The Lord encouraged us just now with an electronic answer to prayer. It was just a small thing but important to us. A cd had gotten swallowed in our van cd player. Because of that the player was stuck in the open position. As we got in the van just now it started playing and I was able to push the close button. Interestingly is was playing, "Great things He hath taught us. Great things he hath done."  I am preaching on Sunday about the passage in Peter when God loosed his shackles and opened the gate. Aren't you glad that God has power over all things? 

I put out flyers this afternoon. I didn't have any new opportunities. But I had a couple good chats with some friends in our area. Please pray for one who has lost his wife to a terminal illness. Another Christian friend has developed what appears to be a symptom of Parkinson's. These are two friends that I regularly pray for in our community.

The frost was heavy this morning and didn't depart until after 11. The Lord gave me good study time early this morning. After that I got out for about an hour doing flyers. I didn't have a divine appointment. But, it felt good to cast some Gospel seed. I was praying this morning about what I should do - study or evangelize. Thankfully, I was able to do both.

I've been busy the past week doing some extra things. One of those was finding a car for our family. God provided a great vehicle. I'll share more about that in our next prayer letter. Please pray for our previous vehicle to sell in God's perfect timing for the right amount of His choosing. It is clean and ready to go.

I've also had extra hospital visits this past week. Aside from the prayer request which I mentioned in previous updates, we also had another friend, Bernard, in the hospital. He and his wife come occasionally to our ministry. Lord willing, I will be collecting him from the hospital tomorrow. Please pray for Bernard's recovery.

The Ladies' meeting went very well. There were 7 ladies and 2 girls present.They looked at "God is My Shepherd." We also had a good service last night. We had a first time visitor attend. That was a special blessing from the Lord.

Our friend is out of the hospital. The endoscopy today did not show the source of the blood loss. Please pray for God either to remedy the problem or for wisdom if and when he needs to return to the hospital. He is a bit concerned because there has not been closure as to the source of the problem before discharging him. They would appreciate your continued prayers. (I'll update if he has to be readmitted.)

Winter is definitely knocking on the door. Some of Scotland received wintering showers yesterday. The Lord gave us a good morning. Our attendance was down. But we had a good spirit. One young girl walked a few blocks by herself this morning to come to church. That was encouraging. We looked at David's preparations for the temple this morning as I preached on Great Giving. It was a good service. 

Tonight we are starting a children's choir practice. We are going to be getting ready for our Christmas carol sing service.

I visited our friend yesterday. He had internal bleeding and has lost a lot of blood. They gave him several pints of blood since Thursday. They did an endoscopy on Friday. They were not able to repair the problem it seems and will be doing another endoscopy tomorrow. He's in good spirits. Please pray that the blood loss will stop and that they will know what has caused this. Thanks for praying for he and his family.

A good Christian friend of ours is in the hospital here with some serious needs. Please pray for he and his family. Thank you for taking this need to the Lord.

I am just back from doing flyers for the last couple of hours. It isn't that cold - upper 40's, but the wind is blowing pretty well. So, I am not typing that well at the moment as my hands thaw.  God's good. I had a couple opportunities to share the Gospel. One was a good opportunity and one didn't appear to be good. :) The good one was with a young lady, J_____________. Please pray that God will guard the Gospel seed that was planted in her heart. She has a New Testament which a friend gave her. I hope she will start reading it. The other older man was a skeptic and against God (if there is a God.) God in His mercy gave Him an opportunity today to be confronted with his unbelief. Please pray that it will go home to his heart.

Thanks for praying for Jessie's baptism. It was a special service and we thank the Lord for Jessie's obedience to the Lord. We had good attendance today. It was the end of British Summer Time. So, we got an extra hour this morning. I preached on Judges 1-2 this morning and on the Hebrews 10:23 this afternoon. We really appreciate the Baptist Church in North Berwick accommodating us for the baptismal service. They have a lovely building which God has provided. It is good encouragement to us to pray for God's provision of a permanent location in His timing. Thanks for praying for us.We need it and we are thankful for it.

I don't understand it, but Logan finds everybody home when he does door to door with me. He also gets the most smiles. It must be the blonde hair. We had several good chats this morning. My heart goes out to those we met. I trust the Lord will encourage them to pursue truth. One young man has gone to the Church of Scotland all of his life. He is now in his late 20's and lost. He was kind but had no answer about how someone would know they were going to Heaven when they die. I gave him a copy of the Gospel of John and Romans. Please pray that the message of the Cross will go home to his heart.

We're excited about our baptismal service tomorrow. Please pray for God's blessing. The weather is supposed to be bad overnight Sunday but should ok tomorrow. Parts of the UK are braced for the worst storm in 26 years. It looks now as if it will pass South of Scotland. Thanks for your prayers.

I've been able to put flyers out every day this week. The Lord gave me one good opportunity this morning with an older man, P__________________. The Lord directed in our conversation and I hope this gentleman will consider the claims of the One who suffered for Him. I had another lady come out and throw the flyer in her recycling bin. She said she wasn't interested. Please pray that God will work in her heart. She was taking her bin back inside. So, she will have the flyer for two weeks regardless. :)

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I enjoyed speaking to a kind lady about the Lord this morning. She asked a question that I think many would echo. She asked how do you know what religion is right? It was a blessing to show her that God's Word is the answer. We looked at the fact that all have sinned and that Jesus died for sinners. We saw in John 1 that Jesus is God. etc. I gave her the book of John and Romans and encouraged her to find answers in God's Word. Please pray that God will meet A___________'s needs. 

I had one other good chat with an 82 year old man who was not brought up in church. He thanked me for the conversation. I'd love to have him come to our church and find out what church is all about.

Thank you for praying for us. I put out a few hundred flyers this morning.