The Lord gave us an encouraging ministry night. Thursday nights have typically been nights of spiritual refreshment and tonight was no exception. We enjoyed our Bible study of Psalm 54. David saw God's goodness even when pressed hard by the enemy. He also knew that God had a plan.

We had an adult visitor attend the service with her son. They are believers from our community and it was a joy to have them with us this evening. Thanks for praying for our service tonight. God gave us a great evening.

The weather cleared this afternoon and I was able to get out for a couple hours. I enjoy listening to sermons while I am walking and I really felt the need today. God's good to give you just what you need when you need it.  We have had some ministry hurdles lately and need grace to keep a good pace for the Lord.

I spoke to an older man whose grandfather was a Baptist minister. This man prays but does not know God personally. I told him that our conversation was God's grace to Him. Please pray that the Lord would awaken His heart.

I'm praying about a new evangelistic tool. It is a cd/dvd burner that could make media copies that we could distribute. Please pray for wisdom as I pursue this. I heard a good message by Rev. Jim Binney on How to Forgive. I'm considering putting it through every home in our area or distributing it door to door. We need wisdom about using every means God wants us to use for His glory. Thanks for your prayers.

God gave us a good day yesterday. I know I've often spoken of the weather recently, but it has been spectacular. It is nice to have beautiful weather on a Sunday.  I preached yesterday morning on the Lord's High Priestly Prayer from John 17:9-19. I'm glad that God gave us that glimpse into His heart as we listen to the God/Man pray. Our attendance was down due to some of our folks being away. But most, who could come, did come. 

We have a special prayer request for some friends of ours in Ireland. They were supposed to spend a few days with us and have a brief break from their ministry. However, due to an expired passport, they were unable to fly. Please pray for God's grace for them and their family. They have had illness this past week and nearly canceled due to illness as well.  They have had a sweet testimony in this, but we need to pray for God to provide some R and R for their family. Their tickets were non refundable.

I enjoyed visiting Jeff and Shellie Smith today. Another good missionary friend and I headed over there to see them. They are in sweet spirits. Please continue to pray for them as they go through the valley of the shadow of death. They demonstrate a grace that only God can give.

We had a visitor after the service last night. It was a man for whom we have prayed for several years. We'd appreciate your prayers for him. We love this family and want to see God's best for their lives.

I haven't put pictures on for quite a while. Here are some recent photo's.

Benson at Hibbs Football Game.  He and I took the college boys.

Benson and I still have art/ shop class with Mr. Alec on Tuesdays. This is a picture I just finished of a British pigeon hunter.

The back section of our back garden (yard). We've trimmed a lot of trees. 

This is taken looking back the other way.

The Lord provide new (used) office furniture as an early father's day gift.

The kid's passports are expiring soon. So, today we went into the US Consulate office in Edinburgh and renewed them. I decided just to stay in town and pass out flyers. As I started this morning I was reminded that the Lord has to open doors. The first half hour was very slow. But, the Lord gave me 3 very good divine appointments today.

The first was with a young man who grew up with an Anglican minister for a father. He is agnostic. The Lord blessed our conversation as we went through Scripture after Scripture. I challenged him to read John and write references about belief and to read Romans and to write references against works. I hope he takes the challenge. We talked for at least 30 minutes.

The next was after lunch. I spoke to a Muslim and began walking with him to his destination *(Edinburgh central mosque for prayers).  God again guided as I showed him Isaiah 53, Psalm 22, and Genesis 3 (the lamb slain to cover men's sins.)  They believe that Jesus was taken off the cross and someone else died in his place. He was interested to see the crucifixion in the OT. I challenged him to read Isaiah and to study the Messiah.

The last opportunity was with an 18 year old skeptic. I took him to Romans 1 and Psalm 22.  He was interested and expressed appreciation for our conversation. I told him that at least he knows where he is at and that Paul was against God before His conversion.

Please pray for God to bless the flyers and witnessing opportunities. Thanks for praying for open doors to the Gospel.

Scotland is experiencing some wonderful weather just now. I did flyers in short sleeves this morning. We are glad to have hope of a summer this year! (Last year was record breaking in it's coldness, wetness and dreariness. And we just had the coldest Spring in 50 years.) 

The Lord gave me two great opportunities to open my Bible and share Christ.  Please pray for the two ladies and the man to whom I spoke. One was with a former Catholic and the other was with a Jehovah's Witness and an Atheist. (Interesting combination.) The JW read with me in Colossians 1 and said she didn't believe it and that it was not in her Bible. I asked her to get her Bible. She couldn't put her hand on it and grabbed her mom's Bible instead. (It was the same as mine.) Please pray that God will open her eyes to His truth and the Deity of Jesus.

Thanks for praying for these opportunities to speak to people about the Lord.

I'm glad that I didn't miss church today. It was the "day the Lord hath made" and we rejoiced in Him.  Our Lord isn't ordinary and just another lord....and neither is the day that is set aside to worship Him. We focused on Him today as I preached on, "Our Great High Priest" from John 17:1-8.

The place we meet has been a great blessing to us. There could not be better facilities to help our church grow. We found out as we arrived this morning that they had purchased all new chairs. They are lovely and will be a blessing to our ministry.  God is good.

Thanks for praying for us today. Please continue to pray for God's power as we move forward for Him.

The past two days have been wonderful weather.  When you get nice weather in Scotland it is perfect. We have had two days in the mid sixties with good amounts of sun and low wind.  

We had a good service last night. The singing was especially sweet.  During the song service two little out of breath sisters popped into the service. They have attended our church for a long time. But, normally Katie picks them up. They were out playing when she went for them. So, they ran to church instead.

The Crichtons head up to Aberdeen today to spend some time there. It has been a blessing to have a couple with us who have had vast ministry experience. It makes you very thankful for your extended Christian family, (body of Christ.)

The Lord gave a wonderful divine appointment yesterday with a college age young lady who has never attended church or read the Bible. She did say that her school had a minister come in and teach them some hymns. It was not a long conversation but it was very much to the point and she responded very well. Please pray that God will bless His Word to her heart. Thank you for praying for these opportunities.

We enjoyed a good tour of Edinburgh yesterday.  At Grey Friar's Church an 80 year old former soldier gave us a tour. Interestingly his last name is Campbell and his grandpa is from the Isle of Lewis. His grandpa would have been there when Duncan Campbell preached during the Lewis Awakening. The Lord gave us an opportunity to speak to him about God's truth.

At Edinburgh Castle we had another divine appointment. I gave a lady my place to watch the one o'clock gun and began speaking with her husband. As it turned out the Lady was Jewish but had a son that is an evangelical minister in the US. They don't speak about spiritual things. However, she took my flyer and told me that she would tell her son about our ministry. (It's a good reminder to pray for your unsaved relatives, God is able to bring a witness to them.)

We have one more day with the Crichtons before they head off to Aberdeen. This couple started a church in Rhode Island 38 years ago and just resigned that ministry this year. God has blessed the church that they started. (As you would imagine there is a lot that we can learn from their ministry.)