My mom, dad and aunt arrived today. The Lord gave them good flights over here and they are beginning to adjust to our time zone. It's fun to show them the home the Lord has provided and to let them see our area. They will also be participating in our ministry while they are here. Mom is going to help in the kid's club and dad will be preaching for some of our services. We are anticipating some memorable days ahead!

It was a joy to have a mother and four children with us this morning as a direct result of our HBT. They intend to keep coming. We also had two other adult visitors and a child. Our church people were also faithful and God gave us a good day.

I preached this morning on the story of the ten lepers found in Luke 17. Please pray that the Gospel seed will bare fruit. Thanks for praying for our ministry. 

"The Lord hath done great things for us whereof we are glad."  God has been very good to our church. The team that came to assist us was a perfect compliment to our ministry. Our church people stepped up and filled in any gap that they could. We had a total of 32 children come this week. Tonight we had a fun program. I wish you could have been there to see the kids sing and share their verses. Afterwards we had barbecued hotdogs and soda. It was a really fun night.  

The kids also made badges (buttons) with a badge maker our church purchased for this week. Those badges were an extra blessing as the kids earned them all week long.

There are some who have said that they will be attending this Sunday. Praise the Lord and thank you for your prayers this week. 

Note - We had 40 in attendance tonight and one girl who has attended our church for several years prayed to accept Jesus. :) Amen

It was a beautiful day and a lot of fun. We enjoyed having our highest attendance ever of 27 kids today.  Each day we have met for a half hour prayer time before HBT. We have seen the Lord answer some very specific prayer request. Please pray for our final day tomorrow. We have a morning and evening meeting to conclude our week.  Thank you for praying for our week. It has reminded us of the goodness of God and has been a blessing to our church.

Another great day!

There was a really good spirit today and the weather allowed us to have game time outside. We had 19 children without any new ones. So, that was a pretty good return. We have invited others today and are still praying for some new ones to come. 

What a great start!  The Lord blessed us with 23 children yesterday. They all enjoyed it. The day was overcast and rainy. But, it didn't hinder the attendance at all and may have helped. 

The program ran very smoothly. The visiting team and our church folks worked very hard to make it a great day. Thanks for praying.

Tomorrow is the beginning of our Holiday Bible Time. We are very excited and trust that the Lord will give us a good week.  He gave us a great day today. The team helped with Sunday School. That was a blessing. They also participated in the ministry of music. That was a great encouragement as well.

This morning I preached on "To Go or Not to Go....that is the question.....but should it be?"  It was a topical message on church attendance.

Tonight we had a focused prayer time in preparation for the week. We also decorated the hall with posters and steamers. It is a fun environment which the kids will enjoy. Thank you for praying for this week. Here we go!

We are really enjoying our time with the group that is here. The Lord gave us a great turn out for our Thursday night Kid's Club. I think there were 19 children present. (Two of the children are from the States.) That is wonderful as we get ready to go into the week of HBT.

Today we are putting out more flyers and getting everything ready for our ministry this next week. Skits are being practiced. Songs are being prepared. Craft materials have been organized. Game props are being assembled. etc. We had a few divine appointments this morning as we put out flyers. Praise the Lord. Now, this afternoon, we are getting ready to put a banner out by the road. Tomorrow evening we will be decorating the hall where we meet. 

Thanks for your prayers. God's good. We are anticipating the good work that He is going to do this next week.

The team arrived with no other difficulty than an aborted landing and a safe return to the skies after touching down. They are adjusting to the time zone pretty well and helped put out some flyers today.  There were two divine appointments this morning. One older man has kept all of our flyers and still reads them on occasion. He also had the John and Romans. I had witnessed to him three years ago and he remembered the conversation. It was encouraging to hear that the Lord is working there although this man doesn't seem to be aware of it. 

This afternoon we went into Edinburgh and handed out flyers. I had a great opportunity to witness to David. Please pray for God to awaken this young man's heart. He had a tragic accident steal his faith in God. I shared news of the recent tragedy (bus accident) with him and told him of the faith of the parents.  His heart was tender and he thanked me for our conversation. We spoke for about 20 minutes.  

Thanks for praying for our upcoming HBT ministry. We are anticipating a great week.

I was able to put flyers out again this morning. I listened to a some good messages while I was walking. (Last week I downloaded several messages by Pastor Phelps.  On Sunday we learned of the death of his son. It's amazing to me how many times in these recent messages he referred to God's grace for trials. We are continuing to pray for those affected by this heart breaking loss and those who were injured.) The Lord helped me get out several hundred flyers.

This afternoon our friends who are helping us with HBT arrive. We are excited about this children's ministry next week. Please pray for God's blessing on each child who attends.