Tommy has gone with me the last two mornings to Biggar. We've put out several hundred Gospel flyers and had one good witnessing opportunity each day.

Yesterday, Willie (85) was out working in his front garden. He's a keen 85 year old and the Lord allowed me to share the Gospel with him. He has attended the church of Scotland for 70 odd years, but doesn't think about eternity. He "just takes one day at a time and will find out when he get's there." He was a bit antagonistic but listened and said, "Do you think then that I can get saved?" I liked the question and hope it is answered experientially. I said "Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." It's sad to think of a man going to church for a lifetime and not being confronted with his need to be born again. (John 3)

Today it was a similar opportunity. An older woman was working in her front garden. She said, "Are you a Jehovah's witness? Mormon?" I said, "No, now that you've mentioned two cults... I am a Baptist." She seemed open, but when it came to TRUTH she is in a difficult position. She wants to say out of the same mouth - the Bible is true because it comes from God and false because it comes through man.  She wants to disagree with the Bible where she believes she is right, and agree with the Bible where she doesn't have difficulty. Please pray that her eyes will be opened to her rejection of God's truth. How can someone have Christ, The Living Word, (the Truth) as her Saviour when she rejects the written Word of God? I don't believe it is possible and sadly Satan has taken over the ground of, "Inspiriation and Absolute Truth" in Scotland. Please pray for the power of God to work in these and other's hearts as we lay a foundation of, "Thus saith the Lord."

A student of a local Bible college visited tonight. He's getting ready to go back to school and this year he is going to stay on campus. It was great to meet him and we are looking forward to getting to know him better.

Our attendance was very good this evening. We had a "Back to School" Sunday as the kids went back to school this past Wednesday. Katie had fun back to school little gifts to go with her SS lesson. We gave everybody (adults included) a bag of goodies.

I preached a message for our young people on succeeding in school. It was a topical message from several different passage of young people who made good decisions for the Lord.

It's not unusual in door to door to find that Satan has a number of devices. The interesting one this morning was a cat who followed us and went into two people's homes.

God's hand was very evident in one divine appointment this morning. Please pray for this man. I was able to open my Bible and share the Gospel with Him. He was so interested that he didn't notice the cat entering his house. I saw it, but thought it was his cat. He put the cat out the back door and continued the conversation. The cat got in again and this time he left it until we finished. (I will follow up on this conversation as he is very interested. Please pray.)

Katie and I had other shorter opportunities and trust that they were not in vain and that God can use something that was said to awaken hearts.

Thank you for praying for our door to door ministry on Saturdays.

God blessed our day of prayer yesterday. We have 5 men who meet about every 3 months to spend a couple hours in the morning and in the afternoon in prayer. I believe that God has greatly used this prayer time in our lives and our ministry. Thanks for praying for this time. God's blessing was evident.

Today I met Don at his house and we put flyers out in his area. We had one divine appointment with a scientologist. He compared the Bible with online blogs. I said to Don that is like equating Shakespeare with comic strips.  Please pray that he will stop believing in aliens and put his faith in Jesus Christ. I had one interesting response from a woman today who said, "I don't believe Jesus existed." I've heard people say they don't believe in God, but normally people don't deny the historicity of Jesus Christ.

Please pray for God's blessing on Don's ministry in Livingston. Tommy (previous posts) is still attending Don't church with a friend.

My 4 oldest boys helped me today as I put out flyers in Biggar. This village is about 35 minutes from our current church location and is in a lovely rural area. The boys helped me put out around 4-5 hundred flyers. God gave me one divine appointment with a lady in front of a Dentist Office. She said she had received the flyer at her house and that she would read it when she got back. Please pray that she will read 3 John and realize that, "She must be born again."

I'm looking forward to what God is going to do tomorrow as the ministers get together for prayer. There should be 5 of us there. Your prayer for that time is much appreciated.

God blessed us with a good solid Sunday. I believe our church family was encouraged and we enjoyed good fellowship today. We had a first time visitor tonight who came with a family who drives an hour to church. She's planning on coming again next Sunday.

I enjoyed preaching tonight on a revival passage, Ezekiel 36, a message I entitled, "I Will Do It." (currently uploading) Interestingly, God said he would do it. However, the condition was that they earnestly seek Him to do what He had promised to do. The main purpose of what God would do would be to glorify Himself. But, he would do that IN His people and THROUGH His people. Our prayer is that God would do that in our church.

Tuesday is a minister's day of prayer up in Blair Atholl. Your prayers for God's blessing upon that day are much appreciated. Thank you for praying for our family and ministry.

PS. We had 3 good opportunities knocking on doors on Saturday and one great opportunity. Please pray for Martin to visit our church or do a Bible study.

It was supposed to rain later this morning. So, Don and I went East instead of South to do evangelism. It has not yet rained here yet, so it is either very delayed or it dissipated.

I'm starting to go to more distant villages again with Gospel flyers. This morning Don and I did the little village of North Middleton (about 20 minutes away.) We didn't have any very obvious divine appointments. However, we enjoyed fellowshipping and getting the Gospel out. 

We also stopped to look at a large piece of land that is for sale in our area. We continue to investigate any potential properties. There is no green light yet in any direction. Your continued prayers are appreciated.

Tonight our church is going to have a midweek prayer service that is focused on this need. Please pray for God to reveal His plan at just the right time. Thanks for praying.

Benson and Kay Lee have safely arrived at their destinations. Thank you for praying for them. Benson had barely enough time after a flight delay to catch his flight, but he made it! :) 

It's good to have Benson back and we're excited for Kay Lee as she gets to begin soon at Ambassador. She has a week with family before starting work training at Ambassador next week. God's good. Thanks for praying.

Our children leave the Bill Rice Ranch late this morning. Please pray for their travels. Kay Lee is heading South with family. She will be starting at Ambassador next week.

Benson is flying from Nashville to Atlanta, then to Amsterdam before heading to Edinburgh. Please pray for wisdom for him as he travels alone. (He doesn't have a device to communicate with us along the way.) 

The biggest prayer request for Benson's travel has to do with covid regulations. The government website in Scotland says that you must have proof of a negative covid test within 3 days of your departure. He has that. The information from his airline says that he must have a negative covid test within 3 days (72 hours) of his last transfer. They gave us that info too late. And, it would be almost impossible to meet that requirement. It can take up to 48 hours to get your results back. You also have to deduct his travel time. That being met, it would have been during the night that he would have needed to take his test.

So, prayer appreciated. We think what may happen is that he'll have to get a covid test along that way at an airport. 

Thanks for praying for the kids... and the parents.... as we all grow up. :) God's good. We're thankful that our kids got to serve the Lord full time this summer.

God blessed us with first time visitors this morning and this evening. This morning, I got a phone call from a young married couple. They said, "We are at the Centre and wondered if you were here." We are on Zoom on Sunday mornings. I said, "I'm looking at you from the house across the road." They were a sweet young couple from Spurgeon's Metropolitan Tabernacle. It was there one year anniversary today and they were on holiday in Edinburgh. 

They joined us for Zoom at our house. We enjoyed lunch with them as well. I praise God for a young couple who put God first in their lives. A lot of people would have made excuse and dishonoured God on His day. They honoured him  on their special day and we were blessed because of it.

Tonight the family who had the accident came to church. They have visited the boy who was injured and he is doing well. Please pray for God's leading in their lives.

Our attendance was down a bit this evening. But, God gave us a good night. We enjoyed observing the Lord's table. I preached this evening on Paul's Evangelism Work Ethic (currently uploading to Sermon Audio). We got through 3 of the 4 points. I may finish this message next week.... we shall see. Thanks for your prayers for our ministry. God's working in answer to your prayers.