Tommy made some new church signs which will hopefully help people to get into our church building. It's a bit confusing as you have to enter up a stairway in the back of the building. We have church greeters, but they are only out before the services. And so, I'm thankful for Tommy's help with this.

God gave us a good morning. We looked at finding God's will in our Sunday School lesson on the life of David. In the morning service I preached a message from Deuteronomy 12:1-7, "Diligently Do." The theme was on how to obtain God's blessing in the land of God's promise. 

Please pray for God to continue to do a great work in the hearts of God's people. We long to see His best for ever member of the body of Christ.

Parker was my door to door partner today. We had three back to back "not interested's" and I said to Parker, "Wow, it's tough today. Sometimes quickly closed doors are just the Lord hurrying you on to a good opportunity." As it turned out, God did have a great opportunity for us. We witnessed to a man in his 20's and had the privilige of sharing the Gospel with an open Bible in hand. Please pray with us that this man will trust Christ. He gave agreement to all vital parts of the Gospel. It would be a joy to see him trust Christ. Thanks for your prayers.

God gave us a productive week. Tommy went with me on Wednesday as we helped Pastor Dillman put flyers out in their area of Livingston. I was also able to complete the update video with the help of my family. I have sent a link to all of those who are connected with us by email. If you don't have access to our email updates and would like to see the video, please use the "contact us" form on our website or send us an email to our email address.

Yesterday, I went into Edinburgh to do evangelism. God gave me 3 good witnessing opportunities. The first was with a tall man. I said as I walked beneath him, "How's the weather up there?" That led to a fun conversation that focused on God's mercy. His idea of God's mercy is that God accepts sin and the sinner. I explained judicial forgiveness and God's mercy for us in punishing Christ in our place. He also did not want to agree with God about his sin. I ended with, "Until we acknowledge our sin we won't seek the Saviour."

The next opportunity was with two construction workers who appeared to be on break. I said as I walked up, "Break time already?" They laughed and entered into a conversation as I said, "Did you get to church yesterday?" The one man answered, "The pub is my church." I said, "You pay a lot to worship there." Most of our conversation was on how alcohol hurts us, our society and our family. Please pray for conviction. It was a straightforward conversation, but the man ended with, "I wish you all the best." I responded, "I wish you would find Christ."

The last conversation was with two alcoholics. They were drinking at 11:00 AM. They were middle aged men (36 and 45.) They acknowledged that their sin was killing them. I gave them John and Romans and explained the Gospel and God's power to deliver us from the power of sin. Please pray that God will set them free.

Today I put out leaflets on the South Side of Edinburgh about 2 miles from our church location. I had 3 short witnessing opportunities. One was with a man who was antagonistic about the content of the flyer. He said, "My idea of God is that He is a forgiving God (meaning he accepts sin and sinners.) I said, "Yes, but how does He forgive? By crucifying His Son for our sins." 

I also shot some short videos yesterday and today. A supporting church has asked for a video and I'm seeking to prepare something which we can share with all of our supporters to update you on our family and ministry. Thank you for praying and keeping up with our ministry.

God blessed us with a good evangelism week this past week. We did some organised evangelism on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. Saturday, Katie and I did door to door. We enjoyed three good Gospel conversations. On Friday, I had a divine appointment with a shop clerk named Henry. Please pray for his salvation.

This morning our attendance was pretty good and there was a good spirit which is normal for our church. I preached on Luke 14:16-24, "It's Supper Time." It's amazing to think that our Lord prepared such wonderful spiritual provisions for us and that He personally seeks to get us to His table.

Please pray God's blessing on our evangelism whether through literature, door to door or other means. Thanks for praying.

It's been a good outreach week. Tommy went into Edinburgh with me on Tuesday. We stopped at the shop and bought him the same umbrella (see previous post) as the rain continued into Tuesday. We both had one good witnessing opportunity.

On Wednesday Don Dillman came my way and we put out the, "Open Letter" flyer in Loanhead and Liberton (outskirts of Edinburgh next to Loanhead.) 

Today, I put out the flyer again in Liberton for a short while this afternoong. 

Our prayer meeting went well last night. We celebrated the 21st b-day of a young man, Cameron, who attends our church. It was fun to suprise him with a Costco Cake (for all of us) and present him with a study Bible. Please pray for God's grace for Cameron.

Last night I preached lesson 3 in our study of 1 Peter. We looked at 1 Peter 1:6-7 focusing on what to remember in times of trial.

I did something today that I don't ever remember doing before in Scotland. I bought an umbrella. :) It was raining this morning, but I really wanted to get out and do some evangelism in Edinburgh. And so, I stopped and bought an umbrella. Thankfully, I only needed to be under it for about 30 minutes and then the rest of the time was just light rain. I put out the, "Open Letter" flyer.

God gave me three good divine appointments. The first is with a young lady who lives in Edinburgh. I hope she will visit the church. She is intrigued that we do not believe in evolution. (For those who don't know,.... God doesn't belive in evolution either. I'm thinking about writing a flyer entitled 10 reasons NOT to believe in evolution and if I do that is going to be reason number 1.)

The second conversation was with a man from England who was singing in a choir that was performing in Edinburgh. (It's festival season right now in Edinburgh and there are 1,000's of venues.) We had a good chat. Please pray for Richard to get saved.

The last opportunity was with a young man from London. He's 26 and is envious of people of faith. My first question for him was, "Are you willing to let God be God?" Most people do not want God to be God, but want to put themselves in HIs place. We had a good conversation as well. Please pray for Will.

There were other smalls chats and many Gospel flyers received by people from all over who are here for the festival. It was also encouraging to see  a street preacher down on Princess St. I stopped and spoke with some of the men that were with him. They were from several churches, but I believe they came over from Glasgow as their literature had that address. 

Thank you for praying for our outreach. 

Thanks for praying for us this past week. I realised just now that I didn't add any updates this week. On Monday and Wednesday I did evangelism. On Tuesday, we had a day of prayer up at Blair Atholl. God blessed us with good turnout (6 0f us) and some great time in prayer and fellowship. God's good.

This morning we had good services. I preached a topical message on 3 truths which are mighty through God to help pull down strongholds in your life. I really believe these three things identify whether someone is living in victory or defeat. They are basics and they are things which we do.

This week is a normal schedule other than some Dr.'s appointments.... we must be getting old. :) Thanks for praying for our ministry.

It was a fun attendance day today as we had 12 visitors in church this morning. 8 of them were on holiday (vacation) here from the States. 3 of them had visited us before back in 2017. It was great to get reacquainted and have them with us. Four of the visitors are friends of ours from the area who are interested in learning about God. That was a special joy.

After a very busy week, I had a wee break in SS as we showed a Ken Ham lesson on creation science. In the morning service I preached on the Laodicean church from Revelation 3 on Being what Jesus wants you to be. God gave us a good service.

Permanent location update: We have another idea we are investigating with the local council. Please pray for God's will to be accomplished and that if this is His leading, He would open the door. God's good. Thanks for praying.

Thank you for praying for our Holiday Bible Club. It has been going very well. We have had 7 children visit and one adult. The adult is a huge answer to prayer as we've ministered to her family for 12 years. God's good and we're thankful for the grace He is giving to us this week.

We have two more days and we have been praying that we'll see a family added to our church through HBC, a child saved this week and a specific child back at church. We'll see what God does in the days ahead as we wait on Him for fruit from this ministry.