep praying for the Lord to really open some doors for our ministry. Thanks for keeping up with what God is doing at FBC in Loanhead.

What a beautiful Sunday morning! It is wonderful to have a gloriously sunny day after several days of rain and clouds. God gave us a good Sunday morning. I preached this morning on Ecclesiastes 11:1-6, Living With Purpose.

The Lord gave Mark and I two great visits last night. One man has told us that he will visit the church. The other has said that he tried to visit the church but wasn't able to make it. (He has health needs.) Please pray that those who intend to come will be able to make it to church.

Thanks for praying for our ministry. God's good.

God's given us some great opportunities lately on Saturday mornings to visit with people at their doors. We had 3 good opportunities this morning. It's a joy to share Christ. Thanks for praying for these open doors.

The weather has been bad in the UK as well as in the US. England is having some very poor weather with major flooding. This past week the UK had 3 major storms. I think our last high pressure system was December 15th. Although it is raining this morning, we were able to do some areas that are indoor. 

Scotland passed homosexual marriage legislation this past week. I saw an advert on a bus yesterday with a picture of two construction workers that said, "One of us is gay. If that bothers you, our work continues. Gay. Get over it." It is on many busses.

The fact that people have a choice to do whatever they want to do, does not bother me. I appreciate the individual responsibility that we were given by God. But, the fact that someone can blatantly attack our values which are Biblical values does bother me. I don't agree with a lot of what the world does, but I am thankful that I am not forced to support the world's values. Please pray that God will protect the religious liberty to stand on Biblical principles. The hate crime legislation in Scotland has the dangerous side affect of making people hate those who love God's Word. 

We had a one day Holiday Bible Time today. I'm glad my wife was burdened to have this ministry during the kid's week long holiday from school. We had a great turn out with 23 kids and 7 adults. Katie was praying for 30 and that was our total with adults. She did a great job sharing the story of "Samuelito" with power point. We ate pizza, celebrated a birthday with cake, did crafts, played games....it was a great day. Thanks for praying for God's blessing on this event. It could not have been gone better. Praise the Lord.