Happy Father's DayI The Lord gave us a good Father's day this morning. We enjoyed good attendance and good attention given to God's Word. Frazer didn't make it this morning but I know he intended to be here. We enjoyed having my mom's first cousin and his wife with us this morning. We were both rejoicing in the heritage God has given to our family. It was fun to catch up with them.

I preached this morning on Job 1:5, "Be a Godly Father." Job had a wonderful sanctifying influence on his family. He was aware of his responsability as the spiritual head of his home. God give us more men like Job! 

As we head into this week, please pray for the children's fair on Saturday. We have a testimony of letting people know that we are praying for good weather. Please pray with us that God would both bless the weather and the spiritual impact of that day. Our HBC has born significant fruit for our ministry. We'll be handing out flyers and inviting children to attend. This year we have two separate weeks of HBC in different locations. We appreciate your prayers as we get ready and get the word out. Thanks for praying for our services today.

God gave us great weather (no rain and blue sky above us) for the parade and all went very well. Thank you for praying for this fun event! We were able to give out a lot of invitations to our Holiday Bible Club and we got third place (competition) for large walking group. A friend of mine is a professional photographer and took the photo below for us. (A couple of people from our group missed this photo opportunity.) God answered prayer tonight!

Please pray for the new flyer as we begin to put it out in our community. I put it and an invitation to HBC out this morning for a little while. We have some special prayer requests this week as well. Evangelist Jonathan Washer has a meeting with prison staff in London tomorrow morning at 10:00 (5 AM EST). Please pray for the leading of the Holy Spirit in that meeting. Also please pray with us about the parade this Friday. Benson and I have made a wee float. Our theme for HBC this summer is, "It's a Jungle Out There." Below is a pic of the float. Mac will be a lion on Friday. Please pray for no rain and for the invitations to HBC to be well received.

The Lord gave such an incredible divine appointment today! The Lord allowed me to lead a 22 year old man to the Lord. Please pray for Fraser. He has some big decisions (because of his salvation) ahead of him. 

He is planning to cycle 30 miles to come to church on Sunday morning. Please pray for good weather. 

God gave a few other divine appointments, but I have never had a divine appointment as significant (to my eyes) as what the Lord did today. Please rejoice with us and pray for Fraser. Thank you for praying.

The Lord encouraged my heart today with a lighter load. I'm already enjoying having Evangelist Washer teach our adult and teen SS. He's taking us through a study of justifcation in the book of Romans. This afternoon a English young man who is attending a nearby Bible college preached at the Trust Service. George will not be with our church for very long as he is finishing his studies. But, we really appreciate his love for the Lord and servant's heart. It was good to have 3 other of our teens plus our kids in attendance at that ministry.

I preached this morning on "Coming to Jesus" with the story of Blind Bartemaeus. I received a couple phone calls during the service from a teenager who lost his hoodie at the tournament yesterday. (I didn't answer :) but it rang through to the phone.) My phone records our services and it canceled the recording. So, unfortunately I'm not able to share that message with you.

Thank you for praying for Mac. He is doing well. Please pray for a good friend of ours who was in a bad car accident and has neck injuries. She is a faithful prayer warrior for our ministry.

Thank you for praying with us for the tournament today. It was obvious that people were praying. We had a low pressure system moving through with some heavy rain this morning. We played dodge ball inside for half an hour before heading outside to play football in dry weather just after 10:00am. The rain was supposed to be around until noon but we didn't have any rain after we went outside.

God brought a group of respectful young people who listened attentively to the preaching. They also had good attitudes on the pitch. We had 10 teens visiting. The rest were adults and teens with our church. We had 4 teams of 5. God also provided a referee as a US Bible college student was visiting a Bible college over here. A student who attends our church from that school invited him to help at our tournament and he did a wonderful job.

There were no injuries today on the pitch. However, Mac fell out of a swing at the tournament. He now has a cast on his leg. The x-ray showed no obvious break but he won't walk on it. So, please pray for quick healing and for grace for him as he adapts to having something on his leg that he wants off of his leg. :)

God's good. We give Him glory for what he did today. Jonathan Washer did a great job in preaching a Gospel message to the young people. One teen made a definite decision to trust Christ and confirmed that with speaking with a couple of us adults. Several other teens appeared to make decisions. Peer pressure is very tough here. Please pray that we can break through in reaching young people for Jesus.

18 years ago today, I asked one of the most important questions of my life and I'm very thankful that Katie agreed to marry me! God has been EXTREMELY good to us and we are very thankful for the Lord's leading in our lives.

We are pushing to get as many fliers out to young people as possible. We've given stacks of flyers to three highschools and they have said they will distribute them. We also stood outside of a local highschool and handed out flyers today at dismissal. God gave a wonderful divine appointment with a girl who used to attend our church with her family. It was so good to see her. Please pray that her family will come back and visit the church. Some of our groups also saw a young man who came to the tournament last year. Please pray that he will want to come again.

God has blessed us with incredible weather (so far) this summer. We enjoyed that good weather today. Attendance was good and there was a good spirit in the services. It was a blessing to have Jonathan Washer teach Sunday School this morning on Justification. He is going to take the adult/ teen SS hour for me which is a big help.

I preached this morning on Watchman, What of the Night? from Ezekiel 33:1-9. Thanks for praying for our ministry.

Saturday is our football tournament. Please pray for God's power and work in the hearts of those who come.

Well, we enjoyed the slowness of the Spring knowing that we would be off and running this summer and we are into that pace. The Fellowship Meeting which we hosted went very well. Evangelist Washer shared with us how God has opened the doors for their prison ministry and preached an encouraging message on fighting and finishing for the Lord. Our family also enjoyed doing special music with their family.

Those who were able to be there went away encouraged. Thank you for praying for that day. 

Yesterday morning I put out more flyers than I have ever put out in one morning! :) But, there is a reason. I went to 8 primary (elementary) schools with our Holiday Bible Club flyer. I also went to two highschools with our Football tournament flyer. All of these flyers have our website on them which would be an open door for the Gospel. Please pray for the several thousand students and families who will take these into their homes. 

Please also pray for just the right turnout. Last year we had a lot of staff for the football tournament and not many participants. (But, it was accidentally scheduled on the Scottish Cup Final (footbal championship). This year we don't have much staff - and we could potentially have a good turnout.