The Lord gave us a refreshing Sunday.  We had a "tough" Sunday last week (for whatever reason we were exhausted) and it is good to be refreshed by the Lord.  We had 3 visitors join us for the morning service. They have a ministry to the schools in Britain.  They had visited us once about a year ago.  They were back in the area and kindly came along.  It was good to have them with us.

I preached from I Kings 18 on Revival Fire. The Lord encouraged my heart as I preached and trust he challenged the hearts of our people.  It was a good morning. Thanks for praying.

We succeeded in exceeding our "free limit" without adverts on our website. (That is great because it means that you are keeping up with us.) So, welcome to our free world with adds.

The Lord gave us a great day today. This morning I did door to door and had several great contacts.  Joanne said that she would come along with her children. Please pray that she would.  She seemed genuinely interested. Robert allowed me to show him Psalm 22.  I recommend using this passage in your witnessing. Like Isaiah 53 it is God's "proof" that His Word is divine. We had a good brief chat.  I hope to speak with Robert again in the future. 

I also met Grace, the grandmother of Ellie, who attends our church. Please pray for this sweet lady.  She lost her husband last month.  

We have prayerfully made a low offer on the property we viewed. We didn't want to walk away without trying to get this property at a price we could afford. We'd appreciate your prayers as we continue to seek the Lord's will.

Well, we are past our big events on our calendar and life is getting ready to go back to normal.  Katie is gearing up to teach the kids.  They are planning on starting next Tuesday.  Please pray for her as she gets ready to teach 4 of them.

We had a good service last night with the Hikins and Christine and her two boys. In the adult class we looked at the Thunderstorm Psalm - Psalm 29.  

I witnessed to one young man briefly yesterday as I was putting out flyers. And I had another short opportunity this morning.  George was walking to work.  He said, "I believe Darwin."  He said it right. It is faith.  But, he allowed himself to be persuaded to take a tract and I hope he read it.

We looked at another home today.  We really liked it but found out what it cost to fill the oil tank and had to pass.  We are still looking for a larger home with a garden (back yard) and would appreciate your prayers for God's perfect plan.

The Lord gave us a great day.  The spirit in our fellowship  was very sweet, the food was good and the weather was lovely. Thanks for praying for this day.  I would have loved to have had you there.  You would have enjoyed hearing everyone singing.  That kind of service is more sweet because of how rare it is in this country. I'm sure that those who walked through the community center during our singing had never heard anything like that in their lives.  

I'll put one picture below and put the rest on our photo gallery page.  Thanks for your part in making this day a great day for the Lord.

The Lord gave us two visitors in our morning service.  Richard is from a nearby nursing home.  And his friend brought him to church.  They had to leave during the message due to Richard's inability to sit for long periods of time.  But, we were glad that they visited. Connie's two nephews were also with us yesterday.  Please pray for Lavmore (14) and Liam (5) that they would get to understand the Gospel in their short time with us.  They will be here for another week and a half.

Yesterday morning I preached a message entitled, "Let There Be Light" from Isaiah 60:1-3.  If you ever want to read a sermon :) I post them on our church webpage - www.freebaptistchurch.org

Last night we had a singspiration and observed the Lord's Supper.  God's good. He gave us a great day.  

Please pray for Joshua and Nadege (nah DEHZ).  It would take a while to tell the whole story. But in short, they are praying about moving to our area from France. God led them to our website and they contacted us this past week. Joshua is from California and his wife is from Paris. Please pray for them as they seek God's will. They have one child and one on the way. They have a sweet testimony of how God has led them this far.

Please also pray for the pastor's fellowship which we are hosting tomorrow.  Dane Vogelpohl and Wayne Searcy will be our speakers.

Thanks for praying. 

Benson and I just got back from doing door to door.  He was happy to go with me after I mentioned that I would buy him an ice cream cone!  We had a good time.

The Lord gave us several small opportunities to chat with people.  One longer opportunity was very good.  I was able to use my Bible and show George verses about salvation by faith. He grew up Catholic but has strong convictions about God's Word.  Please pray that God will water the seed that was sown.  He has seen our church sign out on Sundays.  Please pray he'll have the courage to stop by.

The Lord helped me complete our next flyer. I'm burdened for people to understand that God IS a God of love. Please pray for God to open hearts with this new tool. I'll also be putting an invitation to visit our church with this flyer.  On the back of the invitation is a list of what Baptist's believe. (Baptist distinctives.)

God gave me 3 good witnessing opportunities as we went into Edinburgh this afternoon. A young Chinese boy joined our children as they played in the park. His father Alex asked some great questions about our church and other denominations.  It was a joy to share with him what we believe and why we believe it. After that 2 young French boys started playing with our children.  I was able to speak to their Catholic father about what Baptist's believe. (I also shared why we don't - worship Mary, remain unmarried as ministers, confess sin to men, sprinkle, etc.) Later I spoke to an Atheist from Edinburgh. He said that he didn't believe in Hell.  I asked if he ever cursed someone and used hell.  He said that he did and I told him that is proof that there is a hell. Please pray that God will awaken these hearts.  

We live near a very awesome city.  We had a picnic and listened to a pipe band perform.  We stopped and watched a man paint beautiful pictures with spray paint.  We saw crazy acrobats and a Jamaican steel drum group.  Welcome to Edinburgh the festival city.  Unfortunately much of what goes on around the city at this time is terrible. Keep praying.  God is working.  (Below is a picture of the front and back of my next flyer.)

The Lord gave us a great night tonight.  We had 17 kids and 5 adults.  That makes for craziness for Katie but it's good to have all the kids there.  Two of the kids are from England and will be returning in a couple of weeks.

Tonight we completed a 3 week study on sanctification. We also had a good prayer time.  

Please pray for our Pastor's Fellowship next Tuesday.  We are gearing up for the day and trust the Lord is going to pour out His blessing.

Thankfully the rain held off until just after I finished this morning.  I was putting out flyers through Newtongrange, a village about 3 miles from Loanhead. I had one good opportunity with Allie.  He is 19 and doesn't believe anything. I showed him Psalm 22 where Christ's death is prophesied 1000 years before it happened. He was very kind and we talked for about 10 minutes while he worked on getting tar off of a vehicle. Please pray that God will work in Allie's heart.

Another young man I met of about the same age said that he doesn't believe in God.  But he said that he believed in Satan.  I mentioned that Satan blinds people's hearts to the truth and wants them to go to Hell.  He said Hell didn't bother him.  I said, "If I had a lighter and flicked it on you wouldn't hold your hand over the flame."  It's the first time that I've been wrong in saying that.  He showed me the scar on his hand where he had done that. He said that he had laughed at the person holding the lighter. (We live in a very HARD world that is completely reprobate against God.) I'm convinced that only God can awaken anyone's heart to salvation. He is able.

God did give Dane and I one good opportunity yesterday. A mother-in-law was sitting out front with her daughter-in-law. I witnessed to them for about 15 minutes.  Just when I got to the point of the Gospel a vehicle pulled in and interrupted part of our conversation.  But, the Lord was good to give that chance as the rain came in.  30 minutes later we were running back to the car as the heaven's opened up.

We enjoyed getting to a nearby village for some family fun on Monday.  After a busy week, it was nice to just lay low for a day.  I've put a new photo album on the website from our day.  Summer has finally arrived in the UK and it was a gorgeous day.  God's good to give us refreshment.

I had one witnessing opportunity last night with a woman at a playground. Her daughter is her life and it is understandable.  She is autistic and her mum is very good with her.  Please pray for God's grace for them and that He will show her His love.

This afternoon (Tuesday) the Vogelpohls are coming over.  Lord willing, Dane and I will do some evangelism/flyers.  There are several fast moving heavy showers out and about in our area today.  So, we'll see.  It will be fun to spend some time with them.  Thanks for your prayers.  Here is one pic from yesterday. (I'll put the rest on the other page.)

John Knox was born in a home just a few hundred yards from where we took this picture.