Well winter has not lost it's icy grip on Scotland. Much of Britain is facing a large snow storm. Right now we just have freezing temperatures and very high winds. We have had a good winter this year which makes us hope that we'll have a good summer. Last year we had a mild winter and a very mild summer. We shall see!

The Lord gave us a good service last night. Thanks for praying for our ministry. I wonder on Thursdays if the blessing is because everyone in the States met the night before and many prayed for us. Whatever the case, the Lord does often refresh us during our Thursday night meetings. We had faithful attendance last night with 15 kids and 7 adults. Our Bible study looked at the greatness of God in Psalm 48.

I do have  a prayer request for a friend of ours for whom you have prayed in the past. Jeff Smith is having difficulty with his balance and speech. He is having a Cat Scan today. He had a tumor removed at Christmas time but has not recovered as well as they would hope. Jeff and Shellie have been over here for about 20 years and have faithfully served the Lord. Would you please pray for wisdom for the Dr.'s and for healing? You can keep up to date with the Smith's medical need at link

Below are the files for my new flyer. I am getting 10,000 printed on glossy postcard type paper. I would have put pictures but I had difficulty exporting the front of the flyer to the webpage. Thanks again for your prayers as I prepared this flyer.

Only God Could Reveal This.pdf (1,2 MB)

Only God Could Reveal This (back).pdf (784,4 kB)

I forgot to mention yesterday that the Lord gave me a divine appointment after church. I witnessed to a young man for half an hour. The Lord gave wisdom as we talked. I want to be careful to let you know when the Lord provides those opportunities. Please keep praying for more opportunities to speak about the Lord.

Our visas have been received and I believe they are being processed. The next step is to submit our "biometric" information. This includes a face scan and fingerprints. Once that is completed, we should be done with our part of the process.

I spent today working on the flyer. I'm still tweaking it, but will get a image of it uploaded to our website when it is finished. Thanks for praying.

Tonight we are getting some messy weather which included high winds and snow. It's supposed to continue through tomorrow morning. Yes, I am excited! 

The Lord gave us a good day. We have several members dealing with illness but a faithful group came out. I sensed spiritual warfare today but thank the Lord for the strength He gave us and the good work that He did in our hearts. I preached this morning on Fruitfulness from John 15:1-8.  Interestingly, God has called us to be faithful AND fruitful.  "Herein is my Father glorified that ye bear much fruit...." 

Tonight we looked at the characteristics of a spiritual awakening as seen at Pentecost. We concluded Acts 2 this evening.  Please pray for our visitor who is doing discipleship. She is loving Dr. Nelson's book, "Growing in Grace."

Please pray for wisdom for me as I hope to prepare out next flyer this week. I want to give the best tool I can to God to use to open men's hearts. Thanks for your prayers.

Thursday nights can be very refreshing. We had a sweet Spirit in the service tonight and good attendance. It was a joy to have two visitors in our adult Bible study of Psalm 47. I had 6 adults in total and Katie had 14 kids in her class. God's good. Thanks for praying for our ministry.

Thank you for praying as I put together our visa paperwork. I trust that all was done properly as they were posted today. Lord willing, the rest of the process will be simple. I'm glad to have the bulk of the process completed.

Please pray for a young lady that called today. She found our information and wants to come to church tomorrow night. She is a new believer that wants to be a part of a Bible study. It's refreshing to speak to someone who is seeking after the Lord.

I've had several divine appointments this week even though the focus of my time has been on office work. We love living in Loanhead and being a part of this community. 

Our health has been much better this year in comparison with last year, praise the Lord. But, just now several of the kids have a pretty bad cough. We'd appreciate your prayers for our continued good health. Thanks for praying.

The weather surprised us this morning. We woke up to about 3 inches of snow. It was lovely. It was also a good day to stay inside and do a LOT of paperwork.  I'll put a picture below of our 230 page application for visa renewals.  I had to fill out 35 pages for each applicant and there are 7 of us. Needless to say, I'm very thankful for the Lord's help in getting me through the bulk of the process. I'll include a picture below of the application forms for your amusement. I'll also put a couple photo's from my walk this morning. If you would like to see more, I'll put a new photo album on the photo page as well.

Today is "Mothering Sunday" in the United Kingdom. My wife likes having mother's day in March because her Birthday is in May. It was unusual weather for us on Mother's Day with heavy snow showers at times. I guess winter doesn't want too go away to easily.

The Lord gave us a sweet day. We had good attendance at all the services. One family who had been ill was able to be back with us today. There is a very bad cold going around and once it comes it seems it won't go away. Katie is going to the doctor tomorrow because she has had it for about 3 weeks.

This morning I preached on "She was a Gem" from Proverbs 31. This evening we continued our study of Acts 2 and observed the Lord's table.

Tomorrow I will be working on filling out our visa forms. I've been delayed by paperwork needed from my sponsor. They were just able to apply for that this past week. Please pray for wisdom and God's perfect timing in completing this process. Our current visas expire the middle of next month.

This week has been packed full of adventure and excitement. The girls head back tomorrow after a great week in Scotland. They got beautiful weather the beginning of the week and normal weather :) towards the end.

We have enjoyed their help. On Wednesday they put flyers out through Biggar, a village about 30 miles from here. The Lord allowed me to see a young man that I have witnessed to on two other occasions.  I hope he is beginning to realize that only God could orchestrate that.  He is an atheist.

Yesterday the girls enjoyed painting with Mr. Alec. Alec had canvasses prepared for them and they did one day paintings. We are hoping that they are going to dry in time for their flight!

Last night we had 18 children in the kid's club and 6 adults. I had 4 adults with me in my class as well. I think that was our largest group ever for our mid week meeting. It is definitely the most kids. Please pray for God's provision and help for Katie during those class times. It's a blessing having that many children present.

Thanks for your prayers for our ministry and family. God has given some other exciting divine appointments this week with those for whom you have prayed. Thanks for your part in our ministry.

Today my family and the girls took the bus into Edinburgh. We toured the castle the castle and showed them around. We also handed out Gospel flyers. God gave us a sunny day with little wind. So, although it was a bit chilly, it was great day to get out.

The Lord gave some good opportunities to share the Gospel.  Two were very good opportunities.

One young man who does not go to church told me, "My dad is a born again Christian." If you have read these for very long, you know that I get excited when someone shares that. We looked at Psalm 22 and then went through many verses that deal with the Gospel. We talked for 20 + minutes and he thanked me for the conversation. Please pray that God will open his heart. He is from Dundee where my inlaws lives. I told him about the new Baptist church that is starting there.

Another young lady who is from Poland, spoke with me for about 20 minutes. She was focused on the conversation and listened intently as I spoke to her about trusting the Bible and not tradition. She believed that good people go to Heaven. I told her about David, Paul and the thief on the cross who were clearly bad people (like us (Romans 3:23) who were also clearly saved. I also shared the story of the man who hired workers throughout the day and then paid them the same wages at the end of the day. So, it didn't matter how much work they had done they were all fully paid. 

The girls did a great job handing out flyers. It takes courage to hand something to someone realizing that they may reject it.  Thanks for praying for our day.