Chris & Elizabeth

Praise the Lord, our deputation has been completed!  Our last meeting took place far north in the Adirondacks where we visited Pastor Delello and Victory Bible Baptist Church.  I had gone to Porter Corners once before as a single missionary just starting deputation so it was neat that this is where our travels ended.  A lot of things have changed since the last time I was with them.  The church has been completely redone and looks great!  What a testimony of God’s provision.  Throughout this week my brother, Andrew, has been spending his school break with us.  I was thankful that He was able to see so many churches in different phases of their ministries, all serving the Lord in their area.  What a great way to finish a wonderful journey!

A brand new church, meeting in a local YWCA, invited us to come and present our work!  Grace Baptist Chapel just celebrated it’s first year this January and has already focused its attention on missions.   We met Pastor Hall through a couple of different activities; first through summer camp and the other through deputation at Grace Baptist Church in Beaver Dams, NY. It was a blessing to see the fruit from the church’s labors through their missions giving both at home and abroad.  Already this new work supports missions internationally and as for supporting missions on a local level, we were able to meet a whole family that had accepted Christ as their Savior!  God is still using His church to touch the lives of people!

While we have finished all of our missions conferences we still have a couple more meetings before  we leave at the end of the month.  This Sunday we were with Pastor Grimes and Sempronius Baptist Church.  Also, the Lord has given us an extra special blessing this week! My brother Andrew had the week off school and wanted to spend his time off with us.  We’ve had fun spending thsee precious moments with him. Unfortunately, schedule is crazy this week and we will be driving more than ever as we travel to different churches.  We have already driven over ten hours this weekend!  So please pray for poor Andrew (and Abigail).  He’s getting a taste of being a missionary this week.  He’s done great so far and we love having him with us.

We just finished the final missions conference of our deputation!  It was exciting to see a lot of familiar faces at the conference.  Brother Robbie Morrison, was actually the main speaker during our very first missions conference so it was neat that he also preached our last. Also, there were other missionaries there that we’ve met and grown to know in our travels.  One of those is the Sietman family, who will also be leaving shortly for their mission field.  It’s exciting to see the Lord make a way for our friends as they endeavor to serve Him with their lives.  During the meeting we also met others that are just beginning their time of deputation.  It reminded us of when we started, almost two years ago…the excitement, the slight nervousness, and the longing to go.  Now, it’s almost time.  March 26th is coming soon!  I’m so excited to finally get to Cebu!