Waiting Time Isn't Wasted Time

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Waiting Time Isn't Wasted Time

In the past week, we’ve traveled nearly 1,100 miles on our deputation journey, visited five churches, and met many new friends. Our meetings took us to Virginia and various parts of North Carolina. We’ve driven through the fog and the rain, up and down curvy mountain roads, and through the land of waterfalls (which is beautiful). If I can say one thing about deputation, it would be this—it’s never boring! There are always new people to meet, new places to visit, and new things to learn along the way. We’ve been blessed at each meeting God’s provided for us and look forward to those we have coming up.

When we’re not attending meetings (or driving to them), we’re busy trying to book new meetings, keeping up with the paperwork side of the ministry, and of course, working on the house. In regards to booking meetings, things have gone fairly well though we still have more open dates on our schedule than we wish to have. Still, we know God will give us the right opportunities at the right time, so we’re planting the seeds and trusting Him for the results.

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Merry Christmas

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Merry Christmas

It’s been a hectic and rather emotional couple of weeks.

On December 2nd, we met with the fellow who had the motorhome we liked and were pleased when he agreed to hold the RV for us until mid-January.

On December 10th, our house officially went on the market. By December 11th, we had a contract. We were so excited and even more so when the buyer fast-tracked the inspection and appraisal, hoping for an early closing.

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It Came to Pass

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It Came to Pass

I hope and pray each of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and were able to share many laughs with friends and family as you counted your blessings. We have so much to be thankful for, and God has blessed us in so many ways. May the attitude of gratitude be ever-present in our hearts!

As we shift into the holiday season, our mission schedule is lightening considerably. Churches generally have so much going on between Thanksgiving and Christmas that it’s not a good time to have missionaries in to present their burdens, and we certainly get that. In a way, it’s a blessing for us to be able to spend some time in our home church during this season of celebration. In fact, we “visited” our church yesterday for the first time since June. It was really nice to be with our church family, and we’re looking forward to doing more of that throughout December.

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Rest and Refreshment

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Rest and Refreshment

As we head into the week of Thanksgiving, we find ourselves extremely grateful for the past couple of weeks. Beginning on the 13th of November, we attended the annual Macedonia World Baptist Missions conference in Statesville, TN. Wow! What an amazing time of food, fellowship, and worship. The singing was fantastic. The preaching was indescribable. And the spirit of both conviction and comfort was overwhelming. It was such a delight to reunite with other missionaries with whom we have crossed paths as well as meet several other families who are currently on deputation or furlough. It was such a wonderful time, and we left feeling renewed and refreshed.

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Sweet Reunions and New Friends

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Sweet Reunions and New Friends

It’s been another exciting week for us as the Lord allowed us to reunite with some old friends and form new friendships with brothers and sisters in Christ. On Sunday morning, we dropped in on a small church in Georgia and had a sweet time of fellowship with the church family there. After the service, we grabbed a bite to eat and drove an hour down the road to Calvary Baptist Church where we met up with some friends we haven’t seen in many years. Even though the meeting was technically a drop-in, the pastor allowed us to set up our display and present our burden to the church. The ladies of the church also gifted me with a lovely bag of goodies. All in all, it was a blessed day, and we had such a great time with both new friends and old.

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