Don and I put out flyers in my area today. We were able to get a good bit done and the rain held off until just as we finished. I shared the Gospel with a man whom I've witnessed to before. He is 50 years my senior and is 90. He made some definite statements regarding his need to visit our church and the need to think about eternity. I told him about the thief on the cross sharing that it was never too late to believe on Jesus. Please pray for Jimmy.

We'd appreciate your continued prayers for the health of our family. Mac is pretty ill. We're going to take him in to the Dr. again this afternoon. He's been running a significant fever since Sunday night. Also, Kay Lee (14) had an x-ray yesterday which showed that she has pnemonia. Thank you for praying.

It is festival season in Edinburgh which means that the population of the city (500,000) doubles for a coulple of weeks. It is crazy down there to say the least. I went in this morning to do evangelism and to seek one on one opportunities to present the Gospel. I was there for over two hours and the majority of the time was speaking to one of three young men.

I spoke with Stewart (atheist/ unchurched) for close to twenty minutes as he was on a break from his work at a bank. He said as we started to chat, "I don't speak about religion." It didn't hurt our conversation and God gave me a great opportunity to peek his curiousity in the things of God's Word. I left him with a John and Romans.

I then spoke with Michael (construction workers who grew up Catholic) for 15 minutes on his break. It was only his break ending that ended our conversation. He was very interested in the truth I was sharing. He shook my hand and spoke of how he enjoyed using his break in that way. He also told me the times of day when he is normally in that park on his break. I may see him again.

The last opportunity was the toughest and the longest. Paula is a guy from Italy who is here for a few weeks. He has come to faith in God but is a strong evolutionist and is studying medicine. We went through a lot of Scripture. He is an ideal example of Romans 1, "Professing themselves to be wise they became fools." That is where our conversation ended as he did what God's Word says he would do and defended wicked lifestyles. He shook my hand and told me that he really liked me and was thankful for our conversation. I spoke with him for about an hour and 20 minutes.

Only God can open hearts like these. Please pray for God's power to touch these lives for His glory.

My parents and aunt are safely back home. Thank you for praying for them.

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.