Ministry
God has been so good to us since our last letter, enough so that one letter can scarcely contain it all, nevertheless we will try. Since our last letter we had the privilege of seeing several saved here in our church. One of those were saved as part of a special service we were able to have with Dr. Roger Baker from our mission board. Dr. Baker was here for the first ever Macedonia World Baptist Missions European Retreat. We had not only the privilege of having him here at our church but also travelling with him to Germany and being a part of that meeting with our Macedonia family. Following on from the meeting with Dr. Baker, we were able to have our first baptism here at Gent Baptist Church. In September we were able to baptize 6 people here in our church: three Dutch men, a Filipino lady, and two Iranian men. I will attach to this letter pictures from the baptism, as well as from our Visitor’s Day service with Dr. Baker. The van that we previously mentioned having purchased, has already been put to excellent use, having been used every week to bring people to our church. Most Sundays we drive to the city of Eeklo and pick up a couple, and then a few people here in our city. I want to especially thank those who gave to help with the cost of this van, your gift is greatly appreciated. We have continued strong in our door knocking ministry and God has even blessed us with another man in the church who meets me on Mondays in the next city to the south of ours. Now we have the blessing of knocking doors in our city on Thursday nights and in Deinze on Mondays. Even more encouragingly though, God seems to have really broken down the barrier for us in this cause. We have suddenly seen a shift in receptiveness as we are having many opportunities to thoroughly share the gospel with people. Please keep us in your prayers as seems to be custom in our street preaching we have faced the same setbacks of the police trying to stop us. Another place we would request your prayers is that we have found a building we have begun praying about but if God wants us to have it, then it will require a few miracles from Him.
Personal
Thank you for your continued prayers for our family, God is blessing us. We have some big news on this front, that many of you will already know. Lory and I are expecting our second baby, due in early March. We have not chosen a name yet, but we do know that this one is a little girl. Josiah is especially glad about that last part as I told him if it was a boy we would be replacing him with the newer model. Please keep the mother and the baby in your prayers, as well as many other ladies here in our church who are
expecting across the next few months. Thank you also for the birthday cards given for Josiah and I.