We had a really great Sunday.  The Lord gave us a very good attendance and a sweet spirit. We had a visiting family from Loanhead in the morning service and a visitor from Wisconsin as well. God is at work in our church. Please pray for grace as we move forward.

That is a short summary of a really great day. Thanks for your part in it. Please pray for God's leading as I show the Crichton's some of our area.

I will soon be heading to the airport to collect the Crichtons. Brother Tom will be preaching in our morning and evening services tomorrow. I'm excited about the day and am looking forward to sitting under his preaching.

The Lord gave me 2 divine appointments today. The first reminded me of the Pharisee who was glad that he wasn't like the Publican. I shared that story with her and hope that the Lord gives her a glimpse of her need.

The other was with a new friend. We talked for an hour and half. Please pray for God to build his faith.

I had a fun divine appointment yesterday as I put out John and Romans. I found out that there is a Christian family just a few doors down from where we live. They are fairly young believers having accepted Christ just 5 years ago. It was a joy to chat with them and I think they will visit our church when not at their own.

Our service went well last night. We looked at a very appropriate passage, "The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God." Sadly we often encounter this individual in our culture. 

Kay Lee just helped me finish putting out John and Romans in Loanhead.  Every home in Loanhead should have received a copy. Please pray for God's Spirit to work in the hearts of those who take the time to read it.

About a year ago, we purchased a tent.  We didn't have a back garden at our last house and the weather was particularly poor last year. (Coldest, wettest, cloudiest....etc. :)  When we moved into this house, the kids were excited that we would finally get to set up the tent.  Well, last night was the night.  We were just thinking about setting it up, but somehow with a few little persuaders, we ended up sleeping outside last night. I'll put some pictures of our tenting below.

I put out about 40 pounds (weight) worth of John and Romans today.  That is just a guess and may be an exaggeration but that is how heavy the bag felt.  It made me appreciate more the help that we had last week. I'm thankful to be putting out Scripture "faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God."

I enjoyed a good visit with an elderly friend as I was out. Last year this dear lady prayed to accept Jesus. I believe she understood. She was excited to hear about the good attendance we have had lately and said that she is praying that our church will grow. It's good to have friends in the community. 

This weekend we will have a visiting pastor and wife with us.  Brother Tom will be preaching the morning and evening services. Please pray for God's blessing on His ministry.

If the pictures make you think it looks hot....it was for Scotland :).  (I checked the temp. after taking these and it was 56 degrees.) The last picture will prove that it is not too hot....we got some pretty severe weather this evening. (hail) (And if you look closely at the last picture you can see that Nelson had his shirt off again!)

I hope to put an mp3 of our service today out for you to hear, if you so desired. (I need to figure out how to do that.) We had a very memorable service.  The Lord gave us very good attendance today for which we praise His name.  Our church enjoyed the blessing of hearing men sing praise to God.  The team sang 4 songs before I preached. I enjoyed singing with them and Katie played the piano.  I preached this morning on Intercession as I concluded a series on the spies report.  Because Moses prayed God did not completely destroy his people. (Numbers 14:11-20)

I've just returned from the airport after dropping off the team. Please pray for them as they fly home. They are leaving for Dublin this evening, spending the night in the airport there, and heading back to Greenville, SC. tomorrow.  These 4 young men will be serving that Lord at Christian camp this summer. Hopefully we got them in shape before their departure. Thanks for praying for their ministry with us and as they counsel at camp!

Our group has one more day of ministry here in Scotland. They've been a great blessing and have accomplished some good work for the Lord. The fun day yesterday was a great day out. We had amazing weather and got to see God's glorious creation as we took a trip up into the Highlands. The Lord gave us a divine appointment with Lee. Please pray for this young man. He strongly believed evolution but thanked me for the conversation. God guided the conversation and I know his truth was hitting this man's heart.

This morning one young man headed down to London. The other four and I tried to put out more of the booklets but were forced inside by rain. We have practiced a few songs for tomorrow. Please pray that God will use the music to be a blessing to our church.Thanks for your prayers.

I'm not sure I should be typing this right now. I'm doing my best to wear these guys out but it isn't working. At least they are not complaining yet. God has helped us to get much accomplished. We've put out about 2,500 John and Romans thus far. We also passed out Gospel flyers in Edinburgh for a couple hours last night. God has given  us some good witnessing opportunities.

I was surprised yesterday to see a man reading a Bible on the bus. He was just in front of me and it opened a conversation which lasted until he got off. He was saved 22 years ago and attends a church in Edinburgh. He doesn't live far from us and said that he would visit the church.

Tonight each of the young men shared their testimony in our mid week service. It was a great blessing. We had very good attendance and thank the Lord for a good night.

Please pray for our travels tomorrow. I'm going to take them on a day trip to the highlands.  It is 240 miles of very twisty narrow roads. Thanks for participating through prayer in their mission trip. God's shown us His goodness in answer to your prayers.

We are already enjoying the time with the mission team. We had a two hour party last night stamping our church info. into the 3,000 copies. This morning we were able to put out about a 1,000 of them. The Lord gave one very good divine appointment with a young man from the Borders *Southern Scotland. Now we are getting ready to head into Edinburgh to see some sights and get some church history. The weather is good. It's been very unsettled the last two days but seems to be clear for the next 3 days. Thanks for praying for our ministry.

The Lord gave us a good weekend. Saturday night I had a refreshing divine appointment with a 19 year old. I offered him a tract as he passed by me. He knows that there is a need in his life. Please pray that God will use His word to meet the needs in his heart.

Sunday was a blessing. We have another family who faithfully comes now to help us set up for our services. That gives us an opportunity to pray with all the kids before church. I preached  in the morning service on Numbers 14:1-11.  Israel had unnecessary, unnatural, unthankful and unintelligent sorrow.  And it was all because they were in unbelief and fear. It is sad that they were sorrowful instead of rejoicing at what God was going to do.

Last night we looked at Acts 5 and the story of the angel setting the preachers free.  It's one of those humorous stories in God's Word (like the story of Esther) which you hope you get to see when you get to heaven.

Tomorrow night a group of 5 young men arrives and will be with us through Sunday morning. Please pray for our ministry to them and for their ministry with us. Thanks for keeping up with what God is doing in Loanhead.

We have enjoyed the nice weather which has allowed us to get the garden cleaned up. One of the things that we love about Scotland is the flowers. We have a garden full of different shrubs and several flower beds. It's fun to see them flower and green up. I am also being reminded that it is a lot of work to have a good garden and that good garden's are the result of effort. And without sowing seed I'd never expect to grow a nice lawn in newly cultivated areas.

2 Corinthians 9:6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

The Lord allowed me to get out again the last two morning and put out flyers. He also has given me several opportunities to share Christ. I'm amazed at the growing lack of knowledge of basic Bible truths. I am thankful for the chance God gave me today to share the story of "beginnings" with a college age person. They knew the names of the main characters but did not know the story. Please pray that God will give them a great interest to search the precious Book of His truth.

We are getting rain soon and we trust more sunshine. We know that the seed will grow and the garden will bear fruit.  We also know that God's Word will not return void. There will be a harvest and God's beauty will be seen as we diligently work in His garden. Thanks for getting out there with us in supporting what God is doing here.