Is No News Truly Good News?

Here I am blogging about the lack of something to blog about.  Things have been pretty uneventful, just a few items of real interest in our lives.

Last week, we went to visit some dear friends of ours for the weekend and to help out in their church.  I helped on their buses, taught SS, and preached.  It was a great time.

Then this week we were able to be in our home church again for the last time on Wednesday.  I love and appreciate Madison Baptist Church so much.  They pray for us, they provide for us, and they care about us.  I love their stand on the Bible being inspired and preserved, I love their stand on godly, conservative HYMNS, I love their stand on godly, separated living, and standards of modesty.  They inspire me with their generosity and watch care over the nearly 30 missionary families from their midst.

Last night I went to the memorial service for the mother of one of my old bus kids.  Her name was Madison and I began picking her up when she was four years old.  I still remember her first Sunday to come.  She was so enthusiastic and personable.  Through it all, good times and bad, she was always that same way and we still love her dearly.  Her mother passing was difficult for everyone, most of all Madison, but I'm glad I had the opportunity to be there at the memorial service for her and her family/friends.  Since we're going to Mexico for a long time, several years, it seems impossible that we'll ever see Madison again.  We'll continue to pray for her though and hope that one day she'll remember thatvMadison Baptist Church and old Bro. Chris love and care for her and she'll come back to us.

I just got off the phone with our tax guy and he told me we're going to receive close to $3,000 back from our federal taxes and we have to pay about $24 for our AL state taxes.  What a blessing!  Only in America.

So today we're getting ready to get back on the road and look forward with earnest expectation to being home in Mexico in just a couple weeks.  We're excited about our upcoming meetings as well.  We're trusting The Lord to send in the rest of our support (at least projected) by the 1st of May.  We only lack a couple hundred dollars (if you include "promised" but not solid support).  Also today we're scheduled to have lunch with our dear Pastor and supper with one of my closest friends.  Tomorrow Erika will be at a ladies meeting all day, and I'll be with Ashley and a friend (whose wife will also be at the ladies meeting).  Sunday morning we'll be off on yet another whirlwind adventure.

Thanks for your interest and don't forget to keep in touch!

Update and Prayer Letters

Well we're up in Ohio after a great meeting at Cranberry Baptist Church in Beckley, WV.  We were so blessed and encouraged there.  We had a long drive from Tampa, FL to get there but it was well worth it.  Even with the $90 breakdown off of I-77N--it wasn't much, just a blown heater hose.  The Lord was so good to us to put us right next to an HONEST mechanic's shop and also allowed the van to break before we got up into the mountains in no-mans-land.

So we're here in Ohio until Sunday afternoon.  We got into town last night with my parents and will leave tomorrow night to have a meeting in southern Ohio, in Waverly.  We're looking forward and praying for a great meeting there as well.

After Sunday morning, we'll be going lightning fast back to Beckley, WV for an international banquet, then drive a bit south after the evening service.  Then we'll be in Alabama for a couple weeks, then have a few meetings in and around until we head back to Mexico.

Good-Lord-a-willin' we'll be back home for good in a month.  Please pray to that end and that God will send the rest of our support by then as well.

Also, our 2 most recent prayer letters are finally posted on the website.  Enjoy!