Um, Hello? Is Anyone Here?

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This is just a quick update to let you know what’s going on with the house, the motorhome, and our ministry. A friend of mine recently told me that our life was never boring. Boy, is he right! But who likes boring? So, there you have it.

Okay, the electrician is starting the work on the house today. We’re not really sure how long the process will take, but we do know we’re leaving on Sunday for a week and a half of mission conferences. So, it will probably be the middle of February before the house actually goes back on the market. We can only trust God has a reason for the many delays we’ve encountered thus far.

On a positive note, we spoke with the “motorhome man” yesterday to let him know about this newest development and timeline. We wanted him to know that we completely understood if he could no longer hold the RV for us or if he needed us to give him more money to continue to hold it. We were blown away when he told us he was content to leave things as they were and was happy to keep working with us. On top of that, he offered to send some of his hired help over to help with the electrical repairs on the house at no charge to us. Can you believe that? If that’s not God working on our behalf, I don’t know what is! This news has done much to bolster our spirits and lighten our hearts. It’s always a blessing to see God working.

You’re probably wondering about the title of this particular update. It’s in reference to one of our drop-ins this past week. We didn’t have anything on the schedule last Sunday, so we dropped in on a couple of different churches. In the morning, God blessed us with a great service, and Jason even had the opportunity to preach. In the evening, we traveled to another local church and arrived about twenty minutes before the service was scheduled to begin. We sat in the parking lot until five minutes AFTER the service was supposed to start, and no one ever showed up. (This is the second time we’ve had this experience.) Not wanting to show up late to service at another church, we returned home and watched our church’s service online.

As I said earlier, life is never boring. There’s always something to make us laugh. . .and sometimes cry. But, the life of a missionary on deputation is never, ever boring.

We’d appreciate your prayers as we head out Sunday to travel to Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina. Our car is currently having mechanical difficulties, so we’ll be taking our Xterra. It has nearly 300,000 miles on it, but it’s still running strong, so we pray it will stay that way.

Until next time. . .

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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