Gearing up

We just finished with the Sharon Baptist team. We spent a few wonderful days with a mix of people from Georgia, Tennessee and Kentucky. We were extremely encouraged by Brother Jerry, Marvin and Teresa, Latrelle and Jacob, and many others on the team. It was awesome hearing the reports of the people who accepted Christ and we are awaiting the follow-up to see how many will begin discipleship groups.

Matt and Ron did an amazing job leading this team. At times it was stressful and confusing trying to get everything figured out, but the hard work and hours of planning paid off as the days activities ran smoothly and were organized. It appeared everyone was well fed and full each day and many times we even had extras for seconds.

We came out well above budget, Praise the Lord and I really enjoyed being behind the scenes and being able to be with Meg more. Usually we are running different schedules and rarely see each other, but this week we were together every day. The kids did so well, although they were really tired yesterday, as were Matt and I. We were blessed to find a babysitter (after two failed attempts) for Wednesday evening and she worked at wonderfully. You can pray that it will work out for her to be able to help us through the stretch of teams we have coming up.

Please pray for our team as we head into the long stretch of back-to-back teams. Starting June 25 we have teams here non-stop through July 27. Pray for each team coming from the states. Pray for God's wisdom as we will be traveling to a new area this month with the first team. Ask God for his protection as we organize many different VBS's and new activities. Pray for God to allow us special moments of down time throughout these four weeks. Pray that we will seek God's wisdom about what our kids can do and what we can all do as a family.

We will be heading back to the states on July 27th for about a month. We are hoping for an extended period of rest. We will be support raising as well. Please pray for our support as we are at a very low monthly level now. We are not immune to the poor economy and have felt the stress significantly. We praise God for the way he works in the hearts of other believers at just the right times and are thankful for faithful prayer partners who act in obedience to God's leading.

If you'd like to meet with us during our time in the states, please contact us by phone, email, leave a comment here or facebook.

Thank you for your prayers in advance for the upcoming teams. We praise God for the willingness to serve from so many of you back there!