Categotry Archives: Updates

We are excited to report that we’ve sent three boxes of personal items to the Philippines! This is just the beginning of the moving process but it’s great to finally start!  It is amazing to think that in a little less then a year we’ll be in Cebu!  What an exciting thought!  The next shipment we send should leave in October 2011.  Thanks to all who have been praying!  By the way, many of you have probably already noticed, but our blog has a new look!  If you get a chance take some time to check it out.

Pastor Seymour and the Fellowship Bible Baptist Church invited us to be with them for their Sunday services.  It was neat to go back to this church as a missionary!  I had been to the church there in Wattsburg, Pennsylvania for several teen tri-states and preached there as a young preacher boy.  My wife also knew several of the church folks and was excited to be in Wattsburg as well.  Unfortunately, earlier that week the church lost their furnace and had to meet in their jr. church building. The church handled the unexpected problem so well that if we had not been told, we would not have known there was a problem.  It was wonderful to see God’s people react so gracefully in the midst of a trial!

We joined Pastor Schag and Calvary Baptist Church in Shelby, Ohio for their Sunday evening service.  I was able to preach and Elizabeth played her violin.  We were again blessed by the people, who though we had never met, knew of us and our ministry.  We are looking forward to the time when deputation will be over and we’ll be on the field but our time of visiting churches has been sweet.  We have been greatly encouraged by all the people we have met on the road!  The Lord has taught us so much in this time.

The majority of our meetings this month has been in the large state of Ohio.  Towards the end of the month we were in a missions conference with the First Freedom Baptist Church in Kent, Ohio.  We have known Pastor Alexoff and his church through attending summer camp for many years together.   Throughout our time with them, the people were very kind and personable.  We also enjoyed the other missionary couples we were with.  Brother Matthew Siekbert and his family have been serving in Ghana, Africa for ten years now.  It’s an encouragement for me and I’m sure for other missionaries on deputation, to see the fruit of someone who has been on the field for ten years.  The second missionary family we were with was the Carter’s, heading for Northern Africa.  We met this family previously in our travels and enjoyed spending this missions conference with them!