January
2010
The
Lord has been speaking to my heart in recent days, (so refreshing and
encouraging), out of our victory book of Joshua. In 13:1, He said,
"there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed." How my
heart thrills with the gripping challenge laid out in these words from
our Lord. There is indeed much land to be possessed; more prayers to be
prayed, more preaching to sound out, more labor in the flock, more
ground to be gained, more advancement to pursue, more sinners to be
saved, more lives to be delivered, more prodigals to be returned, more
fields to harvest, more promises to obtain, more communion to be had in
the inner chambers, more, more, more! For the complacent, the lukewarm
and indifferent, let us pray for an awakening to the hour upon us, and
see, there remaineth yet very much.
We want to say a special thank you for all the provisions and supply
that comes from the generous hearts of God's people. Our monthly
travels cost us any where from $2000 to $3000 extra a month; our camp
meetings in North GA and North FL require a total of $30,000 every
year; our missions in Albania calls for several thousand annually; our
youth meetings(Preacher Boys Camp Meeting and Summer Teen Bible Camp)
also cost; and there is more, always more expense, just like you face,
yet the Lord has always supplied, every year, He is faithful. Glory!
We are prayerfully anticipating great and exciting things in 010. We
prayerfully approach our upcoming church revivals with a deep fire
burning in our bones to see God work in His church. Earnestly pray for
the old time fire to enflame this generation in our old time Baptist
Camp Meetings the Lord has graciously given unto us. 2 Samuel 7:5, But
I...."have walked in a tent(North FL campmeeting) and in a
tabernacle(North GA campmeeting)." The dates for the meetings
this year are:
May 10 thru
14 in Ringgold, GA at the Red Field Tabernacle,
October 18
thru 22 in Jax, FL out in the swamp.
The annual
PBCMeeting for the youth is July 22 thru 24, at the open air
tabernacle in Ringgold, GA.
Also
pray earnestly for our ALBANIA MISSIONS. After 3 straight years of
mission trips, we now have, glory to God, 4 men professing their call
to Albania. Daxell Wells, Ben Manley, both of Lighthouse Baptist Church
in Greenwood, SC; and Jeremy Clancy and Earl Strine, both of Grace
Baptist Church in Brunswick, MD. Pray earnestly as the vision inches
closer to reality, and reality inches closer to eternity. We are
currently planning an Albanian missions conference for 010 to help
crystallize the vision for the future of the gospel in Albania. 30
years from now I pray God would let us have churches and preachers all
over the country, with orphanages, schools, and a Bible college for the
Albanian preacher boys that are soon to come.
Our family has been blessed of the Lord, and we want to thank Him and
praise Him and glorify Him and serve Him and bless Him. We love our
Christian friends and family in the Lord; feel free to email us and let
us know how to pray for you, too.