Blessed, as ALWAYS

We had a fantastic meeting in Clyde, OH on Wednesday night.  There was a great crowd and the people were on fire for The Lord.  We were privileged to present our burden for Mexico there--I gave a testimony, showed our DVD, and preached a message on "Bringing Salvation Closer to the Wicked."  One young man received Christ and others made decisions at the old fashioned altar.  God's just always good! We were invited to come back for their annual Missions Conference in October and we are praying the church will also take us on for monthly financial support.

By the way--we've noticed a trend in the churches we visit and present our work.  God is blessing the churches that are majoring on accomplishing the Great Commission.  He is blessing them spiritually, numerically, and financially.  Pastor Kevin Folger testified at his church's Missions Conference that Cleveland has been economically depressed for about 10 years, yet their Faith Promise giving continues to rise, as they continue to do their best to turn the world upside down.  Other churches and other pastors tell us the same thing, but their are some churches that aren't experiencing the same blessings.  The solution is easy to see--major on getting God's Gospel to the lost and dying world, starting in Jerusalem (where that particular local church is) and spreading out to the uttermost.  God help us to refocus and rededicate our lives and ministry to soul-winning and evangelism.

On a lighter note, we're about to be back on the road, starting tomorrow Lord willing.  We're going to be very busy the rest of this month, so I took the family out for a day without planners and cell phones.  We had a wonderful time and ran into a couple different folks we've met over the last year, quite unexpectedly.  Thank God we can fellowship with good folks, even if by surprise!

So, we're on the road again tomorrow, as long as Ashley lets me sleep tonight (if not...driving 10 hours back south to Alabama will be horrendous).  We want to go visiting and soul-winning down in Crossville, AL on Saturday, and attend a Tennessee Independent Baptist Fellowship meeting there afterwards.  Sunday is a free day so far, but prayerfully we'll be able to either put some meetings together by then or just drop in somewhere.