Yesterday, I went into Edinburgh to do evangelism. God gave me 3 good witnessing opportunities. The first was with a tall man. I said as I walked beneath him, "How's the weather up there?" That led to a fun conversation that focused on God's mercy. His idea of God's mercy is that God accepts sin and the sinner. I explained judicial forgiveness and God's mercy for us in punishing Christ in our place. He also did not want to agree with God about his sin. I ended with, "Until we acknowledge our sin we won't seek the Saviour."

The next opportunity was with two construction workers who appeared to be on break. I said as I walked up, "Break time already?" They laughed and entered into a conversation as I said, "Did you get to church yesterday?" The one man answered, "The pub is my church." I said, "You pay a lot to worship there." Most of our conversation was on how alcohol hurts us, our society and our family. Please pray for conviction. It was a straightforward conversation, but the man ended with, "I wish you all the best." I responded, "I wish you would find Christ."

The last conversation was with two alcoholics. They were drinking at 11:00 AM. They were middle aged men (36 and 45.) They acknowledged that their sin was killing them. I gave them John and Romans and explained the Gospel and God's power to deliver us from the power of sin. Please pray that God will set them free.

Today I put out leaflets on the South Side of Edinburgh about 2 miles from our church location. I had 3 short witnessing opportunities. One was with a man who was antagonistic about the content of the flyer. He said, "My idea of God is that He is a forgiving God (meaning he accepts sin and sinners.) I said, "Yes, but how does He forgive? By crucifying His Son for our sins." 

I also shot some short videos yesterday and today. A supporting church has asked for a video and I'm seeking to prepare something which we can share with all of our supporters to update you on our family and ministry. Thank you for praying and keeping up with our ministry.

God blessed us with a good evangelism week this past week. We did some organised evangelism on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. Saturday, Katie and I did door to door. We enjoyed three good Gospel conversations. On Friday, I had a divine appointment with a shop clerk named Henry. Please pray for his salvation.

This morning our attendance was pretty good and there was a good spirit which is normal for our church. I preached on Luke 14:16-24, "It's Supper Time." It's amazing to think that our Lord prepared such wonderful spiritual provisions for us and that He personally seeks to get us to His table.

Please pray God's blessing on our evangelism whether through literature, door to door or other means. Thanks for praying.

It's been a good outreach week. Tommy went into Edinburgh with me on Tuesday. We stopped at the shop and bought him the same umbrella (see previous post) as the rain continued into Tuesday. We both had one good witnessing opportunity.

On Wednesday Don Dillman came my way and we put out the, "Open Letter" flyer in Loanhead and Liberton (outskirts of Edinburgh next to Loanhead.) 

Today, I put out the flyer again in Liberton for a short while this afternoong. 

Our prayer meeting went well last night. We celebrated the 21st b-day of a young man, Cameron, who attends our church. It was fun to suprise him with a Costco Cake (for all of us) and present him with a study Bible. Please pray for God's grace for Cameron.

Last night I preached lesson 3 in our study of 1 Peter. We looked at 1 Peter 1:6-7 focusing on what to remember in times of trial.

I did something today that I don't ever remember doing before in Scotland. I bought an umbrella. :) It was raining this morning, but I really wanted to get out and do some evangelism in Edinburgh. And so, I stopped and bought an umbrella. Thankfully, I only needed to be under it for about 30 minutes and then the rest of the time was just light rain. I put out the, "Open Letter" flyer.

God gave me three good divine appointments. The first is with a young lady who lives in Edinburgh. I hope she will visit the church. She is intrigued that we do not believe in evolution. (For those who don't know,.... God doesn't belive in evolution either. I'm thinking about writing a flyer entitled 10 reasons NOT to believe in evolution and if I do that is going to be reason number 1.)

The second conversation was with a man from England who was singing in a choir that was performing in Edinburgh. (It's festival season right now in Edinburgh and there are 1,000's of venues.) We had a good chat. Please pray for Richard to get saved.

The last opportunity was with a young man from London. He's 26 and is envious of people of faith. My first question for him was, "Are you willing to let God be God?" Most people do not want God to be God, but want to put themselves in HIs place. We had a good conversation as well. Please pray for Will.

There were other smalls chats and many Gospel flyers received by people from all over who are here for the festival. It was also encouraging to see  a street preacher down on Princess St. I stopped and spoke with some of the men that were with him. They were from several churches, but I believe they came over from Glasgow as their literature had that address. 

Thank you for praying for our outreach. 

Thanks for praying for us this past week. I realised just now that I didn't add any updates this week. On Monday and Wednesday I did evangelism. On Tuesday, we had a day of prayer up at Blair Atholl. God blessed us with good turnout (6 0f us) and some great time in prayer and fellowship. God's good.

This morning we had good services. I preached a topical message on 3 truths which are mighty through God to help pull down strongholds in your life. I really believe these three things identify whether someone is living in victory or defeat. They are basics and they are things which we do.

This week is a normal schedule other than some Dr.'s appointments.... we must be getting old. :) Thanks for praying for our ministry.

It was a fun attendance day today as we had 12 visitors in church this morning. 8 of them were on holiday (vacation) here from the States. 3 of them had visited us before back in 2017. It was great to get reacquainted and have them with us. Four of the visitors are friends of ours from the area who are interested in learning about God. That was a special joy.

After a very busy week, I had a wee break in SS as we showed a Ken Ham lesson on creation science. In the morning service I preached on the Laodicean church from Revelation 3 on Being what Jesus wants you to be. God gave us a good service.

Permanent location update: We have another idea we are investigating with the local council. Please pray for God's will to be accomplished and that if this is His leading, He would open the door. God's good. Thanks for praying.

Thank you for praying for our Holiday Bible Club. It has been going very well. We have had 7 children visit and one adult. The adult is a huge answer to prayer as we've ministered to her family for 12 years. God's good and we're thankful for the grace He is giving to us this week.

We have two more days and we have been praying that we'll see a family added to our church through HBC, a child saved this week and a specific child back at church. We'll see what God does in the days ahead as we wait on Him for fruit from this ministry.

We have had busy Sundays recently. The last two Sundays we have put out HBC leafletts in the afternoon. Today we went out at 4:30 with about a dozen people and put out several hundred leaflets. We have had some positive responses and know of 3 children who plan to come because of our advertisements. Please pray for other visitors to join us for a fun week.

Thank you for praying for Breland and Taylor (newlyweds) who arrived in Scotland this week. It was a joy to have them in church this morning. We viewed a flat with them this afternoon. It looked promising but sadly the landlord chose another renter. Please pray for God's provision of housing for them. Taylor begins her veternar medicine studies in about 2 weeks.

I preached this morning on the conversion of Jacob from Genesis 28. Jacob went to sleep without an expectation of meeting with God. He awakened with a conviction that God had met with him.

Tonight we set up for Holiday Bible Club. We're excited about what God is going to do.

God's good. We're enjoying God's grace to our congregation. We had a good Sunday. Thanks for praying.

My day was backwards yesterday due to inclement weather. The rain finally  went mostly away mid afternoon and I got out for about an hour and a half. The Lord gave me really good study time while I was stuck inside. Today I was able to get out for a couple hours with the Open Letter flyer. I enjoy doing Loanhead as I often see people I know. It was good to catch up with a couple friends in the community this morning.

Our HBC (Holiday Bible Club) is next week. So, tomorrow morning, Pastor Dillman and my family are going to put out HBC leaflets. Katie is working hard on getting puppet scripts, missionary story and crafts planned. She has been working on this for several weeks but is working double hard this week. I'm preparing daily Bible lessons for next week as well. My job is usually the teaching time and game time. Please pray for grace to have a great week of planning this week and a great week of ministry next week.

When I was growing up, we had a bird called, "ugly bird." It had plucked out it's feathers. The reason we had that bird is because a parent sent it to church with their child and said not to bring it back. We had a bird come to church twice this morning, but thankfully it departed the same way it came. We don't have screens on open doors or windows and it was warm and so our feathered friend took advantage of it. It was a swallow and had a tight turning radius so thankfully the excitement was over as soon as it started.

God gave us a good time in His Word this morning. in Sunday School we finished our consideration of being a dynamic Christian (spiritual power.) In the morning service, I preached on obtaining your God given potential from Psalm 81. Please pray for God to do a great work in the individuals and families who make up our church. We're thankful for each one.

Tonight at 4:00 we are going to do church outreach and invite children to our HBC (1-6 August.)

Thanks for your prayers.