That was the highest temperature (fahrenheit) we saw today as we traveled in WI. It will be colder yet on Wednesday.  The Lord gave us safety in all of our travels this weekend. We had another very busy but good Sunday. We were in two churches, one of which supports us. Both were a blessing to us.

Prayer request. Please pray for Mac's visa. We applied over a month ago but are still waiting for it to be issued.

Thank you for your prayers which avail much. God continues to bless our travels.

God gave us a wonderful time with family in Des Moines, IA for Christmas. I had the privilige of preaching at the carol sing service at my grandparent's church. Sunday was a full day with the opportunity to teach SS, preach Sunday morning, Sunday Afternoon and Sunday evening (at a different church.) Both churches were a great blessing and God gave us good services. We are currently back in Hudson, WI with my parents. We are looking forward to participating in the New Years Eve service at my home church/ our sending church.

This coming Sunday we have two meetings as well. We will be in Hartford, Wi for the SS, morning, afternoon and a church in Waukesha, WI that evening. We appreciate your prayers for our busy schedule.

I had a neat divine appointment this morning with a person at our motel. He was over a 100 miles from home. We have a supporting church in his area and I mentioned it to him. He knows the church well as a young man from that church and college (Baptist College of Ministry) worked for him at his lawn business. We didn't have a lengthy conversation but he had a great opinion of that young man. 

Thanks for your prayers for us and our ministry.

We have gone from sunny Florida to Des Moines, IA in just over a week. On the way we had a meeting in SC and St. Louis. God helped us in both meetings and the churches were an encouragement to us as well.

We get to celebrate Christ's birth tonight at my grandma's church. Except for our year's in Scotland I have only missed one Christmas in Des Moines. We are enjoying some wonderful family time. 

The Lord gave me a divine appointment on MONDAY with Jake. Please pray that God would show him that he can have a personal relationship with Him by faith in Jesus.

MAY THE LORD GIVE YOU A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS. You are a blessing to the Shore family.

We want to welcome Victory Baptist Church in Lavonia, GA to our support team. They voted this past week to take us on. That was encouraging news!

The Lord gave us an encouraging Sunday as well. We visited a supporting church in the morning and a new church in the evening. God gave us blessed services in both locations and we enjoyed our time with both congregations. We were also able to catch up with one of our individual supporters. We are very thankful for God's grace for travel and ministry.

God gave me two divine appointments this weekend. On Friday I spoke with a man and a lady for over twenty minutes. They both expressed gratitude for our conversation. Yesterday morning I spoke with a man who is from the West Indies. He is Rastafarrian.  I shared the story of the Ethiopean Eunuch with him. He told me that he has never understood how one man could die for our sins. He then had to leave to get his child to the bus. But he said he would read onlin what I gave him. Please pray for Daniel. 

One other divine appointment was with a pastor's family at Disney. God put us together while in line for our first ride at Disney. God brought us past each other again at another theme park two days later. I don't know why God did it. But it reminds me of His hand at work in our lives. Thanks for your prayers.

We would like you all to pray for our friends Bernard and Violet that live down the road from us in Scotland.  They are grieving the loss of their 45 year old son this week.  We wish we could be there with them, so please join us in praying for them.

We will be heading 1 1/2 hours east to Titusville, Fl in the morning for their services. Following, we will head to Jacksonville, Fl where we look forward to reaquainting ourselves with friends and serving in a new church there.

We really enjoyed our family fun time here in the Orlando area.

We found out today that we are getting two days as Disney World. Some friends of ours bought us passes. Wow! We are in shock and very excited. God and his children have spoiled us as we have traveled. We are humbled by God's goodness and the generosity of His people.

The Lord gave us a wonderful meeting this past Sunday. We were in South Florida in Bonita Springs. This Sunday we are in Titusville and Jacksonville. Thank you for praying for these meetings.

the Lord gave me a divine appointment today with Michael. He is a 20 year old who has never been convinced that God exists. He asked a question. Where did God come from? God gave me wisdom as I answered. I told him that if I asked an ant to tell me about Michael he would know some things about mankind and yet not know that much. He appreciated my answer. I then told him that God is eternal. Please pray that God would open his heart. Thanks for praying.

The kids and cousins are pretty excited as we get ready to celebrate Logan's birthday. He is now 9 years old. We have plans to go ice skating and attend the Christmas lighting ceremony at Bob Jones. It should be a great day!

The Lord gave us a good meeting on Wednesday. 4 of the last 5 churches have been new churches. It is fun to get acquainted with new ministries.

I have have met two more believers today. Praise the Lord for fellow Christians. There is still a strong group of believers in the US. 

Tomorrow we head to Southern FL. Please pray for our ministry there this Sunday. Thanks for praying for us as we travel.

We enjoyed our meetings at two new churches in Georgia on Sunday. Although their had been sickness at our family's house. God kept our family well. We were beginning to wonder who would be able to go on Sunday. Thankfully all of that sickness is now past and everyone is doing very well.

God added a meeting to our schedule on Sunday. We were visiting good friends of ours and joining them for church. Their pastor kindly gave me the service that night. We have also added two meeting to our schedule in December. 

The Lord gave me a divine appointment with a brother in Christ this morning. It is a blessing to know that we have fellow Christians who are also seeking to serve God. I hope to have a good opportunity to share Christ in the near future. I gave out several tracts yesterday but did not get a prolonged opportunity to speak to someone about the Lord.

We have a Wednesday meeting in SC and then we are in FL for the next two Sundays. Thank you for praying for our ministry.

God has blessed us richly on our travels. We have had safety over the many miles. We have had special time with our families. We have had great experiences. We have had good health. We have enjoyed the churches where we have ministered. God has been very good to us.

We are now down in Simpsonville, SC with Katie's sister's family. We had a two day trip to get down here traveling about 1100 miles. On the way we visited my sister's family and my cousin's family. 

Thank you for praying for us as we travel. We  have a meeting in GA on Sunday and SC on Wednesday. The following two Sundays will be at three meetings in Florida. Please pray for God's blessing upon our ministry. 

Well the mighty hunter is busy, but wants a report written!  We had a great weekend at two churches here in Wisconsin.  We also received a special blessing when friends arrived that had driven 3 hours to encourge us with their presence! We first met the Walkers when they visited us in Scotland in August of 2010.  They have been a blessing ever since!  Last evening we were able to serve in the church Benjamin's brother and family attends.  They have also hosted us, so there is lots of cousin time for the children.

Now for the drum roll......after just 5 minutes of hunting on opening day, the Lord sent a ten point buck Benjamin's way that he was able to shoot. We had a very happy hunter and a house full of 10 excited children!  This was a much awaited weekend, and God gave the prize!