Thank you for praying for our family Sunday. It was a great success and I anticipate this becoming an annual follow up to our HBC. We had 7 visitors who came specifically for that Sunday. God gave us very good attendance and there was a very sweet spirit. I enjoyed singing a duet with  my mum and then having my dad preach the morning service. After lunch we played some games and then I preached a 15 minute message on being a part of the family of God. 

My dad, son and I ran up to the Trust (assisted living facility) immediately afterwards for a 2:00 service there. Dad preached on John 3:15-17 at the Trust. We had good attendance (10 plus us) and a good spirit in that service as well.

Thank you for praying for that special service. Please continue to pray for our health. Two of my kids were in to the Dr.'s today. Kay Lee had a x-ray to see if she has pnemonia. We won't know on that until later but they have put her on another antibiotic. Mac has been given a vaporizer (asthma type) to help his cough. We'll make it - but would appreciate your prayers as well. A single missionary is scheduled to be with us this Thursday through the weekend. 

My family that were visiting are on their way back to the States just now. We had a really good time. It's a blessing to have Christian family. Thanks for praying for our time with them.

We had great attendance by our children last night as we had 5 children attend for their first Thursday night. 3 of those were there for their first time at any service. Please pray for Katie as she ministers to the children on Thursday nights and Sundays.

We're still enjoying having my family here and look forward to ministering with them this Sunday as we host a family Sunday. We've encouraged families to attend and know that some are making plans to come. Meanwhile, our family and others have struggled with a very bad cold the last couple of weeks. Please pray that everyone will be well and able to attend. Thank you for praying.

The Lord gave us a wonderful time away as a family in the Yorkshire Dales in North West England. The place we stayed was an old english barn which was converted into a residence. God gave us just the right place to really get away. 

I have uploaded the message from last week on, "Keeping Comany with Christ." I continued that message this week as I preached part 2 of Keeping Company with Christ from Proverbs 8.

Our attendance was down as the Hikins, Lilliana and Inis were away. We also had illness keep a couple others away. The Lord was gracious to meet with us and we had a good morning. Tonight we are going to have a communion service. It will be a different  structure of service as we will look at pictures from Israel while reading the story of the death of Christ and singing hymns. I'm looking forward to what God will do in our hearts this evening. Thank you for your prayers for our ministry. (Below are some pics from our family time. You'll notice some interesting driving in Northern England.)

God gave us a great finish to a great week. We had 3 first time visitors on Friday. One of those came to the Thursday film night the night before. It was his first time ever to our church. We were praying that someone would come with whom we had not had contact before. Also, two of our HBC kids were there on Sunday. Their other brother would have been there but he was ill. Next week, their teenage sister has said that she will come. Please pray for their family.

We have so appreciated having the Washer family with us. Sadly... :) yesterday was their last Sunday. We are going to miss them. Please pray for their safety and for God's great blessing upon their family for their ministry here in Scotland.

It was a joy to have my dad preach last night. We are getting away as a family today on a short vacation. In two weeks we have a family service planned. It seems that we could have a number of family members attend. Please pray for God's special blessing on that day.

I was unable to upload my message to sermon audio as my computer is in at the shop. (I'm using Katie's computer to update.) I preached yesterday on "Keeping Comany with Christ" from Proverbs 8, the personification of wisdom. God gave us a really good day.

Thank you for your part in our ministry this past week. God has done great things for us whereof we are glad. 32 children in total came this past week.

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.