Muskegon, Michigan

We left from Rockford on Monday because a blizzard was forecasted to move through on Tuesday.  We headed to Muskegon, Michigan and spent a little extra time with Pastor Hutchison and his family.  On Tuesday they invited us to go skiing with them because it was homeschool day at the ski resort.  We had a great time, but very cold!  We arrived back in Muskegon just before the snow storm hit!  When we woke up on Wednesday, this is what we saw outside! 

This is the parsonage we stayed in while we were at Little Black Lake Baptist Church.

Pastor Hutchison

I met Bobbie at Little Black Lake Baptist Church!

We received news of four more churches that are beginning to support us this week!  We are now at 40% of our support!!! Keep praying that God will bring in our support quickly!

This is us with Pastor Hutchison and his family (Except for Millie, she was at home sick.)

Trip to Illinois

This past week has been a great blessing.  God has been so good to us!!  We thoroughly enjoyed the time we were able to spend in each church this week.  Sunday morning we were in Washington, Illinois with Pastor & Mrs. Keith Thibo.  This was another church we had been to in the summer with the Crown Ladies' Ensemble. It was a blessing to see many familiar faces and to spend more time with the Pastor and his family!

Jonathan taught the Sunday school class that meets in the auditorium.

These ladies sang one of my favorite songs, "He Loved Me."

Pastor Thibo preached in the morning service.

 Again this Sunday there were two young men who trusted Christ as their Savior and were baptized at the end of the morning service!  

This young man's sister also received Christ as her Savior this morning!

Mrs. Thibo and her granddaughter Ruthie

Sunday evening we were in Rockford, Illinois at Berean Baptist Church.  We were also with this church for a meeting in May last year with the Ensemble.  The Lord has truly blessed us with so many friends all over the country who are praying for us! 

The singing here was a great blessing and encouragement!

The Childrens Choir

Pastor Mark Swanson

At the end of this service, Pastor Swanson made a motion that the church vote to begin supporting us!  This was an added blessing at the end of a wonderful Lord's Day!

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!