The Lord has given us two more really good days. It rained really hard yesterday and so we had an indoor game time. God blessed and that game was almost more exciting than anything we could have done outside. Our attendance was in the lower 20's. The attendance today was back into the upper 20's. Both days the kids paid very good attention.

Tonight we have a film night and hope some visitor parents or other siblings will join us. Tomorrow is our final day with a pizza party and some shaving cream pies (for faces.) The kids have attendance goals yet to reach and we'll see who get's pied.

God's hand has been evident. Thank you for praying.

The Lord gave us a better turnout of children today. We had 26 children plus teens! We were thrilled to have many kids, which we hoped would attend, present. Also, my mom, dad and aunt all arrived safely. So, praise the Lord. Thanks for praying.

We had a good starting attendance for HBC with 20 kids counting teens present. We had two first time visitors as well. The program went well and the weather was incredible. We don't anticipate (although we would love) that kind of weather all week but we do anticipate God's continued blessing on the program.

My mom, dad and aunt arrive tomorrow afternoon. Please pray for them as they fly through the night to get here. We're excited to have them with us for three weeks! Thank you for praying!

Special thank you to Evangelist Jonathan Washer for his ministry today. This is my first Sunday off in quite a while. Jonathan has been teaching our Adult/ Teen SS which he did this morning. He also preached the morning service this morning on Satisfaction from Jeremiah 2. (I am trying to get the message uploaded but have had a technical difficulty.)

Tonight we begin our HBC with a special prayer time and then by setting up the hall for the Bible Club. Please pray with us for God to do a great work in the hearts of the children who attend. Please also pray for good health. There are several in our group who have illness just now which affected our attendance today.

Thank you for praying. We're excited about what God is going to do this week.

Our family enjoyed two days off the beginning of this week as we recovered from a busy schedule and celebrated Parker's 10th birthday. The weather on both days was wonderful which was an extra blessing! God also provided a second car for us in answer to prayer. There are several reasons we felt that was important and wanted to source one this week as my parents and aunt arrive this coming Tuesday. God is "Jehovah Jireh!" He gave us a wonderful 2007 Honda JAZZ owned by a little old lady (really!) which only has 38,000 miles on it. It get close to 50 mpg and will keep miles off of our big family vehicle which vehicle is very difficult to replace. So, God is very good to His children and we praise Him!

The Lord has given two witnessing opportunities thus far this week. On Monday I witnessed to two girls from Nepal. They were at a Nepaleze gathering at a park. One was Budhist and the other was Hindu. I also witnessed to the man who sold us his mother's car. Please pray for God to awaken Iian's heart to the Gospel.

Please pray for our upcoming HBC in Loanhead. Sunday night we will have a special prayer time and then get everything set up. Please also pray for Emily Washer as she has been fighting an illness for the last couple of weeks. Please also pray for Jonathan as He is preaching this Sunday morning at our church as well. There family has been a great encouragement in the work here.

I'd appreciate your prayers as well for my parents and aunt as they fly over and spend three weeks with us. People ask us often over here, "Do you miss the USA?" The answer is, "No, we just miss our family." We really looking forward to some good family time and good family ministry. We've booked a holiday in England for four of the nights they are here. 

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND INTEREST IN OUR MINISTRY!

God gave us a good final day of HBC. We crashed afterwards and I forgot until late last night that I had not let you know how our final day went. We had the same attendance - but the day went very well and ended the week with much thankfulness to the Lord for His goodness. It is hard to express when work and God's blessing don't translate into numbers. However, I'm sure that we had the blessing of God this past week and we thank you for your prayers.

I preached this morning Part 2 on the Primacy of the Gospel. If the Gospel is not a primary part of our lives, God's Word is clear that it needs to be. I was challenged with this truth as I preached and prepared these messages.

We are going to get some R and R (hopefully) the beginning of this next week as we get ready for round 2 of HBC starting the 24th and going through the 28th. We'd appreciate your prayers again for that ministry. Thanks for praying!

PS. God gave several good divine appointments this past week. I had a very good opportunity this morning. Please pray for the man I witnessed to that God would awaken his heart.

Our attendance has not changed from day 2 - but both children are still coming. Tonight one of the kids came with their mum to church. So, that was  a blessing. We had really good children attendance this evening in our midweek service as a number of our kids were back in church and one first time child came. So, that was also an encouragement.

God has given us a great week. We finish tomorrow! Please keep praying with us.

Today is day 3 but I haven't yet updated on day 2. (We don't have our HBC until this afternoon.)

God doubled our visiting attendance yesterday (smiley face) as we had two children visitors for which we again thank the Lord. This included the returning Monday visitor. 

We appreciate your prayers. The program went well and we had a very enjoyable ministry. We're looking forward to what the Lord is going to do this afternoon. Thanks for praying!

We enjoyed having a friend from Australia with us the last two days. He is off today for Aberdeen and then back to Australia. Last night we took him up on the Blackford Hills which have a spectacular view of Edinburgh. I'll put a couple pics below.

We have worked hard as a church to get the word out about our HBC's this year. We put invitations out to all the primary schools (around 6,000 flyers that went out with students.) We passed out flyers in the parade. We put flyers out through Auchendinny. Last night our church knocked on the doors through that community. (That was a lot of fun - and God gave us just adequate weather where we didn't get too wet.) And today, we waited to see who would come. :) God gave us one child other than our church kids AND WE HAD A GREAT TIME. 

In church planting ministry you are often thankful that our reward is according to our labor and not what we see as the result. And, the "results" aren't in yet as to who will come in total this week. We'd love to minister the Gospel to more children. But, please pray for the one (and our church kids) which God has given to us this week. The program went really well and we have much to be thankful for. It was a special joy for me to see my son, Benson (13) participating in the Skit and to watch my daughter's (14) puppet. This is the first time that they have been involved in the HBC program.

God's good. Thanks for praying.

It's been a blessing to have extra help in our ministry the last couple of months. Brother Washer has done our adult SS for the time that he is here. He's also preaching at our ministry at an assisted living facility this afternoon.

We had a good morning with no unusual attendance but good attention was given to the Word of God. I preached this morning the first part of a two part message on "The Primacy of the Gospel" as seen in the ministry of the Apostle Paul. 

On Friday my boys and I enjoyed hiking with Jonathan and Ethan. I'll put a couple pics below from our outing.

Tonight we have a special prayer time as we begin final preparation for HBC which runs from 3-5pm daily all this week in a nearby village of Auchendinny. Please pray for the power of God and the salvation of souls. Thanks for praying.