The Lord gave us a good start to our Lord's Day with a first time adult visitor and two children returning who have been away from a couple of years. All of these contacts were a result of our HBC. Praise the Lord and thank you for praying! 

I preached this morning on, "Personal Evangelism" from Paul's example in Athens found in Acts 17. Our next ministry opportunity begins on Thursday of this week as we head to men's camp in Northern Scotland. I have the privilige of leading the singing and of preaching on Saturday. We appreciate your prayers for God to do a good work in all of our hearts.

Also, two weeks from today begins our evangelistic meetings with Evangelist John Van Gelderen. Please pray for God's grace to prepare us for the work which He intends to do in those 4 days of meetings. 

Thank you as always for your prayers which are much appreciated and which avail much!

God blessed our week of Holiday Bible Club. Joe and James (NBT evangelists) did an excellent job working with our church kids. We saw God's hand in many different ways. The weather was outstanding and we are very thankful for God's grace in giving us such a good weather week. 

We saw 5 teenagers come into our church and we were able to share the Gospel with them. We had several new children in our HBC as well. That was a blessing.

God allowed us to reach someone while recruiting children whom I believe will visit our church this Sunday. We also had a mother and daughter indicate they will attend after hearing the street preaching on Tuesday.

The awards ceremony (parent and pizza night) went well this evening. Most of our kids and parents were out although some we hoped would attend were absent. Please pray for grace as we follow up on those who visited.

God's good. We truly thank Him for all He did in hearts and lives this week. We also thank you for all your prayers during this very busy week.

Sorry for the radio silence. We have just returned from spending a week in Germany with our BWM missionary family. It was great to connect with friends who are ministering in Germany, Italy, Poland, Belarus and elsewhere. It's always a refreshing time and we come back strengthened. Amanda Baker from England traveled with us as we drove from Scotland to near Stuttgart Germany. Evangelist Paul Crow preached and many other's participated in ministry as well.

Our family left immediately after the Sunday AM service last Sunday and arrived there on Monday evening. We began our journey back around noon on Friday and got home around supper time on Saturday. God blessed our travels.

Our NBT evangelists also arrived here yesterday afternoon. Please pray for Joe and James as they minister in our Holiday Bible Club this week. We are hosting children in the morning (mon-fri) and teens in the evening (Tues- Thurs). 

There have been many good things going on with viistors attending and just a good spirit in our church. I preached this morning a message I had preached before on David's overcoming crisis and going on to conquest. Last Sunday I preached on Caleb being all in for God.

Your prayers for our ministry are much appreciated. Next week is men's camp in Northern Scotland. 8 days after that ends we beging evangelistic meetings with Evangelist John Van Gelderen. God's timing is best. He has put these events together. Please pray for grace and strength.

God blessed our building dedication today. We had a good turnout, good fellowship, good time of sharing in God's Word, good teaching for the children, plenty of helpers, etc. Praise the Lord. Thank you for praying for this day.

Although our sending church pastor was unable to attend. He was able to participate by way of video. I preached the first session after sharing the testimony of how God has led our church thus far and Pastor Craig Ledbetter preached the final session. When he was finished we all came to the front and had a special prayer time as we dedicated the property to be used for God's glory.

Tomorrow is our grand opening service and we have invited our community to attend and are providing a bbq in the afternoon and an open house. Please pray that God will bless this effort and that His hand will be evident.

I will share more photos soon, but here is one I took when the video was being played.

We are less than a week away from dedicating our property to the Lord and having our grand opening. Tonight we start rearranging the church into what it was meant to be in the mind of God. We praise Him for His clear leading in every decision we have made. 

Wednesday will be our first meeting in the sanctuary as we test the sound, video, livestream, etc. We'll have a special prayer and praise time. Saturday is our dedication and Sunday is our grand opening. Thank you for your prayers.

We had a special morning with really good attendance and a newleywed Christian couple joining us. It was great to get to know them as they have only recently moved into our area. They got our leaflet at a mechanics shop where I have been allowed to leave our leafletts. I can't wait to share with my mechanic that someone came because of that.

I preached on, "Great Gospel Clothing," on matching the Gospel with our lives instead of clashing with it. We had a good service and enjoyed our study of Acts in SS. 

Please continue to pray as we go through this week. The doors need to be hung. The pulpit needs to be finished. There is painting, decorating, etc. and we just need God to guide us through it all. Our biggest prayer is for God to be glorified next weekend. Please lift that request up to God's throne.

We are two weeks away from the Grand Opening of our sanctuary. We'll have a trial run in there the Wednesday before that date. And, our dedication is Saturday the 13th of July. These are exciting days and it is fun to see the Lord's hand in some details as we pray that we can be ready with everthing on that date.

We have joiners coming tomorrow to bid hanging some doors for us. Another landscaping company is scheduled to cut through concrete and install drain tiles to fix a moisture issue. The baptistry guys are coming later next week. The pulpit restoration is nearly completed. So, praise the Lord!

We had a good Wednesday PM, Youth Activity on Friday (a sister church joined us) and Sunday morning services. It was good to have some church family back this morning that we had not seen in a few weeks. We also presented Bible to two little girls. That is always fun! I preached from 2 Thessalonians 1 on, "Go On for God." It's amazing that the church in Thessalonica existed despite the missionaries being there for a short time and despite the persecution.

Please continue to pray for the many details coming together for the activies of the 13/14 July! Thank you!

The Lord blessed our outreach and work at the church this week. Katie and Mac have continued our painting of the exterior of the property. Logan, Nelson, and Parker helped me put out flyers yesterday and today. Today, Pastor Dillman was also out doing outreach with us. 

We've gotten to around 2,000 homes in two days which is really good for the 2-3 hours each day. We are putting out our new Gospel flyer which announces our events and we're putting out the sports card size invited to Holiday Bible Club (VBS.)  In other evagnelistic news, I was able to do street preaching on Monday morning.

Our Bible study was a delight this evening. It's fun to see new believers growing in the Lord. Several are advancing in their walk with Him. Our study tonight was David motivating his soldiers to take the stronghold of Jerusalem. There is great motivation found in that text for us as well as we seek promotion from our King and seek to please Him.

On Friday we have a joint youth activity with Pastor Dillman's church. We'll also be putting out leaflets on Saturday morning. Please pray for good weather and God's grace for these extra activities. Thanks for praying with us.

God blessed us with great weather for the Gala. This is a matter of prayer annually and God has continually provided the weather that was needed. 

Our activities at the Gala were well attended as is normal. We were non-stop busy from about 1:30-4:30. We have archery, photo board with cut outs, train rides (pulled), corn hole, disk golf and badge (button) making. We hand out invites to our HBC and to our church service. Please pray for God to use our testimony for Him in the community to increase His work in our area.

This morning was pretty well attended. We enjoyed having two visitors from Virginia with us. I preached this morning on, "The Mountain Top of God's Call" from Moses' call in Exodus 3. 

Our painting work on the front of the church was completed and it is beautiful! The Lord blessed us with 3 days mostly without precipitation and allowed us to get that done. Please pray for wisdom what building work to accomplish before our dedication service on 13 July. We can't do everything, but we want to do what we can to get ready. Thank you for praying for our family and ministry.

I want to thank the Lord for giving me Katie (Hansen) to be my wife. We celebrated 24 years of marriage on Monday. Tuesday was a special day as I enjoyed a day of prayer at Blair Atholl with 4 other men. Today, my family got back to work on the church building. We are painting the front of the church...around the windows, soffets, and sandstone foundation. After a LOT of rainy weather (weeks/months), our weather is finally settled for a few days in a row. Please pray for God's guidance and blessing as we work to finish this part of the project.

We enjoyed our fellowship tonight at church. We are studying the life of David. Tonight was lesson 58 and David has just been made King of Israel and Judah. It's been a good study

Satuday is the Loanhad Gala Day. Our church will be participating as usual and providing archery/ badge (button) making and a bean bag toss. We'll be inviting children to our HBC and giving out some invites to our church as well. Please pray with us for a good weather day and God's blessing upon our activities. Thanks for praying.

Life is returning to normal. We have had extra duties as we get back into the swing of things. One of those extras was writing an announcement and Gospel tract for a mass mailing. God blessed us with time to get that sorted this week and we look forward to God's Word going out in our area. Please be praying for God to use the invitation and message on the back. It is entitled, "The Carpenter's Hand" and speaks of Jesus ministry of mending broken lives.

We have had good attendance at church although that did not seem to be the case when we started this morning. Thankfully, many were just running late. We had 28 in total last Sunday and anticipate a similar number today. Please pray for continued church growth and for believer's to really grow together in the Lord. There is a sweet Spirit in our church..

I enjoyed preaching on, "Fruitful Lives" from John 15 and the Lord's encouragement to His disciples about abiding in Him. If ALL believers truly were abiding in Christ our lives, our families and our ministries would be incredibly fruitful and God would be glorified by the "much fruit." Let's pray for one another!

We are looking forward to serving the young people in our community this coming Saturday as we have a booth at the Gala Day. Please pray for good weather and for God's grace for the day. Thank you for your prayers. we are often reminded that God's hand is evident in answer to your intercession.