God gave us a good morning. I preached this morning on Fear Not from Isaiah 43. Unfortunately the audio recording didn't turn out.  It was also a joy to sing with my children this morning and to see Mac do well sitting by himself while we sang. Thank you for praying for our day.

....we arrived in Scotland. God has given us a beautiful day today similar to the day we arrived 8 years ago. It's hard to believe that it has been that long and in other ways it's hard to believe it has ONLY been that long. We claimed when we arrived the verse that says, "I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and my whole soul." God has certainly done that good work for us. We are very much established as a church ministry and as a family within our local community. Isn't God good?

We knocked on doors this morning. God gave a great opportunity to speak with a man in his upper 20's for about 20 minutes. Please pray for God to guard the seed that was sown in his heart. God's hand was evident in our conversation. Thank you for your faithful prayers these past 8 years. Please pray for God to give us an incredible 9th year of ministry in Scotland.

Kay Lee, Benson and I did a whirwind trip up North on Monday and Tuesday to attend a pastor's fellowship near Elgin in Fochabers. Missionary Don Clough hosted it and his new co-worker, Josh Hamilton, preached. We also enjoyed staying with Danny and Su Olmstead who have a mininstry in Hatton. God blessed us with beautiful traveling weather and safety. Today I am heading to Missionary Don Dillman's to do some outreach.

Well - it's back. We got a few inches of snow overnight and it has been very snowy today. Thankfully our church folks were faithful despite the roads being bad in places. (I'll put a picture below.)

God gave us a good morning. I preached this morning on a wonderful phrase found in God's Word, "But God...." Those two words make all the difference in eternity to mankind. My message was titled, "If It Wasn't For God...."  Here is also a link to last weeks message which I couldn't upload - The Crown Jewels of Womanhood.

Lord willing, this snow too shall pass. We are all ready for spring to sprung and the grass to get growing again. Thanks for your prayers for our ministry today!

Wow - ten days without an update. I think that is a record. I would have updated last Sunday but the internet was down and we were leaving on holiday. We had a good Sunday morning as it was British Mother's Day. Afterwards we helped Rebekah get ready to show a Christian film at the Trust. We then stopped by the house to load up, update webpage (which didn't happen) and head for a self catering cottage just South of Dumfries. 

Our holiday was very fun. Every night the boys were out on the deck with a torch *flashlight, to watch the many badgers that cruised through the Chalets. We saw badgers every night including when we were walking in the dark. :)

Special thanks to the Dillmans for filling in for us last Sunday PM and Thursday PM. Their help on Sunday gave us an extra day away. God's good. We are refreshed and ready to get back at it. Thanks for your prayers for our ministry and family.

Today was our first good weather day in about a week. Monday we got 2-3 inches of wet snow. Tuesday it rained. Today was warmer and had sunshine at times. Don and I were able to get out to the village of Gorebridge to put out flyers. God gave one opportunity to speak with an older believer who is in a church with a woman minister. I had a good conversation with her about our need as believers to adhere to the absolute truth of God's Word. Please pray for her to have wisdom and boldness to let God's Word have it's way in her life. I'll put a pic below that shows the severity of the weather this past week. This is what remains of a pretty impressive snow drift a couple miles from our home.

...despite the snow. The Lord gave us a good morning. The 20 year old young lady was back for SS and the morning service. This was a particular blessing as the majority of our church folks were unable to make it due to the snow. Two Sunday school children were also present and then two more adults joined us for the morning service. Katie was home with two of our children who are ill. (We would appreciate your prayers for their health expecially  Mac who has been ill since Tuesday.)

I preached this morning from Hebrews 7:24-26 on "Behold, the Man!" Praise God for "the man who is able to save them to the uttermost who come unto God by Him!" 

I'll put some pics below of the wintry scene arount the church location. Thanks for your prayers for our church services today! (The snow drift is from near our home.)

Wow - this has been a Scottish blizzard. In a place where we get excited to see the ground covered it is that much more spectacular when you get a heavy snowfall. We may be canceling church this evening as 40 mph plus winds arrive this afternoon and evening. We are also expecting further snow showers for the next several days! Yes - I'm excited! God did give me a wonderful divine appointment yesterday as I shoveled my walks. Please pray for the two young men to whom I spake. 

The UK is in a deep freeze right now. Our weather pattern is normally from the West. However, an unusual phenomena has occurred which is sending us weather from accross Siberia (East). They are calling this the, "Beast from the East." As the cold air flows over the North Sea it is going to collect moisture to deposit along the East Coast where we live. Oh, the anticipation.... :) The snow is big news today and will be I imagine for about a week as it will continue for that long. 

It isn't snowing yet. But, it is painfully cold with a cutting easterly wind. I didn't get out for too long this morning but was able to put flyers through a wee village (Howgate) about 7 miles from our church location. I spoke briefly with a man who said he will take his chance on eterinity without God. I'm praying God will awaken his heart. I encouraged him not to wait but to do something about erernity while he can. 

We appreciate your prayers! (Photo below - On saturday we enjoyed walking down a single track road not far from our house. The view was stunning.)

Have you ever had a very interesting day where you scratch your head and wonder what is in the water? It was one of those days and not a bad day. It began with finding out that a single gal was ill, the driver (husband) for a family was ill, and another young lady was ill. We then had 4 adults that were unexpected attend church. On of those is coming somewhat frequently. Another we had not seen in a few months. Another is the mother of one of our teens and has never come to a Sunday School or morning service. The next was a first time visitor. So -praise the Lord!

The other point of interest was a band practicing in the hall next to our hall. :) Oh, didn't I mention the pregnant woman who had to leave at the beginning of the service (with a significant interuption to our service) because she was having contractions. I forgot to say that my wife had a child other than our own next to her at the piano pushing keys.... :) You probably have somewhat of an idea of our morning service caous! It was a great day despite and because of some of those things. Thank you for praying. God's hand has been very evident lately and WE GIVE HIM GLORY FOR WHAT HE IS DOING. 

I preached this morning on, "Engaging the Enemy" from Acts 5. Other belivers have fought for the Lord - have we? God gave us a good service.