Heaven's View

After our meeting in Houston, we traveled to Arizona City, Arizona.  Heaven's View Baptist Church is pastored by Darrell Roe.  We arrived on Saturday and were able to help with the new church building.  It was exciting to see this church plant growing and preparing to move to a new location.

The New Property and building.

We went to In-N-Out Burger after working at the church.  This is Pastor Roe's son and daughter and the two Qualls boys.

The Qualls have been in Arizona for a month and are here to be a help in this ministry! 

When Sunday morning came, it was evident that they did need a new church building.  They have been meeting in a house and are in much need of the extra space!!  It was a joy to be with a church that is in the beginning stages and seeing God work mightily!

Pastor Darrell Roe

These two young ladies sang a special during the service.

A packed house for morning worship service!!

While driving through Arizona we were able to see the Saguaro cactus!!  The summer time is actually their slow season, so we were the only ones out and about in the park on Saturday morning.

These Saguaros were HUGE!  They are definitely not small like the western cartoons!

 

This is one of the younger cactus.  It takes 75 to 100 years for them to grow their first arm.  

I thought the green trees were neat!  

  ~Lindsay

One of our Prayer Warriors!

On our way to our Wednesday evening meeting in Houston, TX, we had the wonderful blessing of traveling through Arkansas and stopping in to see Jonathan's Great-Grandma Kauffman.  She will be 92 on August 7th!! We went to see her at the nursing home and were able to sing some hymns and play some special music for her and some of the other residents.  Jonathan's Grandpa came and played the saw while I played the piano!  We had a great time!

Grandpa playing the saw

We sang a duet.  Jonathan also sang with us, but we didn't have anyone else to take the pictures!

Great-Grandma Sarah Kauffman

What a fun time to be all together!!

We are praising the Lord that we have a wonderful Godly lady who is faithfully praying for us every day. Thank you to everyone who is praying for us.  We are currently at 65% of our support! God is answering prayer!

~Lindsay

Newburgh, Indiana

On June 1-5 we were in a Mission Conference at Maranatha Baptist Church in Newburgh, IN.  We met so many wonderful people and made many new friendships! The theme was "Send the Light."  The Conference Speaker was Pastor Scott Baker from Belleville, Illinois.  The other families who presented their work were the Johnsons to Lithuania and the Fannings to Bolivia. It was a special blessing to be able to spend so much time getting to know the families of the church and also the other missionaries!!

Pastor Curtis Hall and Mrs. Hall, Autumn, Ashlyn, Aleah, and Aryn.

The Fanning family sang hymns for us in Spanish.

Bro. Fanning received a special gift from the church!

Waders for baptizing in Bolivia!

Bro. Baker was used of the Lord to speak to many hearts.

He used Bro. Fanning, Bro. Johnson, Jonathan, and Pastor Hall for an illustration.

We went to lunch at Charlie's Mongolian Barbeque.

There was an international banquet on Saturday evening.

Q & A time

Sunday evening the Women's Missionary Society met.  Mrs. Fanning and I both shared our testimony of how the Lord called us and our husbands to the field.

Mrs. Baker was the main speaker for the W.M.S. meeting.

Bro. Fanning taught the children some Spanish during Pastor's Pals time and they gave a short presentation during the evening service.

Autumn Hall accompanied for Bro. Ricky Moon from Shawnee Baptist College.

Bro. Moon sang "The Sun's Coming Up in the Morning" and "The Value of One."

Joshua Luedke was saved on Sunday morning after Sunday school!

Pastor Hall baptized Joshua after the Sunday evening service!

Mrs. Sarah and little Lyla

Mrs. Fanning, Nathan, and Alena looking at Dory and Nemo at Acapulco Mexican Restaurant.

Nathan was Jonathan's soul-winning partner on Saturday morning.

~Lindsay

Holbrook, New York

On Thursday, May 19 we were in Holbrook, New York, which is on Long Island.  We presented our work in New Hope Baptist Church, pastored by Jayson Toth.  We met Pastor Toth and his family at a conference last September and were finally able to come to their church!  On Thursday afternoon Jonathan preached and gave his testimony at a public school Bible Club.  I went to a ladies' luncheon with Mrs. Toth that afternoon. After the evening service the Toth family treated us to some real New York pizza!  What a fun time of fellowship!

Pastor Toth

Alathia and Trinity Toth

Jonathan enjoying some Zeppoles!  They were amazing.  Just deep fried pizza dough with powdered sugar.

Josiah Toth taking a nap at the pizza place

While we were in the area we spent some time sight seeing! Jonathan had never been to New York City, so this was a special treat for him.

Jonathan got a hot dog from a vendor down at Time Square.  What a busy place!

This is the view of Manhattan from Liberty Island. As you can see it has just rained A LOT! We were the only ones standing at the base of the Statue, everyone else was huddled inside the gift shop. 

Deposit, New York

We shared our ministry at West Branch Bible Baptist Church on Wednesday, May 18.  They normally have their mid-week service on Thursday, but were able to move it to Wednesday so we could be in another service on Thursday.  We had a cook out before the service and then shared our ministry with the church there.  Pastor Steve Logue has been here for a few years and came from Jonathan's church in Missouri.  We enjoyed spending some time with them and their children!

Pastor Steve Logue

Emily and Grace Logue

Mother's Day Sunday

Sunday morning of Mother's Day we were with the First Baptist Church of Brighton, Illinois.  Jonathan spoke during Sunday school and we shared our burden for England.  Pastor Ellard and his family sang "I Have Been Blessed" and it was truly a blessing! 

Mrs. Ellard played for the congregational singing

The children sang a special song for Mother's Day

The Ellard family singing a special song

Pastor Ellard

The girls playing outside after the service

Sunday evening we traveled to Gays, Illinois to be with Pastor Layne Lashley at Calvary Baptist Church.  It was a joy to be with this church again and be able to share more with them about our ministry in England. 

Montezuma, Indiana

We visited Independent Baptist Church in Montezuma to share our mission to England.  We were also with this church last summer during our travels with the singing group. When we arrived last year, they were just beginning a building project.  It was a blessing to see how far the building has come this year. 

This is the building they are currently meeting in.

This is the new auditorium which is now under roof!

Jonathan preached during the Wednesday evening meeting.