Chris & Elizabeth

The summer time becomes a busy season for our family!  My wife and I have been able to participate in several Vacation Bible Schools and Summer Camps throughout the years! We’re happy to be able to do the same again this summer.  For this particular week we worked with my father-in-law and his church in their VBS.  During our time there I taught a lesson on pride and King Nebuchadnezzar.  It was a lot of fun, I reenacted King Nebuchadnezzar’s life as a proud man and showed them God’s punishment for that pride.  I think the kids enjoyed seeing the transformation of a proud king to a crazed man eating grass.  Throughout the week several children were saved and a few new kids have stated their desire to come to the church there at Grace Baptist. Praise the Lord!

What another wonderful week of candidate school! Every time I go my sweet Lord gives me exactly what I need. The first time I went I was single, the second time I was married, and this time I am a husband and a father. God is so good to use others to encourage, strengthen, and challenge me in my personal walk with my Lord. Many thanks to the men that preached the messages that God told them to preach and teach. The theme was about running the race with patience (Hebrews 12:1). I surely need for my God to give me patience. During the week, Bro. Fred Wall, missionary to Haiti for over 30 years was in to teach us young missionaries a few things about mission work. It was exciting to hear his stories of the Lord’s provision and protection. Souls are getting saved and lives are being transformed for the glory of our dear God. This makes me want to be in the Philippines even more but God has a plan. I wholeheartedly believe that He will get us in the field in His time. Sometimes we want to do the work of God right now and we don’t realize that He wants us to prepare first so that when the time comes we will be ready and more effective at the job. A preacher once said, “God is more interested in making us than He is using us.” Another preacher said, “Time spent in preparation is not wasted time.”

We just wanted to let you all know that we added some pictures of our family to the blog! Please take a look and enjoy! (Photo Albums, Our Family)