PRAISE GOD for the faithfulness of Bethany!
PRAISE GOD for the longevity of Bethany!
This is my wife's home church, and the church we were married in. This amazing group of people have been by our side since the beginning of our time in PNG. There were times when Bethany was the only church that came along side us, was encouraging us, etc. We also praise God that other churches have joined us over the years… but Bethany will forever have a place in our heart as having been there during the entire journey.
Praise God for a little church in Castle Rock, Colorado and all they have meant to us this year!
Pathmakers church is an awesome place, you step inside and you can feel that God is present there. It is hard to quantify for anyone who has never experienced a sense of God's presence in a place, but this group of people definitely is doing something right. If you are in the area, and need a church home, check them out.
We THANK GOD for you guys and your encouragement to us, and your loving on us.
PRAISE GOD for the awesome way we found each other. It's a cool story, we met through a common friend that I went to college with, and it turns out that the lead pastor is an old Sunday school chum!
PRAISE GOD because He brings about relationships that glorify Him!
For the first time in our 8 year ministry (so far) we have 3 churches who have joined our team!! Three! You probably know how much I love the number 3!!!
If you ask most missionaries, 3 is a very low number of churches (thus see Day of Praise #4). Individuals make up the bulk of our support. Having three churches supporting us is a miracle to us.
Some of you may know this, but our history of getting churches to join our team has been riddled with difficulty and rejection. It is a long story. Through it all God was faithful.
As of this last week, we have 3 … count them, one, two, three… supporting churches! THAT IS SO AWESOME!!!! It means that we have a home! It means we have leadership who will pray for us, council us, pastor us when we return!
It means more stability for us.
PRAISE GOD from whom all of these blessings flowed!
PRAISE GOD for the youth ministry at Calvary who have loved on our kids this furlough year!
PRAISE GOD for the leadership at Calvary making wise decisions in outreach and ministry!
We're pretty pumped about this. We normally keep our support relationships quiet and confidential, but it is really hard to have a blog about praise and not list the things we are excited about!
