So it's day # 7 and we're still hanging on! What a great week it's been. We've travelled about 1,100 miles with 300 more to go tomorrow. We've been privileged to be in 4 churches. God's been so good in taking care of us, providing for us, meeting all of our needs and just been "real." As far as new meetings are concerned, God's seen fit to allow us to schedule several meetings this week. I was also able to get a "housing/staying/living arrangements" plan together for our trip to Wisconsin next June. God's so good!
Our appointment at the Pregnancy Resource Clinic here in Evansville, IN went wonderful. We were able to get the approximate due date, May 12th 2011. They told us everything looked good and healthy, but we weren't able to hear the heart beat yet. We'll have to wait at least 3 weeks for that, but we may wait longer so as to not have another ultrasound so soon. Time will tell! They weren't able to either confirm or deny the existence of twins, either. Only God knows!
We finished up our meeting with Landmark Baptist Church tonight, in their annual missions conference. We were so encouraged and blessed by the dear people of the church. They took such good care of us and we truly enjoyed their fellowship and encouragement. We love them and are praying their Faith Promise comes in so well that they'll be able to support us monthly.
We're still praying in that regard for about 20 churches to take us on for an average of $50 apiece. That will put us right at 100% of our monthly goal. God can!
So we're off to the great state of Mississippi tomorrow. We plan on going soul winning first thing and leaving out on the 5 hour drive afterwards. We are very excited about being in our first meeting in MS! Their Missions Conference starts on Sunday morning and we'll be there for the duration, until Wednesday night.
And we're off again!
Days (daze?) in the life of Chris Lanier and Family, Missionaries to Arteaga, Mexico. Contact Information, Information Packet and Prayer Letter Archive below!
Friday, September 10, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Day 6 Already (?)
Wow, this trip is already flying by. We left on Saturday and were in 2 great churches in South Carolina on Sunday, and at Knoxville Baptist Tabernacle on Monday thru Wednesday morning. We really enjoyed being at the Tabernacle again and seeing old friends. I got to preach 3 times and go soul-winning while there.
Yesterday afternoon we arrived in Evansville, IN to start a missions conference. We got in a couple hours early and were able to get rested and ready for the evening service. We had a great meal before hand and a great service! We made a supply run to Walmart afterwards and came back to the hotel and went to bed.
On our way from Knoxville to Evansville, though, we realized I had left my Bible at the church in Knoxville. The good pastor assured me he would mail it to me right away...I hope it gets here by tomorrow afternoon! The worst would be if it gets here Saturday after we leave, and has to be mailed again to our next destination in Mississippi!
While on a family walk today, we noticed a "Pregnancy Resource Clinic" so we stopped in to see what it was all about. As we suspected, they're just like "Choose Life" that we know and love. We told them we'd like to find out about the exact age and due date of the new baby, so they're going to squeeze us in tomorrow. It's so exciting! I really hope there's at least twins in there, if not triplets. Erika's not too keen on the whole idea, but we'll find out tomorrow!
I found out recently that I can check how many times this blog is viewed, and from the general country location it is viewed from as well. Awesome! I found out that we've had visitors from here in the US, in Mexico, Candada, Russia and Ghana, West Africa. How neat is that?
If you've happened to drop by here, shoot me an email and let me know. What a blessing!
Yesterday afternoon we arrived in Evansville, IN to start a missions conference. We got in a couple hours early and were able to get rested and ready for the evening service. We had a great meal before hand and a great service! We made a supply run to Walmart afterwards and came back to the hotel and went to bed.
On our way from Knoxville to Evansville, though, we realized I had left my Bible at the church in Knoxville. The good pastor assured me he would mail it to me right away...I hope it gets here by tomorrow afternoon! The worst would be if it gets here Saturday after we leave, and has to be mailed again to our next destination in Mississippi!
While on a family walk today, we noticed a "Pregnancy Resource Clinic" so we stopped in to see what it was all about. As we suspected, they're just like "Choose Life" that we know and love. We told them we'd like to find out about the exact age and due date of the new baby, so they're going to squeeze us in tomorrow. It's so exciting! I really hope there's at least twins in there, if not triplets. Erika's not too keen on the whole idea, but we'll find out tomorrow!
I found out recently that I can check how many times this blog is viewed, and from the general country location it is viewed from as well. Awesome! I found out that we've had visitors from here in the US, in Mexico, Candada, Russia and Ghana, West Africa. How neat is that?
If you've happened to drop by here, shoot me an email and let me know. What a blessing!
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Lanier # 4!!
Yep, you read it right! What does it mean? It means we're having another baby!
It's all way too soon to know much. We calculate that the baby is about 2 weeks "old." Erika gave me the "proof" on Thursday and I've been waiting for her to want to start telling folks. We skype'd my parents right away and told them, and I told my pastor on Saturday morning, but Erika wanted to kind of keep it quiet for a while "in case something happens." We talked about it a few times and started announcing it to the world this morning at our first meeting of the trip.
I hope it's twins--one boy and one girl. Erika wants a boy. It's funny--Erika didn't have any morning sickness until Friday, the day after she took the test and showed me the "positive." It was good timing on her part because if I had heard her hacking and gagging I would have taken her immediately to get a test. She's got morning sickness pretty bad; twice as bad as with Ashley. So, it's gotta be twins! :)
I do want to add that we prayed that our second baby would be exactly two years younger than Ashley, when born. God saw fit to answer, very specifically and positively. Again, by our calculations, the baby will be born in the middle/end of May.
SO excited. We can't wait. What a great way to start this trip!
It's all way too soon to know much. We calculate that the baby is about 2 weeks "old." Erika gave me the "proof" on Thursday and I've been waiting for her to want to start telling folks. We skype'd my parents right away and told them, and I told my pastor on Saturday morning, but Erika wanted to kind of keep it quiet for a while "in case something happens." We talked about it a few times and started announcing it to the world this morning at our first meeting of the trip.
I hope it's twins--one boy and one girl. Erika wants a boy. It's funny--Erika didn't have any morning sickness until Friday, the day after she took the test and showed me the "positive." It was good timing on her part because if I had heard her hacking and gagging I would have taken her immediately to get a test. She's got morning sickness pretty bad; twice as bad as with Ashley. So, it's gotta be twins! :)
I do want to add that we prayed that our second baby would be exactly two years younger than Ashley, when born. God saw fit to answer, very specifically and positively. Again, by our calculations, the baby will be born in the middle/end of May.
SO excited. We can't wait. What a great way to start this trip!
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