God has given us some beautiful weather the last two days. It is nice to be outside and feel the temperature as comfortable as if you were inside. I'm sure it is not quite as warm but the sun and the lack of wind give the illusion of heat. We are enjoying the weather.

God gave us a good Lord's day. I enjoyed preaching on the spies who came into the promised land. Lord willing, I will be doing a series of messages on this story. I think it would be an encouraging read if you have the time. I put my sermon notes on our church webpage. We enjoyed looking at Acts last night and considered the "great power' and "great grace" of the early church.

This morning I have been putting out flyers in Loanhead. I spoke to a man who I have been praying for. We enjoyed a good conversation a while back. He wanted to chat but had a meeting scheduled for this morning and couldn't talk. I had one other divine appointment for which I thank the Lord.  Please pray for God's power in our witnessing. Thanks for your help in our ministry.

My family will soon be singing happy birthday to my wife, also known as Mommy in our home. God allowed us to get a fun birthday present and I thought I'd share a picture with you. I also thought I'd tell you a story. About a year after we were married, my wife began teaching piano lessons. She saved her money and used what she earned to buy a very nice digital piano. When it came time for us to prepare to go to Scotland, she sold the piano to finance my first survey trip over here.

When we got here some friends of ours provided a digital piano for us to use and it is a blessing. It is now our upstairs piano. (With 3 kids beginning piano and two more in the wings, it is a blessing to have more than one.) I wanted to get her an upright acoustic piano for her birthday and God has provided a lovely one in answer to prayer. For piano people out there, it is a 1905 Gors and Kallmann. It has beautiful sound and great touch. The owner was sad to part with it. It would not be a complete story if I didn't tell you that it was free to a good home.  All I had to do was hire professional movers to get it from his first floor flat. Isn't God good to give back what we give up for Him and to give us the desires of our heart? 

The Lord gave me an unusual opportunity this evening. I was given the opportunity to be interviewed for a Christian radio segment that is broadcast on Sunday mornings in Midlothian, *region,  Scotland. The Lord gave us a good time as we chatted. It was encouraging to meet the believers that host this ministry and look forward to getting to know them better in the future. This particular program will be broadcast sometime this summer. Please pray that God will bless it and that the right listeners will tune in.

I hope the Lord breaks my heart like Paul's after seeing the same crowd on their way to worship they know not what. Mark Hikin and I just returned from handing out flyers to folks on their way to a pagan festival.  The website for the fire festival says that they do their best to keep the atmosphere family friendly. It then says to keep in mind that there is nudity.  Please don't research this festival for that reason. I can't understand why it is allowed in a civilized "Christian" country.

We stood where people line up to enter and handed out about 1,000 flyers. I've never handed flyers out so quickly.  I've also never picked up so many flyers to turn around and hand them out again. We stood for Jesus tonight at Satan's doorstep. I had to keep meditating on "Greater is He that is in you than He that is in the world." Those who think Harry Potter is "fun" need to see what we saw tonight. Please pray for these dear souls who are blinded to truth to be set free by God's power. 

I hope the above helps you to be burdened for God's power to be seen again in Scotland. Thanks for your prayers.

Sometimes we can get some pretty interesting and quickly changing weather. The past two days have been like that. I just ran three blocks back to the house because the weather was changing for the worse. :) God's been good to help get the flyers out. I got out four days last week and was able to get out this morning. JW's just swarmed the street I was on. I don't view that as an accident. They were either told that the Gospel was going out on that street or they were directed there by the enemy of righteousness. Please pray that God would stop Satan from snatching the seed away.

The Lord gave us a good day yesterday. Mark Hikin did a hymn history in SS. It was a big step for him and the Lord blessed it to our hearts as he shared the story of, "It is Well with My Soul."

We were also able to divide the children's SS yesterday and that went very well. Please pray for our church as we take little steps of growth.

Tonight we are going out to eat with a Christian couple from Texas. They are staying in Loanhead and found out about our ministry. It will be fun to get to know them and share with them what God is doing here.

We have now gotten all of our documents back with approved residency for another three years. Praise the Lord that is finished. Now I have to turn around and send the kids passports off to the US consulate in London to be renewed. (Life is interesting sometimes.)  Lord willing, that will be a short process.

Thanks for praying the "red tape" side of ministry.

God has put us in a great area for evangelism. It's just a short bus ride into the heart of Edinburgh to hand out flyers and evangelize. I was able to spend the afternoon in the city giving out flyers. It was a good day. It seems like about 50 percent of those offered a flyer took one. It's fun to watch them walk away reading it. I saw one put it in the bin but most people at least kept it.

I didn't have very many opportunities to verbally witness. But, the Lord gave me a great opportunity before heading back. I talked to a young lady (18) for 20 minutes about why I believe in God and His Word. She asked a good question, "Who gets to go to Heaven?" It was a great platform for a full presentation of the Gospel. Please pray for this girl. She was very thoughtful. 

One believer who received the flyer emailed me to make me aware of other evangelistic outreaches in our area. I also met a Scot who is serving the Lord in Italy. God's good to give encouragement as we serve Him. Thanks for praying for these opportunities.

I listened to two very encouraging and challenging sermons as I put out flyers this morning.  I heard Pastor Bill Lytell preach on the power of the seed. "For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for IT IS THE POWER OF GOD UNTO SALVATION, TO EVERYONE THAT BELIEVETH." I also heard a message on victory over sin by Evangelist Jim Van Gelderen.  His points were -  Know right, Think right, Act right.  Both messages were a blessing.  I was able to put out another few hundred flyers.

Please pray for the salvation of a young man. God is working in his heart. We've been praying for him for a while now and rejoice to see God's hand at work in His life.

I put a few hundred flyers out this morning. It was good to get back into the routine of ministry.  It's easy to think that it is futile (and it would be without God's ability to work in men's hearts.) Please pray for God's Spirit to open the hearts of those who received it.

I also wanted to make you aware of a blog.  Evangelist John Van Gelderen with some other good men have started a blog on revival. I was given an opportunity to be a guest contributor on their blog. Today they posted an article that I submitted. If you'd like to read it, you can do so by clicking this  link. 

It was a blessing to be back with our church today. God gave us good attendance, good help and a great spirit. Please pray for the Lord to work in the hearts of our children. We had 16 children this morning in Sunday School. Please also pray for their teachers.

I preached this morning on Jethro's wise instruction to Moses from Exodus 18:13-27. God's plan for effective ministry is still a group effort.  

Tonight we had a sweet prayer, praise and communion service. It's a joy to share what God is doing in our lives. We had a refreshing day. Please pray as we get back to distributing the flyer. I would like to have this flyer through our community by mid May. We have a group of four college guys coming in May.  Our main goal for that week is to put John and Romans through all of Loanhead. I've been given 3,000 copies that also have a Gospel presentation in the back. Thanks for your active part in our ministry.