Flatwoods, Kentucky

Our meeting last night was close to home, just across the river!  There was much ice and snow to brave, but there was a nice crowd out for the mid-week service at Temple Baptist Church in Flatwoods.  I don't think we could ever thank the Lord enough for so many churches who have opened their hearts to us and committed to pray for us as we go to England! 

Pastor Pridemore

West Union and Mansfield

This Sunday, we were able to go to two churches that we visited last summer with the singing group.  It was fun to see so many familiar faces and have more time to fellowship with these pastors!

The morning service was in West Union, Ohio with Pastor Jimmy Reagan.  We went down early on Saturday evening and spent time with their family.  We went with them to their home school group outing.  They rented a gym and had a game night.  Lots of fun with kickball, jump rope, dodge ball, tug-of-war, and food!

Jonathan's team is going to win!!

Macey Reagan

Caleb Reagan trying to jump rope!

Mrs. Reagan and Elisha

Pastor Reagan

The evening service was at Peoples Baptist Church in Mansfield, Ohio.  Last time we visited here, Pastor Spencer's wife was in the hospital having a baby.  It was a joy to finally meet Mrs. Spencer! 

The Choir

Mrs. Spencer

This lady sang a special and it was a great blessing!

Pastor Spencer preached a great message from Isaiah about staying close to the Lord and not becoming weary of the Lord. 

Pastor Spencer had the privilege to baptize two young men after the evening service.

Clyde, Ohio

We traveled to Clyde, Ohio for a Wednesday evening meeting.  The Lord has blessed us with great weather, with most of our meetings being in between the heavy snow and ice.  We visited Harvest Baptist Temple back in September and were able to come back to present our work this week.  We've had fun meeting so many people and knowing that so many have begun to pray for us!  We are now at 34.5% of our support!  Please pray that we will continue to have good weather for traveling and safety on the roads. 

Bro. Mott introducing Jonathan and me.

Jonathan and Pastor Lewis

Where is Sardinia, Ohio?

Somewhere between our home and Cincinnati, Ohio, we found our evening meeting at Sardinia Bible Baptist Church.  We had never been here before, but what a blessing to find a church full of encouraging Christians!

Pastor Mitchell led the congregational singing.

I sang "Here Am I,  Lord, Send Me"

We met Pastor Mitchell back in September and were able to schedule a visit for this week.  We are grateful to the Lord for every opportunity to share our burden with a church.  It is especially encouraging to us when people take our prayer cards and assure us that they are going to be praying for us!

The Blustery North

After our meeting in Tennessee, we took a nice long drive up to Houghton Lake, MI.  What a change of scenery!  This was the first time Jonathan or I had ever seen people ice fishing.  This is the largest lake in inland Michigan, right next to Higgins Lake, which is the deepest.  Houghton Lake was frozen solid and people were out fishing and driving four-wheelers on the ice! 

On Wednesday evening we were at Houghton Lake Baptist Church.  We had the opportunity to speak to the children for a few minutes about what a missionary does and where we are going.  It is always a blessing to us to let children know that they can be a missionary right where they are because they can share Jesus Christ with their family and friends. 

We were able to show our DVD presentation and Jonathan gave a short challenge from the Bible on prayer.  Pastor Milam was beginning a special emphasis on prayer, so we spent the remainder of the service in a time of prayer.  We also met up with some friends from Camp CoBeAc and had a great time of fellowship!

Tennessee!

We had the opportunity to meet up with some friends in Tennessee for the weekend.  We had a meeting scheduled in Rogersville, but nothing for the Sunday morning service.  This gave us the opportunity to attend a service at Temple Baptist Church in Powell!  It was good to be with friends!!

We met up with our girls from the summer at Pizza Hut!

Fun times!!

We are finally all together again (even Rebekah is here)!!!!!

On Sunday evening we drove to Rogersville, TN to the meeting of Rogersville Baptist Temple.  It was wonderful to be among so many friendly Christian people!  Their enthusiastic singing for the Lord was such an encouragement to us!

Pastor Barry Rackley

At the conclusion of the service, Pastor Rackley and the church voted to begin supporting us monthly!  This was a great blessing to us, and the first time a church has voted during the same service we presented.  This puts our financial support up to 31%! Praise the Lord!

Tri-State Baptist Temple

 Our first Wednesday evening service of the new year was at Tri-State Baptist Temple.  This is our second time visiting here.  We attended one evening of their Mission Conference in September and this time we had the opportunity to present our mission to England.  It is always a blessing to visit here because I have known Pastor Jenkins and his family all of my life.  We have also enjoyed getting to know many of the members of Tri-State. 

Pastor Jenkins giving announcements

Pastor Jenkins and Jonathan after the service

Mrs. Jenkins was working with the children, so we went and saw her after the service.