Dear Friends and Co Labourers,
Again, Cassie and I greet you in the wonderful name of our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. As I begin to ponder His many blessings over the course of the last two months, one of my favorite portions of Scripture comes to mind. Lamentations 3:22-23 says, “It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.” We are so humbled by the opportunity to serve our wonderful Lord in the capacity in which He has called us to do so. It is only by His faithfulness we are able to continue. We’re also thrilled to labor together with you in order to carry out God’s will to reach the world with the Gospel. Only eternity will reveal the true worth of our efforts together. Thank you.
These past few weeks have been very busy to say to the least. Since our last prayer letter we have interviewed church planters headed to Honduras, the Philippines, as well as the great state of Texas. I have had the privilege of visiting with two of our church planters in the state of Montana and to again see the need first hand for Bible believing churches in the Western USA. In the month of June, I plan to travel to Nebraska as well as New Mexico in order to try and be a help to more of our church planters. Would you please join me in prayer for traveling mercies? Certainly a world at its worst, needs a church at its best! We have also been in a different church every week since our last letter “fanning the flame of world evangelism.” As a result of that, we have been blessed to see churches increase their faith promise missions giving as well as develop an even greater vision to reach the world with the gospel. It is only through your faithful giving and your fervent prayers that we are able to continue. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you.
We do have a very special prayer request this quarter. Lord willing, in July of 2018, should the Lord stay His coming, we will be making a trip to Europe with Macedonia’s European Field Director, Dr. Roger Baker. God has put it on Dr. Baker’s heart to have a European conference in Germany in order to meet with and encourage as many of our European church planters as possible. Currently, MWBM has 11 families serving in Europe and the Middle East. Cassie and I would love to accompany Dr. Baker during the conference. As you can imagine, the cost of such a trip is very expensive. Currently we can expect to pay as much as $1500 a person just to get there. However, we are firmly convinced if the Lord wants us there, He is able to provide to that end. If you could help us pray that God would help us meet this need we would appreciate it very much. We will certainly do our part knowing that God has promised to do His. He is able!
Beyond a shadow of a doubt the highlight of our travels since our last letter came on a Wednesday night at the Eastside Baptist Church in Mebane, NC, when after I finished preaching a ten year old girl named Cayleigh knelt in the altar and asked Jesus to save her soul. Praise the Lord! God is still in the soul saving business! Therefore, with joy in our hearts, we continue by faith.
