Ministry

Praise the Lord for finishing the year strong with His blessings. As of January, 09th the ministry is about one church short of being at 50% support in less than six months of full time deputation. It never ceases to amaze me just how much He blesses, The only way I can reconcile how a thrice holy God can use me, is that in using someone as untalented and unimportant as me He is certain to receive all of the glory for it. It is also exciting to look at the calendar for next year and see that it is nearly full. If there are roughly 104 Sunday services in a year then I am only lacking about fifteen or less to be completely scheduled. My Wednesday nights are also quickly filling up, praise the Lord. The biggest news in the ministry that needs to be announced right now and also my largest prayer request is that on Monday, January 11th, I will be travelling to Belgium for a few weeks. While I will call this a survey trip I have chosen to pay for it using my personal funds, the last of my saving from when I was working and money received from selling my possessions. l have chosen to do this because I have taken one survey trip already and just felt that this was appropriate for this trip. I do very much covet your prayers as I go to preach and work in Ghent, Belgium and have meetings scheduled elsewhere in Belgium and the Netherlands.

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Ministry

Praise the Lord, this last quarter has been an incredible time in the minis as the Lord has kept a full schedule. There were opportunities to present in missions conferences and throughout the week all over Virginia, North Carolina, and Ohio. It is amazing to see how God has worked in bringing in support. When I first started praying I asked for 10% by the end of the year and God gave it almost immediately, so I began praying for 20% and God quickly gave that as well. Now just three and a half months into full time deputation and God has already blessed the ministry to have reached 30% of our required support as of November 1st. With a Full schedule and as many as seven churches looking to vote at any time now there is no doubt God is still looking to do something amazing. Just to show you how amazing God is I don’t know what the average is for this but as I was looking and praying over the churches God has allowed the ministry to be presented in; I realized that two thirds of them are supporting already, about half of that other third have expressed a plan to take the ministry on for support, and nearly all have expressed a desire to take the ministry on for support. I say all of that just to show you God’s hand in the ministry to Belgium, . my prayer is that He work in such a way that it is clear only God could have done it.

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April-June Prayer Letter 2015

Dear supporters and prayer partners,

Thank each of you for your many prayers and gracious support, I hope this letter finds each of you blessed. How can I even begin to express how much God has blessed this past quarter? First of all let me say that for anyone who may not be aware of it, Macedonia World Baptist Missions voted unanimously to partner in the ministry with me. Also in exciting news, by the grace of God I do expect to reach twenty percent of the support needed by the end of August, which is a blessing. Continue reading